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General Knowledge - 4 (ISRO)

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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 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).

Which one of the following is the largest Committee of the Parliament?

  1. The Committee on Public Accounts

  2. The Committee on Estimates

  3. The Committee on Public Undertakings

  4. The Committee on Petitions


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Committee on Estimates is the largest committee of the Parliament.

The Governor of Meghalaya Dr. K. K. Paul was given additional charge as Governor of which state?

  1. Nagaland

  2. Manipur

  3. Arunachal Pradesh

  4. Tripura

  5. Assam


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

Where was the 3rd meeting of SAARC Ministers of Culture held in September 2014?

  1. Malé

  2. Colombo

  3. Dhaka

  4. Kathmandu

  5. New Delhi


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct option is (5).

All of the following women have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize, except

  1. Mother Teresa

  2. Wangari Mutta Maathai

  3. Aung San Suu Kyi

  4. Doris Lessing

  5. Shirin Ebadi


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Doris Lessing has never been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Who is the author of the novel ‘Half Girlfriend’?

  1. Kiran Desai

  2. Chetan Bhagat

  3. Jhumpa Lahiri

  4. Amitav Ghosh

  5. Arundhati Roy


Correct Option: B

The biggest cell in the human body is

  1. WBC

  2. RBC

  3. Nervous cell

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

Who among the following succeeded Chief Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha as Chief Justice of India?

  1. H. L. Dattu

  2. P. Sathasivam

  3. S. H. Kapadia

  4. Altamas Kabir

  5. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1).

In August 2014, the Union Government re-launched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY). The scheme will be administrated by which of the following?

  1. Aviva India

  2. Sun Birla Insurance

  3. Life Insurance Corporation of India

  4. HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited

  5. TATA AIA Life Insurance


Correct Option: C

Which among the following is the commercial wing of ISRO?

  1. Jindal Corporation

  2. Morkel Corporation

  3. Java Inc

  4. Antrix Corporation Ltd.


Correct Option: D

Which five year plan was known as the 'Herold-Domor Model'?

  1. Fourth

  2. Second

  3. Eighth

  4. First

  5. Eleventh


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The first five year plan was known as the 'Herold-Domor Model'.

Humidity of air is measured by a(an)

  1. galvanometer

  2. barometer

  3. hygrometer

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C

Scientists from which of the following universities had confirmed that the world’s first inhalable Ebola vaccine passed animal tests?

  1. University of Pennsylvania

  2. University of Texas

  3. Harvard University

  4. New York University

  5. Stanford University


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

In November 2014, who among the following cricketers became the fastest to reach 6000 ODI runs?

  1. AB de Villiers

  2. Virat Kohli

  3. Younus Khan

  4. Kumar Sangakara

  5. Mahela Jayawardene


Correct Option: B
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