GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz
Q. Recently the Archeological Survey of India has found a 1300-year-old Stupa in -
1) The middle of a mining site in the Jaipur district of Odisha
2) Amravati in Andhra Pradesh
3) Sankisa in Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh
4) Bharhut in the district of Satna Madhya Pradesh
Q. Which of the following statements is incorrect about tuberculosis?
1) World Tuberculosis Day (24 March) marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB
2) India has set the target of eliminating tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the global target
3) Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosisium
4) In the 1900s, TB was called 'the white plague' due to the pale appearance of the patients
Q. Which of the following organism is known as the cultivator of fungi?
1) Cockroach
2) Ant
3) Crab
4) Spider
Q. Which of the following statements is correct in relation to the fifth schedule of Indian Constitution?
1) Land of tribal people cannot be transferred to non-tribal people of an area, placed in the Fifth Schedule.
2) A local self-governing body is created in the area included in the fifth schedule
3) The area placed in the fifth schedule is most likely to be granted Union Territory status
4) The State having such areas would be declared a Special Category State
Q. As per the latest decision of the Supreme Court of India, appointment to the post of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the Election Commissioners shall be done by the President of India on the advice tendered by a Committee consisting of the -
I. Prime Minister of India.
II. The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and in case there is no such leader, the leader of the largest party in the opposition in the Lok Sabha has the largest numerical strength.
III. The Chief Justice of India.
IV. Dy. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
Correct code is -
1) Only I, II, and III
2) Only I, and III
3) Only II, III, and IV
4) All I, II, III, and IV
Q. The carbon border tax was introduced in -
1) COP 26
2) COP 27
3) COP 15
4) COP 20
Q. What is blue carbon?
1) Carbon captured by oceans and coastal ecosystems
2) Carbon sequestered in forest biomass and agricultural soils
3) The carbon contained in petroleum and natural gas
4) Carbon present in the atmosphere
Q. How many tiger reserves are in India?
1) 60
2) 57
3) 54
4) 45
Q. Which country has Asia's largest Ramsar Sites network?
1) Nepal
2) China
3) India
4) Maldives
Q. Daman & Diu share its boundaries with -
1) Odisha
2) Goa
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
