GK questions and answers

Q1. Who has recently taken over charge as the chief of IAF’s Western Air 

Command ?

A. Rakesh Kumar Singh

B. V R Chaudhari

C. Harjit Singh Arora

D. None of the Above

Answer - V R Chaudhari

Explanation -

Recently V R Chaudhari took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of 

Western Air Command .

About - Western Air Command Founded on July 22, 1949

Headquarters - New delhi

Q2. Which railway zone runs first-ever Vyapar Mala Express train ?

A. Eastern Railway

B. Northern Railway

C. Southern Railway

D. None of the Above

Answer - Northern Railway (NR)

Explanation -

On 1st August, Northern Railway ran first-ever Vyapar Mala Express train. 

About - Northern Railway

Headquarters - New Delhi railway station

Dates of operation since - 14 April, 1952

At present there are 18 railway zones in india.

Q3. Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh passed away. Amar Singh belong to 

which district of Uttar Pradesh?

A. Lucknow

B. Kanpur

C. Moradabad

D. Azamgarh

Answer - Azamgarh 

Explanation -

On 1st August, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who was admitted to a 

hospital in Singapore, passed away due to kidney failure.

In 2016 He was Elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh as an 

independent member by support of Samajwadi Party.

Q4. Who launched 'Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan 2020-21' ?

A. Prakash Javadekar

B. Dr Harsh Vardhan

C. Narendra Modi

D. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

Answer - Dr Harsh Vardhan 

Explanation -

'Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21' on 1 August.

Main Onjective of this Initiative to popularize science among school students 

of Class 6th to 11th.

Q5. We remembered which death anniversary of Great freedom fighter 

"Bal Ganges Tilak"?

A. 95

B. 100

C. 105

D. 110

Answer - 100th

About - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Born - 23 July 1856

Died - 1 August 1920

Bal Ganges Tilak was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate.

Bal Ganges Tilak is known for his quote "Swarajya is my birthright and I 

shall have it.

Q6. Indian Government has extended ban on international flights till ?

A. August 31

B. September 31

C. October 31

D. September 15

Answer - August 15

Q7. PM Narendra Modi has congratulated the telecom industry for 

completing how many years of mobile telephony in the country ?

A. 30

B. 20

C. 25

D. 15

Answer - 25

Explanation -

On 1 August, PM Narendra Modi has congratulated the telecom industry for 

About - Department of Telecommunications (DoT)

Headquarter - New Delhi

Minister - Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, Minister of State (independent charge) 

for Communications

Chairman of Telecom Commission and Telecom Secretary - Anshu prakash

Q8. ADB has signed a Dollar 200 million financing deal with which Company 

for power plant in Bangladesh?

A. Power Grid

B. Reliance Power

C. JSW Energy

D. Tata Power

Answer - Reliance Power 

Q9. "Back to Village" initiative some times in news, belongs to which ?

A. Bihar

B. Jharkhand

C. Jammu and Kashmir

D. Rajasthan

Answer - Jammu and Kashmir

Q10. Name the Gujarat based dairy that starts project to produce CNG from 

Animal Dung?

A. Banas Dairy

B. Manas Dairy

C. Dudhsagar

D. Amul

Answer - Banas Dairy

Explanation -

Banas dairy come up with an innovative project to produce Compressed 

Natural Gas (CNG) from animal dung.

About - Banas Dairy

Founded in 1969

Headquarters - Palanpur, Gujarat

Chairman - Shankar Chaudhary

Banas Dairy is Asia's largest milk producer

Q11. Which City Covid-19 management model appreciated by the World 

Health Organization (WHO) recently ?

A. Patna

B. Ranchi

C. Ahmedabad

D. Goa

Answer - Ahmedabad

Covid-19 management model of Ahmedabad city was recently appreciated by 

WHO.

About WHO ( World Health Organisation)

Formation -7 April 1948

Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerlan

Head - Tedros Adhanom (Director-General)

 - Soumya Swaminathan (Deputy Director-General)

Q12. Who has inaugurated a two-day international webinar on 'Lokmanya 

Tilak - Swaraj to Self-Reliant India' 100th death anniversary of Lokmanya 

Tilak ?

A. Amit Shah

B. Piyush Goyal

C. Rajnath Singh

D. None of the Above

Answer - Amit Shah

Q13. "BeiDou" is Navigation Satellite System of which Nation?

A. US

B. Japan

C. Russia

D. None of the Above

Answer - None of the Above 

On 31st July, China said its fully operational home-made Beidou navigation 

satellite system is ready to provide GPS services.

Navigation Sattelite System of other Country -

GPS - US

Galileo - European Union

GLONASS - Russia

QZSS- Japan

IRNSS – India