GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz

Q. What is blue carbon?

1) Carbon captured by oceans and coastal ecosystems
2) Carbon sequestered in forest biomass and agricultural soils
3) Carbon contained in petroleum and natural gas
4) Carbon present in the atmosphere

Q. Which of the following is known as India's first solar-powered village?

1) Chitrakoot - Uttar Pradesh
2) Modhera - Gujarat
3) Damoh - Madhya Pradesh
4) Agasthiyamalai -Tamil Nadu

Q. Which of the following phenomena might have influenced the evolution of organisms?
(I) Continental drift
(II) Glacial cycles
Select the correct answer using the code given below -

1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Both I and II
4) Neither I nor II

Q. India's first ‘carbon neutral panchayats' is -

1) Modhera - Gujarat
2) Palli - Jammu & Kashmir
3) Ekta Nagar - Gujarat
4) Morena - Madhya Pradesh

Q. The Chilika Lake Asia's largest brackish water lagoon conducted World's first -

1) Red Panda census
2) Fishing Cat Census
3) Dugong conservation program
4) Gangatic dolphin action plan

Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
I. Crop diversification is the major principle of regenerative agriculture.
II. As part of crop diversification multi-cropping, trap, and border cropping are integrated to reduce pest infestation and to improve soil fertility.

1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Both I and II
4) Neither I nor II

Q. Consider the following statement in relation to granting SC status to those Dalits who have converted to other religions -
I. Justice Ranganath Mishra commission (2007) recommended permitting Dalits who converted to Islam and Christianity to avail of Scheduled caste status.
II. As per the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950 Only Dalits of Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhist faith can be categorized as SCs.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Both I and II
4) Neither I nor II

Q. Who has been named men's player of the year for 2022?

1) Kylian Mbappé
2) Karim Benzema
3) Lionel Messi
4) Emiliano 'Dibu' Martinez

Q. 92 ÷ 8 ÷ 2 = ?

1) 4.75
2) 5.75
3) 4.25
4) 5.25

Q. The main cause of 'leaf mottle' disease in citrus is due to the deficiency of -

1) Mica
2) Zinc
3) Iron
4) Copper