GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.The constitution bench of Supreme Court has declared right to privacy as Fundamental right under constitution. The bench was headed by whom?

D Y Chandrachud A M Sapre JS Khehar R F Nariman

2.The 2017 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is observed on which date?

August 24 August 25 August 22 August 23

3.Which tech giant has launched ‘Project Brainwave’ for real time Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Infosys Microsoft Facebook Google

4.Which city will host the first-ever beauty pageant for transgenders “Miss Transqueen India”?

Gurugram Pune Kochi Chennai

5.Which state government has launched a grid-connected rooftop solar programme through net-metering system?

Odisha Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Kerala

General Studies 2018

1.Which city to host Digital Haryana Summit (SHS)?

Rohtak Gurugram Panipat Sonipat

2.Which former RBI governor has authored the book “I Do What I Do”?

Duvvuri Subbarao Rahguram Rajan Manmohan Singh Amitav Ghosh

3.Sanjivani Jadhav, who won silver in the World University Games, is associated with which sports?

Boxing Sprint Wrestling Judo

4.As per 2017 UNWTO report on least-visited nations, which is the least visited country in 2016?

Bangladesh Moldova Comoros Tuvalu

5.The Murlen National Park (MNP) is located in which state?

Odisha Karnataka Mizoram Punjab

GK Updates August 2017

1.India’s first Videsh Bhavan will come up in which of the following states?

Jharkhand Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

2.Which state power discoms has become the India’s first state-owned discoms to accept payments through Bharat QR?

Andhra Pradesh Chattisgarh Rajasthan Odisha

3.Who has been appointed as the new non-executive Chairman of Infosys?

Ravi Venkatesan R. Seshasayee Nandan Nilekani U B Pravin Rao

4.Tony de Brum, the well-known climate awareness activist has passed away. He hailed from which country?

Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Marshall Islands

5.The Union government has recently hiked OBC creamy layer ceiling limit to how much for central government jobs?

Rs 6 lakh Rs 8 lakh Rs 7 lakh Rs 11 lakh

GK & Current Affairs – August

1.The shortest war recorded in history between two sovereign powers was between__?

UK and France Denmark and UK UK and Zanzibar Italy and France

2.Who was the first Indian in independent India to have won a medal in an individual Olympic event ?

Dhyanchand K D Jadhav Prithipal Singh Harishchandra Birajdar

3.Who defined democracy as a “Government of the people, by the people and for the people”?

Abraham Lincoln Plato Aristotle Ruskin

4.Which of the following is the official language in Argentina?

Portuguese French Spanish Dutch

5.The dispute over Shatt-al-Arab region gave way to which of the following wars in modern world history?

Arab–Israeli conflict Iran-Iraq War Russo-Persian War Gulf War

Miscellaneous GKMiscellaneous GK

1.The Australia group was established to control the spread of which of the following?

Ballistic Missiles 

Nuclear Weapons 

Chemical and Biological Weapons

Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons

2.Which of the following is NOT related to the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

Multifiber Agreement

General Agreement on Trade and Services 

Multilateral Agreement on Investment 

Agreement on Agriculture

3.The Berne convention was pioneer convention in the field of __?

protection of wildlife

protection of victims of wars 

protection of intellectual property rights

protection of human rights

4.India’s efforts to provide education to millions of Africans using internet technology will come under which of the following?

Track-I diplomacy 

Track-II diplomacy

Track-III diplomacy

Track-IV diplomacy

5.Bikini Day is observed in which of the following countries?

Japan United States Canada France

GK & Current Affairs – August

1.Which of the following is not a feature of the Eutrophic lakes?

They are generally occupied by blooms 

They have high plant nutrient flux 

They have low primary productivity 

They are dominated by blue green algae

2.The prime minister of India can not participate in voting on a No-confidence motion against his / her government if he / she __:

leads a coalition government 

has minority in Rajya Sabha

is a member of Rajya Sabha 

forbidden by speaker of Lok Sabha

3.How many presidents of India so far were elected unopposed?

1 2 3 4

4.Areas of which of the following current states did not come under control of Vijayanagar emperor Krishnadeva Raya?

Kerala Tamil Nadu Odisha Maharashtra

5.Which of the following monasteries is known as Galden Namgey Lhatse?

Hemis Monastery 

Tawang Monastery 

Bomdila Monastery 

Namdroling Monastery

General Awareness 2017

1.Which of the following canals is considered to be an important link between the developed countries and the developing countries?

Panama Canal Suez Canal Kiel Canal Grand Canal

2.Which of the following is NOT a petrochemical centre of India?

Koyali Jamnagar Mangalore Rourkela

3.Which of the following is a correct sequence of sea ports of India from “South to North”?

