Common GK Quiz Questions for Competitive Exams

National Safety Day is celebrated every year on March 4. The main goal of the day is to highlight safety measures and ensure that people are aware of them and follow them in order to avoid workplace accidents. In India, the 4th of March also marks the start of National Safety Week.

Renowned Indian Santoor player, Pandit Satish Vyas was conferred with the National Tansen Samman for 2020 by the Madhya Pradesh Government during the Tansen Music Festival held in Gwalior.

Active in major Broadway productions of American musical theater beginning in 1957, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (born 1930) redefined the Broadway musical form with his innovative and award winning productions. He continued to be a major force in the shaping of this genre into the 1980s.

Sananta Tanty (Assamese: [সন‍ন্ত তাঁতি]; 4 November 1952 – 25 November 2021) was an Indian poet of Assamese literature. Tanty was born to an Odia family in Kalinagar Tea Estate. Tanty completed his secondary education at a Bengali-medium school but continued his literary works in the mainland Assamese language. Tanty received numerous awards and distinctions, including the 2018 Sahitya Akademi Award for "Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo" (Tomorrow Will be Ours), a collection of his poems.

The WRI New Series (base 2016=100) consists of 37 industries selected keeping in view their importance in terms of percentage share in total employment and also the growing industries on the basis of the data from the seventh Occupational Wage Survey.

Writing another chapter of his madness, eccentric dictator Kim Jong Un, notorious for his eccentricities, has banned wearing leather jackets in North Korea. Now in North Korea, no one except Kim Jong Un can wear a leather jacket and if anyone dares to wear a leather jacket even by mistake, then he will have to face the wrath of Kim Jong Un.

Koneru Ramakrishna Rao (4 October 1932 – 9 November 2021) was an Indian philosopher who served as Chancellor of GITAM (Deemed To Be University), and as Chairman of GITAM school of Gandhian Studies, psychologist, parapsychologist, educationist, teacher, researcher and administrator. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2011.

Direct selling FMCG major Amway India has named Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador. The veteran actor will endorse Nutrilite range of products across all platforms.

The correct answer is Delhi. The Delhi government launched the 'Shramik Mitra' scheme on 8 November 2021. It will ensure that the benefits of various programs reach construction workers.