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Championship Mock – 01
General Knowledge
No. of Questions : 20

1. What is the theme of International Day of the Girl Child 2020?

(a) EmPOWER Girls: Emergency response and resilience planning
(b) My voice, our equal future
(c) With Her: A Skilled GirlForce
(d) GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable

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Option B
Explanation:
The International Day of the Girl Child is being celebrated every year on October 11. The theme of
International Day of the Girl 2020 is “My voice, our equal future”.

2. What is the theme of World Migratory Bird Day 2020?

(a) Birds Connect Our World
(b) Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution
(c) Unifying our Voices for Bird Conservation
(d) Their Future is Our Future – A Healthy Planet for Migratory Birds and People

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Option A
Explanation:
World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is observed every year on the second Saturday of May and October.
This year the theme of World Migratory Bird Day is “Birds Connect Our World”

3. Where will the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in 2021?
(a) Lucerne-Burgenstock
(b) Davos
(c) Lausanne
(d) Geneva

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Option A
Explanation:
The World Economic Forum (WEF) said it will hold its Annual Meeting 2021 in Lucerne-Burgenstock,
Switzerland, from May 18 to 21, as against the traditional venue of ski resort town Davos in January-end.

4. Which organization has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) International Fund For Agricultural Development
(b) Food and Agriculture Organization
(c) World Food Program
(d) Doctors Without Borders

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Option C
Explanation:
The World Food Program won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity
around the globe.
5. The poet Louise Glück who became the first American woman to win the 2020 Nobel prize for literature in
27 years was awarded for which of the following?
(a) her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal
(b) who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of
connection with the world
(c) for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a
form of life
(d) for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of
human experience

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Option A
Explanation:
The poet Louise Glück has become the first American woman to win the Nobel prize for literature in 27 years,
cited for “her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”

6. Who has been appointed as the fourth deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet?
(a) M Rajeshwar Rao
(b) M K Jain
(c) N S Vishwanathan
(d) Micheal Patra

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Option A
Explanation:
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as the deputy governor of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Currently, BP Kanungo, MK Jain and Micheal Patra are the deputy governors.Rao will take charge as the
fourth deputy governor. The post became vacant after N S Vishwanathan demitted office in March citing health
reasons just before his tenure was to end.

7. Which space startup bagged the first ever National Startup Awards 2020 in the space category?
(a) Vesta Space
(b) Agnikul
(c) Bellatrix Aerospace
(d) Dhruva Space

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Option D
Explanation:
Hyderabad headquartered startup Dhruva Space has bagged National Startup Awards 2020 in the space
category. Dhruva space was founded in 2012 and it is the first private space technology company in India.
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8. Sanskrit University has been set up at:

(a) Gwalior
(b) Ujjain
(c) Rewa
(d) Jabalpur

(b) is the correct answer.

9. Which of the following districts, there is no fully developed industrial area?

(a) Bhopal
 (b) Sagar
(c) Indore
(d) Jabalpur

(b) is the correct answer.

10. Which of the following Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Hoshangabad district?

(a) Sindhouri
(b) Bori
(c) Sardarpur
(d) Nouradehi
(b) is the correct answer.

11. Madhya Pradesh. Leads in the production of:

(a) Soyabean
(b) Pulses
(c) Cotton
(d) Wheat

(a) is the correct answer.

12. Tin is found in district ------ of the state.

(a) Hoshangabad
(c) Baitul
(c) Shahdol
(d) Satna

(a) is the correct answer.

13. Where does diamonds are found in Rewa-Panna Plateau?

(a) Rewa
(b) Panna
(c) Satna
(d) Sidhi

(b) is the correct answer.

14. Which of the following cities is surrounded by river Narmada?

(a) Jabalpur
(b) Hoshangabad
(c) Narsinghpur
(d) Mandla

(d) is the correct answer.

15. Sailana Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in district.

(a) Ratlam
(b) Dhar
(c) Neemuch
(d) Indore

(a) is the correct answer.

16. Who was the author of the book, ‘India Wins Freedom’?
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy (d) Mulkraj Anand
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad wrote ‘India Wins Freedom’. It is an enlightened account of the partition from the
author’s perspective. It includes his personal experiences when India became independent, and his ideas on
freedom and liberty. The book traces the events that took place and ultimately led to the partition in a frank and
profound manner.

17. Who presided over the Surat session of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Rashbehari Ghosh (d) D. S.N. Banerjee

(c) Sir Rashbehari was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist. Ghosh became a member
of the Indian National Congress and leaned towards the moderate wing. He served as the President of the
Congress for two terms (Surat, 1907 and Madras, 1908). Ghosh was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council
(1891–94, 1906–09) and the Council of India.

18. Adolf Hitler was the leader of which country?

(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Austria
(d) Russia

(a) Adolf Hitler was Austrian born but was a leader of Germany. He was the most prominent leader of National
Socialist German Workers’ Party, also known as the Nazi Party. He aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany.

19. Who is regarded as the Father of Scientific Socialism?

(a) Friedrich Hegel
(b) Lenin
(c) Rousseau
(d) Karl Marx

(d) “Scientific Socialism” was a term used by Friedrich Engels to describe the social-political-economic theory
first propounded by Karl Marx.

20. The famous Lagoon lake of India is__________.

(a) Dal Lake (b) Chilka Lake
(c) Pulicat Lake (d) Manasarovar

(b) Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha
state on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River. It covers an area of over 1,100 km2, making It
the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest lagoon in the world.