General Knowledge Quiz for All Competitive Exams

1.Who won the Man Booker Prize 2016 for his novel "The Sellout"?
1) Paul Beatty
2) Marlon James
3) Richard Flanagan
4) Eleanor Catton    
5) Hilary Mantel

2.Find the wrong pair? (Author& Book)
1) Salman Rushdie : Midnight's Children
2) Arundhati Roy : The God of Small Things
3) Kiran Desai : The Inheritance of Loss
4) Aravind Adiga : The White Tiger
5) Chetan Bhagat : The Satanic Verses

3.Who won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2016 for"The Vegetarian"?
1) Laszlo Krasznahorkai
2) Han Kang
3) Bob Dylan
4) Juan Manuel Santos     
5) None of these

4.What is the India's rank in the WEF's Global Gender Gap Index for 2016?
1) 45th  
2) 75th  
3) 87th  
4) 99th  
5) 144th

5.India has been ranked 130th out of 190 countries in the World Bank's Ease of doing business index for 2017. The list is topped by….?
1) New Zealand
2) Singapore
3) Denmark
4) Hong Kong
5) South Korea

6.FIFA World Cup 2018 will be held in..?
1) South Africa
2) Brazil
3) Russia
4) Qatar
5) None of these

7.Find the correct statement?
A. India has won the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup by defeating Iran in a final by 38-29 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
B. North Korea has won the 2016 FIFAU-17 Women's World cup by defeating Japan in the final by 5-4 on penalty shootout in Jordan.
C. Indian women's hockey team has won the 4th edition of the 2016 Asian Women's Hockey Champions trophy by defeating China in the final by 2-1 in Singapore .
1) only A
2) only B   
3) only C   
4) All A, B & C
5) None of these

8.Allahabad Bank is the oldest public sector bank in India. What is the tagline of Allahabad Bank?
1) With you all the way
2) India's International Bank
3) Atradition of trust
4) The name you can bank upon
5) Good people to bank with

9.Investment in which among the following is the Most Risk Free asset of a Bank as per the RBI guidelines?
1) Housing Loans       
2) Loans Against Jewellery
3) Government Approved Securities
4) Venture Capital Investments
5) None

10.From which of the following countries Green Revolution started?
1) South Africa     
2) India    
3) Mexico
4) USA
5) None of these

11.Which city is served by Kempegowda International Airport?1) Ahmedabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Chennai
4) New Delhi
5) None

12.Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) is observed across India on ?
1) August 7       
2) September 25    
3) October 31
4) November 11    
5) December 25

13.The Union Government has reconstituted the Inter State Council (ISC), a constitutional body to facilitate coordination between states and the centre, will beheaded by…..?
1) The President of India
2) The Vice President of India
3) The Prime Minister of India
4) Union Finance Minister
5) None

14.Which state has become the second state in the country after Sikkim, officially declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF)?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) None of these

15.Technology giant Microsoft launches India's first full-scale Cyber security Engagement Center(CSEC) in?
1) New Delhi    
2) Mumbai   
3) Kolkata   
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru

16.Who is regarded as "Father of Indian Industry"?
1) Jamshedji Tata
2) Dhirubhai Ambani
3) Shiv Narain Birla  
4) Adi Godrej
5) None of these

17.Head quarter of SIDBI is in which of the following city?
1) Mumbai     
2) Kolkata    
3) Indore    
4) Lucknow
5) None of these

18.Tarapur Atomic Power Station is in which of the following Indian state?
1) Tamil Nadu   
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Rajasthan
5) None

19.Name of the parliament of Denmark?
1) Eduskunta
2) Knesset    
3) Folketing
4) Riksdag
5) Storting

20.Who is V.K.Sharma?
1) The Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation
2) The Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
3) The Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India
4) The Chairman of National Thermal Power Corporation
5) The Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited

21.Which of the following is not a national party in India?
1) Bahujan Samaj Party  
2) All India Trinamool Congress
3) Samajwadi Party
4) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5) Bharatiya Janata Party

22.Where is the headquarters of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi   
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) None of these

23.C.P.Gurnani is the Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2016-17. He is the CEO and MD of …..?
1) TCS     
2) Infosys   
3) Wipro  
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra

24.Who is Kim Byong-joon?
1) The Prime Minister of South Korea 
2) The President of South Korea
3) The Prime Minister of North Korea
4) The President of North Korea
5) None of these

26.Jhulan Goswami is associated with which sports?
1) Tennis           
2) Football   
3) Cricket
4) Badminton    
5) None of these

27. Who is Amitabh Kant?
1) The Chairman of NITI Aayog
2) The Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog
3) The CEO of NITI Aayog
4) The Full Time Member of NITI Aayog
5) None of these

28. Which judicial committee onOne Rank One Pension (OROP)has submitted its report to Ministry of Defence ?
1) Raghuram Rajan Committee
2) Arvind Subramanian Committee
3) Bibek Debroy Committee
4) Arvind Panagariya Committee
5) L.Narasimha Reddy committee

29.The World Development Report (WDR) is an annual report published since 1978by….
1) International Bank for Reconstruction and  Development (IBRD) or World Bank
2) International Monetary Fund (IMF)   
3) World Economic Forum (WEF)
4) World Trade Organization (WTO)
5) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

30.World Tsunami Awareness day is observed on?
1) November 5 
2) December 10
3) October 16
4) September 27  
5) None

31.Which state has become the first state in the country to have a cyber-police station in each district to take on cyber criminals?
1) Andhra Pradesh      
2) Telangana
3) Maharashtra
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these

32.Who is the Brand Ambassador for Swachh Rail Mission of Indian Railway?
1) P.V.Sindhu    
2) Bindeshwar Pathak 
3) Sakshi Malik
4) Arvind Kejriwal    
5) None of these

33.Which of the following states have jointly topped the Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking 2015-16?
1) Gujarat and Maharashtra      
2) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
4) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these

34.Which state has been ranked first state in the country in 2016 Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index?
1) Maharashtra    
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these

35.The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union of?1) 25 member countries
2) 26 member countries
3) 27 member countries
4) 28 member countries
5) None of these

36.Which country will host BRICS summit 2017?
1) Brazil   
2) Russia  
3) India  
4) China
5) South Africa

37.Which BRICS country has lowest literacy rate?
1) South Africa    
2) China   
3) India   
4) Russia  
5) Brazil