GK 20 January 2014 II1
GK 20 January 2014 II1
GK 20 January 2014 II1
1. _______ has recently won the United Nation award for sustainable tourism. a. Jammu & Kashmir b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Rajasthan d. Kerala
2. Laimdota Straujuma has recently become the Prime Minister of a. Zimbabwe b. Uganda c. Latvia d. Philippines
3. ________ is the worldwide web for Robots, where they can share information and learn from one another. a. RoboCop
b. RoboEarth c. RoboPlanet d. RoboWorld
4. Who is the President of South Korea? a. Park Geun-hye b. Ban Ki-moon c. Yingluck Shinawatra d. Shinzo Abe
5. Where is the National Museum of India Cinema going to come up? a. Hyderabad b. Mumbai c. Pune d. Jaipur
6. MINT, an acronym for attractive investment destinations, stands for a. Malaysia, India, New Zealand & Thailand b.
Malaysia, India, New Zealand & Turkey c. Mexico, India, Netherlands, & Thailand d. Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria & Turkey
7. _______ has been recently named Destination Flyways by United Nation World Tourism Organization. a. Chilika Lake
b. Sambhar Lake c. Loktak Lake d. Manas Bird Sactuary
8. Indias rank on the Environmental Performance Index 2014 is a. 132 b. 148 c. 155 d. 172
9. Which country holds the 1
st
rank on the Environmental Performance Index 2014? a. Switzerland b. Brazil c. Greenland
d. Australia
10. As per RBI, which state ranks as the best performer on most of the key fiscal parameters? a. Bihar b. Chhattisgarh c.
Goa d. Himachal Pradesh
11. Aravind Mayaram committee has recommended classifying all foreign investment above 10% as ___ and below 10%
as ___. a. Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Portfolio Investment b. Foreign Portfolio Investment, Foreign Direct
Investment c. Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Indirect Investment d. Foreign Indirect Investment, Foreign Direct
Investment
12. Indias 1
st
Monorail service has been started in a. Hyderabad b. Pune c. Mumbai d. Kolkata
13. The largest population of illiterate adults in the world belongs to a. Bangladesh b. India c. Zaire d. Somalia
14. Kethy Cross, the 1
st
woman umpire on ICC panel, is from a. Netherlands b. Canada c. Ireland d. New Zealand
15. _________ is the new Cloud Computing Project which has been launched by the Government of India. a. Meghshri
b. Meghdoot c. Meghyantra d. Meghraj
16. The chairman of the 7
th
Pay Commission is a. DK Jain b. Vijay Kelkar c. Ashok Kumar Mathur d. Ajit Prakash Shah
17. The highest denomination note that RBI can print is a. 1000 b. 10000 c. 50000 d. 100000
18. ______ was judged the worst password of 2013 on the internet. a. 123456 b. 12345 c. abc123 d. password
19. Pete Seeger, who died recently, was a/an a. Director b. Astronaut c. Folk Singer d. Industrialist
20. Government of India has recently granted minority to which community? a. Zoroastrians (Parsis) b. Christians c.
Buddhists d. Jains
1 D 6 D 11 A 16 C
2 C 7 A 12 C 17 B
3 B 8 C 13 B 18 A
4 A 9 A 14 D 19 C
5 B 10 B 15 D 20 D