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General Awareness - 5 (2014)

Description: General Awareness - 5
Number of Questions: 15
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In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress was the demand for Constituent Assembly made for the first time?

  1. Lucknow Session

  2. Haripura Session

  3. Tripuri Session

  4. Faizpur Session


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It was in the Faizpur Session of 1937 (presided over by J. L. Nehru) that the Indian National Congress demanded formation of Constituent Assembly for the first time.

According to Koeppen classification, letter code Cfa denotes which of the following climatic types?

  1. Mediterranean

  2. Marine west coast

  3. Humid subtropical

  4. Tropical wet and dry

  5. Tropical monsoon


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Warm temperate (Midlatitude) Climates-Ctype: humid subtropical: Cfa

Who among the following won four gold medals at the Track Asia Cup Cycling Championship 2014?

  1. Manorama Devi

  2. Deborah

  3. Sunita Devi

  4. Anjana

  5. Kezia Verghese


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

The Reserve Bank of India was established in the year

  1. 1858

  2. 1935

  3. 1947

  4. 1950


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935.

Which of the following companies announced that it will split itself into two separate publicly traded companies in October 2014?

  1. IBM

  2. HP

  3. Microsoft

  4. Dell

  5. Intel


Correct Option: B

Who is the founder of the Slave Dynasty of India?

  1. Iltutmish

  2. Ibn Battuta

  3. Qutubuddin Aibak

  4. Mohammed Bin Qasim


Correct Option: C

After occupying Persia in 331 BC, Alexander crossed the Hindukush in the year_________ to recover Indian land once under his predecessors.

  1. 329 BC

  2. 327 BC

  3. 322 BC

  4. 325 BC


Correct Option: B

In October 2014, the government launched an austerity drive to trim the fiscal deficit to ____ per cent of GDP in 2014-15.

  1. 4.5

  2. 4.1

  3. 4.7

  4. 3.9

  5. 4.3


Correct Option: B

Which of the following multinational companies completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google in 2014?

  1. Lenovo

  2. Toshiba

  3. Samsung

  4. Apple Inc.

  5. Panasonic


Correct Option: A

India’s first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) for women who are victims of violence, named Gauravi was launched in which of the following cities?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Patna

  4. Bhopal

  5. Ranchi


Correct Option: D

Who is the founder of Oracle Corporation?

  1. Bill Gates

  2. Larry Ellison

  3. Andrew S. Grove

  4. Marc Andreesen


Correct Option: B

Give the chemical name of milk of magnesia.

  1. Calcium hydroxide

  2. Magnesium hydroxide

  3. Ammonium hydroxide

  4. Sodium hydroxide


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Magnesium hydroxide

What is the daily water consumption recommended for an individual to live healthy?

  1. 1 litre

  2. 2 litres

  3. 3 - 5 litres

  4. 6 - 10 litres

  5. No recommendation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Minimum 3 litres to 5 litres of water is recommended for good health and comfortable metabolism in the body.

In June 2014, the cabinet of which of the following states approved two schemes, namely pension scheme for farmers and scheme to air-lift doctors to remote areas of the state?

  1. Haryana

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Uttarakhand

  4. Tamil Nadu

  5. West Bengal


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3). 

BCG vaccine against tuberculosis contains

  1. antibodies against M. tuberculosis

  2. iInactive M. tuberculosis in a measured quantity

  3. active M. tuberculosis

  4. inactivated virus


Correct Option: C
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