General Knowledge Questions

Q:

SAARC Development Fund Headquarters are located in which country?

A) Kathmandu, Nepal B) Islamabad, Pakistan
C) Thimpu, Bhutan D) New Delhi, India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thimpu, Bhutan

Explanation:

SAARC Development Fund Headquarters are located in Thimpu, Bhutan. SAARC Development Fund (SDF), the umbrella financial institution for projects in SAARC member countries. SDF has been established
(i) to promote the welfare of the people of SAARC region,
(ii) to improve their quality of life and

(iii) toaccelerate economic growth, social progress and poverty alleviation in the region. The Fund is to serve as the umbrella financial institution for SAARC projects and programmes and is aimed to contribute to regional cooperation and integration through project collaboration.

 

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 Who are the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018 from India, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize? 

A)  Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk  B)  Kailash Satyarthi and Arvind Kejriwal 
C) Bhuwan Ribhu and Asmita Satyarthi  D)  Nadia Murad and Juan Manuel Santos 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk 

Explanation:

Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

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Q:

Which kind of cell division is used to repair an injury by the body?

A) Mitosis only B) Meiosis only
C) Both Mitosis and Meiosis  D) Neither Mitosis nor Meiosis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mitosis only

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Q:

___ is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.

 

 

A) Sublimation B) Evaporation
C) Condensation D) Liquidation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sublimation

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Q:

Which Indian PSU has launched the country's first 100 Octane petrol?

A) HPCL B) IOC
C) ONGC D) GAIL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) IOC

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Before Champaran Satyagraha, the farmers of Champaran used to follow the 'Panchkathiya' system, whereby five katthas of land in a bigha had to be planted with ___.

A) indigo B) cotton
C) sugarcane D) jute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) indigo

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Who has recently taken charge as the new CEO of Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart?

A) AL Rajwani B) Sunil Duggal
C) Kalyan Krishnamurthy D) RC Bhargava
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kalyan Krishnamurthy

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Acquaintance B) Acuainatance  
C) Acquaintence   D) Akquaintance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Acquaintance

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