General Knowledge Today - GK & Current Affairs for IAS, UPSC, PCS exams

Ques. : 1 Who among the following is the new National Security Advisor (NSA) of Pakistan?

1) Sartaj Aziz 

2) Nasser Khan Janjua

3) Ishaq Dar 

4) Tariq Fatemi

5) Khawaja Muhammad Asif

Ques. : 2 Who among the following is the present chairman and managing director (CMD) of Sidbi, the country's principal lender for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)?

1) RS Garg 

2) V Sridar

3) S Muhnot 

4) Kshatrapati Shivaji

5) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

Ques. : 3 Around 200 iconic monuments and buildings around the world were lit up blue - the official colour of the UN- as part of a global campaign to mark the 70th anniversary of the world body which was on

1) 18 Oct 

2) 20 Oct

3) 21 Oct 

4) 23 Oct

5) 24 Oct

Ques. : 4 The recently released book titled “Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India” is the autobiography of

1) Azim Premji 

2) NR Narayana Murthy

3) Sam Pitroda 

4) Montek Singh Ahluwalia

5) Nandan Nilekani

 Ques. : 5 China’s Confucius Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to who among the following recently? It is called Nobel peace prize of China.

1) Robert Mugabe 

2) Joko Widodo

3) Najib Razak 

4) Dilma Rousseff

5) Vladimir Putin

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Ques. : 6 Who among the following was appointed as the first male member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), filling the fourth seat in the five-member body recently?

1) Rajinder Khanna 

2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

3) Swashpawan Singh 

4) Divya Prakash Sinha

5) Alok Rawat

Ques. : 7 The govt cleared the first batch of projects under the flagship AMRUT scheme for 89 cities worth Rs 2,786 cr recently. What does letter ‘R’ denote in the term AMRUT?

1) Rejuvenation 

2) Restoration

3) Reconstruction 

4) Reformation

5) Research 

Ques. : 8 The RBI said that banks' CRR and SLR will be applicable to short-term bullion deposits under the gold monetisation scheme and banks will be allowed to take a minimum deposit of _______ of gold from individuals.

1) 25 grams 

2) 30 grams

3) 50 grams 

4) 60 grams

5) 75 grams

Ques. : 9 Syed Zahoor Qasim, who died recently, was a renowned

1) economist 

2) physicist

3) chemist 

4) author

5) marine biologist

Ques. : 10 PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Shri Venkateswara Mobile & Electronics Manufacturing Hub in Tirupati in which state recently?

1) Tamil Nadu 

2) Telangana

3) Andhra Pradesh 

4) Karnataka

5) Kerala

Answers:

1. 2) 

2. 4) 

3. 5) 

4. 3) 

5. 1) 

6. 5) 

7. 1) 

8. 2) 

9. 5) 

10. 3)