Easy and Important General Awareness Questions
Recently which country successfully test-fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos?
(A) India
(B) Nepal
(C) Pakistan
(D) Bangladesh
Correct Answer : A
The United Nations Security Council has imposed new comprehensive international sanctions on which country in March 2016?
(A) Pakistan
(B) China
(C) North Korea
(D) South Korea
Correct Answer : C
The Guru of Kabir was ?
(A) Ramanand
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Vallabhacharya
(D) Namdev
Correct Answer : A
The constitutional amendment under which GST was passed?
(A) 121st
(B) 122nd
(C) 123rd
(D) 124th
Correct Answer : B
Which of the following pass is not located in the Western Ghats ranges?
(A) Thal Ghat
(B) Pipli Ghat
(C) Pal Ghat
(D) Bhor Ghat
Correct Answer : B
Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented in India?
(A) 15 July 2017
(B) 1st July 2017
(C) 1st August 2017
(D) 10 August 2017
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
1. The 101st Constitutional Amendment of 2016 is the most far-reaching change from a fiscal perspective since the formation of the first Finance Commission in 1951, providing concurrent powers to the Center and the states in the matter of indirect taxation.
2. This amendment introduced a national Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India from 1 July 2017.
3. GST is based on a concurrent system of indirect taxes, where central and state GST is imposed on every transaction.