50 Recently asked GK Qs of exams50 Recently asked GK Qs of exams

Here are 50 recently GK questions which are asked in exams like NIACL, Bank, SSC and such. We will be posting more such questions soon:
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1).All India Radio has launched a special FM radio station at ______ in Maharashtra state.

a)  Aurangabad b) Nashik c)  Mahabaleshwar d)  Sainagar Shirdi e)   Saputara

Answer: d) 

 

2).Three Airports in ________ country have recently abolished security checks for the first time in nearly 50 years.

a)  Liberia b) Peru c)  Taiwan d)  Laos e)   Scotland 

Answer: e)  

 3).In recent budget 2017 the tax for small companies with annual turnover of up to Rs.50

crore will be reduced to __________ ?

a)  15% b) 22% c)  20% d)  25% e)   27%

Answer: d) 

 4).Water Taxi Services which is recently launched in ______river .

a)  Yamuna b) Narmada c)  Chambal d)  Sutlej e)   Indravati

Answer: a) 

 

5).Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)   has recently got the

highest allocation of budget amount _______

a)  Rs. 52,000 crore b) Rs. 47,700 crore c)  Rs. 42,000 crore d)  Rs. 39,500 crore

e)   Rs. 48,000 crore

Answer: e)  

 

6).According to union budget 2017 government aims to achieve 100% rural electrification by

_________ ?

 

a)  March 31, 2018 b) May 1, 2018 c)  December 31 , 2018 d)  April 1, 2019 e)   None of these.

Answer: b)

 

7)._______ actress has been appointed the new ambassador of the Swachh Bharat campaign.

a)  Deepika Padukone b) Katrina Kaif c)  Anushka Sharma d)  Priyanka Chopra e)   Alia Bhatt

Answer: c) 

 

8).From union budget 2017 government aims to issueAadhaar-based smart cards with details of

health conditions to _______ 

a)  Pregnant women b) All citizens c)  New born babies d)  Women citizens e)   Senior citizens

Answer: e)  

 

9).Income tax for persons earning Rs.3-5 lakh per annum has been reduced to _____

a)  7% b) 5% c)  6% d)  12% e)   10%

Answer: b)

 

10).According to union budget 2017 the Defence Budget raised by 10% to ________

a)  Rs.1,94,000 crore b) Rs.2,32,000 crore, c)  Rs. 2,59,000 crore, d)  Rs. 2,74,000 crore

e)   Rs. 2,88,000 crore,

Answer: d) 

 

11).Finance Minister has announced that transactions through cash is limited to_______ ?

a)  3 lakhs b) 3.5 lakhs c)  5 lakhs d)  1.5 lakhs e)   2.5 lakhs

Answer: a) 

 

12). Two new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) institute to be set up in

_______and_______ . 

a)  Kolkata and Hyderabad b) Jaipurand Surat c)  Jharkhand and Gujarat d)  Bhopal and Indore

e)   Raipur and Madurai

Answer: c) 

 

13).A Kerala politician and member of parliament who passed away at the age of 78 ?

a)  Sunderlal Patwa b) Claude Moraes c)  Suresh Kalmadi d)  Abhishek Singhvi

e)   E Ahamed

Answer: e)  

 

14).UNICEF has launched an appeal for _______ US Dollar to help 48 million children caught up in crises worldwidea)  2.5 billion b) 3.6 billion c)  2.7 billion d)  3.3 billion e)   1.3 billion

Answer: d) 

 

15). 31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela held at _______

a)  Maharashtra b) Haryana c)  Bihar d)  Karnataka e)   Gujarat

Answer: b)

 

16). ________ is the new garden of Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi opened to the public from

February 5. 

a)  Indus Gardens b) Mughal Gardens c)  Botanical Gardens d)  Hindustani Gardens e)   Indiana Gardens

Answer: b)

 

17).______ country issued ban on visas for travellers belonging to Pakistan, Afghanistan,

Iran, Iraq and Syria to prevent entry of radical Islamic terrorists.

a)  Australia b) Germany c)  Russia d)  USA e)   Kuwait

Answer: e)  

 

18).The American telecom company _________ which announced its launch of 5G wireless

network with a maximum speed of 400Mbps in two US cities.

a)  Verizon Wireless b) T-Mobile US c)  AT&T d)  Sprint Corporation e)   U.S. Cellular

Answer: c) 

 

19).Olympic and Paralympic medals for the Tokyo 2020 Games will be made from recycled

_________ ? 

a)  Car b)  Mobile phones c)  Bullets d)  Nuclear rod e)   Fused bulbs

Answer: b)

 

20).According to recent budget report 2017 Fiscal deficit in the first nine months of 2016-17 touched _______ per cent of the Budget estimate

a)  95.6 b) 91.2 c)  97.4 d)  93.9 e)   96.5

Answer: d) 

 

21).Denmark-based prototype 9-megawatt wind  turbine V164 which broke the world record for

energy generation by achieving kilowatt-hours over 24 hours.

a)  2,16,000 b) 1,46,000 c)  2,23,000 d)  1,91,000

e)   2,78,000

Answer: a) 

 

22).The 2020 Olympic and Paralympic event to be  held in _______

a)  Tokyo, Japan b) Beijing, China c)  Paris , France d)   London , United Kingdom e)   Canberra, Australia

Answer: a) 

 

23).__________ has been appointed as the U.S Secretary of State.

a)  Wilbur Ros b) Elaine Chao c)  Joe Hagin  d)  Rex Tillerson e)   John Kelly

Answer: d) 

 

24).Who is the present Prime Minister of United Kingdom ?

a)  David Mundell b) Theresa May c)  Liam Fox d)  Theresa Mary e)   Amber Rudd

Answer: b)

