Thursday, March 31, 2011

Recently Which Andhra Pradesh Agriculture minister has resigned (2011)?

Recently Which Andhra Pradesh Agriculture minister has resigned (2011)?

A. Pasupuleti Balaraju
B. K. Rosaiah
C. YS Vivekananda Reddy
D. Sridhar Babu

Answer : C

Which place on earth is known as the 'Land of Eternal Spring'?

Which place on earth is known as the 'Land of Eternal Spring'?

A. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
B. Buenos Aires (Argentina)
C. Quito (Ecuador)

Answer : C

Who took the Highest Wickets in ICC World Cup 2011 between Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand on 29 March 2011?

Who took the Highest Wickets in ICC World Cup 2011 between Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand on 29 March 2011?

A. Ajantha Mendis
B. Kumar Sangakkara
C. Tillakaratne Dilshan
D. None

Answer : A

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Which is the most important harvest festival of the people of Assam ?

Which is the most important harvest festival of the people of Assam ?

A. Pongal
B. Ugadi
C. Vaisakhi
D. Bihu

Answer : D

Rabindranath won the nobel prize in which year ?

Rabindranath won the nobel prize in which year ?

A. 1910
B. 1911
C. 1912
D. 1913

Answer : D

Who was the 26th chief of the Indian Army in 2010 ?

Who was the 26th chief of the Indian Army in 2010 ?

A. General V K Singh
B. Deepak Kapoor
C. Bhardwaj
D. None

Answer : A

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

In which country the world's largest coal export port "Newcastle Port" is located?

In which country the world's largest coal export port "Newcastle Port" is located?

A. Australia
B. Canada
C. Russia
D. China

Answer : A

Which cellular operator has entered into a strategic partnership with IFFCO to access agriculture related information to the farmers in Uttar Pradesh?

Which cellular operator has entered into a strategic partnership with IFFCO to access agriculture related information to the farmers in Uttar Pradesh?

A. Idea
B. BSNL
C. Airtel

Answer : C

Which number complete the following series : 144 121 100 81 64 ?

Which number complete the following series : 144 121 100 81 64 ?

A. 15
B. 19
C. 49
D. 50

Answer : C

The substances that prevent clotting of blood in blood vessels in ?

The substances that prevent clotting of blood in blood vessels in ?

A. Haemoglobin
B. Heparin
C. Thyroxin
D. Pepsin

Answer : B

Monday, March 28, 2011

Quiz 28 | General Studies 26-50

26.In which one of the following states are Namchik-Namphuk coalfields located?

A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Maghalaya
C. Manipur
D. Mizoram

Answer : A

27.During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India company establish its first factory in India?

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shahjahan
D. Aurangzeb

Answer : B

28.Which one of the following laser types is used in a laser printer?

A. Dye Laser
B. Gas laser
C. Semiconductor laser
D. Excimer laser

Answer : C

29.Which one of the following is used as an explosive?

A. Phosphorus trichloride
B. Mercuric oxide
C. Graphite
D. Nitroglycerine

Answer : D

30.Which among the following has the world's largest reserves of Uranium?

A. Australia
B. Canada
C. Russian Federation
D. USA

Answer : A

31.In making the saffron spice, which one of the following parts of the plants is used?

A. Leaf
B. Petal
C. Sepal
D. Stigma

Answer : D

32.Which one of the following is not a feature of limited liability partnership firm?

A. Partners should be less than 20
B. Partnership and management need not be seperate
C. Internal governence may be decided by mutual agreement among partners
D. It is corporate body with perpetual succession

Answer : A

33.When the Reserve Bank of India announces in increase of the cash Reserve Ratio, what does it mean?

A. The commercial bank will have less money to lend
B. The Reserve Bank of India will have less money to lend
C. The Union Government will have less money to lend
D. The commercial banks will have more money to lend

Answer : A

34.On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin layer whereas a drop of mercury remains almost spherical because

A. Mercury is a metal
B. The density of mercury is greater than its adhension with glass
C. The cohesion of mercury is greater than its adhestion with glass

Answer : C

35.Under which one of the following Constitution Amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India thereby raising their number to 22?

A. Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act
B. Constitution (Ninety-first Amendnent) Act
C. Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act
D. Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Act

Answer : C

36.In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?

A. Montane Wet Temperate Forest
B. Sub Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest
C. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest
D. Tropical West Evergreen Forest

Answer : C

37.Which one among the following south asian countries has the highest population density?

