************GA QUESTIONS**************** [1] Name the Czech priest won the Templeton Prize for 2014? Ans - Tomas Halik [2] Who bagged the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013? Ans - Gyan Correa [3] Who won the 2014 edition of the UN-Water ―Water for Life‖ Best Practices Award for their sustainable practices of water resources? Ans - India and Singapore [4] Who was selected for the 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013? Ans - Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar [4] Name the renowned Hindi author will receive Sarawasti Samman for the year 2013 for his book ‗Dhool Paudho Par‘ published in 2008? Ans - Govind Mishra [5] Who was conferred Indias Global Icon of the Year award at the NRI of the Year awards in Mumbai? Ans - Amitabh Bachchan [6] Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014? Ans - Japanese architect Shigeru Ban [7] Which country lifted the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014? Ans - : South Africa [8] Who has been appointed coach of the National men‘s hockey team? Ans - Olympian and former India captain Jude Felix [9] Name the company who has bagged a multi-year deal from Volvo Cars? Ans - : Infosys [10] Which telecom service provider has launched its popular mobile money transfer and payment service M-Pesa partnering with private sector ICICI Bank? Ans - Vodafone [11] Who is the new chief of army staff (COAS)? Ans – Lieutenant Dalbir Singh Suhag as 26th COAS [12] Who became the first-ever woman to head UN Peacekeeping force? Ans – Kristin Lund of Norway [13] Who was named snookers Player of the Year at the sports annual awards ceremony in London on 8 May 2014? Ans - Ronnie OSullivan [14] Who took over as the 21st Commander of the Coast Guard Region (Andaman and Nicobar) as a successor of VSR Murthy? Ans - Inspector General K Natarajan [15] Who was appointed as first Woman Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)? Ans - Senior IPS Officer Archana Ramasundaram [16] Who has been appointed as the national coach of the national team of Pakistan? Ans - Waqar Younis [17] Who has written the book “My Years with Rajiv and Sonia”? Ans - R.D.Pradhan [18] Who won Munich ATP tournament in Germany by defeating Fabio Fognini? Ans - Martin Kilzan [19] Who won the WTA Portugal Open 2014 Women’s doubles title held in Oeiras, Portugal.? Ans - Sania Mirza and Cara Black [20] Who won the 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize? Ans - Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik [21] Who won the World Snooker Championship 2014 in Sheffield on 6th may 2014? Ans – Mark Selby [22] What is the India in the latest Freedom of the press 2014? Ans – 78th [23] Who has been confirmed as a federal judge in Massachusetts by US Senate? Ans – Indian-AmericanIndra Talwani [24] Who was awarded with the 2014 International Arch of Europe Award for quality and technology in Gold Category? Ans – Indian Aviation Academy(IAA) [25] Who has authored the book “entitled A Stamp is Born”, released by Vice President Hamid Ansari? Ans - C. R. Pakrashi [26] Who was appointed to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of Treasury by US Government? Ans - Indian-AmericanJawahar Kaliani [27] Which were the first two states to be issued Plastic Photo Identity Card for elections in India? Ans Nagaland and Assam [28] Where was the largest 130-MW Solar Power Plant of India launched? Ans - Bhagwanpur in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh on 26 February 2014 [29] Name the missile that was successfully test fired by Pakistan recently? Ans - Surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Hataf-III Ghaznavi [30] Who sworn-in sworn-in as the President of Chile after winning election over her conservative rival Evelyn Matthei? Ans - Michelle Bachelet
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