General Awareness Questions Set-22

1. What is the name of first woman, who has been appointed as the head on Indian Police Academy on January 21, 2014?
A) Rajkumari Rathore
B) Aruna Bahuguna
C) Shikha Sharma
D) Arundhati Bhattacharya
Answer & Explanation: Aruna Bahuguna has been appointed as the head on Indian Police Academy on January 21, 2014.

2. Who won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his book 'Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer' at Jaipur on 18, 2014?
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Cyrus Mistry
C) Arundhati Bhattacharya
D) Pranab Mukherjee
Answer & Explanation: Cyrus Mistry won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

3. In the latest annual ranking by consulting firm Tholons, released on January 22, 2014, which is the top IT/ITeS outsourcing location in the World?
A) Tokyo
B) Singapore
C) New York
D) Bangalore
Answer & Explanation: Bangalore is the top IT/ITeS outsourcing location in the World.

4. Who was conferred Sahitya Akademi Award on January 4, 2014 for his poetry book “Khara Zaran”?
A) Chinu Modi
B) Pritam Singh
C) Adarsh Shrivastava
D) Parveen Begum
Answer & Explanation: Chinu Modi was conferred Sahitya Akademi Award on January 4, 2014.

5. Who was conferred Polly Umrigar Award on January 7, 2014 for the best international cricketer for the season 2012-13?
A) Virat Kholi
B) MS Dhoni
C) Ravichandra Ashwin
D) Michael Clarke
Answer & Explanation: Ravichandra Ashwin was conferred Polly Umrigar Award on January 7, 2014 .

6. What is the name of Director (Finance) of Indian Oil Corporation who has been awarded the 'Best CFO Award' by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India?
A) K. Radhakrishnan
B) P.K. Goyal
C) Divya Khosla Kumar
D) S.K. Roy
Answer & Explanation: P.K. Goyal has been awarded the 'Best CFO Award' by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

7. Who was honoured with the National Nritya Shiromani Award on January 11, 2014?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Ramesh Nath
C) Pritika Kalra Gandhi
D) Raghuram Rajan
Answer & Explanation: Pritika Kalra Gandhi was honoured with the National Nritya Shiromani Award.

8. Who was conferred CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement award in the BCCI’s seventh ceremony on January 7, 2014?
A) Kapil Dev
B) Sunil Gavaskar
C) Rahul Dravid
D) Sourav Gaungly
Answer & Explanation: Kapil Dev was conferred CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement award in the BCCI’s seventh ceremony.

9. Who won The Hindu prize for Best Fiction 2013 for his work, Vanity Bagh on January 13, 2014?
A) Supriya Pathak
B) Anees Salim
C) Imtiaz Ali
D) A. Kodandarami Reddy
Answer & Explanation: Anees Salim won The Hindu prize for Best Fiction 2013.

10. Who has been conferred Thiruvalluvar Award on January 15, 2014?
A) Jackie Chan
B) Yu Si
C) Terence Young
D) John Woo
Answer & Explanation: Yu Si has been conferred with Thiruvalluvar Award.