All the questions are related to ‘Basic General Knowledge Quiz Set-20’, will prove to be helpful for you in the upcoming competitive examinations.
Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Set-20 for Bank, SSC, Railway and More.
Q1. The case of dispute in the presidential election is referred to
A. Chief Election Commissioner
B. Supreme Court
C. Parliament
D. None of the above
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – B.[/su_spoiler]
Q2. Who introduced the ‘Civil Services’ in India ?
A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Wellesley
D. Lord Cornwallis
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – D.[/su_spoiler]
Q3. Who is the father of White Revolution in India ?
A. Molly Kurien
B. Nitya S Ghotge
C. M.S. Swaminathan
D. Verghese Kurien
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – D. Verghese Kurien – Verghese Kurien, the father of White Revolution in India and the founder of Amul[/su_spoiler]
Q4. What is millet in agriculture ?
A. Large seeded grasses
B. Cultivated for their edible dry seeds
C. Small seeded grasses
D. Millets are poor in nutrient content
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – C. Small seeded grasses -Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.[/su_spoiler]
Q5. How many members in one self-help group (SHG) ?
A. 15-20
B. 10-15
C. 10-20
D. 14-18
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – C. 10-20 -A self-help group (SHG) is a village-based financial intermediary committee usually composed of 10–20 local women or men.[/su_spoiler]
Q6. Which year is the deadline for completion of PMGSY(Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak YojanA. ?
A. 2018
B. 2020
C. 2021
D. 2019
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – D. 2019 – The government has forwarded the target date by three years from 2022 to 2019 to achieve complete rural connectivity through all-weather roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, PMGSY[/su_spoiler]
Q7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan’ for
A. Panchayat Samiti
B. Gram Panchayat
C. Panchayati Raj
D. All of these
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – C. Panchayati Raj – Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan’ (Village Self Governance Campaign) to strengthen Panchayati Raj in villages and ensure social harmony in villages. It was launched on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at his birthplace at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh[/su_spoiler]
Q8. Asia’s largest optical telescope ARIES was located in
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Bangladesh
D. Nepal
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – A. India – Asia’s largest and first of its kind optical telescope Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) was unveiled at Devasthal in Nainital District, Uttrakahnd. It was remotely activated by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel from Belgium[/su_spoiler]
Q9. India’s first day-night Test is scheduled to be held in which stadium ?
A. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi
B. M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
C. Gymkhana Ground, Mumbai
D. Eden Garden, Kolkata
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – D. Eden Garden, Kolkata -India and New Zealand team scheduled to play the India’s first day-night Test in Eden garden in Kolkata.But it is refused by Indian team[/su_spoiler]
Q10. Which of the following musical instruments is played by Amjad Ali Khan?
A. Veena
B. Tabla
C. Sarod
D. Guitar
[su_spoiler title=”Show Answer” style=”fancy”]Answer: – Sarod[/su_spoiler]
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