General Knowledge - General Awareness Quiz - Questions and Answers, GK 2014

1. Kidambi Srikanth is related to which among the following sports?

a. Tennis

b. Table Tennis

c. Badminton

d. Snooker

2. As per the Rangarajan committee report which was tasked with revisiting the Tendulkar formula for estimation of poverty and identification of poor what percent of the India population lives below the poverty line?

a. 29.50%

b. 35%

c. 21.50%

d. 34%

3. Which among the following government ministries / departments have in 2014 launched 'Virtual Clusters'?

a. Department of Information Technology

b. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

c. Department of Education

d. Ministry of Commerce

4. Which place has been announced as the new capital for Andhra Pradesh?

a. Amaravathi

b. Guntur

c. Kakinada

d. Rajahmundry

5. Luis Suarez, who has been banned by the FIFA for nine international matches and barred from all football activities for four months, is from which country?

a. Egypt

b. Japan

c. Uruguay

d. Italy

6. India has been ranked 135th rank among 187 countries in the in 2014 released Human Development Report-2014. Which among the following countries has been ranked number one?

a. Australia

b. Switzerland

c. Norway

d. Netherland

7. 'Malavath Purna' who became the youngest female climber to scale the Mount Everest belongs to which state?

a. Karnataka

b. Andhra Pradesh

c. Odisha

d. West Bengal

8. The theme of World Population Day-2014 is ________?

a. Investing in Young People

b. Stabilization of Population for Sustainable development

c. Growing Population: a risk for tomorrow

d. Curbing Population Growth

9. As per the Ministry of Environment and Forest latest notification which among the following states has largest 'ecologically sensitive area' in Western Ghats?

a. Kerala

b. Karnataka

c. Maharashtra

d. Tamil Nadu

10. With reference to the fauna of India, what is Southern Birdwing?

a. Sparrow

b. Lizard

c. Butterfly

d. Mormon

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