 

25).Recently ______ company has become the world's most valuable brand with a brand by dethroning Apple company.

a)  LinkedIn b) Facebook c)  Google d)  Cicso e)   Infosys

Answer: c) 

 

26). February 3rd is celebrated as __________ ? 

a)  National Women Physicians Day

b) World Day of Social Justice

c)  World Wetland Day

d)  World consumer rights day

e)   World Meteorological Day

Answer: a) 

 

27). The Apple company is going to start its manufacturing unit in ___________

a)  Ahmadabad b) Pune c)  Bangalore d)  Amaravathi e)   Surat

Answer: c) 

 

28). Name the person who quits from business advisory council of US President Donald Trump ?

a)  Vishal Sikka b) Chuck Robbins c)  Neemuchwala d)  Travis Kalanick e)   Rahul Agarwal

Answer: d) 

 

29). Indian snooker player Pankaj Advani recently won the Indian National Snooker Championship title , which is his ___ national title.

a)  25th  b) 29th  c)  27th  d)  31st e)   30th

Answer: b)

 

30).________ company has recently launched its new sub-brand 'Tamo' under which the company

will premiere its first supercar 'Futuro'.

a)  Tata Motors b) Ferrari S.p.A. c)  Nissan d)  Maruthi e)   Toyota

Answer: a) 

 

31). ICICI Bank allows its customers to process UPI transactions via digital wallet app PhonePe

which is owned by _______ ?

a)  Freecharge b) Airtel c)  Paytm d)  Facebook e)   Flipkart

Answer: e)  

 

32). The new short story titled 'The Sons of the Dragon' was writteurned

a)  David Baldacci b) George RR Martin c)  Nora Roberts d)  Dean Koontz e)   Paulo Coelho

Answer: b)

 

33)._________ state recently opened restaurant in a retired Air India Airbus A320

a)  Haryana b) Uttar Pradesh c)   Gujarat d)  Punjab e)   Maharashtra

Answer: d) 

 

34).________ has been appointed as the Chief Business Officer of Uber.

a)  Madhu Kannan b)  Amit Jain c)   Bhavish Aggarwal d)   Nitin Seth e)   Aditya Ramesh

Answer: a) 

 

35). US President Donald Trump appoints ________ Secretary of State for the country.

a)  Wilbur Ross Jr. b) Rex Tillerson c)  Andrew Puzder d)  Scott Pruitt  e)   none of these

Answer: b)

 

36).________ shuttle player who recently became become the World No 1 Junior Badminton player

. a)  Eshan b) Sahil Chandru c)  Lakshya Sen d)  Jayesh yadhav e)   Aayush Singh

Answer: c) 

 

37). The 40th anniversary of National Rail Museum is celebrated in ______

a)  Mumbai b) Ahmadabad c)  Kanpur d)  New Delhi e)   Vadodara

Answer: d) 

 

38).TRAI Telecom regulator has forced penalty of rupees ______ for companies including BSNL,

Airtel, and Vodafone, for poor service.

a)  13 crore b) 11 crore c)  9.5 crore d)  12 crore e)   17 crore

Answer: b)

 

39).Theme of world cancer day 2017 ?

a)  Together , We Can b) We can, only We can c)  Together , We fight for it. d)  We can. I can.

e)   Fight against odds

Answer: d) 

 

40).___________ has been appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer of

National StockExchange (NSE)  

a)  Vikram Limaye b) Anshu Jain c)  Azim Premji d)  G. V. Prasad e)   Sanjiv Mehta

Answer: a) 

 

41).Odisha state got sanctioned Rs. ________for railway industrial projects and rail infrastructure development from central government.

a)  6,024 crore b) 3,342 crore c)  5,102 crore d)  4,316 crore e)   4,373 crore

Answer: c) 

 

42). In which state assembly election has set up pink polling booths in the state to encourage

women voters to cast their votes?

a)  Punjab b) Assam c)  Bihar d)  Goa e)   Karnataka 

Answer: d) 

 

43).Negotiations on free trade agreement were held betweenMexicoand_______

a)  Spain b) Colombia c)  Cuba d)  Morocco e)   Turkey

Answer: e)  

 

44).The formerCentral Bureau of Investigation director who recently passed away ?

a)  Alok Verma b) Joginder Singh c)  D. P. Kohli d)  Sunil Kumar Jha e)   Rajiv Singh

Answer: b)

 

45)._________ Airlines company in India has started a service from New Delhi to Dulles

International Airport in suburb of Washington DC which is of non-stop journey.

a)  IndiGo b) Jet Airways c)  Air India d)  Spicejet e)   AirAsia

Answer: c) 

 

46).10th edition of Sula Festival held in ________ 

a)  Nagpur , Maharashtra b) Jabalpur , Madhya Pradesh c)  Cuttack, Odisha

d)  Nashik, Maharashtra. e)   e)   Gaya , Bihar

Answer: d) 

 

47).________ has become the Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance.

a)  M. M. Sachdeva b) Pankaj Gupta c)  Om Dutt Sharma d)  SanjeevSanyal e)   Rajiv Kumar 

Answer: d) 

 

48). World Cancer Day is celebrated on ?

a)  February 12th  b) February 15th c)  February 4th d)  January 28th e)   February 2nd

Answer: c) 

 

49). Sheela Balakrishnan who resigned as _____ state governmentadministrative advisor .

a)  Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka c)  Bihar d)  Assam e)   uttrakhand

Answer: a) 

 

50). _________ country signed a climate bill aimed at cutting all greenhouse gas emissions in the country by 2045.

a)  Turkey b)  Cuba c)  South Korea d)  Sweden e)   Germany

Answer: d)