Test Your Knowledge Quiz

1. The Bollywood playback singer who has been made India’s tobacco control ambassador is—
(A) Kumar Shanu
(B) Shaan
(C) Udit Narayan
(D) Sonu Nigam
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2. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established in the year—
(A) 1983
(B) 1982
(C) 1985
(D) 1981
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3. First Administrative Reforms Commission was constituted under the chairmanship of Morarji Desai in—
(A) 1966
(B) 1975
(C) 1981
(D) 1972
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4. The Protection of Civil Rights in India was passed in—
(A) 1965
(B) 1955
(C) 1982
(D) 1961
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5. As many as fourteen banks were nationalised by Indira Gandhi government on—
(A) July 15, 1985
(B) July 19, 1969
(C) July 20, 1982
(D) June 18, 1981
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6. Which of the following schemes/ programmes was launched on February 2, 2006 ?
(A) National Food for Work Programme
(B) National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme
(C) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(D) Swaran Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
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7. The first pollution free bio diesel plant in India became operational in October 2007 in—
(A) Kakinada
(B) Hallargi
(C) Jamnagar
(D) Dibrugarh
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8. In the ‘Table of Precedence,’ the governor of a state occupies—
(A) Fourth Position
(B) Third Position
(C) Sixth Position
(D) Seventh Position
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9. Which of the following is known as the Nobel Prize in architecture?
(A) Pulitzer Prize
(B) Abel Prize
(C) Pritzker Prize
(D) None of the above
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10. Which Asian country recently unveiled its First Aircraft Carrier ?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) South Korea
(D) Japan
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11. International Merlin Award is given in the field of—
(A) Architecture
(B) Magic
(C) Literature
(D) Music
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12. World’s Highest Rail Bridge is being built over—
(A) Brahmaputra River
(B) Chenab River
(C) Beas River
(D) Yamuna River
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13. The Oldest Indian Woman to scale Mt. Everest is—
(A) Tina Mena
(B) Premlata Agarwal
(C) Prabha Kumari
(D) None of the above
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14. Which one of the following is not an instrument of fiscal policy ?
(A) Public Revenue
(B) Public Expenditure
(C) Public Borrowing
(D) Cash Reserve Ratio
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15. The first fully Indian Bank is—
(A) Canara Bank
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) State Bank of India
(D) Central Bank of India
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16. The number of nationalised banks in present is—
(A) 23
(B) 19
(C) 25
(D) 26
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17. Which of the following is not a capital city ?
(A) Canberra
(B) Sydney
(C) Wellington
(D) Riyadh
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18. The highest coal-producing country in the world is—
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) China
(D) Russia
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19. Coal mines in Jharkhand are located at—
(A) Jharia
(B) Jamshedpur
(C) Ranchi
(D) Lohardaga
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20. Who is the constitutional head of state government ?
(A) Chief Minister
(B) Governor
(C) Speaker of the Assembly
(D) Chief Justice of High Court
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