General Knowledge - 5 (Fire Operator Exam)
General Knowledge - 5
Questions
In October 2014, which Bollywood actor was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF for South Asian region?
- Salman Khan
- Aamir Khan
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Abhishek Bachchan
- Amitabh Bachchan
Vermiform appendix is attached to the
- colon
- duodenum
- cecum
- ileum
- rectum
Which of the following is the oldest IIT?
- IIT Bombay
- IIT Kharagpur
- IIT Kanpur
- IIT Delhi
- IIT Madras
Who among the following won four gold medals at the Track Asia Cup Cycling Championship 2014?
- Manorama Devi
- Deborah
- Sunita Devi
- Anjana
- Kezia Verghese
Who is the author of the book ‘Unaccustomed Earth’?
- Vikram Seth
- Chetan Bhagat
- Salman Rushdie
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Arundhati Roy
The 100th birth anniversary of late Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz was celebrated on 1st April 2014. He was a Mexican
- politician
- musician
- writer
- freedom fighter
- painter
Who among the following was chosen for Japan’s top national award 'The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers' 2014?
- Toshiki Kaifu
- Narendra Modi
- Tsutomu Hata
- Manmohan Singh
- Yohei Kono
Which of the following is observed on 25th November every year?
- World Diabetes Day
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- International Day for Older Persons
In November 2014, with which of the following countries did India sign an MoU on technical cooperation in the railway sector?
- Republic of Korea
- Australia
- China
- France
- Germany
In June 2014, India became a permanent signatory of the Washington Accord. At present (2014), how many permanent signatories are there in the Washington Accord?
- 15
- 22
- 17
- 20
- 13
Who became the first speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly?
- Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary
- Padma Devender Reddy
- K. Jana Reddy
- T. Harish Rao
- Jogu Ramanna
Who among the following was designated as the new Finance Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in April 2014?
- R. P. Watal
- Arvind Mayaram
- Ravi Mathur
- G. S. Sandhu
- Rajiv Takru
Sumitra Mahajan was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. Which constituency has she been representing since 1989?
- Mandi
- Indore
- Ranchi
- Jhunjhunu
- Jalpaiguri
What is the name of NASA’s spacecraft designed to take humans into deep space?
- NASA Space
- Orbital
- Orion
- Space Dream
- Fly US
Who among the following was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of e-retailer Flipkart in 2014?
- Sanjay Baweja
- C. Ramakrishnan
- Asok Kumar Sinha
- Shobinder Duggal
- N. H. Bhansali