General Knowledge Flashcards by Sharon Pinto

Which Indian state share he longest land border with Bhutan

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal

Assam (267 km) Longest

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Full form of EMI

Equated Monthly Installment

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Which monument was built to commemorate the visit of George V and Queen Mary to Bombay

Gateway of India

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Not a function of money

a) Store of a value
b) Transfer of a Value
c) Value measurement
d) Price stabilization

d) Price stabilization

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Which of the following are the Institutional Underwriters in India?

IDBI , IFCI ,UTI ,ALL OF THE ABOVE

All of the above

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IDBI

Industrial Development Bank of India

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IFCI

Industrial Finance Corporation of India.

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UTI

Unit Trust of India

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The concept of performance budget was taken from

Germany, France, UK, USA

USA

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What is a Performance Budget

Performance budget is one that reflects both the input of resources and output of resources for each unit of organisation

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SARFAESI ACT 2002 is related to which of the following ?

Regulations of banks
Foreign exchange reserves
Digital Payments
Recovery of Bad Loans

Recovery of Bad Loans

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SARFAESI full form

Securitisation and Reconstruction
of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest Act

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Eligibility Age for making investment in National Pension System (NPS)

18 - 70

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PFRDA Full form

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

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The Asset Management Companies in India are regulated by

LIC, EXIM, SEBI, RBI

SEBI
(Securities and Exchange Board of India)

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Service Tax to be exempted on general insurance schemes under which scheme

a) Companies Amendment Bill
b) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
c) Customer Act
d) NIRMAYA Scheme

NIRMAYA Scheme
(exempted) Excused from Payment

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Private Sector Bank which is approved by Government to Collect Direct and Indirect Tax

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED

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Formula for GDP Deflater

. Nominal GDP
GDP Deflator = ——————- *100
Real GDP

GDP Deflator measures the price inflation in an Economy.

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Which platform has been launched by RBI to strengthen compliance by entities that are supervised by RBI

PRISM
( Platform for Regulated Entities for integrated Supervision and Monitoring )

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PRISM Full form

Platform for Regulated entities for Integrated Supervision and Monitoring.

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On whose advise the President can promulgate or withdraw an ordinance ?

Prime Minister
Vice-President
Council of Members
On his own will

Council of Members

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Minimum age for a person seeking election to Lok Sabha

Not less than 25 years old

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Minimum Age for Rajya Sabha

Not less than 30 years old

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Which one of the possible adverse effects of the phenomena of global warming

Extraordinary weather patterns
Retreat of glaciers
An Increase of UVB Radiator
Rise in the sea levels

An Increase of UVB Radiator

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___________ is associated with swimming Shivani Kataria Deepika Kamakar Suresh Raina Geeta Phogat

Shivani Kataria - Indian Swimmer - Competes in the women's 200m freestyle - Represented India at 2016 Summer Olympics

Relation between Algae and Fungi in lichen is Symbiosis Parasitism Commenalism Protocooperation

Symbiosis

Acid rain is due to an increase in atmospheric concentration of Ozone and dust CO2 and CO So2 and CO SO2 and NO2

SO2 and NO2 Sulphuric Acid and Nitric Acid

Ajanta And Ellora Caves are among the major attractions in the state of Maharashtra TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

The Hawa Mahal is a prominent landmark of Pink City, Jaipur TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

Hawa Mahal is located in

Jaipur........PINK CITY

What is the maximum allowed size of the Council of members -Maximum 48 -No such upper limit -Cannot exceed 15% of the total number of members of Lok Sabha - " 10%

Cannot exceed 15% of the total number of members of Lok sabha

Highest Decision Making Authority of our Indian Administrative System

Prime Minister

Sound of Frequency below 20 hz Audio sounds Infrasonic Ultrasonic Supersonic

Infrasonic

Bio Chemical Compounds are used as..... Skin Treatments Food Preservatives Cooking oils All of the above

All of the Above

Which blood vessels have the smallest diameter? Capillaries Arterioles Venules Lymphatic

Capillaries (5 to 10 Micrometers)

It is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and Material elements sliding against each other. TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

When surface in contact move relative to each other, the friction between the two surfaces converts kinetic energy into thermal energy TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

Where are the headquarters of International Gymnastics Federation England Germany Switzerland France

Switzerland 1881 Lausanne

In which year was Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Launched? 2015 2016 2020 2018

2016

Ujjwala 2.0 was launched in

10th August 2021 Second phase of (PMUY)

The Income Tax in India is Direct and Proportional Indirect and Progressive Direct and Progressive Indirect and Proportional

Direct and Progressive (Progressive Tax system means that high - income earners are taxed more than low income ones)

Which of the following is not a method to calculate the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Product Method Income Law Expenditure Method Diminishing Cost method

Diminishing Cost method

The difference between GDP at market prices and GDP at factor cost is Transfer Payments Indirect taxes Subsides Direct Tax

Indirect Tax

What is the other name for " Rupee denominated bonds overseas"? IPO Bond Overseas Bond Indian Rated Bond Masala Bond

Masala Bond

Which is the following National Park located in Assam? Simplipal Bandhavgarh Keibul Lamjao Kaziranga

Kaziranga -World Heritage Site -Famous for the Great Indian One horned Rhinoceros) -Oldest park in Assam

'Madhubani' a style of folk paintings is popular in which of the following states in India Bihar Madhya Pradesh West Bengal Rajasthan

Bihar and Mithila region of Nepal

Which of the following city has been selected to host the 2032 Summer Olympics? Brisbane, Australia Jakarta, Indonesia Shanghai, Chin London, United Kingdom

Brisbane, Australia said the International Olympic Committee on 21st July

Which state will organise the Khelo India youth games 2021 in February 2022 Haryana Gujarat Uttar Pradesh Goa

Haryana

Shishu, Kishore and Tarun are the schemes working under POSHAN Abhiyaan Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana Shishu Loan - 50000/- Kishore Loan - 50000/- to 5 Lakh Tarun Loan - 5 Lakh to 10 Lakh

The Economic survey Of India is presented annually by RBI Ministry of Finance, CSO NITI Aayog

Ministry of Finance (The first Economic Survey in India was presented in the year 1950-51........Up to 1964 it was presented along with the UNION BUDGET)

The Book titled "VEER SAVARKAR : The Man who could have Prevented Partition" is written by Uday Mahurkar Chirayu Pandit Chetan Bhagat both ( a) and (b)

Both (a) and (b) Uday Mahurkar Chirayu Bhagat ( Defence Minister - RAJNATH SINGH Launched the book at Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi)

Which is the agency the Government has engaged to grade and standardise various agricultural products Food Corporation of India Directorate of Indian standards Bureau of Indian Standards Central Statistical Organisation

Bureau of Indian Standards

Indian Army school of artillery is located at Bengal Chennai Pune Deolali

Deolali (Nashik)

In which of the following states is Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary located? Tamil Nadu Kerela Karnataka Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

Kiel Canal connects? Baltic sea and North sea Red sea and Mediterranean Sea Caribbean sea and Pacific ocean

Baltic Sea and North Sea

Among the following continents which one has the lowest growth rate of population North America South America Australia Europe

Europe

Which of these International Tennis event is played on Grass court US open French Open Wimbledon Australian Open

Wimbledon

EI Nino current appears along the coast of which one of the following ? Brazil Peru Alaska Western Australia

Peru

Ellora Temples is located at

Aurangabad

Nilachal Hills located at

Guwahati (Assam)

Aurovile located at

Puducherry

Sarnath is located at?

Varanasi

Which of the following is used by computed tomography employed for visualization of the internal structure of human beings X-Rays Sound Waves Magnetic resonance Radiostopes

X-Rays

Ogaden region has been a source of conflict between Morocco and Algeria Nigeria and Comeroon Angola and Zaubia Ethiopia and Somalia

Ethiopia and Somalia

The oldest monarchy in the world is that of Nepal Saudi Arabia Japan UK

Japan (Emperor Jimmu )

Which one of the following is not related to United Nations - Multilateral Investment Guarantee - International Finance Corporation - International Centre for settlement of Investment Disputes - Bank for International Settlements

Bank for International Settlements

Which organ of UNO is considered as World Parliament? General Assembly Security Council International Court of Justice Trusteeship Council

General Assembly

Which of the following is not associated with UNO ILO WHO Security Council ASEAN

ASEAN

The headquarters of UNHCR is located at New York Rome London Geneva

Geneva United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland.

