General Knowledge Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 14)

The correct answer is Every month. The Council presidency rotates monthly. Members take turns in the English alphabetical order of their names.

Three months, six months and a year are not how the presidency works.

Memory hook: Month by month, A to Z.

The UN Charter itself was signed earlier, in June 1945, but formally came into force on 24 October.

The prize was widely seen as a response to the Dalai Lama receiving that year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

Bhave, a follower of Gandhi known for the Bhoodan movement, received the award in 1958.

Borlaug won the 1970 Peace Prize for his role in the Green Revolution, credited with saving millions from famine.

Shandur Pass, at over 3,700 metres, hosts an annual polo festival between rival regional teams.

Born in Ireland, she became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda and adopted the name Nivedita.

The movement opposed large dam projects on the Narmada river, citing displacement and environmental concerns.

Known as the ‘Birdman of India’, Salim Ali pioneered systematic bird surveys across the country.

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), established in 1987, has a broader mandate than the three founding akademis, studying art forms in their cultural and societal context.

The Sangeet Natak Akademi announced 7 new Akademi Fellows (Akademi Ratna) and 108 Akademi Award (Puraskar) winners for 2024 and 2025 on 10 June 2026.

Lalit Kala Akademi is India’s National Academy of Visual Arts, promoting classical, modern, folk, and tribal visual art traditions.

Sangeet Natak Akademi was established in 1953, predating both Sahitya Akademi (1954) and Lalit Kala Akademi (1954).

The novel is set in a fictional African country in the aftermath of colonial rule.

The correct answer is R.K. Narayan. Swami and Friends was his first novel and came out in 1935. It introduced Malgudi, his imagined town. Memory hook: Swami lives in Malgudi.

The book, by a former Union Law Minister, reflects on the state of Indian democracy.

The book reflects on key decisions and turning points in Kalam’s own life and career.

The correct answer is Munshi Premchand. He wrote Soz-e-Watan under the name Nawab Rai. The British banned it and burnt its copies. Memory hook: Soz-e-Watan, Premchand, banned.

The answer is Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority. Parliament created it through the IRDA Act, 1999. Its job is to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of insurance business. Since 2014 the full name has ended with the words “of India”.

The year led directly to the first UN World Conference on Women, held in Mexico City.

The UN established the day in 1992 to promote the rights of persons with disabilities.

UNESCO chose the date to honour major writers who died on this day, including Cervantes and Shakespeare.

The World Meteorological Organization, a UN specialised agency, marks its own founding on this day.

The date marks when the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi in the Devanagari script as an official language, in 1949.

Cariappa took over from the last British Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Roy Bucher, on 15 January 1949 — the date now marked every year as Army Day.