Gereal Quiz - 05

1. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award 2007 ?

a) Priya Ranjan Das Munshi

b) Mani Shankar Aiyyar

c) P.Chidambaram

d) Sushama Swaraj

2. Fernando Lugo’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of

a) Paraguay

b) Sudan

c) Afghanistan

d) Pakistan

3.  ISRO has launched successfully ten satellites through PSLV-C9 on - 

A. 15th March,2008

B. 30th March,2008

C. 28th April,2008

D. 4th May,2008

 

4. The newly constituted National Knowledge Commission is headed by

a) C. Rangarajan

b)Prof. R. S. Sharma

c) Sam Pitroda

d) Ms. Girija Vyas

5. India enacted an important event of Indian National Movement celebrating the seventy- fifth anniversary. Which was it?

a) Quit India Movement

b) Delhi Chalo Movement

c) Civil Disobedience Movement

d) Non – Cooperation Movement

 

6. Pope Benedict XVI belongs to which country?

a) Italy

b) Germany

c) France

d) Poland

 

7. The media campaign “ The World Is Waiting” is related to which of the following companies?

a) Lufthansa

b) Qatar Airways

c) Indian Airlines

d) British Airways

 

8. Who among the following has been elected as President of the International Council of Science Union?

a) E. Sreedharan

b) N. Ram

c) M. G. K. Menon

d) Goverdhan Mehta

 

9. Which of the following countries launched the smallest combat aircraft in the world?

a) Germany

b) India

c) Russia

d) USA

 

10. Who among the following British Governor- Generals shifted India’s capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911?

a) Lord Louis Mountbatten

b) Lord Canning

c) Lord Hardinge

d) Warren Hastings

 

11. “Golden Handshake” is the term associated with

a) Share market

b) Retirement benefits

c) Voluntary retirement benefits

d) Smuggling

12. Which of the following is the first surface- to- surface missile in India?

a) Prithvi

b) Trishul

c) Agni

d) Naag

 

13. Which country will be host 15th SAARC Summit in 2008 ? 

a) Maldives

b) Sri Lanka

c) India

d) Pakistan

 

14. Mist is caused by

a) Dry ice

b) Ice at low temperature

c) Water vapours at low temperature

d) Carbon- monoxide in solid form

 

15. Who among the following has been chosen the Miss India Universe for the year 2008 ? 

a) Parvathy Omanakuttan

b) Simaran Kaur Mundi

c) Amrita Thapar

d) Tanvi Vyas

 

16. Who among the following was the author of “Rajtarangini”, commonly regarded as the first genuine history of India written by an Indian?

a) Banbhatta

b) Ravikirti

c) Pushpadanta

d) Kalhana

 

17. Who among the following advocated Scientific Socialism?

a) Robert Owen

b) Proudhon Pierre Joseph

c) Karl Marx

d) Saint Simon Henri Claude

 

18. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution deal with the Directive Principles of State Policy?

a) 26 to 41

b) 31 to 56

c) 36 to 51

d) 41 to 66

 

19) Which one of the following travelers is not associated with the description of the glories of Vijayanagar kingdom?

a) Abdur Razzaq

b) Paes

c) Ibn Batutah

d) Nuniz

20. The Chinese pilgrim Fa – Hien visited India during the reign of

a) Kanishka

b) Chandragupta I

c) Chandragupta II

d) Harshavardhana

Answers given below...

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1.  a

2.  a

3.  c

4.  c

5.  c

6.  b

7.  d

8.  d

9.  b

10. c

11. c

12. a

13. b

14. c

15. b

16. d

17. c

18. c

19. c

20. c

General Quiz - 04

1. Which is the shallowest sea in the world?

a. Caspian Sea b. Baltic Sea c. Superior Lake

2. Which is the largest island in the world?

a. Srilanka b. Australia c. Greenland

3. Which is the longest canal in the world?

a. Titicaca b. Angel c. The Grand Canal of China

4. Which country is known as the lady of snow?

a. Greenland b. Canada c. Pakistan

5. Which country is known as the roof of the world?

a. Switzerland b. Argentina c. India

6.Which is the largest ocean in the world?