A. India
B. Nepal
C. Pakistan
D. Sri Lanka

Answer : A

38.What is Agent Orange?

A. An ace spying group trained by the police in London
B. Aweed killing chemical used by the US military in the Vietnam war
C. A technique used in the advanced railway safety procedure
D. A special chemical used in making alloy steel

Answer : B

39.What is the pH level of blood of a normal person?

A. 4.5-4.6
B. 6.45-6.55
C. 7.35-7.45
D. 8.25-8.35

Answer : B

40.Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?

A. Home Rule Movement
B. Non-Cooperation Movement
C. Civil Disobedience Movement
D. Quit India Movement

Answer : C

41.Which one of the following is responsible for the preparation and presentation of Union Budget to the parliment?

A. Department of Revenue
B. Department of Ecomonic Affairs
C. Department of Financial Services
D. Department of Expenditure

Answer : C

42.The Latitudes that pass through Sikkim also pass through

A. Rajasthan
B. Punjab
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Jammu and Kashmir

Answer : A

43.Which bacterial strain, developed from natural isolates by generic manipulations, can be used for treating oil spills?

A. Agrobacterium
B. Clostridium
C. Nitrosomonas
D. Pseudomonas

Answer : D

44.In a dry cell battery, which of the following are used as electrolytes?

A. Ammonium Chloride and Zinc Chloride
B. Sodium Chloride and Calcium Chloride
C. Magnesium Chloride and Zinc Chloride
D. Ammonium Chloride and Calcium Chloride

Answer : A

45.Amongst the following states, which one has the highest percentage of rural population to its total population on the basis of the census 2001?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Bihar
C. Orissa
D. Uttar Pradesh

Answer : A

46.Which one of the following is an insectivorous plant?

A. Passion flower plant
B. Pitcher plant
C. Night queen
D. Flame of the forest

Answer : B

47.The term "Green Revolution" was given by

A. Dr. Norman Borlaug
B. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
C. Dr. William Gande
D. Sada Shiv Rao

Answer : A

48.The visible light of the sun is made of

A. X Rays and Gamma Rays
B. Red and Yellow colors
C. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red
D. None of these

Answer : A

49.The Ajanta caves were built during the period of

A. Guptas
B. Kushans
C. Mauryas
D. Chalukyas

Answer : D

50.Vitamin A is abundantly found in

A. Brinjal
B. Tomato
C. Carrot
D. Cabbage

Answer : C

What color would you get if you mixed equal quantities of blue and yellow?

What color would you get if you mixed equal quantities of blue and yellow?

A. Purple
B. Orange
C. Green

Answer : C

Which was the first Communist Govt in the world?

Which was the first Communist Govt in the world?

A. Russia
B. China
C. Paris Commun
D. Germany

Answer : C

Which river in India is known as the "Sorrow of Bengal"?

Which river in India is known as the "Sorrow of Bengal"?

A. Nilgiri
B. Kosi river
C. Damodar river

Answer : C

Sunday, March 27, 2011

What is the Currency of Bangkok ?

What is the Currency of Bangkok ?

A. Thai Baht
B. UAE Dirham
C. Peso
D. None

Answer : A

Raj Jain is the CEO and president of

Raj Jain is the CEO and president of

A. Dish TV
B. Tata power
C. Wal Mart India

Answer : C

Which metal is mixed with gold to make ornaments?

Which metal is mixed with gold to make ornaments?

A. Zinc
B. Silver
C. Copper

Answer : C

Who got the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2007-08?

Who got the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2007-08?

A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Abhinav Bindra
C. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Answer : C

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Who took the Highest Wickets in ICC World Cup 2011 between New Zealand vs South Africa on 25 March 2011?

Who took the Highest Wickets in ICC World Cup 2011 between New Zealand vs South Africa on 25 March 2011?

A. Andrew Jones
B. Jacob Oram
C. Jesse Ryder
D. None

Answer : B

Quiz 27 | General Knowledge Quiz VIII

1."Who ordered that?" who famously said so, talking about a particle (possibly while at a restaurant)?

A. Paul Dirac
B. Isidor Isaac Rabi
C. Robert A. Millikan
D. Other

2.What in the list refers to a government that ruled Paris for a few weeks in 1871?

A. Paris Commune
B. Black International
C. Spartacist League
D. Other

3.Which music director composed hit songs out of Lyrics written by his wife?

