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Current Affairs 2014 - General Knowledge

Comprehensive general knowledge quiz covering Indian and international current affairs from 2014, including politics, sports, science, defense, and government policies.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In November 2014, the government of which state reduced the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 58?

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Haryana
  3. Gujarat
  4. Tamil Nadu
  5. Karnataka
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In November 2014, who among the following was selected to replace Justice Markenday Katju as the Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI)?

  1. H. S. Bedi
  2. A. K. Ganguly
  3. C. K. Prasad
  4. R. V. Raveendran
  5. J. M. Panchal
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following persons won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics?

  1. Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland
  2. Saul Perlmutter, Adam G. Riess and Brian Schmidt
  3. Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs
  4. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
  5. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In December 2014, the appointment of which of the following persons as Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was approved?

  1. Mahboob Alam
  2. A. P. Maheshwari
  3. D. K. Pandey
  4. O. P. Singh
  5. R. K. Pachnanda
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who became the first Indian footballer to be conferred with Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Hall of Fame Award?

  1. Baichung Bhutia
  2. Arnab Mondal
  3. Denzil Franco
  4. Francis Fernandes
  5. Robin Singh
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In December 2014, which of the following companies acquired PasswordBox, a Montreal-based identity management service?

  1. Accenture
  2. Cisco
  3. Google
  4. Intel Corp
  5. Microsoft
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to Census 2011, which states of India have registered the highest increase in population in percentage terms?

  1. Bihar
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Madhya Pradesh
  5. Uttar Pradesh
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was India's rank in the 20th edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index 2014, which was released in December 2014?

  1. 41
  2. 63
  3. 85
  4. 106
  5. 133
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay?

  1. Tabaré Vázquez
  2. Jorge Batlle
  3. Luis Lacalle Pou
  4. Julio María Sanguinetti
  5. José Mujica
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed annually on

  1. 2nd December
  2. 9th December
  3. 15th December
  4. 21st December
  5. 27th December
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The main objective of the 12th Five Year Plan is

  1. inclusive growth and poverty reduction
  2. inclusive and sustainable growth
  3. sustainable and inclusive growth to reduce unemployment
  4. faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Abdul Rehman Antulay, who passed away in December 2014, was a former Chief Minister of which state?

  1. Jammu and Kashmir
  2. Assam
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Kerala
  5. Lakshadweep
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the Life Time Achievement Award at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

  1. Alexel Serebriakov
  2. Nadaf Lapid
  3. Wong Kar-wai
  4. Shrihari Sathe
  5. Andrey Zvyaginstev
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following nuclear capable missiles was test-fired in December 2014?

  1. Agni-III
  2. Agni-IV
  3. Agni-V
  4. Agni-VI
  5. Surya
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which country did a terrorist attack on a UN convoy take place in December 2014?

  1. Somalia
  2. Syria
  3. Iraq
  4. Israel
  5. Afghanistan
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