General Knowledge Question Answer: GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teen working on a movement against climate change, was in the news in mid of 2019 because of the following reasons -
1) She won Right Livelihood Prize, which is termed as an Alternative Nobel Prize
2) She won Nobel Peace Prize 2019
3) She won Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019
4) None of the above

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Q. The term Operation Twist is related to -
1) Renewable energy
2) Debt Restructuring
3) Currency Crisis
4) Quantitative Easing

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Q. Which state topped in the Logistic Ease Across Different States (LEADS) Index 2019, released by the department of commerce of Gol?
1) Gujarat
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Punjab
4) Andhra Pradesh

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Q. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), was established by :
I. Abhijit Banerjee
II. Esther Duflo
III. Sendhil Mullainathan
Correct code is -

1) Only I and II jointly
2) Only I and III jointly
3) Only I
4) I, II and III jointly

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Q. Which space agency has created history in October 2019 by sending 'all women' astronauts into the space walk?
1) Roscosmos (Russia)
2) NASA (USA)
3) ISRO (India)
4) CNSA (China)

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Q. In a latest report (2019) World Bank appreciated India's efforts and policies to -
1) Reduce Poverty by half since 1991
2) Provide clean and wholesome water to all
3) Immunize all the children in the age group 0-5 years
4) Achieve gender parity in primary education

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Q. India ranks .......... in Global Hunger Index 2019.
1) 97th
2) 102nd
3) 111th
4) 114th

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Q. The Nobel Prize 2019 for Economics has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for -
1) Fighting poverty
2) Consumption pattern among rural mass
3) Decision making under asymmetric information
4) Role of non-economic factors in trade distortions

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Q. Which of the following indicators is/ are treated as 'Anthropometric' measurements for Preschool children?
I. Height/ Length
II. Weight
III. Mid-upper arm circumference
IV. Triceps skin fold thickness
V. Sub scapular skin fold thickness

1) Only I, II and III
2) Only II, III, IV and V
3) Only II and III
4) I, II, III, IV and V

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Q. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2019?
1) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Aluned
2) Change activist Greta Thunberg
3) Brazilian leader and environmentalist Raoni Metuktire
4) German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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