Assam Forest Department Forest Guard GK Question 2014

UPSC/IAS GK Question

Question 1. Her best known works are The Golden Notebook, Memories of a Survivor and The Summer Before the Dark. She was the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1. Alice Munro
   
2. Doris Lessing
3. Herta Muller
4. Elfriede Jelinek

Question 2. Which of the following nations were recently suspended with regard to the voting rights by the UNESCO for not paying their dues to it?

1. The USA
2. Israel
3. Iran
4. Iraq

Question 3. Heena Sidhu, who recently won a World Cup gold medal for India, is associated with.........

1. Shooting
2. Archery
3. Weightlifting
4. Boxing

Question 4. Indian Navy commissioned its first Advanced Light Helicopter Squadron at Kochi in November, 2013. What is the name of the helicopter?

1. Chetak
2. Dhruv
3. Rudra
4. Cheetah

Question 5.On November 8,2013, many people died in Philippines after a super typhoon ravaged the country. What was the name of the typhoon?

1. Haiyan
2. Utor
3. Phaillin
4. Nesat

Question 6. Which of the railways connecting the following two stations has been recognised as heritage railway line by the UNESCO?

1. Siliguri and Darjeeling 
2. Allahabad and Varanasi
3. Mumbai and Thane
4. Amritsar and Ludhiana

Question 7. Who is the recipient of France`s Simon de Beauvoir prize for women`s freedom in 2013?

1. Halimah Yacoob
2. Malala Yousufzai
3. Habiba Sarabi
4. Charlotte Edwards

Question 8. Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich set a world record at Berlin on September 29,2013. In which men`s athletic event he did it?

1. 20 km walk
2. Sleeplechase
3. Decathlon
4. Marathon

Question 9. On October 7, 2013, who has been sworn-in as the First Chief Minister of Sri Lanka`s Northern Province?

1. SC Chandrahasan
2. Suriyakumar
3. CV Wigneswaram
4. SJV Chelvanayakam

Question 10. The winner of ICC Women`s World Cup held in February, 2013, was..............

1. Australia
2. England
3. New Zealand
4. West Indies

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