Cochin →Thiruvananthapuram→Calicut→Mangalore 

Calicut→ Thiruvananthapuram→ Cochin→ Mangalore 

Thiruvananthapuram→ Cochin→ Calicut→ Mangalore 

Thiruvananthapuram→ Calicut→ Mangalore→ Cochin

4.Myanmar does not share its international boundary with__?

Laos Thailand Vietnam India

5.Which of the following countries is not a part of Melanesia region in the pacific ocean?

Vanuatu Solomon Islands Fiji Kiribati

GK Quiz 2017

1.Which country to host the steering committee of the proposed TAPI Gas pipeline?

Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India

2.India’s first museum on the Partition of the Indian Sub-continent will open in which state?

Uttar Pradesh Odisha Punjab Assam

3.NABARD has conferred the ‘best performance award’ for 2016-17 to which regional rural bank?

Telangana Grameena Bank Allahabad UP Gramin Bank Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank Madhyanchal Gramin Bank

4.Which state government has launched “Indira Canteen” for urban poor?

Karnataka Himachal Pradesh Puducherry Punjab

5.Who has authored the book “The Adivasi Will Not Dance”?

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar Abhilash Pudukad Amit Shankar Chetan Bhagat

GK & Current Affairs

1.The CCEA has approved the proposal of DIPAM for strategic disinvestment. What does “DIPAM” stands for?

Department of Investment and Proper Asset Management 

Department of Investment and Public Asset Management 

Department of Investment and Property Asset Management Department of Investment and Private Asset Management

2.Who has won the 2017 Kalpana Chawla Award for courage and daring enterprise?

Preethi Srinivasan K. Satyagopal S.P. Thyagarajan V.P. Elayapari

3.Which Indian shuttler has won the men’s singles 2017 Bulgaria Open International Series tournament?

Valiyaveetil Diju HS Prannoy Kidambi Srikanth Lakshya Sen

4.The Desert National Park (DNP) is located in which state?

Gujarat Haryana Rajasthan Assam

5.Which country has been declared the world’s most liveable city by The Economist’s Global Liveability Report-2017?

Melbourne Sydney London Perth

Gk Questions with Answers

1.The 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries has started in which city?

New Delhi Colombo Naypyidaw Kathmandu

2.Rinku Hooda, who won silver at the World U-20 Para Athletics Championships, is associated with which sports?

Javelin throw Wrestling Sprint Judo

3.The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has launched Android Skill Development programme with which tech giant?

Microsoft Google Facebook Wipro

4.Which state government has launched a new awareness drive “Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra”?

West Bengal Bihar Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand

5.Which state will become the India’s first state to implement coal utilisation between power units?

Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Assam

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.Who is the chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?

Alok Prakash Mittal Manik S Das Anil Sahasrabudhe Krishna S Patil

2.The 2017 International Biodiesel Day (IBD) is celebrated on which date?

August 11 August 12 August 10 August 9

3.Which city to host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES-2017)?

New Delhi Mumbai Chennai Hyderabad

4.Who has become the first Indian athlete to qualify for javelin throw final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships (WAC)?

Anil Singh Davinder Singh Kang Devendra Jhajharia Neeraj Chopra

5.The Vansda National Park (VNP) is located in which state?

Maharashtra Gujarat Assam Rajasthan

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.ISRO will launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation (EO) satellite “HySIS” to enable distinct identification of objects from space. What does “HySIS” stands for?

Hyperspectrum Imaging Satellite Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite Hyperspecialist Imaging Satellite Hyperspectacle Imaging Satellite

2.The Oxford University Press (OUP) has recently launched online dictionaries in which of the following Indian languages?

Tamil and Gujarati Assamese and Bangla Telugu and Marathi Gujarati and Telugu

3.M Venkaiah Naidu has been sworn-in as 13th Vice President of India. He hails from which state?

Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Karnataka

4.Who has been chosen for the first-ever Kesari Media Award?

Adoor Gopalakrishnan R S Babu M G Radhakrishnan T J S George

5.SEBI has recently allowed Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) to launch gold options. The headquarters of MCX is located in which city?

Lucknow New Delhi Mumbai Pune

IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.Which of the following have won the 2017 The Hindu Playwright Award?

Deepika Arwind and K. Madavane Manjima Chatterjee and Arshia Sattar Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam Sunil Shanbag and Keval Arora

2.Which nationwide campaign has been launched by the Union Government to protect elephants?

Gaj Kesari Yatra Gajanan Yatra Gajraj Yatra Gaj Yatra

3.Which state government has launched mobile therapy vans for elderly people?

Bihar Assam Uttar Pradesh Kerala

4.Ruth Pfau, popularly known as Pakistan’s Mother Teresa has passed away. She hailed from which country?

