CLAT-2014 General Knowledge Questions (Memory Based): • Who was the first person to translate the Bhagwada Gita into English? Charles Wilkins • Who was the first Jnanpith awardee? G. Sankara Kurup • Who was the first attorney general of India? M C Setalvad • Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature – 2013? Alice Munro • Who was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke award this year? Gulzar • Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of CRPF? MC Mary Kom • Who is the Prime Minister of Italy? Matteo Renzi • Who is the present Chief Justice of India? Justice R M Lodha • Who is the chairperson of 20th law commission? Justice Ajit Prakash Shah • Who is the chairperson of 14th finance commission? Y.V Reddy • Who is known as the father of modern genetics? Gregor Mendel • Who is known as the ‘green judge’? Justice Kuldeep Singh • Who headed the 7th Pay Commission? Ashok Kumar Mathur • Who has been awarded the Arjuna Award for Chess? Abhijeet Gupta • Who decides the interest rate for savings account in a bank? The banks themselves. (RBI did it until 2011) • Which satellite was launched on the PSLV C24? IRNSS-1B • Which planet has maximum number of natural satellites? Jupiter (67) • Which of the following was not a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Justice HR Khanna • Which of the following is not a Fundamental Duty? (1. to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India; 2. to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform; 3. to provide opportunities for education by the parent the guardian, to his child, or a ward between the age of 6-14 years as the case may be; or 4. To vote in public elections). The fourth one. • Which of the following does not favour Balance of Payments? Increasing export tarrif • Which of the following are solubles? (Water, Chloroform, Ethanol, or All of the above). • Which of the following ancient scripts is written from right to left? Kharosthi • Which holds office at the pleasure of the President? Governor • Which gas is lighter than air? Hydrogen • Which edition of the Lok Sabha elections are underway? 16th • When was the Reserve Bank of India established? 1st April 1935 • When was DRDO established? 1958 • When is the Law day celebrated? 26 November • What was the first major newspaper in India? Bengal Gazette (1780) • What is the IMF’s growth rate prediction for India? 5.4 % • What does Buddha’s Bhumisparsa Mudra signify? Gesture of touching the Earth • What does ATM stand for? Automated Teller Machine • What causes the change in colours of the stars? Surface temperature • Viruses such as Parasites, and DNA are living or non-living? Both living and non-living • Under which Mughal ruler did the East India Company establish its first factory? Jahangir (in 1615) • The WTO summit in the year 2013 was held at? Bali, Indonesia • The United Nations celebrated which year as the International Women’s year? 1975 • The first five year plan was based on what model? Harrod–Domar model • The Civil Disobedience Movement began from? Sabarmati Ashram • Planet which no longer belongs to the solar system? Pluto • Name the highest gallantry award in peacetime situation. Ashok Chakra • Name the first woman Chairman of the State Bank of India. Arundhati Bhattacharya • Name the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Raghuram Rajan • Match the following – The correct answer from the given options is: VS Sampath – Chief Election Commissioner; Madhava Menon – Founding Director of NLSIU; Justice RM Lodha – Chief Justice of India. • Malala Yousafzai is a national of which country? Pakistan • How many Bharat Ratnas have been awarded till date? 43 • Find the wrongly matched international organisations and their headquarters. United Nations Industrial Development Organization – Geneva • Arrange the names in the chronological order of their visits to India (Fa Hein, Huein Tsang, Megasthenes, and I-Tsing). Correct order: Magasthanese, Fa Hien, Huien Tsang, and I-Tsing.
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