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General Knowledge - 2 (Fire Operator Exam)

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How long is the large intestine of humans?

  1. 6–5 m

  2. 1–5 m

  3. 20-25 m

  4. 40-50 m

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The large intestine is about 1.5 m long, which is about one-fifth of the length of the intestinal canal.

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

According to the South Asia Economic Focus Report released by the World Bank, the region’s economy will expand by ____ percent in 2015.

  1. 6

  2. 6.4

  3. 5.9

  4. 5.4

  5. 5


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1).

Who among the following topped the list of 100 global thinkers released by Foreign Policy Magazine of America in November 2014?

  1. Angela Merkel

  2. Barack Obama

  3. Matteo Renzl

  4. Narendra Modi

  5. Tony Abott


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

Who has written the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. M. K. Gandhi

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. L. K. Advani

  5. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

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


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

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


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

Which of the following companies replaced Google as Firefox's Default Search Engine?

  1. Yandex

  2. Yahoo

  3. Baidu

  4. Facebook

  5. Tencent


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

Which space agency does the Rosetta mission belong to?

  1. China National Space Administration

  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  3. Indian Space Research Organisation

  4. European Space Agency

  5. Russian Federal Space Agency


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

In which of the following countries was Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) launched in April 2014?

  1. Australia

  2. England

  3. France

  4. UAE

  5. Canada


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is 4 

Who among the following was honoured with the centenary award for Indian Film Personality of the year 2014 at the International Film Festival of India?

  1. Rajinikanth

  2. Amitabh Bachchan

  3. Salman Khan

  4. Shah Rukh Khan

  5. Nagarjuna Akkineni


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1).

Which of the following cricketers received the Arjuna Award in 2014?

  1. Suresh Raina

  2. Virat Kohli

  3. Ravichandran Ashwin

  4. Shikhar Dhawan

  5. Rohit Sharma


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

Who among the following persons succeeded Arvind Mayaram as the Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance in 2014?

  1. Ratan P. Watal

  2. Rajiv Mehrishi

  3. Gurdial Singh Sandhu

  4. Shaktikanta Das

  5. Aradhana Johri


Correct Option: B

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


Correct Option: D

Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign was launched on ___ birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

  1. 140th

  2. 142nd

  3. 150th

  4. 147th

  5. 149th


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Option 3 is correct.

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