General Awareness - 2 (Stenographer)

General knowledge quiz covering Indian history, current affairs, science, geography, and general awareness topics for competitive exams

14 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The constituent assembly of undivided India consisted of how many members?

  1. 489
  2. 398
  3. 432
  4. 389
  5. 512
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not a major plate?

  1. India-Australia-New Zealand plate
  2. Arabian plate
  3. Antarctica plate
  4. South American
  5. Africa with the eastern Atlantic floor plate
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the oldest IIT?

  1. IIT Bombay
  2. IIT Kharagpur
  3. IIT Kanpur
  4. IIT Delhi
  5. IIT Madras
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In November 2014, Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes died after being knocked out by a Sean Abbott bouncer. In which of the following grounds was he playing when he was knocked out?

  1. Melbourne Cricket Ground
  2. The Oval Cricket Ground
  3. Sydney Cricket Ground
  4. Old Trafford Cricket Ground
  5. Lord's Cricket Ground
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In November 2014, Iran and P5 + 1 Countries agreed to extend the deadline on Iran Nuclear Deal by

  1. 9 months
  2. 3 months
  3. 5 months
  4. 7 months
  5. 11 months
Question 6 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 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was appointed as the new Secretary General of the Lok Sabha in November 2014?

  1. Anoop Mishra
  2. T. K. Viswanathan
  3. S. Bal Shekhar
  4. M. Thambidurai
  5. P. T. D. Acharya
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the chemical name of methyl orange?

  1. Para-animoazobenzene
  2. Para-hydroxoazobenzene
  3. Phenyl isothiocyanate
  4. Sodium-4-[(4-dimethylamino)phenylazo] benzene sulphonate
  5. N-phenyl benzene sulphonamide
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following viruses is used to make inactivated Salk polio vaccine?

  1. Herpesvirus
  2. Adenovirus
  3. Simian virus 40
  4. Polyomavirus
  5. Papillomavirus
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the upper age limit, decided by the Reserve Bank of India, for Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers in private sector banks?

  1. 58
  2. 60
  3. 65
  4. 70
  5. 73
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the country of Aryans in the Vedas?

  1. Sapta Sindhava
  2. Sapta Sutudri
  3. Sapta Bhuj
  4. Sapta Hindukush
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was inducted on the board of INTERPOL Foundation in November 2014?

  1. Warren Buffett
  2. Ratan Tata
  3. Milinda Gates
  4. Richard Branson
  5. Indra Nooyi
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following water resources is rich in fresh water?

  1. Ground water
  2. Lake
  3. River
  4. Pond
  5. Rain
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of

  1. LinkedIn
  2. Twitter
  3. Facebook
  4. Skyrock
  5. Friendster