A. O. P. Nayyar
B. M. S. Viswanathan
C. C. Ramchandra
D. Other

4.Who wrote about the victory of a Thai king and his daughter in an old Olympics?

A. Anna Leonowens
B. Preecha Noonsuk
C. Sulak Sivarak
D. Paul M. Handley

5.An unmanned space probe is named after sita in a sci-fi work by which writer?

A. Diane Carey
B. Michael J. Friedman
C. Arthur C. Clarke
D. Other

6.Who was the first cosmonaut to attempt a manual docking, though unsuccessfully?

A. Oleg Atkov
B. George Beregovol
C. Salizhan Sharipov
D. Other

7.Which celebrity has several tattoos, including one inspired by her hero John Lennon?

A. Lady Gaga
B. Angelina Jolie
C. Drew Barrymore
D. Other

8.Which famous author supposedly used to drink 40 cups of coffee a day?

A. Albert Camus
B. Yasunari Kawabata
C. Rudyard Kipling
D. Voltaire

9.Who used the word "rendez-voused" to describe a 5 km proximity of two spacecraft?

A. Dennis Tito
B. Mark Shuttleworth
C. Wally Schirra

10.Scripts in which calligraphy have nail shaped letters and are named after them?

A. Lishu calligraphy
B. Persian calligraphy
C. Maya calligraphy

11.Who gave the name Rama to an alien starship in a work of science fiction?

A. David Drake
B. Michael Moorcock
C. William R. Forstchen
D. Arthur C. Clarke

12.Who is known for recognising the positive side of divorce as "redefining the family"?

A. Linda C. Senn
B. Constance R. Ahrons
C. Judith S. Wallerstein
D. Other

13.Who did a work of art on Joan of Arc as a part of his her Ladies of Legend series?

A. Mellissa Ryan
B. Natanel Eisenberg
C. Teri Rosario
D. Other

14.G.B. Shaw said her banging of the door reverberated throughout Europe? Which play has her?

A. No Man's Land
B. Period of Adjustment
C. Strange Interlude
D. A Doll's House

15.What is the study of some thing that is a cold or frozen drop, going by its Greek root?

A. Hydrology
B. Oceanography
C. Crystallography
D. Other

16.Who wrote a book on how family structures sway political alleglances in America?

A. Naomi Cahn
B. June Carbone
C. Naomi and June together
D. Donald A. Coffin

17.Which wheel chaired person described his condition as "extreme sitting"?

A. Mike Utley
B. Christopher Reeve
C. Stephen Hawking
D. Aaron Fotheringham

18.Since 1918 Lenin lived with a bullet stuck on his neck. Who shot the bullet?

A. Fanya Kaplan
B. Aleksandr Kerensky
C. Lavr Kornilov

19.Who has already started a work of art that requires nearly 1200 years for completion? (Time Pyramid)

A. Manfred Laber
B. Benedetta Tagliabue
C. Rodney Walker

20.Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while being detained or imprisoned?

A. Liu Xiaobo
B. Carl Von Ossietzky
C. Andrei Sakharov
D. All of the above

21."Smooth as silk" is the slogan of which international airline?

A. Lufthansa
B. Cathay Pacific
C. Garuda Indonesia
D. Thai Airways

22.The hypothesis of the heat death of the universe emerged from the 1850s ideas of which scientist?

A. Ernst Mach
B. Micheal Faraday
C. William Thomson

23.Who among the Warner Brothers is credited with ending the era of silent movies?

A. Jack Warner
B. Albert Warner
C. Sam Warner
D. All of the three

24.Which Indian freedom fighter proposed that the Vedas are to Arctic origin?

A. Bhagat Singh
B. Subramanya Bharathy
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

25.Who found that women's special spinal curvature help them balance their body during pregnancy?

A. Roger Kurlan
B. Katherine Whitcome
C. Rosalind Franklin

Answer 's

1.
B
2.
A
3.
A
4.
D
5.
C
6.
B
7.
A
8.
D
9.
C
10.
B
11.
D
12.
B
13.
C
14.
D
15.
C
16.
C
17.
D
18.
A
19.
A
20.
D
21.
D
22.
C
23.
C
24.
C
25.
B


26.Who said that studying the mathematics of falls could provide insights into human evolution?

A. Francis Crick
B. Nicholas Rashevsky
C. John Skoyles
D. Other

27.Who published a work about a baby girl born with a true tall in real life?

