2001+ General Awareness Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Which among the following is/are All India Service(s)?

I. Indian Administrative Service
II. Indian Police Service
III. Indian Forest Service

A) Only I	B) Only II
C) Both I and II	D) All I, II and III

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only II

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In which of the following countries fascism was originated?

A) Italy	B) Japan
C) France	D) Russia

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Italy

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Q:

By what name is the combined water stream of Ganga and Brahmaputra known?

A) Padma	B) Jamuna
C) Meghna	D) Tsangpo

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Meghna

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Which one of the following statements about India is not correct?

A) India has 12 major ports and about 200 non-major ports.	B) 95 percent of India’s trade by volume and 68 percent by value are moved through maritime transport.
C) India has a coastline of about 7500 km.	D) In the Maritime Agenda, 2010-2020, a target of 300 MT port capacity has been set for the year 2020.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) In the Maritime Agenda, 2010-2020, a target of 300 MT port capacity has been set for the year 2020.

Explanation:

Statement 1 and 3 are factual and are correct.The Maritime Agenda projects a total traffic of 2494.95 million tonnes for all major and non-major ports taken together and a capacity of 3280.04 million tonnes. Hence, statement 4 is incorrect.

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Which company has been associated with the development of Post-It and Scotch Tape?

A) Johnson and Johnson	B) 3M
C) Unilever	D) Amazon

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3M

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Which state to be 1st state to legalise mask-wearing?

A) Goa	B) Telangana
C) Rajasthan	D) Delhi

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rajasthan

Explanation:

Rajasthan to become first state to legalise wearing masks in public places. State to make masks wearing mandatory to prevent the spread of Covid19.

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Q:

The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of

A) Nepal	B) Bhutan
C) China	D) Tibet

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nepal

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In which country 'The SolarWinds hack', a cyber attack was recently discovered?

A) China	B) Russia
C) US	D) Japan

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