General Knowledge MCQ — 8 Practice Questions with Answers

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NITI Aayog's official organisational structure lists the Prime Minister as its Chairperson. Thus, the ex officio chairperson is the Prime Minister, making option C correct.

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USGS mineral statistics identify China as the dominant producer in world tungsten mine production. Among the given options, China is therefore the largest tungsten-producing country. Hence B is correct.

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An increase in the repo rate makes borrowing from the Reserve Bank costlier and discourages banks from taking such funds. This reduces liquidity or money supply available with commercial banks, so option A is correct.

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Project Swarn was launched by the Ministry of Railways to improve the passenger experience in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. Since it was a railway upgradation project, option A is correct.

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The Economic Survey 2017-18 states that the services sector had a 55.2 per cent share in India's gross value added. Therefore, option D is correct.