A. Joy Torakawa
B. Mouied Alashari
C. Joy Torakawa and Mouied Alashari together

28.The nickname of which Mary represents a peculiar medical condition?

A. Mary Mallon
B. Mary I of England
C. Mary MacKillop
D. Mary Jane

29.Who described in detail the instinctive response of drowning people in real-life situations?

A. Cyril Wecht
B. Francesco A. Pia
C. Sherlock Holmes

30.In hockey, repeatedly pushing the ball from right to left and then left to right is called.

A. Indian dribble
B. Change on the fly
C. Two-line pass

31.Who was always haunted by his father's suicide and drowned himself as if to bury his father's corpse?

A. Hart Crane
B. Robert Maxwell
C. Josef Mengele
D. John Berryman

32.All India Radio put on ban on several hit songs by which music director in the 1950s?
A. O.P. Nayyar
B. M.S. Viswanathan
C. Salil Chowdhury

33.Who in a song asked the then American President to "Come take a walk with me"?

A. Bob Dylan
B. Michael Jackson
C. Buffy Saine-Marie
D. Pink

34.What caused the removal of the pink color from Gilbert Baker's original gay flag?

A. A legal dispute
B. Fabric unavailability
C. A lipstick brand

35.Which MGM icon inspired an apparel collection related to the fight against breast cancer in 2008?

A. Pink Panther
B. Count Screwloose
C. Screwball Squirrel

36.Name the Indian village where almost all (including non Hindus ) speak Sanskrit?

A. Chamanpura
B. Mattur / Mathoor
C. Hazarikapara

37.The FIFA award for the most beautiful goal is named in honour of which player?

A. Franco Baresi
B. Franz Beckenbauer
C. Ferenc Puskas

38."Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?" is the title of a witty paper by whom?

A. Felix Klein
B. Sofia Kovalevskaya
C. Philippe de La Hire
D. Mark Kac

39.How many types of ambiguity are there? Seven, says a book's title. Which critic wrote it?

A. T. S. Eliot
B. Raymond Williams
C. I. A. Richards
D. William Empson

40.Who observed that the myth of cupid's arrows might be based on the love dart behaviour of snails?

A. Ronald Chase
B. Nappoleon Bonaparte
C. Omar Khayyam

41.Which scientist co-edited a literacy periodical with the British poet William Empson?

A. Carl Sagan
B. Jacob Bronowski
C. Miroslav Holub

42.Who was the wealthiest passenger on board the ill-fated RMS Titanic?

A. Charles Melville
B. John Jacob Astor IV
C. Margaretta Corning

43.Which mathematician wanted a logarithmic spiral to be engraved on his/her tombstone?

A. Ada Lovelace
B. Carl Friedrich Gauss
C. Rene Descartes
D. Jakob Bernoulli

44.Who found a connection between the Yin-Yang symbal and a certain algebraic formation?

A. Taras Banakh
B. Oleg Verbitsky
C. Yaroslav Vorobets
D. All the three above

45.Who stopped writing world-famous poems before the age of 21 and later became an arms dealer?

A. Paul Valery
B. Arthur Rimbaud
C. Rainer Maria Rilke

46.Who designed an artificial habitat for bats in honour of the creatures' flying style?

A. Odebrecht
B. Balfour Beatty
C. Friend and company

47.Who built a 1500-foot long structure in the shape of a coil or fiddlehead on the shore of a lake?

A. Henry Moore
B. Barbara Hepworth
C. Robert Smithson

48.A new release of which software is named in honour of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt?

A. Joomla 1.6
B. Adobe FrameMaker 10
C. WordPress 3.1

49.A promise of which woman became the name and mission of a famous non-profit organisation?

A. Kasturba Gandhi
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Mahboba Rawi

50.Which country denied asylum to Leon Trotsky despite request from its top intellectuals?

A. Argentina
B. United Kingdom
C. Equatorial Guinea


Answer 's

26.
C
27.
C
28.
D
29.
B
30.
A
31.
D
32.
A
33.
D
34.
B
35.
A
36.
B
37.
A
38.
D
39.
D
40.
A
41.
B
42.
B
43.
D
44.
D
45.
B
46.
C
47.
C
48.
C
49.
C
50.
B

51.Who gave meat in two piles to Zeus to choose from and started the"I cut, you choose" method?

A. Prometheus 
B. Satyrs & Satyresses
C. Hecatonchires

52.Who described "market failure" many years before the term appeared in economics?

