Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Quiz 11 | General Knowledge Quiz V

Questions Set - I

1. Where was mohen-jo-daro situated?

A. Kashmir
B. Sindh province in pakistan
C. Punjab

2. Where do you find Qutub minar?

A. Mumbai
B. Delhi
C. Cuttack
D. Bangalore

3. What does the letters XP stand for in the product Microsoft XP?

A. Extended product
B. Extra Pampering
C. Experience
D. Entry level product



4. A very serious and sustained fall in economic activity is
A. Suspension
B. A Retention
C. A Depression

5. Who made the hat trick winning 100 M, 200M and 4*100 M running in Beijing Olympics?

A. Croford
B. Churandi martina
C. Usain bolt

6. Where is Rail wheel factory ( RWF ) located?

A. Bhuvaneswar
B. Patiala
C. Chennai
D. Bangalore

7. The outer membrane that covers Brain is?

A. Myelin sheath
B. Pia matter
C. Dura matter
D. Arachnoid membrane

8. Which company holds the honour of being the first Indian organization to feature in forbes 500 list?

A. Reliance
B. Tata sons
C. Bajaj auto

9. Which is the world's most popular brand of cigarette?

A. Marlboro
B. Wills
C. Gold fake

10. JP Dutta's LOC is based on which war?

A. Indo-Pak war 1965
B. Indo-Pak war 1971
C. Kargil war
D. Indo-China war

11. Who lost 3 match in a row?

A. Bangalore
B. Punjab
C. Delhi

12. Who among the following is the newly appointed chairman of competition commission of India?

A. Dhanendra kumar
B. Gul kriplani

13. Where was the kalachakra festival held?

A. Draksharamam
B. Nagarjunasagar
C. Dhaveleswaram
D. Amaravathi

14. What can you hear when a bell rings in a vacuum?

A. Loud sound
B. Usual sound
C. No sound

15. What is the only thing on earth that can be seen from moon.

A. Taj mahal
B. Great wall of China
C. Pyramids
D. Leaning towers

16. Malaria is caused by :

A. Plasmodium species
B. Bacteria
C. Virus

17. Which dog is mostly known for fighting?

A. Chihuahua
B. German Pointers
C. Pit-bull
D. Pincher

18. What is net profit?

A. All the money you make
B. Total income - expenses
C. Expenses + Profit

19. Tum Pass aaye yu muskuraye tumne ne jana kya ____ dekhae. (Movie- Kuch Kuch Hota He)

A. Movie
B. Sapne
C. Neend

20. Who is author of Anand Math?

A. Swamy Viveka Nanda
B. Dayananda Saraswathi
C. Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
D. Ramakrishna parama hansa

