Gk questions and answers

Q1. Who is recently appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi ?

A. Tarun Bajaj

B. P K Sinha

C. Hardik S. Shah 

D. None of the Above

Answer - Hardik S. Shah 

Explanation -

Hardik Satishchandra Shah is appointed as the new Private Secretary to PM 

Modi.

Q2. Who launched 'Sahakar Cooptube NCDC Channel' ?

A. Nirmala Sitaraman

B. Narendra Singh Tomar

C. Gajendra Singh Sekhawat 

D. Piyush Goyal

Answer - Narendra Singh Tomar

Explanation -

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched the Sahakar 

Cooptube NCDC Channel.

This is new Initiative by National Cooperative Development Corporation.

About - National Cooperative Development Corporation.

( NCDC Comes under Ministry of 

Agriculture & Farmers Welfare department )

Established - 13 March 1963

Headquarters - New Delhi

Managing Director - Sundeep Kumar Nayak

Q3. 'Ebrahim Alkazi' recntly passed away, Belongs to which profession ?

A. Politician

B. Sportemen

C. Theatre Director

D. Economist

Answer - Theatre Director

Explanation -

Ebrahim Alkazi was an drama teacher and famous 

theatre director of India

Born - October 18, 1925 ( Pune, Maharashtra )

Famous for - Ashadh Ka Ek Din (Hindi play) 

Awards -

1. Roopwedh Pratishtan's the Tanvir Award (2004) ( Fisrt Awardee)

2. Padma Shri (1966)

3. Padma Bhushan (1991)

4. Padma Vibhushan in (2010)

Q4. Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment, WEE cohort initiative is 

supported and sponsored by ?

A. Department of Economic Affairs

B.Department of Commerce

C. Department of Defence

D. Department of Science and Tech

Explanation -

Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment, WEE cohort initiative is to 

helps women to take up entrepreneurship as a carrer option.

This is the first kind of initiative to strengthen women's ecosystem at Indian 

Institute of Technology Delhi.

This initiative is supported and sponsored by the Department of Science and 

Technology.

Q5. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank laid the foundation stone of 

IIM at Dhaula Kuan in Sirmour district of which State?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Chhattisgarh

C. Himachal Pradesh

D. Andhra Pradesh

Answer - Himachal Pradesh

Explanation -

IIM - Indian Institutes of Management

Q6. Kushak Bakula Rinpoche Airport is recntly in news, Located in ?

A.Nagaland

B. Sikkim 

C. Leh

D. Mizoram

Answer - Leh 

Explanation -

Kushak Bakula Rinpoche Airport in located in Leh.

Recently in news because Security of Kushak Bakula Rinpoche Airport in Leh 

to handed over to CISF from August 5th 2020.

Q7. Union Tourism Minister inaugurated World class Thenzawl Golf Resort 

project laocted in which state ?

A. Manipur

B. Himacha Pradesh

C. Mizoram

D. Sikkim

Answer - Mizoram

Explanation –

About - Mizoram

State in North East India

Union territory - 21 January 1972

State - 20 February 1987

Capital - Aizawl

Districts - 11

Governor - P. S. Sreedharan Pillai

Chief Minister - Zoramthanga (MNF)

Rajya Sabha - 1

Lok Sabha - 1

Literacy - 91.58% (2011 Census)

Q8. Thomas Cup & Uber Cup related to which sports ?

A. Chess

B. Hockey 

C. Badminton

D. Tennis

Answer - Badminton 

Q9. Who cahired 1st General Council meeting of Khelo India Scheme ?

A. Rajnath Singh

B. Kiren Rijiju 

C. Piyush Goyal

D. None of the Above 

Answer - Kiren Rijiju

About -Kiren Rijiju

Current Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports.

Constituency - Arunachal West

Q10. “The Swachh Bharat Revolution” book is launched by ?

A. Gajendra Singh Sekhawat

B. Smriti Irani

C. Both A & B

D. None of the Above

Answer - Both A & B 

Explanation -

launched by Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and 

Smriti Irani 

in New Delhi on 4 August 2020.

Q11. Recently how many States/UTs linked with One Nation One Ration 

Card ?

A. 4

B. 8

C. 7

D. 3

Answer - 4

Explanation -

Recently 4 States/UTs linked with One Nation One Ration Card as follows�Manipur, Nagaland, Uttarakhand & Jammu & Kashmir.

Q12.What is 'Dhole' seen recently in news ?

A. Dog

B. Cat

C. Bird

D. None of the Above

Answer - Dog

Explanation -

According to a new Study Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka rank 

high in the conservation of the endangered Dhole in India.