SSC Combined Graduate Level GK Questions 2014 - CGL

PGCIL Field Supervisor Exam Questions/Indian Agricultural Research Institute LDC Test Questions                                               
Question 1. Which among the following awards is given in 'Sustainable Development'?
a) Pen Pinter Award
b) Tang Prize
c) Turing Prize
d) Donald P Eckman Award

Question 2. Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013?
a) Gopalkrishna Ayyer
b) C. Radhakrishanan

c) SL Byrappa
d) UR Anantha Murthy

Question 3. 'Petro Poroshenko' who is often called 'The Chocolate King' is President of which country ? He replaces Oleksandr Turchynov.
a) Syria
b) Ukraine
c) Malaysia
d) Sweden

Question 4. Kedarnath Singh, who has been chosan for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 is a famous writer in
a) Gujrati
b) Hindi
c) Panjabi
d) Urdu

Question 5. Who was recently named as the India's Governor on the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
a) Arun Jaitley
b) P. Chidambaram
c) Arvind Mayaram
d) Raghuram Rajan

Question 6. A vulture restaurant has been recently opened at
a) Gadchiroli (Maharastra)
b) Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
c) Tonk (Rajasthan)
d) Banaskantha (Gujrat)

Question 7. Who was appointed the commander-in-chief of strategic forces command on June 13, 2014?
a) Lieutenant General M. Thomas
b) Lieutenant General VK Nayar
c) Lieutenant General Amit Sharma
d) Lieutenant General IS Gill

Question 8. Sumitra Mahajan, the newly elected speaker of Lok Sabha represents which among the following constituencies? she is the longest-serving woman member.
a) Bhopal
b) Indore
c) Nagpur
d) Jabalpur

Question 9. The official slogan for the 2014 World Environment Day is
a) Small Islands and Climate change
b) Raise Your Voice Not the Sea Level
c) No Global Warming for Tomorrow
d) Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Answer Keys :-
1(B), 2(B), 3(B), 4(B), 5(A), 6(A), 7(C), 8(B), 9(B)