Thursday, June 2, 2011

Quiz 39 | General Knowledge Bank Exam Questions

1.How many independent countries are there in the Caribbean Islands?

A. 15
B. 13
C. 24



2.Which of the following is not obtained from the bark of a tree?

A. Quinine
B. Tannin
C. Bhang



3.Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar ?

A. Hindi
B. Urdu
C. Persian



4.Heat from the sun gets to the Earth by

A. Conduction
B. Radiation
C. Convention



5."Success keeps you away from home” is an adline of a product from the UB group, identify

A. Kingfisher
B. Kalyani Black Label
C. Signature



6.What is the name of 'rickshaw man from Bihar' ?

A. Irfan Ali
B. Irfan Aalam
C. Mohammad Aalam



7.Where are the youngest stars of the galaxy located?

A. Central bulge
B. Black holes
C. Spiral arms



8.Gautama Buddha belonged to which of the following tribal clans?

A. Mon
B. Sakya
C. Lichchavi



9.How long would it ruffley take to get to the Earth to the Moon?

A. 2 days
B. 5 days
C. 3 days
D. 10 days



10.What was the name of Nelson Mandela's autobiography?

A. Longwalk to freedom
B. War and Peace
C. The mother
D. My story



11.Who won the third Super Bowl?

A. Kansas City Cheifs
B. Green Bay Packers
C. Baltimor Colts
D. New York Jets



12.Which of the following is the birth place of Jesus Christ?

A. Jerusalem
B. Vatican City
C. Egypt
D. Bethlehem



13.Where is the famous Jagannatha Swamy Temple?

A. Katak
B. Bhuvaneswar
C. Poori
D. Mahabaleswar



14.Army Day is observed on___ .

A. January 1
B. January 15
C. January 17
D. January 10



15.Which player took 3 main wickets in Final of T20 World Cup 2009?

A. Afridi
B. Umar Gul
C. Ameer
D. Razaaq



16.Where does a platypus live?

A. Austraila and Switzerland
B. Spain
C. Africa
D. Poland



17.Lassi is a drink made from what dairy product?

A. Buttermilk
B. Cream cheese
C. Yogurt
D. Heavy cream



18.Sciophobia is the fear of what?

A. Lightening
B. Dogs
C. Shadows
D. Darkness



19.How many eyes are there in a pack of 52 cards ?

A. 52
B. 42
C. 32
D. 22



20.Baba Amte is famous as?

A. Singer
B. Painter
B. Social Worker



21.Which air conditioning company has the slogan 'Inspire the Next'?

A. BlueStar
B. Hitachi
C. Carrier
D. LG



22.In which year 2 election commissioners were first appointed after the president of India fixed the number

of election commissioners to 2?

A. 1989
B. 1986
C. 1985



23.Which of the following European countries has Highest Muslim Population density?

A. Bosnia and Herzegovina
B. Albania
C. Kosovo
D. Turkey



24.How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?

A. 6
B. 9
C. 12



25.What is full form of GNP ?

A. Growth National Product
B. Gross National Product
C. Government National Product
D. None of These



26.Who is the CEO of Yahoo ?

A. Carol Bartz
B. Josa Manuel Durao Barroso
C. Boyd Renkin
D. None of These



27.Which of the following seasons is American English?

A. Spring
B. Summer
C. Fall
D. Winter



28.Who made the word record of winning 14 Grand Slams?

A. Djokovic
B. Pete Sampras
C. Roger Federer
D. Ande Agassi



29.Which of the following organisations recently issued some guidelines related to Participatory Notes as used in the financial world?

A. AMFI
B. IRDA
C. RBI
D. SEBI



30.Who is present governor of Andhra Pradesh?

A. Susil Kumar Shende
B. N.D. Tiwari
C. E. S. L. Narasimhan
D. Lt.K.M. Seth



31.In which State is the famous Hill Station "Kasauli" located?

A. A.P
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Sikkim



32.Pre historic age is called _________.

A. Kruthayug
B. Kaliyug
C. Stone Age
D. Medieval History



33.At which place in India is Akbar's Tomb located?

A. Kashmir
B. Sikandara
C. Allahabad



34.Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana is launched in Delhi and Haryana States. Who are beneficiaries of the scheme?

A. Pregnant Woman
B. Members of unorganised sectors
C. Unemployed Youth
D. Rural Artisans



35.When will the President speak at combined meeting of both houses?

A. At the time of emergency meeting
B. When finance bill is introduced
C. At the first meeting after the General Elections and at the first meeting of every year
D. At any time



36.What is the real name of Rajesh Khanna?

