2001+ General Awareness Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

India’s first undersea tunnel is being constructed in which city?

A) Mumbai	B) Cochin
C) Kolkata	D) Hyderabad

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mumbai

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Which of the following is not allowed to trade in over-night borrowing market?

A. Scheduled commercial banks

B. Regional rural bank

C. Cooperative banks

D. Primary dealers

A) Only A and B	B) Only B
C) Only A, B, And D	D) Only A And D

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only B

Explanation:

The regional rural bank is not allowed to trade in over-night borrowing market.Scheduled commercial banks (excluding RRBs), co-operative banks (other than Land Development Banks) and Primary Dealers (PDs), are permitted to participate in call/notice money market both as borrowers and lenders.Overnight borrowing market, also known as call market, generally involves borrowing and lending of funds for one day and generally takes place against government securities.

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The boundary of which country does not seem to touch the Caspian sea?

A) Azerbaijan	B) Russia
C) Ukraine	D) Turkmenistan

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ukraine

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What per cent of the total geographic area of India is occupied by the Protected Areas?

A) 2.5%	B) 10%
C) 7.5%	D) 5%

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5%

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Q:

The first of its kind road from plastic waste has been constructed in?

A) Tripura	B) Delhi
C) Telangana	D) Kerala

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tripura

Explanation:

Tripura, in a first-ever initiative, has started using plastic waste for the construction of roads.

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'QUAD' is a group of four countries: India, United States, Japan and

A) Australia	B) South Africa
C) Canada	D) Russia

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Australia

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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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Q:

What is the name of the Made-in-India alternative to Twitter?

A) Koo	B) Freak
C) Whisper	D) Sparrow

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