A. David Richardo
B. Leszek Balcerowicz
C. Henry Sidgwick 

53.Which mathematician took a game theory approach to problems of fairness during WWII?

A. Hugo Steinhaus
B. Bronislaw Knaster
C. Stefan Banach
D. All of the three above 

54.Which clown reveived the coveted "Golden Grace" award from actress Princess Grace?

A. Daniel Rice
B. Michael Halvarson
C. Sergey Pavlov
D. George Carl 

55.Who has/have been studying pizza cutting mathematically for 20 or more years?

A. Rick Mabry
B. Paul Deiermann
C. Marby and Deiermann 

56.Workers getting detached from their work. This is the theory of alienation. Who proposed it?

A. Adam Smith
B. Oliver Williamson
C. Christopher Pissarides
D. Karl Marx 

57.If 90% of sci-fi is crap, it holds true for all things from film and literature to consumer goods. Who said so?

A. Chan Davis
B. Marianne de Pierres
C. Theodore Sturgeon 

58.Which mathematician founded a society whose logo is a squared square?

A. G. H. Hardy 
B. Bernhard Riemann
C. Pierre de Fermat

59.Maximum number of Olympic medals in hockey 3 gold and 1 silver. Who fits the bill?

A. Udham Singh
B. Leslie Claudius
C. Singh and Claudius 

60."I am a sceptic about everything, including God and Atheism", Who said that?

A. Carl Sagan
B. Alan Dershowitz 
C. Steven Soderbergh

61.What in the list refers to sales organised by non-profit organisation to raise funds?

A. Purple Gorilla
B. White Elephant 
C. Violet Crocodile

62.Marx and Engels geatly admired this novelist, though he was a conservative royalist, Name him.

A. Gustave Flaubert
B. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
C. Honore de Balzac 

63.Who in the list would you recognise as a member of the historic Gottingen 18?

A. Max Born
B. Wolfgang Paul
C. Hans Kopfermann
D. All of the above 

64.Who grouped religious as god religious and godless religious, anf favoured the latter?

A. Guru Nayak
B. Elijah Ben Solomon
C. Jiddu Krishnamurthi
D. Dalai Lama

65.Who is considered to be the father of evolutionary ideas?

A. Empodocles
B. Charles Darwin
C. Lamarck
D. Aristotle

66.Who among the following is considered to be the father of Microbiology?

A. Edward Jenner
B. Robert Koch
C. Robert Hook
D. Louis Pasteur

67.Central Scientific Instruments Organisation is located at which of the following places?

A. Chandigarh
B. Pune
C. Hyderabad
D. Guwahati

68.Which of the following fields of study overlaps with algology, mycology and protozoology?

A. Proctology
B. Prostistology
C. Teratology
D. Pteridology

69.Which is Mynmecology?

A. Study of Snails
B. Study of Tics and Mites
C. Study of Termites
D. Study of Ants

70.Who among the following is considered the father of Mutation Theory?

A. Augo de Vries
B. Paul Berg
C. Gregor Johann Mendal
D. Morgan

71.Who is considered to be the father of Indian Ecology?

A. Birbal Sahni
B. Salim Ali
C. R Mishra
D. C Srivastava

72.Where is the Central Institute of Brackish Aquaculture located?

A. Kolkata
B. Chennai
C. Mumbai
D. Visakhapatnam

73.Which of the following is concerned with the study of Algae?

A. Phycology
B. Mycology
C. Phenology
D. Pteridology

74.What is Tectology?

A. Study of Structural organisation of the body
B. Study of Seismic movements of Earth
C. Study of Muscle movements in the Human Body
D. Study of drifting micro-organisms

75.Where is the Tropical Forestry Research Institute is Located?

A. Jahalpur
B. Pune
C. Jorhat
D. Coimbatore


Answer 's


51.
A
52.
C
53.
D
54.
D
55.
C
56.
D
57.
C
58.
A
59.
C
60.
B
61.
B
62.
C
63.
D
64.
D
65.
A
66.
D
67.
A
68.
B
69.
A
70.
A
71.
C
72.
B
73.
A
74.
D
75.
D


76.Indian Institute of Chemical Biology is located at which place?

A. Chandigarh
B. Chennai
C. Lucknow
D. Kolkata

77.Mutakshera is a commentary on which of the following Dharmashastra?

