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General Awareness - 1 (Stenographer)

General Awareness - 1

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Blue Water' policy was meant to be powerful at sea rather than building forts in India. This was attributed to

  1. Warren Hastings, British Viceroy
  2. Don Francisco de Almeiia, Portugese Viceroy
  3. Casto Mendez Nunez, Spanish Admiral
  4. Thomas- Arthur, French General
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following heavenly bodies is a Jovian planet?

  1. Mars
  2. Uranus
  3. Venus
  4. Earth
  5. Mercury
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In September 2014, the Reserve Bank of India closed down ____ Urban Cooperative Banks which were suspected of being used to route illegal money.

  1. 8
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 3
  5. 11
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the world's first dengue vaccine that passed the crucial India test in November 2014?

  1. CYD-TDV
  2. CD-TDV
  3. CYD-TV
  4. CY-TD
  5. CD-DV
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The G-20 summit held in November 2014 was the ____ summit.

  1. 7th
  2. 8th
  3. 9th
  4. 10th
  5. 11th
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

  1. Arieh Warshel and Martin Karplus
  2. Michael Levitt, Eric Betzig and Brian Kobilka
  3. Robert Lefkowitz and Dan Shechtman
  4. William E. Moerner, Stefan W. Hell and Eric Betzig
  5. Ei-ichi Negishi and Richard F. Heck
Question 7 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 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In October 2014, which of the following social networking sites was closed permanently?

  1. ClassMates
  2. Myspace
  3. Flickr
  4. Orkut
  5. Meetup
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the founder of the HCL Technologies?

  1. Arjun Malhotra
  2. V. Rajendran
  3. Amit Varma
  4. Ian Mark
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following cities was the four bogie train ‘Modi Express’ flagged off?

  1. Sydney
  2. Brisbane
  3. Melbourne
  4. Adelaide
  5. Perth
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the chemical name for ‘baking soda’?

  1. Sodium carbonate
  2. Sodium bicarbonate
  3. Sodium nitrite
  4. Sodium nitrate
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following became the first South Asian woman to be appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia by the United Nations (UN) Women in November?

  1. Saina Nehwal
  2. Karnam Malleswari
  3. M. C. Mary Kom
  4. Sania Mirza
  5. Neha Aggarwal
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the percentage of fresh water available on the earth?

  1. 3%
  2. 97%
  3. 50%
  4. 0%
  5. 100%
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year did the first meeting of Constituent Assembly take place?

  1. 1945
  2. 1946
  3. 1947
  4. 1948
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country topped the Global Slavery Index released by the Walk Free Foundation in November 2014?

  1. China
  2. Pakistan
  3. Bangladesh
  4. India
  5. Uzbekistan
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