General Knowledge Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 1)

Only Statement 1 is correct — the event was held in New Delhi. Statements 2 and 3 have the scores swapped: India’s men beat Nepal 54-36 (not 78-40), and India’s women beat Nepal 78-40 (not 54-36).

Shantiniketan and the Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas were both inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023, at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee. Rani-ki-Vav, the stepwell in Gujarat, was inscribed earlier, in 2014. The Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodhgaya was inscribed even earlier, in 2002. So only 2 of the 4 were included in 2023. The answer is (b) Only two.

Reports say he is the first footballer of Indian origin to start a World Cup match. He did not score in the game.

His form at the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup drew European interest. He then signed with Bayern Munich.

Singh was born in Auckland and plays for New Zealand. His parents came from Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

They won the Indonesia Super 1000 in 2023. Their Super 750 wins came at the French Open in 2022 and 2024.

Their last title was the Thailand Open in 2024. The Singapore win ended a gap of two years.

No Indian doubles pair had won the Singapore Open before. Earlier Indian champions were singles players.

The Koreans were world champions and world No. 1. India beat them in straight games.

All 28 States and 5 Union Territories took part. It was the first time every State’s Chief Minister attended together.

Zero draft lets the craft move between deep channels, tidal mudflats and shores where hulls would ground.

The contract signed on 24 October 2024 is for six ACVs, and H-561 is the first.

He called it a coincidence that the hydrographic vessel INS Sanshodhak was commissioned on World Hydrography Day.

He is the first combat-arm Chief since 1997, when Gen Shankar Roychowdhury held the post.

Seychelles marked 50 years of independence from the UK (1976). Modi was Guest of Honour.

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini presented it. Robert Fico is the Prime Minister who invited Modi.

It was the first visit by an Indian PM since Slovakia became independent in 1993.

The peace-time awards of 4 January 1952 were Class-I, II and III. They were later renamed Ashoka, Kirti and Shaurya Chakra.

Sub Inspector Md Imteyaj and Constable Deepak Chingakham gave their lives in the line of duty.

Two Kirti Chakras, three Vir Chakras and one Shaurya Chakra were posthumous. That makes six.

The first ceremony covered 66 awards. The second, on 23 June 2026, covered 65 more.

Dharmendra Singh Deol was a posthumous Padma Vibhushan recipient for Art. Mammootty received the Padma Bhushan.

Vishnu Deo Sai took oath as Chief Minister in December 2023, with two Deputy CMs.

Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 2000. Raipur is its capital.

The Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada has a full reservoir level of 138.68 m.