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Tuesday, 12 August 2014

General Awareness Questions Set-30


1. Who was conferred with 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award at the Eight National Mathematics Convention in Rajkot?
A) CV Patil
B) Anand Kumar
C) Ajeet Parekh
D) Rajendra Parmar
Answer & Explanation: Anand Kumar was conferred with 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award.

2. In the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, who was the winner of song of the year award?
A) Just Give Me A Season
B) Royals by Lorde
C) Same Love
D) When I was Your Man
Answer & Explanation: Royals by Lorde won the song of the year award.

3. Who became the first woman to be appointed in an ICC umpires panel as an Associate and Affiliate panel of International umpires?
A) Haidee Tiffen
B) Nicola Browne
C) Kathy Cross
D) Helen Watson
Answer & Explanation: Kathy Cross became the first woman to be appointed in an ICC umpires panel.

4. India signed DTAA for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income with which country?
A) Nepal
B) Fiji
C) Mauritius
D) Indonesia
Answer & Explanation: India signed DTAA for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income with Fiji.

5. Where is in India first monorail service was inaugurated by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan?
A) Mumbai
B) Bangalore
C) Chennai
D) Gurgaon
Answer & Explanation: First monorail started at Mumbai.

6. Who defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets to win Ranji Trophy 2014 at Hyderabad?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Rajasthan
D) Gujarat
Answer & Explanation: Karnataka defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets.

7. Who has been appointed as the 8th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand recently?
A) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
B) Manish Tiwari
C) Harish Rawat
D) Vasundhara Raje
Answer & Explanation: Harish Rawat has been appointed as the 8th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

8. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission that will submit report in 2 years?
A) Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
B) Ashok Kumar Mathur
C) Nandan Nilekani
D) Amit Ahuja
Answer & Explanation: Ashok Kumar Mathur has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission.

9. Where was the First Paperless public Library of the World Biblio Tech opened recently?
A) Germany
B) India
C) China
D) USA
Answer & Explanation: Biblio Tech was opened in USA.

10. Who became the first person to receive Bionic hand that allowed him to feel life-like sensation from the device’s artificial fingers?
A) Andy Smith
B) Danish Amputee
C) Jordan Romero
D) Tyler Armstrong
Answer & Explanation: Danish Amputee became the first person to receive Bionic hand.

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