20 GK MCQ's on 21st January 2023

  1- Which species does Common Mormon, which has recently been featured in the headlines, belong to? [A] Snake [B] Butterfly [C] Spider [D] ...

 1- Which species does Common Mormon, which has recently been featured in the headlines, belong to?

[A] Snake
[B] Butterfly
[C] Spider
[D] Turtle

Correct Answer: B [Butterfly]

2- The women's U-18 squad from which state won the Khelo India Youth Games in 2022?

[A] Kerala
[B] Haryana
[C] Telangana
[D] Punjab

Correct Answer: B [Haryana]

3- Which nation's capital is located in Pyongyang?

[A] South Korea
[B] North Korea
[C] Singapore
[D] Malaysia

Correct Answer: B [North Korea]

4- Which business is buying the Ford India manufacturing facility?

[A] Eicher Motors
[B] Tata Motors
[C] Mahindra and Mahindra Motors
[D] Hyundai Motors

Correct Answer: B [Tata Motors]

5- The "Cooperative Beneficiaries Conference" will be held in which city?

[A] Chennai
[B] Bengaluru
[C] Cochin
[D] Ahmedabad

Correct Answer: B [Bengaluru]

6- What organisation pushed stock exchanges to create the Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform?

[A] RBI
[B] SEBI
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] Supreme Court

Correct Answer: B [SEBI]

7- Which state has spent the most of the $13,000 billion that has been spent since 2014 to clean the Ganga?

[A] Bihar
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] West Bengal

Correct Answer: B [Uttar Pradesh]

8- Which occupation was Satyendra Nath Bose, whose birth anniversary was recently observed?

[A] Politics
[B] Science
[C] Sports
[D] Business

Correct Answer: B [Science]

9- In which nation did India most recently sign a "Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement"?

[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Austria
[C] UAE
[D] Bangladesh

Correct Answer: B [Austria]

10- Which bank has appointed Ajay Kumar Srivastava as its managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO)?

[A] Punjab National Bank
[B] State Bank of India
[C] Indian Overseas Bank
[D] Indian Bank


Correct Answer: C [Indian Overseas Bank]

11- Which nation's national security adviser Ajit Doval met with his counterpart for a strategic dialogue?
[A] USA
[B] France
[C] Australia
[D] Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: B [France]

12- Whose name is associated with Goa's Greenfield International Airport?
[A] Atal Bihari Vajpayee
[B] Manohar Parrikar
[C] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
[D] Sushma Swaraj
Correct Answer: B [Manohar Parrikar]

13- Which nation has the fossils of Cratonavis Zhui, a bird-like creature with a cranium like a dinosaur, been discovered?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] Greece
[D] Turkey
Correct Answer: B [China]

14- Which sports does Divya Deshmukh play, who won the national women's championship?
[A] Squash
[B] Tennis
[C] Table-Tennis
[D] Chess
Correct Answer: D [Chess]

15- Which business has worked with ISRO to support space-tech companies in India?
[A] Tesla
[B] Microsoft
[C] Google
[D] Apple
Correct Answer: B [Microsoft]

16- Which nation is home to the Kilauea Volcano, which was recently featured in the news?
[A] Indonesia
[B] Philippines
[C] Hawaii (USA)
[D] Japan
Correct Answer: C [Hawaii (USA)]

17- With what organisation is the "Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)" associated?
[A] World Bank
[B] World Trade Organisation
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] World Economic Forum
Correct Answer: B [World Trade Organisation]

18- The "National Scout and Guide Jamboree" was held in which state?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Gujarat
Correct Answer: B [Rajasthan]

19- ‘Siyom bridge’ has been inaugurated in which state/UT?
[A] Assam
[B] Jammu and Kashmir
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Punjab
Correct Answer: C [Arunachal Pradesh]

20- The "All India Annual State Ministers Conference on Water" has what topic as its theme?
[A] Bharat AmritKaal
[B] Water Vision @ 2047
[C] Amrit Paani @ 2047
[D] Sustainable Water
Correct Answer: B [Water Vision @ 2047]

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