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

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

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Which Indian cricket player has won the Sir Garfield Sober Trophy for 2016?

Virat Kohli Ravichandran Ashwin Ajinkya Rahane Ravindra Jadeja

2.Which union ministry has launched an online film certification system “e-Cinepramaan” to promote transparency and ease of doing business?

Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

3.Who has been chosen for the Glenfiddich’s Emerging Artist of the Year 2017?

Sitaram Swain Sunil Sethi Peter Nagy Feroz Gujral

4.Arun Sarma, who passed away recently, was the renowned personality of which field?

Law Science Sports Literary

5.Who has been appointed the new member to the Sports Authority of India (SAI)?

Vijender Singh Sania Mirza Siddhartha Upadhyay Sachin Tendulkar

GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.Srinath Narayanan is associated with which sports?

Chess Boxing Football Hockey

2.Bob Dylan, who will receive the 2016 Nobel Literature Prize, hails from which country?

Germany United States France Russia

3.Which country is set to become the new member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

Alaska Guina Bissau Montenegro Ghana

4.Which Indian personality has been inducted into the international advisory board of Atlantic Council?

A R Rehman M RadhaKrishnan Bharath Gopalaswamy Anil Ambani

5.India has signed how much amount of loan agreement with New Development Bank (NDB) for major district roads project in Madhya Pradesh?

$350 million $300 million $450 million $400 million

PHYSICS QUESTIONS

1.One acre, and 1 hectare’s respectively are

4047 m2, 2.47 acre 4047 m, 2.47 acre 4047 cm, 2.47 acre 4047 km, 2.47 acre

2.Who invented Advanced Microscope

Robert Hooke Robert Brown John Ray Ernst

3. Identify the correctly matched

Melting of Ice – Irreversible Change Batter into Idly – Irreversible Change Ripening of Fruits – Irreversible Change 2 and 3

4.Under the force of gravity the mechanical energy of a body is

Zero Increase Constant Decrease

5.A Device which is used for measuring mass

Tape Beam Balance Sundial Scale

Honours and Awards

1. Who among the following won the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2013 in the category of Science and Technology?

a.) Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat
b.) Dr. Ashoke Sen 
c.) Prof. Yash Pal
d.) Prof. Mustansir Barma

2. Rahul Dravid was awarded with a national honour for sport in 2013. Which award did he win?

a.) Padma Vibhushan
b.) Padma Bhushan
c.) Padma Shri
d.) Khel Ratna

3. In which year was Sharmila Tagore honoured with Padma Bhushan in the category of Art?

a.) 2010
b.) 2011
c.) 2012
d.) 2013

4. Who among the following was not hounoured with Padma award in 2013 posthumously?

a.) Rajesh Khanna
b.) Jaspal Singh Bhatti
c.) Dr. Ram Krishnan
d.) Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar 

5. What is Dada Saheb Phalke award awarded for?

a.) Contribution for the growth and development of Indian Cinema. 
b.) Contribution in various categories including science, sports. 
c.) Contribution in the field of literature
d.) Contribution in the field of peace. 

Gk Questions with Answers

Ques -1 Natya - Shastra' the main source of India's classical dances was written by

• Nara Muni
• Bharat Muni
• Abhinav Gupt
• Tandu Muni

Ques -2 The great Victoria Desert is located in

• Canada
• West Africa
• Australia
• North America

Ques -3 Kidambi Srikanth recently on news, he is associated with -

• Football
• Tennis
• Badminton
• Squash

Ques -4 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2014 winner Jean Tirole belongs to -

• France
• Germany
• USA
• Norway

Ques -5 Kalchakra ceremony is associated with which of the following ceremonies?

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Jainism
• Islam