1500+ General Knowledge (GK) Questions and Answers For Competitive Exams Part 37

Q.1:- Who is the founder of Infosys – the leading IT Company in the world ?

  1. R. Narayana Murthy
  2. Azim Premji
  3. Ratan Tata
  4. None of the above

Q.2:- Philip Kotler is well-known as a ? [CDS Exam 2005]

  1. Film Actor
  2. Swimmer
  3. Management Expert
  4. Fashion Designer

Q.3:- The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is situated at which of the following places ?

  1. Mumbai
  2. Trivandrum
  3. Pondicherry
  4. Kanyakumari

Q.4:- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? [IAS Exam 2006]

  1. Sigmund Freud : Psychoanalysis
  2. Anna Freud : Child Psychiatry
  3. Milton Friedman : Economic
  4. Eric R. Kandel : Literature

Q.5:- Kathakali is a folk dance prevalent in which of the following states ?

  1. Kerala
  2. Odisha
  3. Manipur
  4. Karnataka

Q.6:- Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

  1. Odissi : Odisha
  2. Bharat Natyam : Tamil Nadu
  3. Kuchipudi : Rajasthan
  4. Kathakali : Kerala

Q.7:- What is the interval between two ‘Maha Kumbha’ melas at the same palce ?

  1. 4 years
  2. 6 years
  3. 8 years
  4. 12 years

Q.8:- Which state has adopted Nepali as its official language ?

  1. Uttarakhand
  2. Sikkim
  3. Arunachal Pradesh
  4. Nagaland
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Q.9:- Which of the following musical instruments is said to have been invented by Amir Khusro ?

  1. Sitar
  2. Sarangi
  3. Sarod
  4. Veena

Q.10:- Which of the following is the only Hindu festival dedicated to the Sun God ?

  1. Chhath Puja
  2. Holi
  3. Navaratri
  4. Makar Sankranti

Q.11:- In which year the Government of India broadened the criteria for conferment of Bharat Ratna to include ‘Any Field of Human Endeavour’ ?

  1. 2010
  2. 2011
  3. 2012
  4. 2013

Q.12:- Indian-American poet _______ wins the 98th annual Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems ‘3 Sections’.

  1. Ramesh Agrawal
  2. Medha Patkar
  3. Vijay Seshadri
  4. C. Mehta

Q.13:- The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year ? [CBI Exam 1989]

  1. 1965
  2. 1963
  3. 1961
  4. 1975

Q.14:- Who is the first recipient of the Moortidevi Award ?

  1. K. Nagaraj Rao
  2. Manu Bhai Pancholi
  3. Vishnu Prabhakar
  4. Munishree Nagraj
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Q.15:- Who among the following Nobel Prize winners was not an Indian Citizen ? [MP PCS 1996 Exam]

  1. Subramaniyam Chandrashekhar
  2. V. Raman
  3. Mother Teresa
  4. Rabindranath Tagore

Q.16:- Besides Roosevelt, who among the following Presidents of American has won the Nobel Peace Prize ?

  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. Bill Clinton
  3. Woodrow Wilson
  4. None of the above

Q.17:- Tansen Samman has been instituted by the Government of ?

  1. Gujarat
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Uttar Pradesh
  4. Madhya Pradesh

Q.18:- Who amongst the following is a famous Booker Prize winner author from India ?

  1. Chetan Bhagat
  2. Namita Gokhale
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Upamanyu Chatterjee

Q.19:- Meghnad Saha award is given for outstanding contribution in which of the following fields ?

  1. Science
  2. Journalism
  3. Literature
  4. Social Science

Q.20:- Who was the first Jnanpith Award winner ?

  1. Shankar Kurup
  2. Sumitra Nandan Pant
  3. Shriaram Karanth
  4. Umashanker Joshi

Q.21:- Who was the first actress to be conferred the honour of Padma Shri ?

  1. Kanan Devi
  2. Nargis Dutt
  3. Devika Rani
  4. Sulochana
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Q.22:- Dada Saheb Phalke Awards are given by the Ministry of ?

  1. Information and Broadcasting
  2. Social Welfare
  3. Corporate Affairs
  4. Human Resource Development

Q.23:- World Ozone Day is observed on ?

  1. September 16th
  2. October 16th
  3. November 16th
  4. September 26th

Q.24:- World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on ?

  1. December 2nd
  2. December 8th
  3. December 10th
  4. December 25th

Q.25:- World Health Day is observed on ?

  1. January 19th
  2. December 22nd
  3. July 1st
  4. April 7th