General Awareness Practice Question and Answer
8Q: What are the followers of buddhism called? 1482 05b5cc675e4d2b4197774c148
5b5cc675e4d2b4197774c148- 1Buddhiststrue
- 2Parsisfalse
- 3Noble Truthsfalse
- 4Bhikkhusfalse
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Answer : 1. "Buddhists"
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Answer: A) Buddhists Explanation: Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520 million followers or over 7% of the global population. People who practice Buddhism are called Buddhists. Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god.
Q: Who is the new president of News Broadcasters Association (NB 1480 05b5cc6c5e4d2b4197774dd19
5b5cc6c5e4d2b4197774dd19- 1for 2017-18 ? A) Barun Dasfalse
- 2K. V. L Narayan Raofalse
- 3Ashok Venkatramanifalse
- 4A) Barun Das B) K. V. L Narayan Rao C) Ashok Venkatramani D)true
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Answer : 4. "A) Barun Das
B) K. V. L Narayan Rao
C) Ashok Venkatramani
D)"
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Answer: D) Rajat Sharma Explanation: India TV chairman and editor-in- chief Rajat Sharma will be the new president of the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) for 2017-18.
Q: Who amongst the following is the author of the book "The Other Side Of Midnight"? 1480 15b5cc7c8e4d2b41977750dfa
5b5cc7c8e4d2b41977750dfa- 1Salman Rushdiefalse
- 2Katherine Mayofalse
- 3Ernest Hemmingwayfalse
- 4Sidney Sheldontrue
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Answer : 4. "Sidney Sheldon"
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Answer: D) Sidney Sheldon Explanation:
Q: India has a regional trade pact SAFTA. This pact is with members of which of the following group of countries? 1479 05b5cc7c6e4d2b41977750d55
5b5cc7c6e4d2b41977750d55- 1IBSAfalse
- 2EUfalse
- 3OPECfalse
- 4SAARCtrue
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Answer : 4. "SAARC"
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Answer: D) SAARC Explanation:
Q: Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) in 2017 ? 1478 05b5cc6cbe4d2b4197774e0ef
5b5cc6cbe4d2b4197774e0ef- 1Debasis Janafalse
- 2Sankara Raofalse
- 3Dev Patelfalse
- 4Santosh Sharmatrue
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Answer : 4. "Santosh Sharma"
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Answer: D) Santosh Sharma Explanation:
Q: According to the 2011 census, the Indian State that has the dubious distinction of having the worst male-female ratio was ______. 1478 05b5cc6cbe4d2b4197774e112
5b5cc6cbe4d2b4197774e112- 1Keralafalse
- 2Uttar Pradeshfalse
- 3Delhifalse
- 4Haryanatrue
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Answer : 4. "Haryana"
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Answer: D) Haryana Explanation:
Q: _______has conferred the 'Best Performance Award' for 2015-16 and 2016-17 to Karnataka VIKAS GRAMEEN Bank (KVGB) for its work in the field of credit-linking joint liability groups (JLGs). 1477 05b5cc6cbe4d2b4197774e0ae
5b5cc6cbe4d2b4197774e0ae- 1B) for its work in the field of credit-linking joint liability groups (JLGs). A)false
- 2for its work in the field of credit-linking joint liability groups (JLGs). A) RBI B) RRBfalse
- 3NABARDtrue
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Answer : 3. "NABARD"
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Answer: C) NABARD Explanation:
Q: Which Temple has been awarded the ‘most visited place of the world’ by 'World Book of Records' (WBR)? 1476 05b5cc6bde4d2b4197774d91f
5b5cc6bde4d2b4197774d91f- 1Vaishnodevi templefalse
- 2Golden Templetrue
- 3Meenakshi Templefalse
- 4Rawli Maharaj Templefalse
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Answer : 2. "Golden Temple"
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Answer: B) Golden Temple Explanation: WBR that is World Book of Records, the London based organization that focuses on maintaining and cataloging the world records has awarded the title of 'Most visited place in the World' to the famous Golden Temple. This holy Shrine has recorded quite an uplift after the successful Heritage street project carried out by the Amritsar department. Sri Harmandir Sahib, also known as Golden Temple and the Darbar Sahib, is the holiest Gurdwara and the most important pilgrimage site of Sikhism. It is located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India.