21. The author of Charaka Samhitha is

A. Kanishka
B. Charaka
C. Sathavahana
D. Hala

22. Havana (Cuba) is famous for which of the following industries?

A. Iron & Steel
B. Cigar
C. Glass industry

23. Who was the captain of Delhi daredevils when Sehwag was injured?

A. David Warner
B. T M Dilshan
C. Daniel Vettori
D. Gautam Gambhir

24. Where is located the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport?

A. Hyderabad
B. Delhi
C. Jaipur

25. Which is the capital of Jharkhand?

A. Trivandrum
B. Ranchi
C. Imphal

Answer 's Set - I

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



Question 's Set - II


26. What state is the Grand Canyon in?

A. Utah
B. New Mexico
C. Arizona

27. K.V. Kamath, one of the leading personality is also, independent director of?

A. ICICI Bank
B. Infosys
C. Satyam Computer

28. Which one of the following is the world’s busiest port today?

A. Port of Rotterdam
B. Port of Shanghai
C. Port of Singapore

29. How many legs does a butterfly have?

A. 3
B. 5
C. 4
D. 6

30. Anushka Shankar is associated with which of the following field?

A. Sitar Instrumentalist
B. Hindustani Singer
C. Sarod Instrumentalist
D. Music Director for movies

31. Which is the largest gland in the human body?

A. Liver
B. Thyroid

32. Which among the following is the largest tiger reserve in India?

A. Sariska
B. Kanha National Park
C. Nagarjuna Srisailam Sanctuary

33. Who is the writer of “Abhigyan Shakuntlam”?

A. Sri harsh
B. Jai dev
C. Kalidas
D. Bharat muni

34. Which type of audit is compulsory for a banking organization?

A. Periodical audit
B. Continuous audit
C. Management audit
D. Interim audit

35. About 80% of the body weight in most organisms is

A. Protein
B. Water
C. Minerals
D. Fat

36. Crossword’ and ‘Mother care’ are the names of the brands that belong to....

A. Shopper's Stop
B. Future Group
C. Times group

37. The largest state in the U.S.A. is

A. california
B. Arizona
C. Alaska

38. If the zeroth division of the head scale below the index line of the pitch scale then the error is

A. No zero error
B. Negative
C. Positive
D. None

39. METSAT the first exclusive meteorological satellite built by ISRO is a?

A. Low Earth Orbit Satellite
B. Geosynchronous Satellite
C. Deep Space Probe

40. Is the compound ‘HCl’

A. None one
B. base
C. an acid

41. On which day of the year do Christians observe the 'twelfth night'?

A. 5th January
B. 25th December
C. 31st December

42. Which of Following is not a Badminton Player ?

A. Prakash padukane
B. Saina nehrwal
C. P Gopichand
D. Sania Mirza

43. Which was the first Indian bank to open its branches outside India?

A. Bank of India
B. State Bank of India
C. HDFC
D. ICICI

44. Deficiency of Vitamin E causes ?

A. Rickets
B. Anemia
C. Sterility
D. Beri beri

45. In which movie Amir came on screen as a child artist ?

A. Masoom
B. Qayamat se Qayamt tak
C. Yaadon Ki Baaraat
D. Mr. India

46. Who is director of film Dhobi Ghat ?

A. Farhan akhtar
B. Farah Khan
C. Kiran Rao
D. Amir Khan

47. He has been alloted the Rural Development Ministry in recent Indian Cabinet reshuffling

A. Jaypal Reddy
B. C.P. Joshi
C. Kamalnath
D. Murali Devra

48. Which among the following affect Pricing strategy of a firm?

A. Profit & Volume
B. Profit , Volume & Competition
C. Profit, Volume, Competition & Prestige

49. “Lets Plan to get Rich” is the punchline for

A. Lotto win
B. UTI
C. Reliance energy

50. Which Indian city, famous for its lagoons, is known as the Venice of the East?

A. Hyderabad
B. Mumbai
C. Alleppey

Answer 's Set - II

26.
C
27.
A
28.
C
29.
D
30.
A
31.
A
32.
C
33.
C
34.
B
35.
B
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A
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C
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C
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C
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A
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D
43.
A
44.
C
45.
C
46.
C
47.
C
48.
C
49.
B
50.
C


Question 's Set - III


51. When is World Water Day celebrated?

A. October 16
B. September 13
C. July 5
D. March 22

52. What the main particles of an atom are?

A. Proton and electron
B. Neutron, electron, and proton
C. Photon and electron

53. “Membership changes every thing” is a punchline associated with

A. National Chamber of Commerce
B. Diners Club
C. American Express Credit Cards

54. Who among the following wrote the poem ,"Subh-e Azadi"?

A. Muhammad Iqbal
B. Sahir Ludhiyanvi
C. Faiz Ahmed Faiz

55. Which of these is not a noble gas?

A. Argon
B. Oxygen
C. Radon
D. Neon

56. Which country has the biggest land area?

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

57. The iPhone smartphone is a product of

A. Research In Motion
B. IBM
C. Apple
D. Microsoft

58. Which of the following is not an instruments within the observatory of Jantar Mantar in New Delhi?

A. Mishra yantras
B. Sun Yantras
C. Ram Yantra
D. Samrat Yantra

59. Which city in India is known as the "Garden City of India"?

A. Bangalore
B. Ahmedabad
C. Cochin

60. Who was the first Foreign woman president of "AICC"?

A. Sonia Gandhi
B. A. Nellisen Guptha
C. Annie Besant
D. Lee Dargling

61. What brand was acquired by Frito Lays from Amrit Agro?

A. Lehar Namkeen
B. Lays
C. Uncle Chipps

62. What is the trade name for the pain-killing drug acetylsalicylic acid?

A. Combiflame
B. Aspirin
C. Disprin

63. Name of the eco-friendly vehicle launched by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd during the auto Expo 2010 held in Delhi?

A. e-CS
B. Alto K-10
C. Eeco

64. What is a musical term for "slowing down"?

A. Rallentando
B. Largo
C. Adagio
D. Presto

65. The first mobile news service via SMS, was launched in which country?

A. Denmark
B. USA
C. Finland
D. Japan

66. What game requires 6 hoops and 2 posts set up on a ground around 35 yards by 28 yards?

A. Bowls
B. Boules
C. Rounders
D. Croquet

67. Who was the first recipient of the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award?

A. Devika Rani
B. Dilip Kumar
C. Sohrab Modi
D. Dev Anand

68. Whose signature is found on the one rupee notes?

A. Governor of Reserve Bank
B. Finance minister
C. President
D. Finance Secretary

69. For how many years every time is Mahamastaka Abhisheka held?

A. Once in 10 years
B. Once in 9years
C. Once in 12 years
D. Once in 11 years

70. Who won the Fifa World Cup France in 1998?

A. Argentina
B. Italy
C. France
D. Brazil

71. Inheritance of Loss is a book written by

A. Vikram Seth
B. Harold Robbins
C. Kiran Desai

72. “The Common Man” character created by R.K. Laxman can be noticed in Press advt. of

