Important General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Competitive Exam

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Important General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Competitive Exam
Q :  

National Insurance Awareness Day was observed on which day?

(A) 26 June

(B) 27 June

(C) 28 June

(D) 29 June


Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Central bank of our country is 

(A) State Bank of India

(B) Reserve Bank of India

(C) Central Bank of India

(D) Bank of Baroda


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

1. The central bank of our country is the Reserve Bank of India.

2. It is the supreme bank of India and determines the monetary policy of the country.

3. RBI was established on April 1, 1935 under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.


Q :  

Which of the following statements is / are true? 

(A) After the Nagpur Session ( 1920 ) of Congress, the provincial Congress Committees were constituted on linguistic basis .

(B) In  1948 ,  Congress rejected the demand of formation of provinces on linguistic basis . Select the correct answer from the code below : 

(A) Only (A)

(B) Only (B)

(C) Neither (A) nor (B)

(D) Both (A) & (B)


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

What is true about Simon Commission recommendation? 

(A) Abolition of Sati

(B) Abolition of legislature at Centre

(C) Abolition of Child marriage

(D) Abolition of Diarchy


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

'Bhavani Mandir' by Aurobindo Ghosh was inspired by which of the following works?

(A) Ananda Math

(B) Devi Chaudhurani

(C) Vartman Ranniti

(D) Durgesh Nandini


Correct Answer : A

Q :  

In 1997, the Supreme Court in India formulated the Vishakha guidelines to protect women from   sexual harassment_______.

(A) in vehicles

(B) at work places

(C) in marital relationship

(D) on streets


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

In 1997, the Supreme Court of India enacted the Vishakha Directive to protect women from sexual harassment in workplaces.


Q :  

The political party that secured the highest seats in the general election to the Lok Sabha in 1977 was - 

(A) Bharatiya Janata party

(B) Janata party

(C) Bharatiya Jana Sangh

(D) Bharatiya Lok Dal


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

‘Home Rule League’ was established by ? 

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) P.S. Mehta

(C) S.N. Bannerjee

(D) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad


Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Government of India had composed “State Reorganization Commission,1955” under the Chairmanship

of ______. 

(A) H.N.Kunzru

(B) N.Madhav Rau

(C) S. Fazal Ali

(D) K.M.Panikkar


Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Which of the following were members of the Swaran Singh Committee ( 1976 ) ? 

( A ) A. R. Antulay 

( B ) S. S. Ray 

( C ) Haridev Joshi 

( D ) C. M. Stephen 

Select the correct answer using code given below : 

Codes : 

(A) ( A ) , ( B ) , ( C ) and ( D )

(B) ( A ) , ( B ) and ( C )

(C) ( A ) , ( B ) and ( D )

(D) ( B ) , ( C ) and ( D )


Correct Answer : C

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