The song Vande Mataram was originally composed in Assamese Bengali Hindi Sanskrit

Sanskrit (written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee)

The song Jana Gana Mana was originally composed in

Bengali (written by Rabindranath Tagore)

'My Life' is an Autoiography of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Dr. Rajendra Prasad Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton

Bill Clinton (former US President)

The Future of India is written by

Bimal Jalan

The Argumentative Indian is written by

Amartya Sen

An Ordinary Person's Guide to murder was written by

Arundhati Roy

Confessions of a Secular Fundamental was written by

Mani Shankar Aiyar

The First women to scale Mount Everest was Aarati Sayha Asha Agarwal Bachendri Pai Reita Faria

Bachendri Pai

Ustad Vilayat Khan is associated with Painting Classical Music Light Music Instrumental Music

Instrumental Music

Who among the following was the first women Chief Justice of a High Court? Geeta Mukherjee Leela Seth Sujata Manohar Rani Seth Malani

Leela Seth

Who is the author of the book 'Glimpses of World History Abul Kalam Azad Jawaharlal Nehru S. Gopalan S Radhakrishnan

Jawaharlal Nehru

World Environment Day

5th June

Swami Vivekananda's Birthday is observed in India as

National Youth Day

Which of the following is a Military Alliance ASEAN NAFTA NATO EEC

NATO

Headquarters of Amnesty International New York London Paris Geneva

London

Who is not a member of Nordic Council Norway Denmark Iceland United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Who among the following got the Bharat Ratna before becoming the President of India R Venkataraman Dr Rajendra Prasad Dr Zakir Hussain VV Giri

Dr Zakir Hussain

Who among the following was honoured by the Bharat Ratna during his Life time? Morarji Desai Rajiv Gandhi Lal Bahadur Shastri

Morarji Desai

Total Membership of European Union as of now

First satellite in world

Sputnik (Soviet Union)

Selene 1 the Lunar Orbit Mission belongs to ?

Japan

Book written by VS Naipaul Magic Seeds The God Died Young The Sea My India

Magic Seeds

Kalinga Award is given for Art Science Literature Sports

Science

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is associated with Sports Science and Technology Agriculture Film

Science and Technology

Brief History of Time is written by

Stephen Hawking

which of the following beaches is visited by olive ridley turtle annually for mass nesting Chandipur Gahirmatha Gopalpur Paradweep

Gahirmatha Beach Located in the Kendrapara district of Odisha

Playing it my Way is written by Kapil Dev Ravi Shastri Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh

Sachin Tendulkar and Boria Majumdar

among the Indian languages which one is spoken maximum in the world after Hindi

Bengali

India's first export processing zone setup

Kandala

largest man made Canal in the world is

The Suez Canal, (located in Egypt)

headquarters of international atomic energy agency

Vienna, Austria

first newspaper in India was started by

James Augustus Hickey, 1780

the first Muslim president of Indian National Congress was Muhammed Ali Jinnah Badruddin Tayyabji Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan Abdul Kalam Azad

Badruddin Tayyabji

The Headquarters of ASEAN is situated at Beijing Mexico Kuala Lumpur Jakarta

Jakarta - Indonesia

The first newspaper published in English language was The Bengal Gazette The Hindu Young India Native Opinion

The Bengal Gazette by HIckey

The territory of Puducherry lies divided in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & Kerela Tamil Nadu, Kerela & Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, & Goa

Tamil Nadu, Kerela & Andhra Pradesh

The book Mother India was written by Catherine Mayo Lala Lajpat Rai Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bipin Chandra Pal

