GENERAL AWARENESS
1)Kerala Governor P.
Sathasivam handed over the honorary degree of Doctor of Science to former ISRO
chairman at the Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam recently. Who is the
former Chairman of ISRO to receive it?
a) K Radhakrishnan
b) Kasturirangan
c) Satish Dhawan
d) Vikram Sarabhai
e) Madhavan Nair
Ans : a
2)”He was born in Puri district on
January 3, 1927. He was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again
from 1995 to 1999. He was also the Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly from
2004 to 2009. He started his career as a journalist, was a Sanskrit scholar and
wrote several books.He will be remembered as a
multi-faceted personality who influenced the socio-cultural and political life
of Odisha for a long period. His death marks the end of an era in Odisha politics.”
Who is this person, recently died?
a) J.B.Patnaik
b) Subhash Ghising
c) V R Gowarikar
d) Vikram Chandra
e) R K Laxman
Ans:
a
3)The Centre and States are also
working on a new Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR), which is currently pegged at 27
per cent. RNR is one at which there will be no revenue loss to states after GST
implementation.The recalculation of RNR is necessary as at present it does not
take into account the taxation of petroleum products as also the 1 per cent
additional tax which states can levy as part of the GST Bill. Recently, Mr.
Jaitley said that the implementation of
the landmark GST regime would increase India’s GDP by 1-2 per cent. Expand GST?
a) Goods and Services Tax
b) General Sales Tax
c) Great Service Tax
d) Goods & Trains Tax
e) None of the above
Ans: a
4) A single rate GST will replace
which of the following on goods and
services to ensure seamless transfer and end of “inspector raj” as well as “tax
on tax”.
a) central excise,
b)State VAT,
c) entertainment tax, octroi, entry
tax,
d)luxury tax and purchase tax
e) All the above
Ans: e
5)
Recently, the Coastal Security Group (CSG) of State Police confiscated around
600 kg of the endangered marine species, which was stocked illegally in a
godown at Keechankuppam near Nagapattinam in 2015. Catching and trading of sea cucumbers were
prohibited under which of the following acts?
a)Wildlife Protection
Act, 1972.
b) Forest Act
c) Environment
Protection Act
d) Tribal Areas Act
d) None of the above
Ans: a
6) Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose had escaped from his residence in Kolkata while under house arrest
by the British, to seek international help for India’s struggle for
independence. He is believed to have died in an air crash in which year?
a) 1939
b) 1945
c)1947
d) 1942
e) None of the above
Ans: b
7) Although the Prime
Minister’s Office had said the files pertaining to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
were exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1) (A) and Section 8(2) of the
________________, the Calcutta High Court’s order asking the Centre to respond
within two weeks, acts as an acceptance of the CIC’s decision.?
a) Right to Education
Act
b) Right to
Information Act
c) Right to
Employment Act
d) Right to Freedom
of Speech Act
‘e) None of the above
Ans : b
8) According to the schedule
of business, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs , will lay on the
table a copy of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, promulgated
by the President on April 3 under Article 123(2)(a) of Constitution. Who is the
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs ?
a) Nirmala Sitaraman
b) Rajiv Pratap Rudy
c) Mallikarjuna
Kharge
d) Suresh Prabhu
e) None of the above
Ans : b
9) The land
acquisition ordinance, which the government could not get converted into a
legislation in the first half of the budget session in Parliament due to stiff
opposition in _______, was re-promulgated on April 3, 2015 a day before it was
to lapse.
a) Lok
Sabha
b) Rajya
Sabha
c) Legislative
Assembly
d) Legislative
Council
e) None
of the above
Ans: b
10) Under the which
operation , 6,688 people were evacuated from Yemen, including 4,741 Indians and
1,947 foreign nationals by air and sea routes, External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj said in a suo motu statement.
a) Operation
Rahaat
b) Operation
Blue Star
c) Operation
Tiger
d) Operation
Cucoon
e) None
of the above
Ans: a
11) Recently, in view
of the worsening situation in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, India has shifted its
embassy to which place , which is adjoining the war-torn country, after the
“successful” conclusion of the process to evacuate its nationals,
a) Mogadishu
b) Djibouti
c) Nairobi
d) Cape Town
e) Harare
Ans: b
11) Smt. Sushma
Swaraj praised Minister of State for External Affairs Gen (retd) ________, who
personally supervised the evacuation efforts in Djibouti and shuttled between
Sana’a and Djibouti “sparing no effort to accomplish this difficult task”.
a) Bikram Singh
b) Gen
(retd.) V.K.Singh
c) Dalbir
Singh Suhag
d) J J
Singh
e) None
of the above
Ans : b
12) Noting that the
Supreme Court Collegium system of judges appointing judges has ceased to exist,
the Centre told the apex court that the government sat "overnight to clear
95 per cent" of the recommendations made by the Collegium just a couple of
days before the notification of which
Act on April 13, 2015?
a) National
Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act
b) RBI
Act
c) People’s
Representation Act
d) Right
to Information Act
e) None
of the above
Ans : a
13) “ South west Monsoon
will be 93 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) while 35 per cent
probability of monsoon staying below normal has been predicted, in 2015” .