A. Manu
B. Yajnavalkya
C. Katyayini
D. Narad

78.Which of the following Neolithic sites has reported Pit-Dwelling?

A. Burzaham
B. Hunsgi
C. Mehrgarh
D. Mahagara

79.The most common type of Harappan seal is?

A. Square
B. Round
C. Cylindrical
D. Oval

80.Which of the following Harappan sites have reported a Persian Gulf seal indicating trade with Mesopotamia?

A. Lothal
B. Kuntsi
C. Rangpur
D. Kunal

81.Which of the following texts refers to a conservation between Nachiketa and Yama on Atman and Brahman?

A. Kathopanisad
B. Mundaka Upanisad
C. Bhagavad Gita
D. Ramayana

82.The Harappan craftsmen are belived to have imported Lapis Lazuli for beads from

A. Afghanistan
B. Iran
C. Iraq
D. Persian Gulf

83.Which of the following Harappan sites contains the evidence of a wooden coffin?

A. Harappa
B. Manda
C. Ropar
D. Hulas

84.Which of the following is regarded as the earliest school of Indian philosophy?

A. Mimansa
B. Nyaya
C. Samkhya
D. Yoga

85.The Maski inscription which refers to full name of 'Asoka' is in the state of

A. Tamil Nadu
B. Karnataka
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Bihar

86.Where in India is the earliest human skull believed to be that of a Homo Sapien, found?

A. Hathnova
B. Bhimbetka
C. Brahmagiri
D. Inamgaon

87.Which of the following animals appear most frequently on the Harappan seals?

A. Elephant
B. Bull
C. Unicorn
D. Rhinoceros

88.Which of the following places reveal the cultural sequence of all the three phases Phaleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic?

A. Krishna valley
B. Narmada valley
C. Belan valley
D. Indus valley

89.Who wrote the famous series of letters Shatapatren criticizing colonial rule and social evils in the society?

A. Lok Manya
B. Lok Nayak
C. Lokhitawadi
D. Lok priya

90.Which of the following cyclones hit Bay of Bengal in may 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa?

A. Cyclone Laila
B. Cyclone Sarah
C. Cyclone Rita
D. Cyclone Nargis

91.The first Indian Biodiversity Congress(2010) was held in which of the following cities?

A. Chandigarh
B. Bhopal
C. Chennai
D. Thiruvanathapuram

92.Larry King Live, the world renowned American talk show was telecast through which of the following news channel?

A. Cable News Channel
B. Fox News Channel
C. American Broadcasting Company
D. My Network TV

93.The autobiography, keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a parlimentarian, was authored by which of the following personalities?

A. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
B. Vishwanath Pradap Singh
C. George Fernandes
D. Somnath Chatterjee

94.Which of the following countries are littoral states of Gulf of Aden, where Sea Piracy is expanding?

A. Yemen, Somalia and Djibouti
B. Yemen, Somalia and Eritrea
C. Ethiopia, Yemen and Somalia
D. Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritria

95.Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, is a national of which of the following countries?
A. America
B. Sweden
C. Norway
D. Australia

96.Which of the following Indian Institute of Technology was constructed with Russian assistance, and was visited by Russian President during his 2010 visit?

A. IIT Kharagpur
B. IIT Kanpur
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Chennai

97.Which of the following Indian Women were ranked in the Forbes 2010 list of 100 most powerful women in the world?

A. Sonia Gandhi, Indra Nooyi and Prathibha Patil
B. Sonia Gandhi, Indra Nooyi and Shikha Sharma
C. Indra Nooyi, Shikha Sharma, Chanda Kocchar

98.What is the official name of the "Coffee Club" which includes medium powers such as Pakistan, Argentina, Italy and Spain which oppose the creation of new permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council?

A. Uniting for Consensus
B. Plan B Model
C. Blue Group
D. Green Group

99.Which of the following reasons explains the extreme winter conditions experienced by the eastern United States, Northern Europe and East Asia in the winter of 2010-11?

A. El Nino and Southern Oscillation
B. Solar maxima that occurs once in 11 years
C. Change in the pattern of the global ocean currents
D. Overall warning of the atmosphere

100.Which of the following economists proposed Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI)?

A. Amartya Sen
B. Mahbub Ul Haq
C. Morris D Morris
D. Joan Robinson

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

What is the total run taken by the Yuvraj Singh in the 2011 world cup?

What is the total run taken by the Yuvraj Singh in the 2011 world cup?

