General Knowledge - 1 (Fire Operator Exam)
General Knowledge - 1
Questions
Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign was launched on ___ birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- 140th
- 142nd
- 150th
- 147th
- 149th
Who among the following was not inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the first expansion of the Modi government?
- Manohar Parrikar
- J. P. Nadda
- Suresh Prabhu
- Jayant Sinha
- Birender Singh
Which of the following districts became the 18th district of Arunachal Pradesh in November 2014?
- Upper Dibang Valley
- Namsai
- Papum Pare
- Upper Siang
- Upper Subansiri
Who won the 2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title in November 2014?
- Kim Hyo Min
- Sun Yu
- P. V. Sindhu
- Wang Shixian
- Saina Nehwal
Where was the 18th SAARC Summit held?
- Bangladesh
- Nepal
- Maldives
- Bhutan
- Sir Lanka
In November 2014, which of the following housing finance companies named Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador?
- DHFL
- IHFL
- HDFC
- CHFL
- PNBHFL
Which of the following countries urged International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cancel debt of Ebola-stricken countries?
- The UK
- Guinea
- The US
- Sierra Leone
- Liberia
In November 2014, which of the following cities banned smoking in all indoor public spaces like workplaces and public transport vehicles?
- Shanghai
- Guangzhou
- Macau
- Beijing
- Lhasa
Which of the following companies launched the web-based email service ‘Verse’?
- Oracle
- IBM
- Accenture
- Microsoft
- Google
Who among the following was nominated by the Union Government to replace Gurdial Singh Sandhu as Director on the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India?
- Dr. Hasmukh Adhia
- Y. C. Deveshwar
- G. M. Rao
- Anil Kokodkar
- Kiran Karnik
Which of the following pairs was among the list of five authors shortlisted for the DSC Prize for the year 2015?
- Amitav Ghosh and Kiran Desai
- Arundhati Roy and Vikram Seth
- Chetan Bhagat and Anita Desai
- Jhumpa Lahiri and Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
- Shashi Tharoor and Rohinton Mistry
Who among the following was appointed as the new Secretary General of the Lok Sabha in November 2014?
- Anoop Mishra
- T. K. Viswanathan
- S. Bal Shekhar
- M. Thambidurai
- P. T. D. Acharya
Which of the following laureates were awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine?
- Randy W. Schekman, James E. Rothman and Thomas C. Südhof
- Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
- Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann
- John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser
- Robert G. Edwards and Randy W. Schekman