General Awareness Practice Question and Answer

Q: Which Indian airport has become the busiest single-runway airport in the world with 1 flight in 65 seconds ? 1093 0

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    Chennai International Airport
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    Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
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    Indira Gandhi International Airport
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    Kempegowda International Airport
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Answer : 2. "Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport"
Explanation :

Answer: B) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Explanation: The GVK group-run Mumbai airport has become the world’s busiest amongst the single-runway facilities by handling 837 flights a day or one in 65 seconds on an average in fiscal 2017.

Q: The tech giant that has acquired Flipgrid, an education start-up with an app that lets students record and share videos on specific topics with their classmates is 1092 0

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    Microsoft
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    Wipro
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    TCS
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    Google
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Answer : 1. "Microsoft"
Explanation :

Answer: A) Microsoft Explanation: Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid, an education start-up with an app that lets students record and share videos on specific topics with their classmates.   Microsoft is making Flipgrid free of charge.

Q: Which of the following Indian Universities has topped the list of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry ? 1091 0

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    Jawaharlal Nehru University
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    Banaras Hindu University
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    IISc-Bengaluru
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    Delhi University
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Answer : 3. "IISc-Bengaluru"
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Answer: C) IISc-Bengaluru Explanation: The Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc)- Bengaluru has topped the list of best universities of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry.

Q: TATA Projects has recently launched which initiative to promote green cover in India  ? 1087 0

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    Green World
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    Green India
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    Green Earth
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    Green Thumb
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Answer : 4. "Green Thumb"
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Answer: D) Green Thumb Explanation: The TATA Projects has launched unique “Green Thumb” initiative in India to promote green cover and to protect the environment on 2017 World Environment Day (WED). The Green Thumb 2017 is in continuation to 2016 TATA Projects’ programme wherein it aimed to get 10,000 people to click (pledge) to plant a sapling on their behalf – the response received was a tremendous 23,000. Encouraged by the response, TATA Projects planted a total of over 42,000 saplings across the country in over 100 locations in the last one year (2016-17). This year, under Green Thumb initiative, the company will plants trees, citizens who wish to do their bit to save the environment, can express their support for the cause. They can do so by clicking on the banner to plant a sapling on the Green Thumb.

Q: Plant cells perform photosynthesis, which occurs in the 1087 0

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    Nucleus
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    Mitochondria
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    Cytoplasm
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    Chloroplasts
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Answer : 4. "Chloroplasts"
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Answer: D) Chloroplasts Explanation: Photosynthesis takes place inside plant cells in small things called chloroplasts. Chloroplasts contain a green substance called chlorophyll and this absorbs the light energy needed to make photosynthesis happen.

Q: Makaibari is the costliest variety of what? 1085 0

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    Coffee
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    Pepper
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    Tea
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    Water
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Answer : 3. "Tea"
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Answer: C) Tea Explanation: Makaibari is the world's first tea factory and was established in 1859 in Darjeeling, West Bengal.    It is most expensive tea in India which costs around 1.12 lakhs for 1 kg of tea.   Hence, Makaibari is the costliest variety of Tea.

Q: The Largest country of the World by Geographical Area is 1080 0

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    China
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    United States of America
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    Russia
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    Australia
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Answer : 3. "Russia"
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Answer: C) Russia Explanation: Russia is the Largest country of the World by Geographical Area.   Top 10 largest countries of the World : 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. United States of America 4. China 5. Brazil 6. Australia 7. India 8. Argentina 9. Kazakhstan 10. Algeria   When all 10 of the world's largest countries are taken together, they total 49% of the earth's entire 149 million square kilometres of land.

Q:

What was the original name of Swami Vivekananda?

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    Narendranath Dat
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    Batukeshwar Dat
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    Krishna Dat
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    Surendra Dat
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Answer : 1. "Narendranath Dat"

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