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General Awareness - 1 (Stenographer)

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'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


Correct Option: B

Which of the following heavenly bodies is a Jovian planet?

  1. Mars

  2. Uranus

  3. Venus

  4. Earth

  5. Mercury


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jupiter, Saturan, Uranus, and Neptune are called jovian or giant body planets. Jovian means Jupiter like.

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

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


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1).

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

  1. 7th

  2. 8th

  3. 9th

  4. 10th

  5. 11th


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

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

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).

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).

Who is the founder of the HCL Technologies?

  1. Arjun Malhotra

  2. V. Rajendran

  3. Amit Varma

  4. Ian Mark


Correct Option: A

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


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

What is the chemical name for ‘baking soda’?

  1. Sodium carbonate

  2. Sodium bicarbonate

  3. Sodium nitrite

  4. Sodium nitrate

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

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


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

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

  1. 3%

  2. 97%

  3. 50%

  4. 0%

  5. 100%


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Only 3% of total available water is fresh water. 97% water available on the earth is salty. 

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

  1. 1945

  2. 1946

  3. 1947

  4. 1948


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  

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


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option (4) is correct.

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