a. Atlantic Ocean b. Pacific Ocean c. none of these

7. Yuri Gagarin was the first man to go in………….

a. Space b. moon c. orbit

8. Who developed the World Wide Web {www}?

a. Tim Bernes Lee b. Charles Babbage c. Jim Osborne

9. Who is known as the father of computor?

a. Charles Cabbage b. Charles Babbage c. James Watt

10. In which year was the first electronic computer made?

a. 1937 b. 2000 c. 2005

11. Who is the creator of James bond?

a. Lewis Carroll b. Sherlock Holmes c. Ian Fleming

12. Name two series written by Enid Blyton

a. Famous Five b. Noddy . Kidnapped

13. How many feathers are used to make badminton shuttle?

a. 10 to 12 b. 18 to 20 c. 14 to 16

14. Which of these have no external ears?

a. Giraffe b. frog c. cat

15. Which of the following lays eggs on the ground?

a. Partridge b. ostrich c. crow

16. Who was the first woman to go in space?

a. Valentina Tereshkova b. Kalpana Chawla c. Juhi Chawla

17. Which is the longest river in the world

a. Volga b. none of these c. Nile

18. Name some animals that lay eggs.

a. Lion b. ostrich c. tortoise

19. Which of these animals store food?

a. Squirrel b. tiger c. honeybee

20. Which of the following is a carnivore?

a. Vulture b. crow c. goat






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1. B
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. A & B
13. C
14. B
15. A & B
16. A
17. C
18. B & C
19. A & C
20. A

General QUIZ - 03

1) What is the study of birds called ?

2) The nuclear reactor was invented by whom? 

3) Who invented  "refrigerator" ? 

4) What is the botanical name of tea? 

5) N.A.T.O stands for...?

6) I.S.R.O stands for...?

7) Which country is known as the Land of Cakes? 

8) RBI was established in which year ?

9) Who was the 1st Indian Nobel Prize winner in Literature?

   

10)What is the scientific name of Vitamin C?

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1. Ornithology.

2. Enrico Ferni.

3. J.Perkins.

4. Camellia Sinensis.

5. North Atlantic Treaty Organization

6. Indian space research organization

7. Scotland.

8. 1935

9. Rabindranath tagore

10. Ascorbic acid.

 

 

General QUIZ - 02

1. In which year was the Nobel Prize instituted and which country awards it?

2. What is the study of earthqukes called?

3. What is the approximate distance of moon from the earth?

4. Which alphabet do the Russians use?

5. Who founded the Red Cross in 1864?

6. How many miles per hour is one knot?

7. Which is the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world?

8. What is the holy book of Parsis called?

9. Which city was founded by Alexander the Great in Egypt?

10. Who was known as Maid Of Orleans?

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1. 1901, Sweeden.
2. Seismology.
3. 384,402 km center to center, or 376,285 km surface to surface
4. The Cyrillic alphabet.
5. Henry Durrant.
6. 1.151 miles/hour or 1.84 km/hour.
7. Great Britain
8. The Zend Avesta
9. Alexandria
10. Joan of Arc

General Quiz - 01

Q 1 -who is the 1st Indian "TEST TUBE BABY"?

Ans- HARSHA ,born at K.E.M. hospital Mumbai.The Doctor associated with the case is Dr. INDIRA HINDUJA.

Q 2:- Only one temple in the world is dedicated to Lord Brahma, the creator of the Universe. Where is it?

Ans. Pushkar in Rajasthan

Q3 - Ghoomar is folk dance of which state?

Ans:- Rajasthan.

Q 4- Where is Indian's first Multiplex located?

Ans:- Chennai.

Q5:- Which was the first all-women film in which there were no malev characters?

Ans:-"Rukmabai Ki Haveli".

Q6:- what is the ORIGINAL NAME OF Sonia Gandhi ?

Ans:- Sonia Antonia Maino .

Q7:- where the largest library in the world is situated at ?

Ans:- United States Library of Congress,Washington DC.(30011749 Books).

Q8:- who is the Creator of the most selling fashon doll "BARBIE" ?

Ans:- American businesswoman Ruth Handler. Barbie's full name is Barbara 

Millicent Roberts.

Q9:- who is the first woman doctar of india ?

Ans:- KADAMBINI GANGULY(1886). She was awrded a GBMC(Graduate of Bengal Medical College) degree.

Q10:- Who is the 1st indian sportsperson to make it to the cover of TIME magagines asia edition?

Ans:- Sania Mirza.







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