Italy United States Germany France

5.The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary (GSWS) is located in which state?

Uttrakhand Tamil Nadu Gujarat Chhattisgarh

GK & Current Affairs – August

1.Who has won the 2017 Kenya Presidential election?

William Ruto Raifa Odinga Yoweri Museveni Uhuru Kenyatta

2.Maheshwari Chauhan is associated with which sports?

Shooting Cricket Boxing Chess

3.What is the theme of 2017 International Youth Day (IYD)?

Change Our World Youth and Mental Health Youth Building Peace Youth Civic Engagement

4.Which Indian sportsperson has been appointed as the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for physical activity in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR)?

Mary Kom Milkha Singh Pullela Gopichand Abhinav Bindra

5.Who has been appointment as the new chief of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?

Shyam Benegal Prasoon Joshi Naresh Chandra Lal Vivek Agnihotri

General Studies

1.Which state government has launched its flagship health scheme “Care Companion Programme (CCP)”?

Punjab Uttar Pradesh Kerala Manipur

2.Which state prisons department has proposed to accommodate prisoners from overcrowded prisons in India?

Assam Telangana Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan

3.Which country is not taking part in the 7th edition of SAARC Artists Camp and Exhibition of Paintings?

Nepal Sri Lanka India Afghanistan

4.Lovepreet Singh, who has won bronze at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships, is associated with which men’s junior category?

44kg category 69kg category 105kg category 77kg category

5.The Canara Bank has launched its first digital banking branch “CANDI” in which city?

Bengaluru Kolkata Kochi Gandhinagar

Common Quiz Questions

1.Which of the following straits connect Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?

Strait of Hormuz Strait of Gibraltar Bosporus Strait Dover Strait

2.India shares land borders with how many countries?

6 7 8 9

3.Which of the following countries is not larger than India in terms of geographical area?

Australia Brazil Canada Indonesia

4.Which Indian state share the longest land border which Bhutan?

Assam Sikkim Arunachal Pradesh West Bengal

5.Khardung La mountain pass is located in which Indian state?

Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Jammu & Kashmir Sikkim

Geography-General Knowledge questions and answers

1.Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) is a space probe developed to study the atmosphere of Mars. It has been developed by _?

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) 

China National Space Administration (CNSA) 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA)

2.Which of the following was the first planet to have its motions plotted across the sky during the second millennium BC?

Mars Venus Jupiter Saturn

3.Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Planet Mars?

It has two permanent polar ice caps 

After the Moon, it is the brightest object in our night sky

Liquid water cannot exist on the surface of Mars due to low atmospheric pressure 

Mars is less dense than Earth

4.Which of the following was the first planet in the solar system to be visited by a Spacecraft?

Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter

5.Which of the following countries does not share its border with Black Sea?

Georgia Bulgaria Belarus Turkey

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar, the noted Dhrupad Maestro passed away. He hailed from which state?

Assam Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

2.Which city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics?

Los Angeles London Paris New York

3.Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Shahbaz Sharif Naveed Qamar Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

4.Jeanne Moreau, the legendary film actress passed away. She hailed from which country?

Italy Germany United States France

5.The Gangotri National Park (GNP) is located in which state?

Chhattisgarh Bihar Uttrakhand West Bengal

GK & Current Affairs

1.What is the India’s rank in the 2017 Digital Evolution Index (DEI)?

53rd 64th 29th 35th

2.Which state government has launched “Apni Gaddi Apna Rojgar” scheme for jobless youth?

Maharashtra Punjab Assam Haryana

3.Who has won the 2017 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix tournament?

Valtteri Bottas Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Kimi Raikkonen

4.Which IIT institute has invented a low-cost dirt detector that alerts authorities when a place needs cleaning?

IIT Bombay IIT Madras IIT Indore IIT Kharagpur

5.Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer-winning playwright passed away. He hailed from which country?

United States France Germany Italy

Gk Questions with Answers

1.The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to IRDAI – IAIS pact for information exchange. What does “IAIS” stands for?

International Association of Insurance Supervisors 

International Authority of Insurance Supervisors 

International Associate of Insurance Supervisors 

International Accounting of Insurance Supervisors

2.Who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement (LTA) award for his contributions as a Lok Sabha member?

Murli Manohar Joshi

LK Advani 

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Mallikarjun Kharge

3.Which state government has launched “Janahitha” to receive complaints from public?

Andhra Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Telangana Karnataka

4.The Union Government has approved climate change projects for which three states under NAFCC?

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana 

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat 

Karnataka, Sikkim and Assam 

Rajasthan, Gujarat and Sikkim

5.What is the India’s projected growth rate for 2017, as per supplement of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Outlook 2017?

7.4% 7.6% 7.2% 7.5%