General Knowledge

Current Affairs & General Knowledge for Competitive Exams.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Companies ranked by number of employees:

1. 🇺🇸 Walmart: 2,100,000
2. 🇺🇸 Amazon: 1,541,000
3. 🇹🇼 Foxconn: 826,608
4. 🇮🇪 Accenture: 733,000
5. 🇩🇪 Volkswagen: 650,951
6. 🇮🇳 Tata Consultancy: 614,795
7. 🇩🇪 Deutsche Post: 589,184
8. 🇨🇳 BYD: 570,100
9. 🇺🇸 United Parcel Service: 500,000
10. 🇬🇧 Compass Group: 500,000
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11. 🇺🇸 Home Depot: 470,000
12. 🇷🇺 Gazprom: 468,000
13. 🇨🇳 Agricultural Bank: 452,258
14. 🇨🇳 China Mobil: 450,698
16. 🇺🇸 Target: 440,000
17. 🇺🇸 Kroger: 430,000
18. 🇨🇳 ICBC: 427,587
20. 🇫🇷 Sodexo: 422,000
27. 🇺🇸 Starbucks: 381,000
29. 🇯🇵 Toyota: 377,369
35. 🇷🇺 Magnit: 357,000
37. 🇺🇸 Cognizant: 346,600
42. 🇬🇧 Tesco: 330,000
44. 🇮🇳 Infosys: 328,764
48. 🇩🇪 Siemens: 320,000
49. 🇺🇸 Costco: 316,000
52. 🇺🇸 PepsiCo: 315,000
59. 🇺🇸 IBM: 288,300
60. 🇷🇺 Sberbank: 287,866
62. 🇨🇭 Nestle: 275,000
65. 🇩🇰 ISS: 265,833
68. 🇮🇳 Mahindra: 260,000
69. 🇧🇷 JBS: 260,000
76. 🇮🇳 Reliance Industries: 236,334
79. 🇲🇽 Walmex: 232,905
80. 🇯🇵 Panasonic: 232,527
84. 🇨🇦 George Weston: 221,285
86. 🇺🇸 Microsoft: 221,000
88. 🇬🇧 HSBC: 219,199
103. 🇯🇵 Honda: 197,039
111. 🇺🇸 Alphabet (Google): 182,381
114. 🇯🇵 Canon: 180,775
118. 🇫🇷 LVMH: 173,492
121. 🇺🇸 Ford: 173,000
127. 🇩🇪 Mercedes-Benz: 167,397
136. 🇺🇸 Apple: 161,000
142. 🇺🇸 Boeing: 156,000
150. 🇸🇪 H&M: 150,000
152. 🇩🇪 BMW: 149,475
163. 🇺🇸 Dell: 133,000
176. 🇺🇸 Tesla: 127,855
250. 🇨🇭 Novartis: 101,703
326. 🇺🇸 Cisco: 84,900
328. 🇯🇵 7-Eleven: 84,154
341. 🇮🇳 Tata-Motors: 81,811
403. 🇺🇸 Salesforce: 70,843
408. 🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco: 70,000

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‘Order of Cloud and Banner’ is the most prestigious military award of China, was instituted on June 15, 1935 and is awarded in nine grades for contributions to national security.

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TOP 10 COUNTRIES BY GDP
1.USA: $20.89 trillion
2.China: $14.72 trillion
3.Japan: $5.06 trillion
4.Germany: $3.85 trillion
5. UK: $2.67 trillion
6.India: $2.66 trillion
7.France: $2.63 trillion
8.Italy: $1.89 trillion
9.Canada: $1.64 trillion
10.S. Korea: $1.63 trillion

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Welcome back. Let's resume and prepare ourselves for competitive exams.

[UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 @UNESCO]

Today marks the 76th anniversary since one of the best ideas humankind ever came up with: the #UnitedNations.

Happy #UNDay🇺🇳!

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Vietnam has inaugurated Southeast Asia's largest solar power farm which has the capacity to produce 688 million kWh of electricity annually.

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Who won 2019 German Grand Prix?

a) Max Verstappen
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Lewis Hamilton
d) Kimi Raikkonen
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Ans: Max Emilian Verstappen (A Belgian-Dutch)

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The world's top 10 least livable cities 2019,
1. Damascus, Syria
2. Lagos, Nigeria
3. Dhaka, Bangladesh
4. Tripoli, Libya
5. Karachi, Pakistan
6. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
7. Harare, Zimbabwe
8. Douala, Cameroon
9. Algiers, Algeria
10. Caracas, Venezuela

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The world's top 10 most liveable cities, according to Global Liveability Index 2019:
1. Vienna, Austria
2. Melbourne, Aus
3. Sydney, Aus
4. Osaka, Japan
5.Calgary, Cnda
6. Vancouver, Cnda
7. Tokyo, Japan
8. Toronto, Cnda
9. Copenhagen, Dnmrk
10. Adelaide, Aus

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Who has become the youngest-ever captain in Test cricket history?
a) Taijul Islam
b) Sakib al Hassan
c) Rashid Khan
d) Nayeem Hassan
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Ans: Rashid Khan (age 20) (Afghanistan)

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The reign of the next Japanese emperor will be known as the "Reiwa" era, set to begin from 1 May 2019.

“Rei”, which can have meanings related to “order” but also “auspicious” and “Wa”, usually translated as “peace” or "harmony".

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The 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO-2018) will be hosted by China in the city of Qingdao in June, 2018.
SCO Members:
China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India & Pakistan.

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The strata of atmosphere we live in is called?
a)Thermosphere
b)Stratosphere
c)Troposphere
d)Mesosphere

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=Troposphere

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Which country has won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup?
a)Pakistan
b)Australia
c)Great Britain
d)Malaysia
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Malaysia Airlines will become the world’s first airline to track its flights with the help of satellites by 2018.

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Humanity harvested the largest ever cereal crop in its history in 2016-17 (2.6 billion metric tonnes), latest estimates of FAO.

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Amjad Hussain Sial, a senior Pakistani diplomat, has assumed the office of SAARC Secretary-General succeeding Arjun Bahadur Thapa of Nepal.