South-West Monsoon starts in which month?
a) April
b) June
c) March
d) January
e) December
Ans : b
14) What is Net
neutrality ?
a) Net neutrality is
a principle that says Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should treat all traffic and content
on their networks equally.
b) Playing easily on
net
c) Computer games not
playing
d) Tennis playing
e) None of the above
Ans : a
15) Recently, according to a Home Ministry order, the
‘Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar’ and ‘Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gyan-Vigyan
Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar’, launched more than two decades ago, have given
way for ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar’ and ‘Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar’. Which
language is called as Raj Bhasha in this context ?
a) Telugu
b) English
c) Sanskrit
d) Hindi
e) Konkani
Ans : d
16) In-principle
approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
for creation of reserves in which places
as informed by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in the Lok Sabha
a) Ratapani in Madhya
Pradesh,
b)Sunabeda in Odisha
and
c) Guru Ghasidas in
Chhattisgarh,
d) All the above
e) None of these
Ans : d
17) Odisha is among
the States where the tiger population has dwindled. The NTCA also accorded
final approval to a proposal to declare Kudremukh National Park in Karnataka
and Rajaji National Park as tiger reserves.
Where is Rajaji National Park ?
a) Uttarakhand
b) UP
c) Bihar
d) West Bengal
e) Odisha
Ans : a
18) Which of the
following is correctly matched ?
a)Suhelwa : Uttar
Pradesh
b) Mhadei : Goa,
c) Srivilliputtur
Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary/ Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary/ Varushanadu
Valley : Tamil Nadu,
d)Dibang : Arunachal
Pradesh
e) All the above
Ans : e
19) Recently, a _____ maglev, which
is the fastest passenger train in the world, has broken its own speed record. It is said that the train reached 603 kmph in a test run ,
surpassing its previous record of 581 kmph set in 2003. The train travelled for
about 2 km at a speed exceeding 600 kmph.
a) Japanese
b) Chinese
c) French
d) German
e) None of the above
Ans : a
20)
"As a boy, Narendra Modi helped his father sell tea to
support their family. Today, he is the leader of the world’s largest democracy,
and his life story — from poverty to Prime Minister — reflects the dynamism and
potential of India’s rise." Who
wrote this in the 166 word piece recently.
a) Mr. Barak Obama
b) Atal Bihari Vajpai
c) L K Advani
d) Murali Manohar
Joshi
e) Nitin Gadkari
Ans : a
20) Recalling how
both the leaders reflected on the teachings of Martin Luther King and Mahatma
Gandhi during Mr. Modi’s visit to the US last year, Mr. Obama said that Mr.
Modi recognised that more than 1 billion Indians living and succeeding together
can be an inspiring model for the world.
Martin Luther King is from which country ?
a) USA
b) UK
c) France
d) Germany
e) South
Africa
Ans : a
21) Recently, who
has also applied to get his name
trademarked for charitable purposes, giving him the option of setting up a foundation,
such as one to promote physics or for research into motor neurone disease,
which has left him paralysed.
a)Professor Stephen
Hawking
b)
Brian Cox
c)
J K Rowling
d) Issac Newton
e) None of the above
Ans : a
22)
“A microwave current is passed to keep the plasma hot and to
confine it inside a Tokamak. A current of the order of 70,000 amperes is passed
and plasma is heated to 200 to 300 million degrees. In such process, plasma
gets confined inside it (device) and through that heat energy can be generated.
” What is Tokamak ?
a) Tokamak is a device that uses a magnetic field
to confine plasma.
b) Bus
c) Television
d) Robo
e) Flying Bird
Ans: a
23) India has added
15 more species to the “Red List” of threatened species published by the IUCN in 2014, but the country has climbed down a
spot to the seventh position. Expand IUCN?
a) International
Union for Conservation of Nature
b) Indian Union for
Conservation of Nature
c) Inter Union for
Conservation of Nature
d) Intra Union for
Conservation of Nature
e) None of the above
Ans : a
24) Recently, Chief
of Naval Staff said that women would be
seen in combat role in the defence forces when the time is ripe. Who is present Chief of Indian Naval Staff?
a) Admiral R. K.
