Questions
Who among the following won four gold medals at the Track Asia Cup Cycling Championship 2014?
- Manorama Devi
- Deborah
- Sunita Devi
- Anjana
- Kezia Verghese
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?
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- The Oval Cricket Ground
- Sydney Cricket Ground
- Old Trafford Cricket Ground
- Lord's Cricket Ground
Who replaced Rajni Razdan as Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
- Prof. Hem Chandra Gupta
- D. K. Dewan
- Deepak Gupta
- Smt. Alka Sirohi
- Shri Manbir Singh
Magnus Carlsen, who won FIDE World Chess Championship 2014, belongs to
- Australia
- Norway
- Russia
- Germany
- France
In November 2014, the government of which state reduced the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 58?
- Rajasthan
- Haryana
- Gujarat
- Tamil Nadu
- Karnataka
Who has written the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?
- Rabindranath Tagore
- M. K. Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- L. K. Advani
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
In November 2014, who among the following was selected to replace Justice Markenday Katju as the Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI)?
- H. S. Bedi
- A. K. Ganguly
- C. K. Prasad
- R. V. Raveendran
- J. M. Panchal
In November 2014, Iran and P5 + 1 Countries agreed to extend the deadline on Iran Nuclear Deal by
- 9 months
- 3 months
- 5 months
- 7 months
- 11 months
Which of the following cricketers received the Arjuna Award in 2014?
- Suresh Raina
- Virat Kohli
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Rohit Sharma
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
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 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 teams won its first ever Davis Cup of Tennis in November 2014?
- France
- Czech Republic
- Australia
- Switzerland
- The United States
Which of the following banks became the first bank in India to fully own an insurance company?
- Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Axis Bank
- YES Bank
- IndusInd Bank
- Catholic Syrian Bank
In November 2014, how many countries did the Union Government launch Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) Scheme or E-visa to make travel of foreigners to India on Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVOA) facility easier?
- 20
- 28
- 31
- 43
- 56
Marivan Nuclear Site, which was in news in November 2014, is located in
- Iran
- Syria
- Iraq
- Libya
- Israel
Who among the following is the first Italian female astronaut to go into space for a mission on board the International Space Station (ISS)?
- Daniela Giordano
- Samantha Cristoforetti
- Shannon Lucid
- Roberta Bondar
- Marianne Merchez
In November 2014, who among the following was appointed as special representative to resolve the India-China border issue?
- M. K. Narayanan
- Shivshankar Menon
- Mukul Rohatgi
- Ajit Kumar Doval
- Ranjit Kumar
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?
- Saina Nehwal
- Karnam Malleswari
- M. C. Mary Kom
- Sania Mirza
- Neha Aggarwal
Who among the following was appointed as the Governor of Bihar in November 2014?
- Urmila Singh
- Om Prakash Kohli
- Keshari Nath Tripathi
- Ram Naik
- Nirbhay Sharma
In November 2014, to which of the following companies did Bharti Airtel sell its 4800 mobile towers in Nigeria?
- Rogers Communications
- Cox Communications
- American Towers Company
- Online Corporation of America
- Cypress Communications