A. India Today
B. UP Handlooms
C. Deccan Airways

73. Who wrote the book “Eye of the Needle"

A. Mario Puzo
B. Fredrick Forsyth
C. Harrold Robbins
D. Ken Follett

74. The year in which Vasco Da Gama arrived in India?

A. 1798
B. 1698
C. 1598
D. 1498

75. Pradeep Baijal has been recently in the news as he was appointed as the new

A. Chairman of BSNL
B. Chairman of MTNL
C. Disinvestment Secretary
D. Chairman of Telecom Regulatory authority of India (TRAI)

Answer 's Set - III


51.
D
52.
B
53.
C
54.
C
55.
B
56.
A
57.
C
58.
B
59.
A
60.
C
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C
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B
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C
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D
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D
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C
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C
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C
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C
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D
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D
75.
D


Question 's Set - IV

76. Who was named cricketer of the year by the International Cricket Council in 2009?

A. Dale Benkenstein
B. Mitchell Johnson
C. Mark Boucher
D. Claire Taylor

77. Who is known as Missile man of India?

A. Homi Jahangir Bhabha
B. C V Raman
C. APJ Abdul Kalam
D. Alladi Ramakrishnan

78. Which was the first university established in the world?

A. Nalanda university
B. Oxford university

79. "Tomorrow is just another day." Which famous American novel ends with this sentence?

A. Gone with the Wind
B. The Great Gatsby
C. Seeds

80. Which city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012?

A. Mumbai
B. Kolkata
C. Delhi

81. Which was the first artificial satellite?

A. Explorer 1
B. Sputnik 1
C. Sputnik 2
D. Asterix

82. When did India sign the World Bank Articles of Agreement?

A. 1945
B. 1999

83. Bar at the Top of the Internet Window where the URL appears.

A. Menu Bar
B. Address bar
C. Tool Bar

84. What is the currency of Czech Republic?

A. Korana
B. Koruna
C. Rupee

85. 'CV' stands for 'curriculum vitae' - a Latin expression meaning

A. current life
B. hard life
C. living story
D. Lfe story

86. The day and Night are equal on

A. Equator
B. Equinoxes
C. Equidays
D. Equidaynights

87. In which year did Asoka wage the battle of Kalinga?

A. 263 B.C
B. 260 B.C
C. 261 B.C

88. The Gupta dyansty flourished in

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

89. In the acronym NASA, what does the last "A" stand for?

A. Alliance
B. Agency
C. Administration
D. Aeronautics

90. Which country is known as land of festivals?

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

91. What was the name of Eklavya's father?

A. Pandu
B. Dhritharashtra
C. Hiranyadhanu

92. Born on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan United States, she is an artist, actress,dancer,film director and entrepreneur.Identify this globally famous personality.

A. Salma Hayek
B. Angelina Jolie
C. Madonna
D. Kate Winslet

93. In which of these years was there a US presidential election?

A. 2006
B. 2008
C. 2009
D. 2007

94. The man recently in news for various information leak on internet.

A. Jerry Yang
B. Julian Assange
C. Larry Page
D. Sergey Brin

95. What is the natural environment of a living organism called?

A. Habitat
B. Surroundings
C. Environment
D. Biosphere

96. Addis Ababa is the capital of?

A. Kenya
B. Ethiopia
C. Somalia

97. Which is the National Highway between Mumbai and Chennai?

A. NH 5
B. NH 3
C. NH 2
D. NH 4

98. Which is supreme seat of Sikhs?

A. Sri Harmider Sahib ,Amritsar
B. Sri Akal Takht Sahib , Amritsar
C. Sri Darbar Sahib ,Amritsar
D. Sri Bangla Sahib , New Delhi

99. Where is Fort William located?

A. Chennai
B. Mysore
C. Kolkata

100. What is the concept of 'swarga' and 'narka' in Sikhism?

A. No concept in Sikhism
B. Prabh wich leenta te Junian wich Bhatakna
C. Naam Japna te Wand Chakna
D. Can't be said

Answer 's Set - IV



76.
B
77.
C
78.
A
79.
A
80.
C
81.
B
82.
A
83.
B
84.
B
85.
D
86.
B
87.
B
88.
B
89.
C
90.
C
91.
C
92.
C
93.
B
94.
B
95.
A
96.
B
97.
D
98.
B
99.
C
100.
B


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