Catherine Mayo

Vautawang Falls is located in Mizoram Manipur Arunachal Pradesh Tripura

Mizoram

Earth Day is observed on

22nd April

The first person to scale the world's 14 highest mountains is

Dorothy Height / Oh Eun Sun

The first lokpal bill was introduced in the parliament in May 1968 May1980 July 1982 June 1985

May 1968

D'Oliveira Trophy is associated with Cricket Hockey Chess Football

Cricket

Matatilla multipurpose project is located on River Betwa River Rihand River Tapi River Mahi

River Betwa

'Romancing in life' is a book written by Dilip Kumar Debasheesh Dutta Dev Anand Hema Malini

Dev Anand

Which of the following cities is situated on the river Hudson Paris New York London Montreal

New York

Four Nobel truths are associated with? Jainism Hinduism Buddhism None of These

Buddhism

Who was the chairman of special committee to examine the draft Constitution of India Dr. BR Ambedkar Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Lyer Sardar Patel Jawaharlal Nehru

Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Lyer

Where is the headquarters of central Water Tribunal is Located on Kolkata Delhi Mumbai Chennai

Delhi

The provision of Contingency Fund in India has been made under Article? Article 266 Article 265 Article 267 Article 268

Article 267

PURA Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas Headquarters - United States NSSO National Sample Survey Office Headquarters - Delhi IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Headquarters - Geneva Switzerland NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters - Washington

All the Statements are TRUE

DTAA full form

Double Tax Avoidance Agreement

TIEA

Tax Information Exchange Agreements

Which of the following volcanoes is situated at Mexico Colema Purance Sameru Etna

Colema Purance - Colombia Sameru - Indonesia Etna - italy

Ebrahim Alkazi is a well know personality from the field of Folk Dance Theatre Business None of These

Theatre

Parliament passed Special Economic Zones Act in 2000 2005 2008 2004

2005

Who among the following was not the Vice President Of India Zakir Hussain GS Pathak Neelam Sanjeev Reddy Muhammed Hidayatullah

Neelam Sanjiv Reddy

South Asian Free Trade Agreement came into force on 1st January, 2006 15th March, 2008 10th December, 2009 11th April, 2005

1st January, 2006

BIMSTEC stands for

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

The host city for 31st Olympic Games in 2016 was Chicago Moscow Rio-de-Janeiro Manila

Rio-de-Janeiro

Who amongst the following has developed the concept of Human Development Index Amartya Sen As Kadir Alva Myrdal Mehboob-Ul-Haq

Mahbub ul-Haq

The headquarters of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is located in Kenya Washington Moscow Tokyo

Nairobi, Kenya

Which of the following is the main purpose of 'Know Your Customers Guidelines' by RBI (1)To keep a check on money laundering (2)To keep a check on money flow in market (3)To bring more and more people in income tax net (4)To know your customer well

To know your customer well

In world milk production, India ranks First Second Third Fourth

First

Optical fiber works on the principle of Total Internal Reflection Refraction Scattering Interference

Total Internal Reflection

Two smallest continents of the world are Australia and Antarctica Antarctica and Europe Australia and Europe Australia and South America

Australia and Europe

Shipki La is the famous mountain pass of Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Sikkim Uttarakhand

Himachal Pradesh

Area wise which one of the following is the largest Lok Sabha constituency? Kutch Kangra Ladakh Patna Saheb

Ladakh

The state which separated North and South Islands of New Zealand is Foveaus strait Bass strait Cook strait Torres strait

Cook strait

The strait which separated India and Sri Lanka

Palk strait

The first fully Indian Bank is? Canara Bank Punjab National Bank State Bank of India Central Bank of India

The audible sound range for human is 20 hertz to 200 hertz 2 hertz to 20 hertz 200 hertz to 2000 hertz 20 hertz to 20000 hertz

20 hertz to 20000 hertz

Tropical cyclone of Philippines is termed as Typhoon Willy-Willy Hurricane Bagnio

Bagnio

The tropic of Cancer does not pass through Sudan Algeria Niger Vibya

Sudan

The territorial jurisdiction of Guwahati High Court does not cover Assam Manipur Sikkim Arunchal Pradesh