Answer : He has scored more than 300 runs and did take 11 wickets till quarter final against Australia.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Quiz 26 | History Questions 501-600

501.The Indus Valley civilization specialized in

A. Town planning
B. Architecture
C. Craftsmanship
D. All of these

Answer : D

502.Purushasukta is found in the

A. Bhagavad Gita
B. Manusmriti
C. Rigveda
D. Atharva Veda

Answer : C

503.Who founded for Matthas in the four corners of India ?

A. Shankaracharya
B. Ramanujacharya
C. Bhaskaracharya
D. Madhvacharya

Answer : A

504.Mughal painting flourished during the reign of

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shahjahan
D. Aurangzeb

Answer : B

505.Jaideva, famous author of Gita Govinda was Court Poet of—

A. Harsha (7th century A.D.)
B. Prithviraj Chauhan (12th century A.D.)

Answer : B

506.Mahabalipuram was established by the

A. Pallavas
B. Pandyas
C. Cholas
D. Chalukyas

Answer : A

507.Buddha's preachings were mainly related to

A. Purity of thought and conduct
B. Practice of rituals

Answer : A

508.The Paintings of Ajanta depict stories of the :

A. Ramayana
B. Mahabharata
C. Jatakas
D. Panchatantra

Answer : C

509.In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by T'ang Emperor ?

A. Rajaraja I
B. Rajendra I
C. Harsha
D. Parantaka I

Answer : C

510.The universities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay were founded in the year

A. 1845
B. 1854
C. 1857
D. 1861

Answer : C

511.Tripitakas are the Sacred books of the

A. Jains
B. Hindus
C. Muslims
D. Buddhists

Answer : D

512.The local name of Mohanjodaro is

A. Mound of the living
B. Mound of the Great
C. Mound of the Dead
D. Mound of the Survivor

Answer : C

513.Which of the following statements is not true about Nagara style of architecture ?

A. Early Gupta style
B. Buddhist influence

Answer : B

514.The Indus Valley civilization was Non-Aryan because

A. It was urban
B. It had a pictographic script

Answer : A

515.The first railway line in India was opened in the year

A. 1833
B. 1853
C. 1857
D. 1861

Answer : B

516.Division of Mauryan Society into 7 classes was particularly mentioned in

A. Ashokan edicts
B. The Indica of Megasthenes

Answer : B

517.Buddha lived approximately at the same time as

A. Confucius
B. Moses
C. Prophet Mohammad
D. Hammurabi

Answer : A

518.In which century did famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India?

A. 4th century A.D.
B. 5th century A.D.
C. 6th century A.D.

Answer : B

519.Principle that distinguishes Jainism from Buddhism is :

A. Practice of eight-fold path
B. Rejection of infallibility of the Vedas

Answer : A

520.In which language was the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita originally written ?

A. Sanskrit
B. Apabhramsa
C. Prakrit
D. Pali

Answer : A

521.The Rigveda contains

A. Rituals to be adopted by people
B. Hymns in honour of the Gods
C. Yognas to be performed

Answer : B

522.Which important event took place in history of India in year 1526?

A. The first battle of Panipat
B. The second battle of Panipat

Answer : A

523.Title of Vikramaditya was adopted by

A. Ashok
B. Chandra Gupta II
C. Kanishka
D. Samudra Gupta

Answer : B

524.What was the main effect of vedic culture on Indian history ?

A. Progress of Metaphysics
B. Development of Sanskrit

Answer : B

525.Which of the following is the oldest dynasty ?

A. Maurya
B. Gupta
C. Kushan
D. Kanva

Answer : A

526.Megasasthenes was the ambassador of which of the following?

A. Seleukos
B. Alexander
C. Darius
D. Greek

Answer : A

527.Chola-period is mostly known for which of the following ?

A. Gramsabha
B. Battle against Rashrakut
C. Trade with Ceylon

Answer : A

528.In which century was the Bahmani kingdom founded ?

A. 15th century
B. 14th century
C. 13th century
D. 16th century

Answer : B

529.Fa-hien visited India during the reign of

A. Chandra Gupta Maurya
B. Bindusara
C. Chandra Gupta II
D. Bimbisara

Answer : C

530.Gandhiji first experiment with Satyagraha came up in

A. Dundee
B. Champaran
C. Barisal
D. Natal

Answer : B

531.Alexander invaded India in

A. 298 B.C.
B. 202 B.C.
C. 303 B.C.
D. 327 B.C.

Answer : D

532.When India got Independence the Prime Minister of England was?