Dhowan
b) R K Srivastava
c) Sindhushree
Khullar
d) Moulana Fazlullah
e) None of the above
Ans : a
25) The recent study
of meteorites provides clues to the
giant collision which formed Earth and the lunar body. How many years ago the moon may have been
created ?
a) about 4.47 billion
years ago
b) 5 billions
c) 6 billions
d) 2 billions
e) None of the above
Ans : a
26) Which Indian states, together account for about half
of the total mangoes produced in India with both the States accounting for
almost similar share of over 24 per cent?
a) Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Goa
d) Kerala
e) Uttarakhand
Ans : a
27)
Who has been honoured by China this year
in recognition of his long-term contribution to the translation and publication
of Chinese works? He was among the 10 award winners of the 8th Special Book Awards of China.
a)Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU) professor Priyadarsi Mukherji
b)
Rajani Kothari
c)
Pahlaj Nihalani
d)
Shekhar Sen
e)
None of the above
Ans
: a
28)
A noted Odia writer, popularly known is Dash Benhur, has been selected for the prestigious
Central Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Puraskar for this year. He will receive the award
for his notable contribution to children’s literature. He is the author of more
than 100 books, including 15 collections of short stories. What is his original
name ?
a)
Prof Jitendra Narayan Dash
b) Poet Narendra
Bhoi
c)
Jayakanthan
d)
K K Paul
e)
None of the above
Ans
: a
29) Top
sportspersons from various disciplines and eminent coaches were honoured by
President Pranab Mukherjee at the 2014 National Sports Adventure Awards
function at the Durbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan. No sportsperson was
recommended for which of the following highest
sports award in India in 2014?
a) Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna
b) Arjun Award
c) Dronacharya
Award
d) Dhyanchand
Award
e) None of the
above
Ans : a
30) Who among the following received Arjuna award in 2014 ?
a) Abhishek Verma
(archery),
b)Tintu Luka (athletics),
c)HN Girisha (para-athletics),
d) V Diju (badminton),
e) All the above
Ans : e
31)Mahabir Prasad (wrestling); Lifetime achievement:
N. Lingappa (athletics), G. Manoharan (boxing), Gurcharan Singh Gogi (judo),
Jose Jacob (rowing), have received which
award in 2014?
a) Dronacharya Award
b) Dadasaheb Phalke
Award
c) Saraswathi Samman
Award
d) Vyas Samman Award
e) None of the above
Ans
: a
32) Dhyan Chand is associated
with which of the following games?
a) Hockey
b) Tennis
c) Badminton
d) Football
e) Running
Ans: a
33) Tenzing Norgay Awards are
given every year in which of the following activities?
a) Land adventure
&
Air
adventure
b) Shooting
c) Swimming
d) Cricket
e) Tennis
Ans : a
.
34) Recently, who announced
an award in memory of the legendary Indian businessman and freedom-fighter,
Dadabhai Naoroji. The award will be given annually to individuals promoting
partnership between India and UK in domains like commerce,
education and culture.
a)
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick
Clegg
b)
USA Presidnet
c)
Russia President
d)
French President
e)
None of the above
Ans
: a
35)
Who received Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the invention of efficient blue
light-emitting diodes which enabled bright and energy-saving white light
sources”. ?
a) Isamu Akasaki,
b) Hiroshi Amano and
c) Shuji Nakamura
d) All the above
e) None of the
above
Ans
: d
36)
Match the following Nobel Prize winners in 2014 . Which of the following is
correct ?
a)“Chemistry: Eric Betzig
(US), William E Moerner (US) and Stefan
Hell (Germany) “for
the development of super resolved fluorescence microscopy”.
b) Physiology or Medicine: John O’Keefe
(British- American), Edvard I Moser (Norway) and May-Britt Moser (Norway) “for their
discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain”
c) Literature:
Patrick Modiano (France) “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most
ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation”.
d) Peace:
Kailash Satyarthi (India) and Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan) “for their struggle against the suppression of children and
young people and for the right of all children to education”.
e) All the above
Ans : e
37) Who received Nobel Prize in Economic
Sciences in 2014 ?
a):
Jean Tirole (France) “for his analysis of market power and regulation”
b) J
M Keynes
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Karl Marx
e)
None of the above
Ans :
a
38)
Who received the world’s most coveted literary prize, the
Man Booker
2014?
a) Australian
novelist Richard Flanagan, for his work The
Narrow Road to the Deep North that tells the story
of prisoners of war on the Burma railway.
b)
Arundhati Roy
c)
Salman Rashdie
d)
Aravind Adiga
e)
None of the above
Ans
: a
39)
Who is Shakti Devi ?
a)
Indian cop who won UN award
b) IAS Officer
c) IFS Officer
d) Politician
e) None of the above
Ans : a
40)
Who was conferred the ‘Saraswathi Samman Award recently ?
a)
Renowned Hindi author Govind Mishra for his
novel “Dhool Paudhon Par” published in 2008
b)
Balachandra Nemade
c)
Leela Samson
d)
Anita Ekberg
e)
None of the above
Ans
: a
.
41)
Who received Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2014?
a) Biological
Sciences: Roop Mallik
b)
Chemical Sciences: Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad
c) Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and
Planetary Sciences:
Sachchidanand Tripathi
d) Engineering Sciences: S Venkata Mohan,
Soumen
Chakrabarti
e) All the above
Ans : e
42) Who is Sanjaya Rajaram ?
a) an eminent Indian
scientist, has been awarded the World Food Prize in recognition of his significant
contributions to global
wheat production.
b) A Politician
c) Economist
d) Businessman
e) Writer
Ans:
a
.
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