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General Knowledge - 4 (Welfare Officer)

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Which of the following is observed on 25th November every year?

  1. World Diabetes Day

  2. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  3. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

  4. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

  5. International Day for Older Persons


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

Who among the following received the Global Diversity Award 2014?

  1. Amitabh Bachchan

  2. Akshay Kumar

  3. Salman Khan

  4. Shah Rukh Khan

  5. Amir Khan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is 4.

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


Correct Option: D

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).

Who among the following became the first Indian to get elected as a member of the International Shooting Sport Federation's (ISSF) Executive Committee?

  1. Kushal Das

  2. C. K. Valson

  3. Vijai Sinha

  4. Raninder Singh

  5. Anil Kamineni


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

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

  1. ClassMates

  2. Myspace

  3. Flickr

  4. Orkut

  5. Meetup


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

By how much did the government hike the excise duty on petrol (per litre) in December 2014?

  1. Rs. 2.00

  2. Rs. 2.25

  3. Rs. 2.55

  4. Rs. 2.80

  5. Rs. 2.90


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

Marivan Nuclear Site, which was in news in November 2014, is located in

  1. Iran

  2. Syria

  3. Iraq

  4. Libya

  5. Israel


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

Who among the following board members of SAIL was conferred with the IIM-JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate Leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014?

  1. Anil Kumar Choudhary

  2. C. S. Verma

  3. S. S. Mohanty

  4. T. S. Suresh

  5. Binod Kumar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

The 12th Five Year Plan (2012 - 2017) is termed as the plan for

  1. India's health

  2. India's education

  3. faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth

  4. development of rural India

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The 12th Five Year Plan (2012 - 2017):  faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth

Which of the following items is not on the Union List of the constitution of India?

  1. Defense of India

  2. Foreign affairs

  3. National highways

  4. Pilgrimages in India

  5. Patents


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Pilgrimages, other than pilgrimages to places outside India are on the State List.

As per census 2011, which of the following states is the most populated state in India?

  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Bihar

  3. Uttar Pradesh

  4. Maharashtra

  5. West Bengal


Correct Option: C

Which of the following natural disasters is caused by undersea earthquakes?

  1. Tsunami

  2. Flood

  3. Avalanche

  4. Blizzard

  5. Wildfire


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tsunamis can be caused by undersea earthquakes, as the one caused in 2004.

The joint session of the two Houses of Parliament is convened

  1. Only in case of national emergency

  2. When a bill passed by one House is rejected by the other House

  3. Taxes approved by one House are received by the other House

  4. Both (1) & (3)

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

The first-ever offshore Wind Power Project in India is being set up along the coast of

  1. Kerala

  2. Andhra Pradesh

  3. Gujarat

  4. Tamil Nadu

  5. Maharashtra


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

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