A. Winston Churchill
B. Clement R. Atlee
C. Neville Chamberlain

Answer : B

533.'Rajtarangini' has been written by

A. Jayadev
B. Vidhyapati
C. Kalhan
D. Chandarbardai

Answer : C

534.Who is credited for unification of India after Independence ?

A. Vallabh Bhai Patel
B. Jawahar Lal Nehru
C. C. Rajgopalachari

Answer : A

535.'Kesari' was

A. An organisation for social reforms started by Tilak
B. A Marathi Newspaper

Answer : B

536.Which movement was launched along with Khilafat Movement ?

A. Non-cooperation Movement
B. Civil Disobedience Movement

Answer : A

537.Which one of the following was not a president of Indian National Congress ?

A. Sir William Wedderburn
B. Lal Bahadur Shastri

Answer : B

538.Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of 'Satyagraha' ?

A. Champaran
B. Ahemdabad mill strike
C. Dandi
D. South Africa

Answer : D

539.The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by British in :

A. Bengal presidency only
B. Madras presidency only

Answer : B

540.What was unique to Harappan civilization in comparision to Egyptian and mesopotamian civilization ?

A. Drainage system
B. Temples

Answer : A

541.Who was the Hindu king shown playing veena on the ancient-coins ?

A. Shivajee
B. Vikramaditya
C. Samudra Gupta
D. Ashoka

Answer : C

542.Chhattrapati Shivajee died in the year

A. 1680 A.D.
B. 1666 A.D.
C. 1687 A.D.
D. 1689 A.D.

Answer : A

543.Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya was the

A. Son of Chandra Gupta I
B. Father of Skanda Gupta
C. Son of Samudra Gupta

Answer : C

544.The Italian traveller who left very praiseworthy account of Vijayangar Empire was

A. Marco Polo
B. Manucci
C. Nicolo Conti

Answer : C

545.Herodotus is considered as the father of

A. History
B. Geography
C. Political Science
D. Philosophy

Answer : A

546.'Permanent Settlement'-system of revenue collection was introduced in India by

A. Lord Curzon
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Lord Cornwallis

Answer : C

547.Lahore was Ranjeet Singh's political capital which city was his religious capital?

A. Amritsar
B. Anandpur Shahib
C. Gujranwala

Answer : A

548.Amir Khusrau was a musician and ?

A. Sufi saint
B. Persian and Hindavi writer, and scholar
C. Historian
D. All of the above

Answer : B

549.Which would be the most accurate description of Mauryan Monarcy under Ashoka?

A. Enlightened despotism
B. Centralised autocracy

Answer : A

550.'Bull' in Buddhism is associated with which event of Buddha's life ?

A. Birth
B. Great departure
C. Enlightenment
D. Mahaparinirvan

Answer : A

551.Rock cut architecture in Harappan culture context has been found at

A. Kalibangan
B. Dhaulabira
C. Kotdiji
D. Amri

Answer : B

552.By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood ?

A. Ajaya
B. Chanakya
C. Vishnugupta
D. Deogupta

Answer : C

553.Which of following propounded that destiny determines everything,man is powerless?

A. Jainas
B. Buddhists
C. Ajivakas
D. Mimansakas

Answer : C

554.Which of following literary works belongs to classical Sanskrit literature?

A. Dhammapada
B. Vedas
C. Meghadutam
D. Dighanikaya

Answer : C

555.The tutor of Alexander the great was :

A. Darius
B. Cyrus
C. Socrates
D. Aristotle

Answer : D

556.Ashoka called the third Buddist council at

A. Kalibangan
B. Pataliputra
C. Magadha
D. Sarnath

Answer : B

557.Kuchipudi dance originated in

A. Orissa
B. Karnataka
C. A. P.
Answer : C (Note: Kuchipudi was performed only by brahmin men called Bhagavathal)

558.The Sarvodaya Movement was started by

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jayprakash Narayan
C. Vinoba Bhave
D. Datta Dharmodhikari

Answer : C

559.Which one of the following kingdoms was founded by Raja Odeyar ?

A. Tanjore
B. Jenji
C. Mysore
D. Madura

Answer : C

560.In which year was the States Reorganization Act passed by the Parliament of India?

A. 1953
B. 1954
C. 1955
D. 1956

Answer : D