General Knowledge Question Answer: GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge Questions, Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important MCQs for GK

Q. Which of the following is the short from of the name of the Indian Space Shuttle which puts various satellites into orbit?
1) RISAT
2) PSLV
3) ANUSAT
4) ISRO

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Q. Which of the following apex body and regulators has asked banks to swap customer related information so that the frauds and defaults may be prevented in future?
1) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
2) Indian Banks Association (IBA)
3) Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
4) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

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Q. Kailash Vajpayi has been honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award 2009 for his poetry-
1) Chitralipi
2) Hawa Mein Hastakshar
3) Draupadi
4) Geet Sarovar

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Q. Vasudhi Award for best environmental short film/documentary has been conferred at the recently held International Film Festival in Panaji on-
1) Underground Inferno
2) Meltdown in Tibet
3) Both of the above
4) None of the above

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Q. The film which bagged top prize at the International Film Festival of India is-
1) The Other Bank
2) I Can't Live Without You
3) A Brand New Life
4) None of the above

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Q. The person of Indian Origin American who has been nominated to head the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is-
1) Indira Nooyi
2) Rajiv Shah
3) Nikhil Kumar
4) None of the above

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Q. The Leaders of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively are-
1) L. K. Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi
2) Sushma Swaraj and Jaswant Singh
3) Murali Manohar Joshi and Arun Jaitley
4) Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley

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Q. Which of the following Indian states in December 2009 unveiled New Biotech Policy II?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Orissa
4) West Bengal

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Q. Recently which of the following countries made purchase of renewable energy mandatory by electricity grid companies?
1) China
2) India
3) Russia
4) Thailand

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Q. 'Wise' recently came into news. It is-
1) A novel written by Barack Obama
2) NASA's new space telescope
3) A Government of India welfare programme for the mentally challenged
4) None of the above

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