General Awareness Questions Set-23

1. Who has been conferred Padma Vibhushan Award for year 2014?
A) R.A. Mashelkar
B) B.K.S. Iyenger
C) Both of the above
D) None of the Above
Answer & Explanation: C) Both of the above

2. Who was conferred the prestigious Ramanujan National Mathematical Award at the Eighth National Mathematical Convention on January 28, 2014?
A) JC Chaudhry
B) Anand Kumar
C) Tanu Jindal
D) Anand Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Anand Kumar was conferred the prestigious Ramanujan National Mathematical Award.

3. Who won the 2014 Marconi Prize for revolutionising high-speed delivery of multimedia on January 22, 2014?
A) Andrew Chraplyvy
B) Claude Berrou
C) A.J. Paulraj
D) James Rhyne Killian
Answer & Explanation: A.J. Paulraj won the 2014 Marconi Prize.

4. Which country tops in largest illiterate population in the world in UNESCO report?
A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) Bhutan
Answer & Explanation: India tops in largest illiterate population in the world.

5. In the 56th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, which album won the Album of the Year Award?
A) Britney Jean
B) Cheek to Cheek
C) Royals
D) Daft Punk
Answer & Explanation: Daft Punk won the Album of the Year Award.

6. What is the amount of loan that World Bank will give to Uttarakhand for Disaster Recovery Project?
A) $ 350 million
B) $ 250 million
C) $ 300 million
D) $ 200 million
Answer & Explanation: $ 250 million.

7. Union Cabinet has recently approved which community in the list of notified minority communities under section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992?
A) Judaism
B) Jains
C) Zoroastrianism
D) Buddhism
Answer & Explanation: Jains

8.Where in India First Monorail has started publicly on February 2, 2014?
A) Mumbai
B) Delhi
C) Bangalore
D) Jaipur
Answer & Explanation: First Monorail has started in Mumbai.

9. What is the name The Most Power-efficient supercomputers of India, Which has been developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)?
A) Prithvi
B) Param Yuva II
C) SAGA-220
D) Vigro
Answer & Explanation: Param Yuva II is the name of the Most Power-efficient supercomputer of India.

10. International conference to find a solution to the conflict in Syria was held in?
A) New York
B) Switzerland
C) Moscow
D) Cairo
Answer & Explanation: International peace conference to find a solution to the conflict in Syria was held in Switzerland.