General Awareness Questions

Kerala state become the first to have four International Airports with Kannur Airport.

British businessman Mark Tucker, currently group chief executive and president of insurance group AIA, will take over from Douglas Flint as the new Chairman of HSBC in October.

In Chennai, Tamil Nadu place India's first HIV case reported in 1986 amongst the female sex workers.

Veena Sendre from Chhattisgarh was the India's first Miss Trans Queen.

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Antyodaya Diwas, on 25th September 2014. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.

DDU-GKY is uniquely focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families. Over 180 million or 69% of the country’s youth population between the ages of 18 and 34 years, live in its rural areas. Of these, the bottom of the pyramid youth from poor families with no or marginal employment number about 55 million.

Ashok Gehlot is the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Sachin Pilot is his Deputy.

Madhya Pradesh state decided to launch Yuva Swabhiman Yojana for urban poor youth.