General Knowledge Question Answer: Miscellaneous GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. In journalism, 'convergence' means -
1) Sharing facilities, newsgathering resources, content.
2) Different news media all cover the same story in the same way.
3) The content of one newspaper is indistinguishable from that of any other newspaper.
4) News organizations are all striving to put the same ideological slant on news stories.

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Q. The nodal agency of the Government to disseminate the Government policies to media -
1) Press Information Bureau
2) Doordarshan
3) Akashvani
4) Films Division

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Q. Which newspaper first launched an internet edition in India?
1) The Times of India
2) The Hindu
3) The Telegraph
4) Hindustan Times

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Q. Which among the following news agencies does not belong to India?
1) Press Trust of India
2) United News of India
3) Samachar Bharti
4) Associated Press

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Q. Photographers who follow celebrities is called -
1) Page 3
2) Paparazzi
3) Sting
4) Freelance

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Q. Name the advertising and publicity agency of the Central Government.
1) Press Information Bureau
2) Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
3) Information and Public Relations Department
4) Information and Broadcasting Media

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Q. Which State of India has sold most electric cars' in the year 2018-19?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Haryana
4) Uttar Pradesh

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Q. Akshat Yojana in Rajasthan is associated with the helping financial assistance to -
1) Unemployed youths
2) Senior citizens
3) Differently abled persons
4) Widow women

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Q. Arrange in the descending order the scheduled languages spoken in India according to the data of Census 2011.
(a) Tamil
(b) Urdu
(c) Marathi
(d) Bengali

1) (d), (c), (a), (b)
2) (a), (b), (c), (d)
3) (d), (b), (a), (c)
4) (a), (d), (b), (c)

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Q. Consider the following statements regarding Himalayan butterfly known as Golden Bird wing (Troides aeacus) :
1. Golden Birdwing (Troides aeacus) has been discovered as India's largest butterfly after 88 years.
2. It has replaced an unknown specimen which a British army officer Brigadier Evans had recorded in 1942.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

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

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