General Awareness Practice Question and Answer

Q: Which country is hosting the International Diamond Conference "Mines to Market 2017" ? 1874 0

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    India
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    South Africa
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    Namibia
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    Japan
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Answer : 1. "India"
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Answer: A) India Explanation:

Q: What is the highest number of satellites that have been launched by the ISRO in 2017 on a single rocket ? 1869 0

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    22
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    37
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    83
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    104
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Answer : 4. "104"
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Answer: D) 104 Explanation: India’s space agency on Feb 15th, 2017 launched a record 104 satellites from a single rocket as it crossed another milestone in its low-cost space-exploration program. The satellites from seven countries were carried by the Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on its 38th consecutive successful flight. On board was a 714kg satellite for earth observation and more than 100 smaller satellites weighing less than 10kg each. Three were Indian-owned, 96 were from US companies, and the rest belonged to companies based in Israel, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. Most were owned by Planet Labs Inc, a US-based Earth-imaging company.

Q: What is the Lithosphere made of? 1866 0

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    Soil
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    Rocks
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    Dirt
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    Water
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Answer : 2. "Rocks"
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Answer: B) Rocks Explanation: Lithoshpere are composed of rocks in the crust and upper mantle that behave as brittle solids. The lithosphere is Earth's outermost layer.

Q: Which of the following software firm will acquire Brilliant Basics, Product Design and Customer Experience (CX) company ? 1864 0

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    Infosys
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    Nautics Technology
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    Google
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    Source code software co.
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Answer : 1. "Infosys"
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Answer: A) Infosys Explanation:

Q: Who has been appointed as an Executive Director in the World Bank in the US ? 1863 0

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    S Aparna
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    Ashok Lavasha
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    Rahul Verma
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    S C Garg
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Answer : 1. "S Aparna"
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Answer: A) S Aparna Explanation:

Q: What are the followers of buddhism called? 1861 0

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    Buddhists
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    Parsis
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    Noble Truths
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    Bhikkhus
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Answer : 1. "Buddhists"
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Answer: A) Buddhists Explanation: Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520 million followers or over 7% of the global population. People who practice Buddhism are called Buddhists.   Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god.

Q: What is the India’s rank in the 2017 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)  ? 1858 0

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    38th
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    37th
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    36th
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    35th
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Answer : 2. "37th"
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Answer: B) 37th Explanation: India has been ranked 37th out of 103 nations in the 2017 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI), according to a new report by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative. The OPHI is an economic research centre at the Oxford University, led by Professor Sabina Alkire. The 2017 global MPI has covered 76% of the world’s population, living in 103 countries. The index measures the nature and intensity of poverty, based on the profile of overlapping deprivations each poor person experiences. It aggregates these into meaningful indexes that can be used to inform targeting and resource allocation and to design policies that tackle the interlinked dimensions of poverty together.

Q: The Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 was in ______? 1858 0

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    Spain
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    Hyderabad
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    Newyork
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    Beijing
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Answer : 2. "Hyderabad"
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Answer: B) Hyderabad Explanation: The United States of America and the Republic of India are proud to announce the 8th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad, India on 28-30 November, 2017. This year's Summit will highlight the theme Women First, Prosperity for All, and will focus on supporting women entrepreneurs and fostering economic growth globally. Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump will headline the United States delegation to the Summit.   GES is the preeminent annual entrepreneurship gathering that convenes emerging entrepreneurs, investors and supporters from around the world. GES 2017 will create an environment that empowers innovators, particularly women, to take their ideas to the next level. Through two and a half days of networking, mentoring, and workshops, GES empowers entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas, build partnerships, secure funding, innovate, and find their target customers --- creating new goods and services that will transform societies.

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