20 Current Affairs Questions With Answers on General Knwoledge

Here in this post we bring to you the list of 20 General Knwoledge Current Affairs Questions With Answers. These One Word Questions and Answers are based on current events and happenings from Worldwide.


Q1. Recently who won the Silver medal for India at the 3rd China Open boxing tournament?
Ans. Manjeet Singh

Q2. Vijay Kelkar Committee was constituted for ____?
Ans. to suggest a roadmap for fiscal consolidation

Q3. Which country became the 5th country to Ratify Istanbul Convention?
Ans. Italy

Q4. Recently Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) set up a Committee to examine aspects related indecent depiction of women in mass media. Who is the head of the committee?
Ans. K. Ratna Prabha
Q5. Recently Barack Obama nominated James Comey as the next FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Director. He will succeed _____?
Ans. Robert Mueller

Q6. Recently 39th G-8 Summit held in which country?
Ans. UK

Q7. As per RBI’s assessment, wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation is expected to be range bound around _____ during 2013-14.
Ans. 5.5%

Q8. With which country NTPC has ink an agreement for the execution of the proposed 2 x 250 MW Sampur power project?
Ans. Sri Lanka

Q9. Which Indian Film Bags Yellow Oscar Award at the Uranium Film Festival at Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil?
Ans. High Power

Q10. Who recently became the first Hindu in 16 years, to be nominated as a member in the Provincial Assembly of Pakistan’s Punjab?
Ans. Kanji Ram

Q11. What is the name given to Indian Army’s initiative to rescue thousands of people stranded in various places of Uttarakhand due to the recent flashfloods in the state?
Ans. “Operation Ganga Prahar”
[NOTE : Air Force launches Operation 'Rahat', Army launches Operation 'Ganga Prahar']

Q12. Which team won the NBA (National Basketball Association) title for 2013?
Ans. Miami Heat

Q13. Which financial services company became the first company in the country to suspend gold sales across all its businesses?
Ans. Reliance Capital

Q14. The final of the ICC Champions Trophy between Indian and hosts England, was dedicated to the highly successful HIV awareness partnership campaign between the ICC, UNICEF and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS). What is the name of this campaign?
Ans. THINK WISE

Q15. Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, who leaked confidential agency documents, was charged with which allegations by the US authorities recently?
Ans. Violation of Espionage Act and stealing govt. property for disclosing classified information

Q16. Where in Tripura first gas-based power plant was commissioned on 21 June 2013 by President Pranab Mukherjee ?
Ans. Palatana

Q17. Who was appointed as the Nodal Officer for relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttarakhand by the Union Government on 21 June 2013?
Ans. VK Duggal, former Union Home Secretary

Q18. Which public-sector finance and investment company recently launched its first Infrastructure Debt Fund recently with an objective of mobilizing funds from sectors like insurance and pension funds?
Ans. India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)

Q19. Which administrative division of the country has recorded no rape of minors since 2007, as stated in data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released recently?
Ans. Lakshdweep

Q20. Nitish Kumar won the vote of confidence in Bihar Assembly on 19 June 2013. How many votes were polled in favour of his govt.?
Ans. 126


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