www.BankExamsToday.com General Awareness By Ramandeep Singh Question Bank Raman 11/28/2014 November WWW.BANKEXAMSTODAY.COM 28, 2014 General Awareness Question Bank 1. In Asian Games 2014, in Athletics Seema Punia won Gold in Discuss Throw with a distance of 2. In Asian Games 2014, in Wrestling Yogeshwar Dutt won Gold medal by defeating 3. Who were the Gold winners in 4 x 400 Relay race win in Indian Team? (Asian Games 2014) 4. Who were the Gold winner in Men’s team of Squash in Asian Games 2014 5. What is India’s Rank in Global Hunger Index 2014? 6. In Global Hunger Index 2014 the top nation is 7. As per IFPRI on Hunger Index India has moved from Alarming stage to 8. The Project Director of Chandrayaan I, Chandrayaan II and also the Programme Director of Mangalyaan is 9. The ISRO Chairman is K. Radhakrishnan whereas the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is 10.Euromoney’s Central Bank Governor of the year award 2014 was given to 11.The new Central Vigilance Commissioner is Rajiv whereas the old was 12.Who was the author of “Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace” (about Obama’s handling of war on Syria and Iraq)? 13.Till October 2014, Total Navratnas are 17 whereas Maharatnas are 14.Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Aerospace and Missile Technology was given to 15.Name the Panel head of the Restructure of University Grant Commission 16.18 time Olympic Swim Champion held for Drink Driving 17.Noble Prize 2014 for Peace was given to 18.Why the Noble Prize 2014 for Peace was given 19.Name India’s 1st Civil Soci ety Campaign against the Exploitation of Children, founded by Kailash Satyarthi 20.Name other awards won by Kailash Satyarthi 21.Describe any work of Kailash Satyarthi (the Noble Awardee from India) 22.Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Football a 10 week competition was inaugrated in 23.How many teams are participating in Hero Indian Super League 24.Noble Prize 2014 for Medicine or Physiology was given to 25.For which research work the Noble Prize 2014 for Medicine was given 2 November WWW.BANKEXAMSTODAY.COM 28, 2014 26.John O’Keefe researched about the Hippocampus (Place Cells) whereas May Britt and Edvard Moser researched about the 27.Which brain Cells are affected in Alzheimer and Parkinson Disease? 28.How much amount money for each Noble Prize 2014 was given? 29.Who is the Chairman of Norwegian Noble Committee? 30.Noble Prize 2014 for Physics was given to 31.For which research work the Nobel Prize 2014 foir Physics was given 32.What is the benefit of Blue LED? 33.How energy can be saved through Blue LED? 34.Nobel Prize 2014 for Chemistry was given to 35.Why the Nobel Prize 2014 for Chemistry was given? 36.Nobel Prize 2014 for Literature was given to … 37.Describe the other best work of Patrick Modiano in addition to “Missing Person” 38.India’s 1st Vocational University in Gujarat 39.World’s top billionaire nations as per Wealth X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014 40.How much will b e given to each Gram Panchayat for Swachh Bharat Mission 41.Swachh Bharat Mission was started on 2nd October from 42.How many Ambassadors h ave been invited for Swachh Bharat Mission? 43.The top Billionaire City among Indian Billionaire cities. 44.What was the Central Theme of PM Narendra Modi d uring USA talk 45.The main thing done during the USA visit was 46.What is Childline? 47.What is Sech-Bandhu Prakalpa? 48.What is Ujjawala? 49.India’s 1st PM who delivered speech in Hindi in UN General Assembly 50.Name 3 smart cities, will be developed with the help of USA 51.Name the only city will be developed by Japan as the Smart City 52.Which work of M.Gandhi recently was published in Punjabi and Kashmiri? 53.Swachh Smark and Swachh Bharat is the slogan of 54.Swachh Bharat and S under Bharat is the slogan of 55.K.V. Kamath Committee is for the study of 56.Name the volcano erupted in Japan where more than 30 persons died 57.What is the serial of new Chief Justice H.L. Dattu? 3 November WWW.BANKEXAMSTODAY.COM 28, 2014 58.1st Hydroelectric Project of Bhutan where India’s 2 PSU are having a joint venture. 59.International Yoga Festival 2015 will be held in 60.World Yoga Day was celebrated at Bangalore on 61.What is Japan Plus? 62.Name the committee on Reforms and Resource Mobilisation of Railway Board 63.Name the World’s longest route flown by the World largest passenger aircraft A-380 64.How many US forces will stay after the end of International Combat Mission on 31st December 2014, under US-Afghanistan, Bilateral Security Agreement 65.New Secretary General of NATO is 66.World’s best university as per Times Higher Education 67.The purpose of N.R. Madhava Menon Committee 68.The Cultural Capital of SAARC for 2015 is Bamiyan whereas for 2016 will be 69.What is “Project Mausam”? 