GK POWER SERIES - SET 2

🧠 GK Power Series – Set 2

Your Daily Dose of Smart General Knowledge for SSC, UPSC, Banking & PSC Exams

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General Knowledge Questions (1–50)

1. Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India (as of 2025)?
a) Rajiv Kumar
b) Sushil Chandra
c) Anup Chandra Pandey
d) Arvind Kumar

2. The “Chip 4 Alliance” is related to which sector?
a) Renewable Energy
b) Semiconductor Manufacturing
c) Artificial Intelligence
d) Cybersecurity

3. Which river is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
a) Kosi
b) Ganga
c) Gandak
d) Son

4. Who was the first woman to become President of India?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Pratibha Patil
d) Droupadi Murmu

5. Which Indian state has the largest forest cover (2024 data)?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Odisha

6. “Operation Ajay” was launched to evacuate Indians from which country?
a) Ukraine
b) Sudan
c) Israel
d) Afghanistan

7. The Headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) is located in —
a) New York
b) Geneva
c) Paris
d) Washington D.C.

8. Which of the following planets has the longest day?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Jupiter

9. The term “Green Hydrogen Mission” in India is associated with —
a) Clean Energy Transition
b) Agricultural Reforms
c) Financial Inclusion
d) Digital India

10. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Constitution”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) B. R. Ambedkar
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Jawaharlal Nehru

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11. The International Court of Justice is located at —
a) The Hague
b) Geneva
c) London
d) Paris

12. The GST Council is chaired by —
a) Prime Minister
b) Finance Minister
c) RBI Governor
d) NITI Aayog Chairman

13. The “Blue Economy” refers to —
a) Fisheries and Marine Resources
b) IT Industry
c) Textile Industry
d) Aviation

14. What is the capital of Ladakh Union Territory?
a) Kargil
b) Leh
c) Srinagar
d) Gulmarg

15. The first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal is —
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Neeraj Chopra
c) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
d) P.V. Sindhu

16. Which country will host the 2032 Olympic Games?
a) USA
b) Australia
c) China
d) France

17. “Mission Chandrayaan-3” successfully landed on which lunar pole?
a) North Pole
b) South Pole
c) Equatorial Region
d) None

18. Who is the current CEO of NITI Aayog (as of 2025)?
a) B.V.R. Subrahmanyam
b) Amitabh Kant
c) Rajeev Gauba
d) Ajay Seth

19. The Fundamental Duties were added to the Indian Constitution by —
a) 42nd Amendment
b) 44th Amendment
c) 46th Amendment
d) 52nd Amendment

20. Which Indian city is called the “Manchester of South India”?
a) Coimbatore
b) Chennai
c) Hyderabad
d) Bengaluru

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21. Who is the first woman IPS officer in India?
a) Kiran Bedi
b) Sanjukta Parashar
c) Ritu Arora
d) Richa Pandey

22. “Project Tiger” was launched in which year?
a) 1972
b) 1973
c) 1975
d) 1980

23. The headquarters of ISRO is located in —
a) Hyderabad
b) Bengaluru
c) Chennai
d) Thiruvananthapuram

24. Which of the following is the largest desert in the world?
a) Sahara
b) Gobi
c) Kalahari
d) Arctic

25. “Lala Lajpat Rai” was popularly known as —
a) Punjab Kesari
b) Iron Man of India
c) Netaji
d) Frontier Gandhi

26. The “National Income” is estimated by —
a) RBI
b) CSO
c) SEBI
d) NITI Aayog

27. The Nobel Prize in Peace for 2024 was awarded to —
a) Narges Mohammadi
b) Maria Ressa
c) Kailash Satyarthi
d) Greta Thunberg

28. “Kudankulam” Nuclear Power Plant is located in —
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra

29. The highest civilian award in India is —
a) Padma Vibhushan
b) Bharat Ratna
c) Padma Shri
d) Padma Bhushan

30. The National Voter’s Day is observed on —
a) 25th January
b) 26th January
c) 15th August
d) 2nd October

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31. Who wrote “Discovery of India”?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) B. R. Ambedkar
d) M. K. Gandhi

32. Which metal is used in making filaments of electric bulbs?
a) Copper
b) Tungsten
c) Iron
d) Aluminium

33. The official language of the Supreme Court of India is —
a) Hindi
b) English
c) Sanskrit
d) Both Hindi and English

34. The “Great Indian Bustard” is the state bird of —
a) Rajasthan
b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Maharashtra

35. The Five-Year Plans in India were introduced in —
a) 1950
b) 1951
c) 1952
d) 1953

36. “Make in India” campaign was launched in —
a) 2013
b) 2014
c) 2015
d) 2016

37. Which of the following is not a Maharatna Company?
a) ONGC
b) BHEL
c) SAIL
d) LIC

38. “World Environment Day” is celebrated every year on —
a) June 5
b) April 22
c) March 21
d) May 31

39. The “Father of Green Revolution in India” is —
a) M. S. Swaminathan
b) Verghese Kurien
c) Norman Borlaug
d) Rajendra Prasad

40. Which article of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights?
a) Article 12–35
b) Article 36–51
c) Article 14–32
d) Article 51–60

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41. The largest planet in our solar system is —
a) Saturn
b) Jupiter
c) Uranus
d) Neptune

42. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Rajendra Prasad

43. The “Panchayati Raj System” was first implemented in —
a) Rajasthan
b) Kerala
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu

44. Who invented the telephone?
a) Alexander Graham Bell
b) Thomas Edison
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Marconi

45. The currency of Indonesia is —
a) Rupiah
b) Ringgit
c) Baht
d) Yen

46. Who was the first Indian to go into space?
a) Rakesh Sharma
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Sunita Williams
d) Vikram Sarabhai

47. The headquarters of IMF is in —
a) Geneva
b) Washington D.C.
c) London
d) Paris

48. “Jallianwala Bagh Massacre” took place in —
a) 1915
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1921

49. The atomic number of Oxygen is —
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

50. “NITI Aayog” was formed in which year?
a) 2014
b) 2015
c) 2016
d) 2017

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✅ Answers

1-a | 2-b | 3-a | 4-c | 5-a | 6-c | 7-b | 8-b | 9-a | 10-b
11-a | 12-b | 13-a | 14-b | 15-a | 16-b | 17-b | 18-a | 19-a | 20-a
21-a | 22-b | 23-b | 24-a | 25-a | 26-b | 27-a | 28-b | 29-b | 30-a
31-b | 32-b | 33-b | 34-a | 35-b | 36-b | 37-d | 38-a | 39-a | 40-a
41-b | 42-a | 43-a | 44-a | 45-a | 46-a | 47-b | 48-b | 49-c | 50-b