General Knowledge Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Who among the following to be awarded the 2019 Eminent Engineer Award?
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5d64ecae206c16378fcd381d- 1Shri Romesh Batrafalse
- 2Shri Prabhakar Singhtrue
- 3Shri Man Mohan Sharmafalse
- 4Shri E. Sreedharanfalse
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Answer : 2. "Shri Prabhakar Singh"
Q: Who wrote the book "Why socialism"?
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600aaee6baeda263c3c9a5e6- 1Acharya Narendra Devfalse
- 2M.N. Royfalse
- 3Jayaprakash Narayantrue
- 4Mahatma Gandhifalse
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Answer : 3. "Jayaprakash Narayan "
Q: Which of these countries got Independence from United Kingdom?
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62e9fbf46f92bf0da7cdbdf9- 1Uzbekistanfalse
- 2Pakistantrue
- 3Venezuelafalse
- 4South Koreafalse
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Answer : 2. "Pakistan"
Q: The post of Collector in India was borrowed by colonial rule.
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6139e49117961d28f3003859- 1United State of Americafalse
- 2Bangladeshfalse
- 3Englandtrue
- 4Japanfalse
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Answer : 3. "England "
Q: Which ministry unveiled a draft 'Nation Resource Efficiency Policy'?
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5d6e26fded3eb168fe8ff3c6- 1Ministry of Environment & Foreststrue
- 2Ministry of New and Renewable Energyfalse
- 3Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfarefalse
- 4Ministry of Earth Sciencesfalse
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Answer : 1. "Ministry of Environment & Forests"
Q: Which Railway Minister presented the railway budget 6 times in a row?
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5dbc3da76960167377567927- 1John Mathaifalse
- 2Lalu Prasad Yadavtrue
- 3Nitish Kumarfalse
- 4Mamata Banerjeefalse
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Answer : 2. "Lalu Prasad Yadav "
Explanation :
Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Indian politician, and former Chief Minister of Bihar served as the Union Railway Minister of India and presented the railway budget six times in a row from 2004 to 2009. During his tenure, he implemented several changes and reforms in the Indian Railways.
Q: Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was formed___
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5f7aebd429d939344cfef4e6- 1Formation of states on linguistic basisfalse
- 2Panchayati Raj systemtrue
- 3Recognition of political partyfalse
- 4By arrangement of reservationfalse
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Answer : 2. "Panchayati Raj system"
Explanation :
1. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India that looks after the ongoing process of decentralization and local governance in the states.
2. The Panchayati Raj system is the system of local self-government in rural India. Just as self-governance of urban areas is carried out through municipalities and suburban municipalities, similarly self-governance of rural areas is carried out through Panchayati Raj institutions.
3. There are three levels of Panchayati Raj institutions.
(1) Village level: Gram Panchayat
(2) Block level: Panchayat Samiti
(3) District level: District Council
Q: Who is the first person to receive the Bharat Ratna award?
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5ed63f05436d8a49583c8125- 1Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnantrue
- 2Pt. Jawaharlal Nehrufalse
- 3Mohandas Karamchand Gandhifalse
- 4Chakravarti Rajagopalacharifalse
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Answer : 1. "Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan "
Explanation :
The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were: the former Governor-General of the Union of India C. Rajagopalachari, the former President of the Republic of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; and the Indian physicist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954.