General Knowledge Question Answer: GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. When is the International Women's Day observed?
1) March 8
2) February 14
3) May 10
4) October 2

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Q. Where are the Dilwara Temples located?
1) Shravanabelagola
2) Parasnath Hills
3) Indore
4) Mt. Abu

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Q. Who is the first Indian lady to preside over the Congress?
1) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
2) Annie Besant
3) Amrita Sher Gill
4) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

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Q. Who among the following formed a party named as 'Forward Bloc'?
1) Subhash Chandra Bose
2) Sardar Bhagat Singh
3) Chandrashekhar Azad
4) Jawaharlal Nehru

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Q. Abd-Rabbu Mansour was recently elected as the President of which one of the following Arab nation?
1) Yemen
2) Iraq
3) Oman
4) Iran

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Q. Name the Tamil author who was announced the winner of the Saraswati Samman 2011 by K.K. Birla Foundation announced on March 22, 2012 for his book Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum.
1) Jeyamohan
2) Dhanushkodi Ramasamy
3) A.A. Manavalan
4) Sundara Ramasami

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Q. Which legendary versatile Bengali actor was on March 21,2012 selected for India's highest film honour the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012?
1) Prasanjeet Chatterjee
2) Soumitra Chatterjee
3) Ranjit Mallick
4) Suvendu Chakroborty

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Q. Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh during his tour of Maharashtra's Satara district announced on March 11,2012 a national award for sanitation and water in the name of which of the following Maharashtrian saints?
1) Sant Gadge Baba
2) Sant Yoga Paramanandar
3) Bhaktha Pundarikar
4) Bhaktha Goma Bai

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Q. Akali Dal Chief Prakash Singh Badal, sworn in as the chief minister of Punjab on March 14, 2012. Badal became the chief minister of the state for-
1) Fourth time
2) Fifth time
3) Third time
4) Second time

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Q. Which one of the following state governments imposed restrictions on the visit of foreign tourists to the areas inhabited by Tribals?
1) Odisha
2) Bihar
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh

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