70.The fastest growing state as per CSO is 71.The GDP growth rate of MP is 11.08% whereas the Agricultural growth rate is 72.What is “Roveneimi”? 73.Name the Sc andinavian nations recently visited by the President of India 74.China’s 10000 km range nuclear missile launched on China National Day October 1 75.Name India’s 3rd Navigational satellite launched through PSLV-c26 76.The Chief of NDRF is O.P. Sharma, NDRF stands for 77.Name the 1st serving CM on who Section 8(4) of Representation of People Act became applicable. 78.J. Jayalalitha was indicated in 18 years o ld Rs.66.65 Crore disproportionate assets case under 79.Who was the PIL in J. Jayalalitha accusation? 80.Any law maker if found guilty of corruption and g et more than 2 years of sentence will immediately loses his membership of a legislative body under 81.Where the Stampede took place in end of Dussehra celebration? 82.What is MANAS (Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills)? 4 November WWW.BANKEXAMSTODAY.COM 28, 2014 83.Name the painter whose painting was sold for Rs.11 Crore at Sotheby’s Auction 84.The President who is appearing before the International Criminal Court – Netherland after temporarily resigning from the post of Presidentship. 85.What is “Operation Kali”? 86.Which new thing will be added in Mid Day Meals? 87.What is Tithi Bhojan? 88.WPI based inflation in September was 2.38%, whereas the lowest inflation of 1.78% was on 89.As per RBI Data the Bank Deposit on October 03 was Rs.8289310 Crore whereas Bank Credit was 90.India lost the case in WTO court from USA in the matter of 91.What is “Operation Basera”? 92.World’s largest ex porter of Cotton is China whereas the 2nd largest exporter is 93.The Direct Tax Target for 2014-15 is Rs.7.36 Lac Crore whereas the Indirect tax collect target is 94.How m any times in a year, the excess bond holding can be transferred from the holding to maturity to holding for trading? 95.Name the nation where pro-democracy movements are going on 96.Which nation is having “One Country with two System Formula”? 97.Name the nation known as SAR (Special Administ rative Region) of China 98.The largest numbers of Polio cases in th e World were reported in 2014 99.Name the nation where 219 secondary school were kidnapped 100. What is the target of solar energy under phase II of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission? 101. How many MoU were signed by President during h is Vietnam visit? 102. AYUSH stands for 103. What was the new thing in New Health Policy 2014? 104. Nobel Prize 2014 for Economics was given to 105. For which work Nobel Prize for Economics was given t o Jean Tirole 106. Master Control Facility to control the satellites is in 107. In 56th Grammy Awards, the maximum awards winners were 108. How many total telecom circles are there in India? 5 November WWW.BANKEXAMSTODAY.COM 28, 2014 109. The 1st Lok Sabha elections were held with 176 million voters whereas the 16th Lok Sabha elections were held with 110. As per (SIPRI) a report on trends in World Military Expenditure 2013, 1st rank is USA, 2nd China, 3rd Russia where India is at 111. “The Test of my Life” was written by 112. Where will be the headquarter of BRICS Development Bank 113. In FIFA-2014, the Golden Boot Award was given to 114. How many cities h aving more than 1 million populations in India? 115. An MoU between CII and World Bank signed on Tiger Conservation based on target to 116. 2014 Asian Games were held in Incheon, South Korea with a motto of 117. Asian Games 2010 were held in Guangzhou, China whereas Asian Games 2018 will be held in 118. 2014 Right Livelihood Award, known as Alternative Nobel Prize was given jointly to 119. Name the World’s cheapest interplanetary mission 120. Launching of MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) was done on November 5, 2013 whereas Orbital Insertion was done on 121. What was the referendum result of Scotland’s independence? 122. Who is the mission Director of MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) 123. The MOM was launched through 124. The PSLV has 4 stage engine with alternating solid and liquid stages whereas the GSLV has 3 stage engine with 125.