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General knowledge plays an important role in qualifying for the CUET entrance exam.  To ease your GK preparation, this post shall offer you the most commonly asked questions, topic-wise questions, important topics, and more.

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Important Topics under CUET GK Syllabus 2022

In the CUET exam, the questions are based on both general knowledge and current affairs. You can check out the important topics for GK section as per the CUET Syllabus from the table below.

For general knowledge, brush up on your knowledge of Indian History and Indian Polity, while for Current Affairs, read newspapers and magazines regularly.

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Important CUET GK Questions with Answers

To help you get an about the difficulty level of the paper and the type of questions in the exam, we have provided some important GK questions with answers that are curated from previous year's CUET Question Papers.

Q) Which of the following personalities gave ‘The Laws of Heredity?     

• (A) Robert Hook
• (B) G.J. Mendel
• (C) Charles Darwin
• (D) William Harvey

Q) Which of the following is NOT the language enshrined in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution as the language of the state?

• (A) Nepali
• (B) Kashmiri
• (C) English
• (D) Konkani

Q) Which of the following represents the Finance Commissions that have been set up so far?

• (A) 10
• (B) 11
• (C) 12
• (D) 13

Q) World Trade Organization came into existence in

• (A) 1992
• (B) 1993
• (C) 1994
• (D) 1995

Q) 121 What is the diameter of MERCURY?

• (A) 3,032 miles (4,879 km)
• (B) 3221 miles
• (C) 1236 miles
• (D) 2589 miles

Q) ASEAN is headquartered at

• (A) Male
• (B) Kathmandu
• (C) Jakarta
• (D) Kuala Lumpur

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Topic-Wise CUET Important GK Questions 2022

Here are a few commonly asked CUET GK questions from each topic. Let's look into the topic-wise questions for the CUET examination and enhance your preparation.

Awards and Honours

• Who was recently reappointed as the Chairman of the Railway Board?
• Who has been appointed as the first Chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC)?
• Who was recently reappointed as the Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF)?
• What is the name of the national award given to a person for a meritorious act of human nature in saving a person's life?
• Who has been named as the head of the trust for the construction of the Ram Temple, which the Centre recently constituted?
• Which leader has been named “Greatest Leader of All Time” in a poll conducted by ‘BBC World Histories Magazine’?

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Eminent Personalities

• Who was named the Ernst and Young (EY) Entrepreneur of the Year 2019?
• Which Chief Minister of the Indian state has been conferred with the Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee award 2020 for Politics?
• Giriraj Kishore, who recently passed away, was associated with which field?
• Sameer Aggarwal has been appointed as the Chief Executive officer of the Indian arm of which company?
• Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand, the Associated Press (AP) photographers, were recently in the news to receive which award?

International Events

• Name of the country which received a line of credit (LOC) of $75 million from India for installation of solar parks.
• Name of the Cricketer who won 'Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy' for 'Player of the Year' presented ICC.
• Who was recently appointed as the Foreign Secretary of India?
• Which is the first country to ban sunscreens that are toxic to coral reefs and sea life?
• Name of the Mega Naval Exercise held between India and Australia.
• What is the theme of World Cancer Day 2020?

UN bodies

• Whom the United Nations has named the 2020 class of young leaders of SDG’s
• What is the current Human capital Index rank of India according to the World Bank?
• What is IBSA, and who chaired the recent event of IBSA from India?
• When will the United Nations hold the Global Climate Summit this year? Who will co-host this summit?

Major developments in the areas of sports

• Which Indian player was named the captain of ESPN Cricinfo’s ODI and T20 teams of the decade?
• Which Indian city hosts the All India Police Judo Cluster Championship 2019?
• Which country won the inaugural ‘ATP Cup’ 2020 tournament held in Sydney?
• Which cricketer was named as the Captain of ICC’s ODI and Test teams of the year?
• Which Indian sportsperson recently became the first-ever hockey player to win the ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ award?

Geopolitics and important environmental agreements

• Name the state that will have the country's first rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles?
• The Supreme Court of India recently permitted to introduce which animal to the Indian habitat from Namibia?
• What is India’s rank in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) India annual report?
• Which bird is named the mascot of the UN Convention of Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) (COP 13)?
• Which Indian has been recently awarded the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement?