General Knowledge Quiz

Q. : 1 Maharashtra’s former deputy CM and home minister RR Patil, popularly known as Aaba, died on 17 Feb. He was associated with which of the following parties?

1) NCP 

2) INC

3) BJP 

4) Shiv Sena

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 The Indian Railways is today the largest rail network in Asia. What is its position in the world as a network operated under a single management?

1) First 

2) Second

3) Third 

4) Fourth

5) Fifth 

Q. : 3 The People's Bank of China is the central bank of China. Who among the following is the present Governor of the bank?

1) Xiao Gang 

2) Zhou Xiaochuan

3) Guo Shuqing 

4) Shang Fulin

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Rajinder Puri passed away recently. He was a fierce critic of emergency and an a veteran

1) cartoonist 

2) classical singer

3) poet 

4) environmentalist

5) bureaucrat 

Q. : 5 The Centre has asked all the schools and higher educational institutions to celebrate ‘Matrubhasha Divas’ on

1) 21 Jun 

2) 21 Mar

3) 21 Sep 

4) 21 Apr

5) 21 Feb 

Q. : 6 Who among the following was conferred Uttar Pradesh's highest civilian award Yash Bharti by the state govt recently?

1) Rajdeep Sardesai 

2) Barkha Dutt

3) Arnab Goswami 

4) Vinod Mehta

5) Shekhar Gupta 

Q. : 7 Anirban Lahiri secured his breakthrough European Tour title winning the Malaysian Open on 15 Feb. He is an ace

1) cyclist 

2) golfer

3) tennis player 

4) badminton player

5) cueist 

Q. : 8 Which of the following has become the first company to reach a market value of $700 billion recently?

1) Exxon Mobil 

2) Microsoft

3) Oracle 

4) Alibaba

5) Apple 

Q. : 9 Facebook is going to offer free Internet access to subscribers through the new Internet.org app. Which of the following will become the first country in Asia to get the new app?

1) China 

2) Indonesia

3) Nepal 

4) India

5) Singapore 

Q. : 10 The central govt approved doubling the National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC)’s authorised capital recently. What is its new authorised capital?

1) Rs 750 cr 

2) Rs 1,500 cr

3) Rs 3,000 cr 

4) Rs 6,000 cr

5) Rs 9,000 cr 

Answer :-

1. (1) NCP
2. (2) Second
3. (2) Zhou Xiaochuan
4. (1) cartoonist
5. (5) 21 Feb
6. (4) Vinod Mehta
7. (2) golfer
8. (5) Apple
9. (4) India
10. (3) Rs 3,000 cr