General Knowledge Question Answer: GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge Questions, Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important MCQs for GK

Q. Consider the following crops -
1. Cotton
2.Groundnut
3. Rice
4. Wheat
Which of these are Kharif crops?

1) 1 and 4
2) Only 2 and 3
3) 1, 2 and 3
4) 2, 3 and 4

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Q. Which of the following consti­tute Capital Account?
1. Foreign Loans
2. Foreign Direct Investment
3. Private Remittances
4. Portfolio Investment
Select the correct answer using the codes given below -

1) 1, 2 and 3
2) 1, 2 and 4
3) 2, 3 and 4
4) 1, 3 and 4

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Q. Which of the following taxes is also known as 'Google Tax'?
1) Equalisation Levy
2) Capital Levy
3) Estate Duty
4) Gift Tax

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Q. Consider the following state­ments in relation to foreign direct investment in the life insu­rance sector -
I. Union Cabinet on Feb­ruary 26, 2022 approved up to 20% FDI in Life Insurance Corporation of India through automatic route.
II. 74% FDI is allowed in private sector insurance companies.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Both I and II
4) Neither I nor II

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Q. A life table is used to measure -
I. Mortality
II. Survivorship
III. Life expectancy of a population of varying ages

1) Only III
2) Only I and III
3) All I, II and III
4) Only II and III

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Q. Consider the following state­ments -
1. The President nominates twelve members of the Rajya Sabha on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
2. The President has absolute power to appoint and remove the Chairman and members of statutory bodies at his discretion.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) Only 2
2) Both 1 and 2
3) Only 1
4) Neither 1 nor 2

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Q. India established Durgapur, Rourkela, and Bhilai steel plants in collaboration with -
1) Germany, Britain and Russia respectively
2) Britain, Germany and Russia respectively
3) Russia, Germany and Britain respectively
4) Britain, Russia and Ger­many respectively

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Q. Tilaiya Dam, Konar Dam, Maithon Dam, and Panchet Hill Dam have been constructed under -
1) The Narmada Valley Project
2) The Damodar Valley Pro­ject
3) The Krishna Valley Pro­ject
4) The Mahanadi Project

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Q. The large natural ecosystem comprised of abiotic (land, air, water, and soils of the concer­ned habitat) and biotic (plants, animals, and micro-organisms) is called -
1) Genome
2) Abiome
3) Agenome
4) Biome

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Q. Which planet is known as the sister of earth?
1) Mars
2) Venus
3) Mercury
4) Saturn

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