General Knowledge Questions

Who was awarded the 2017 Padma Bhushan Award in the field of Art-Music?

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.

Which one of the following was a focus country of the World Food India’, a mega food event held in November 2017 in New Delhi?

Which amongst the following is not in the list of Maharatna?

The Taj Mahal is called 'a dream in marble'. Which monument is called as 'a dream in stone'?

The increasing order of the refractive index of certain materials is (left to right) .......

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: Banks, which garner the lion’s share of retail debt allocations, pegged down their term deposit interest rates with alacrity by 200-250 basis points between 2014 and 2016 as market rates fell.
Q: Indian savers have made a decisive shift from real to financial assets in recent years prompted by policy nudges and sluggish gold and property markets.
R: But they have been tardy in passing on the rate increases of the past year.
S: But while umpteen new equity-linked options have sprung up on their menu – MFs, NPS, market-linked insurance plans – there’s a notable dearth of debt options.

Choose the most appropriate answer:Serena Williams defeated__________ to win the women’s singles title of Australian Open 2015.