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1 GK
The table below lists countries and capital cities
Which of the following options has the correct match of the countries with their respective capital cities?
A. P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4
B. P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1
C. P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-4
D. P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3
2 GK
From which organisation was Timnit Gebru terminated recently?
A. Microsoft
B. Facebook
C. Google
D. Samsunga
3 GK
Which Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park is identified and prepared to translocate Asiatic Lions from Gir National Park, Gujarat?
A. Satpura National Park
B. Kuno National Park
C. Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
D. Pench National Park
4 GK
Which of the following is a Danish dependency?
A. Andorra
B. Greenland
C. Gibraltar
D. Monaco
5 GK
15-year old Gitanjali Rao was recently in the news. Which of the following best describes her?
A. She is a scientist and an inventor who won the Time’s Kid of the Year in 2020.
B. She is an environment activist, who won the Time’s person of the year in 2019.
C. She is an actress who recently signed for the upcoming Harry Potter movie.
D. She is the youngest Indian to have awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster in 2020.
A. She is a scientist and an inventor who won the Time’s Kid of the Year in 2020.
6 GK
Match the following wild animal species with the national parks/wildlife sanctuaries where they naturally occur in India:
A. P-5, Q-3, R-4, S-1, T-2
B. P-5, Q-3, R-4, S-1, T-2
C. P-4, Q-5, R-2, S-3, T-1
D. P-4, Q-5, R-1, S-3, T-2
7 GK
Which Indian business group built the British Royal Navy ship, HMS Minden, on which the lyrics of the national anthem of the United States of America was supposedly written?
A. Wadia
B. Godrej
C. Bajaj
D. Birla
8 GK
Which of the following will be a debut event in the Summer Olympics of 2024?
A. Kabaddi
B. Cricket
C. Breakdancing
D. Greco-Roman wrestling
9 GK
In India, where did Mahatma Gandhi stage his first major Satyagraha in 1917?
A. Sabarmati
B. Champaran
C. Wankaner
D. Bikaner
10 GK
Who is the chief minister of Jharkhand as of 31st December 2020?
A. Saryu Rai
B. Shibu Soren
C. Hemant Soren
D. Draupadi Murmu
11 GK
Which of the following mountain ranges houses the famous pilgrimage Amarkantak?
A. Dundwa
B. Kudremukh
C. Satpura
D. Balaghat
12 GK
Who authored the famous book Economy of Permanence?
A. Vinayak Narahari "Vinoba" Bhave
B. “Lokamanya” Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Murlidhar Devidas “Baba” Amte
D. Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius “JC” Kumarappa
13 GK
Dries Mertens, recently became the highest goal-scorer for the football club Napoli by surpassing the tally of 115 goals across all competitions. Whose goal scoring record did he surpass?
A. Pele
B. Messi
C. Diego Maradona
D. Cristiano Ronaldo
14 GK
Who was the first Indian to win the Global Teacher Prize?
A. Ajay Desai
B. Ramnath Desai
C. Chamundeswari Nath
D. Ranjitsinh Disale
15 GK
The first woman to lead a listed Indian Information Technology (IT) company is:
A. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
B. Gita Gopinath
C. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
D. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
16 GK
Which of the following is not an OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) member?
a. Chile
B. Taiwan
C. Turkey
D. Israel
17 GK
Vijay Prashad’s discussion event at the online Tata Literature Live!,2020, was cancelled. Who was to feature in the discussion with Vijay Prashad?
A. Ramchandra Guha
B. Douglas Stuart
C. Noam Chomsky
D. Arnab Goswami
18 GK
What is Hayabusa2?
A. It is a Japanese adaptation of Star Wars.
B. It is the name given to the new mutated form of Coronavirus.
C. It is the name of a new smartphone-based on Linux.
D. It is an asteroid-sample-return mission by JAXA.
19 GK
Which is the first GI tagged product in India?
A. Mysore Silk
B. Madhubani Painting
C. Kashmiri Apple
D. Darjeeling Tea
20 GK
Who was recently appointed as the CEO of Cafe Coffee Day?
A. Malavika Hegde
B. Kamini Utappa
C. Kamini Utappa
D. V. G. Siddhartha
21 GK
Who was the first woman chief minister in Independent India?
A. Nandini Satpathy
B. Anwara Taimur
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Sucheta Kripalani
22 GK
Tedros Adhanom has been in the news for the last one year for being:
A. The Director General of the World Health Organization
B. The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020
C. The Time’s Person of the Year 2019
D. The Director General of the International Labour Organization
23 GK
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A. A territorial conflict primarily between Turkey and Greece
B. A territorial conflict primarily between Armenia and Azerbaijan
C. A territorial conflict primarily between Turkey and Iran
D. A territorial conflict primarily between Russia and Uzbekistan
24 GK
Which of the following is not an online learning application?
A. Coursera
B. Duolingo
c. Udemy
D. Patreon
25 GK
Arecibo telescope, known for its stellar contributions in the field of astronomy, collapsed recently. Where was it located?
A. Jamaica
B. Bahamas
C. Puerto Rico
D. Guam