Sikkim

The Source of Energy of the Sun is Nuclear Fission Nuclear Fusion Collision of Atoms Chemical reactions

Nuclear Fusion

Who discovered the Nucleus James Chadwick JJ Thomson Henry Rutherford Bohr

Henry Rutherford

The largest producer of rubber in India is Assam Karnataka Kerela Maharashtra

Kerala

Viluius is the capital of Estonia Macedonia Eriteree Lithuania

Lithuania

First Municipal Corporation was set up in 1687 in Bombay Allahabad Madras Calcutta

Madras (Chennai)

The first person to travel twice to space is Suman Sharma Charles Simonyi David Kellerman None of These

Charles Simonyi

The smallest Bone of Our Body is found in our ear our nose our eye our toe

our ear

Which one of the following is not a member of SCO Russia China India Kazakhstan

(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) India

WTO basically promotes financial support global peace unilateral trade multi - lateral trade

multi - lateral trade

TRIPS and TRIMS are the terms associated with IMF WTO IBRD IDA

WTO

Where is the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management located? Dehradun Hyderabad New Delhi Itanagar

Hyderabad

In which state was the Nalanda University located in India? Paschim Bengal Bihar Odisha Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

The National River Conservation Directorate functions under the Ministry of Water Resources Environment and Forests Power Rural Development

Environment and Forests

Regarding the International Monetary Fund, which one of the following statements is correct? It can grant loans to any country. It can grant loans to only developed countries. It can grant loans to only member countries. It can grant loans to the central Bank of a country.

It can grant loans to only member countries.

Which of the following is the oldest Trade Union Organization in India? INTUC CITU AITUC BMS

ALL INDIA TRADE UNION CONGRESS (AITUC) founded in Bombay (Mumbai) on October 31, 1920.

As required by the WTO Agreement, the Indian Patent Act was amended in the year 1999. The Act first came into force in the year 1965 1970 1975 1980

1970

Which on of the following countries is not a member of SAARC? Bangladesh Maldives Bhutan Myanmar

Myanmar

The Capital of IMF is made up by contribution of the Credit Deficit Financing Member nations Borrowing

Member Nations

Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly ? Vijayalaksmi Pandit V.K Krishna Menon Jawaharlal Nehru None of these

Vijayalaksmi Pandit

The National Chemical Laboratory (India) is located in Mumbai Bengaluru Hyderabad Pune

Pune

The National School Of Drama is situated in which of the following cities Mumbai New Delhi Bhopal Kolkata

New Delhi

Which one of the following United Nation Agencies has given a membership to Palestine? UNO UNESCO UNDP All of these

UNESCO

First Non-Citizen to receive Bharat Ratna was Nelson Mandela Abraham Lincoln Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Mother Teresa

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

With reference to Indian Railway Zones and their Headquarters, which on of the following pairs is not correctly matched North-eastern Railway : Gorakhpur Eastern Railway : Kolkata Central Railway : Mumbai Southern Railway : Secunderabad

Southern Railway : Secunderabad (Chennai)

In which one of the following cities is the Global Automotive Research Centre being set up? Chennai Hyderabad Pune Gurgaon

Global Automotive Research Center (GARC) Chennai

In which state is the famous Tawang Monastery located Arunachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Himachal Pradesh Sikkim

Arunachal Pradesh

In which state is the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development located Tamil Nadu Karnataka Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand

Tamil Nadu

Who designed the National Flag of India?

Pingali Venkayya

Entomology is the science that studies

Insects

Hitler's party which came into power in 1933 is known as

Nazi Party

Who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Army?

Gen. K.M. Cariappa

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

API

Application Programming Interface

CAPTCHA

Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart

COMPUTER

Common Operating Machine particularly Used for Trade, Education and Research

BCG

Bacillus Calmette Guerin

NCERT

National Council of Educational Research and Training

D.D.T

Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloroethane

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

Unwritten Constitution

Federal Form Of Government

USA

In Indian Polity which one is supreme?

Constitution