A. Yusuf Khan
B. Rajiv Bhatia
C. Badruddin Qazi
D. Jatin Khanna



37.The Indian ruler known as the Napoleon of Indian was

A. Samudragupta
B. Chandragupta Maurya
C. Ashoka
D. None of the above



38.In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines in India were established?

A. Lord William Bentick
B. Lord Cornwallis
C. Lord Kenning
D. Lord Dalhousie



39.In which of these Indian languages is the search engine Google not yet available?

A. Bengali
B. Punjabi
C. Assamese



40.In whose cabinet was Indira Gandhi the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting?

A. Morarji Desai
B. Lal Bahadur Shastri
C. Sardar Patel



41.Who preached the doctrine of 'Ashtangika Marga' or the Eightfold Path?

A. Guru Nanak
B. Mahavira
C. Gautam Buddha



42.In tennis,what is the numeric value of the first point won by a player?

A. 25
B. 15
C. 10



43.What country has the highest waterfall?

A. South Africa
B. Venezuela
C. Bolivia



44.In 1798, Tipu signed a secret agreement with the French leader...?

A. Louis XVIII
B. Napoleon
C. Robespierre



45.Which among the following is the largest Buddhist monastery in India ?

A. Ghum monastery (West Bengal)
B. Rumtek monastery (Sikkim)
C. Twang monastery (Arunachal Pradesh)



46.The First Finance Commission was constituted in the year—

A. 1956
B. 1953
C. 1951



47.Which one of the following settlements comprised Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue ?

A. Mahalwari Settlement
B. Ryotwari Settlement
C. Permanent Settlement



48.Which union ministry is the nodal agency to issue passports in India ?

A. External Affairs
B. Home Affairs
C. Defense Ministry



49.“Edmund Daukaru”, the president of OPEC, is from which country?

A. South Africa
B. Iran
C. Nigeria



50.Name the MNC which is in packaging of foods which has an equity stake in Britannia?

A. Cadbury
B. Nestle
C. Danone



51.In the Interim Budget 2009-10 the Government of India has allocated for its flagship programmes, the amount of

A. Rs. 112,571 crore
B. Rs. 122, 841 crore
C. Rs. 131,317 crore



52.Pure water freezes at what temperature?

A. 47 F
B. 32 F
C. 48 F



53.What was the real name of the founder of Buddhism?

A. Ashoka
B. Siddharta Gautama
C. Suryabaya



54.Where can one find the collected stories of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first guru of Sikhs?

A. Guru Granth Sahib
B. Adi Granth
C. Dasam Granth
D. Janamsakhis



55.How many squares are there on a chess board?

A. 60
B. 62
C. 64
D. 68



56.Who was the old name of Delhi ?

A. Gupt Gram
B. Aavantika
C. Patliputra
D. Indraprastha



57.The founder of the Brahmo Samaj was ?

A. Swami Dayananda Saraswathi
B. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C. Raja Rammohun Roy
D. Swami Vivekananda



58.In 1798 Nepoleon attacked ?

A. Congo
B. Egypt
C. England
D. Holland



59.Who claimed her first Grand Slam title in 2009 winning the mixed doubles at the Australian Open with Mahesh Bhupathi?

A. Sania mirza
B. Maria sharapowa
C. Martina hingis



60.Who amongst the following is known as ‘Iron Lady’?

A. Sonia Gandhi
B. Aishwarya Rai
C. Margaret Thatcher



61.Which sport is related to Wimbledon?

A. Cricket
B. Football
C. Hockey
D. Tennis



62.Which popular global IT company has the slogan "High Performance. Delivered"?

A. Accenture
B. EDS
C. Microsoft
D. IBM



63.32 bit operations were introduced for the first time by Microsoft in

A. windows 95
B. Windows 3.0
C. Windows 3.11



64.Which Industrial ground was founded by Anil Agarwal ?

A. caparo
B. vedanta
C. Biocon
D. Videocon



65.Mr. Shiv Nadar is the Chairman of which among the following group of companies?

A. Aptech
B. HCL
C. Wipro



66.Sir C.V. Raman was born on

A. 10 November 1886
B. 9 November 1887
C. 8 November 1889
D. 7 November 1888



67.“Har Jeb Mein Rang” is a punchline associated with

A. Asian Paints
B. Berger Paints
C. Jenson Nicholson
D. None of these



68.Which state was first to impose a cigarette tax in 1921?

A. Alabama
B. California
C. Iowa
D. New York



69.When was Indian Banking Act come into force?

A. 1948
B. 1949
C. 1950
D. 1951



70.Which district is known as Palamoor district?

A. Nizamabad
B. Karimnagar
C. Adilabad
D. Mahabub nagar



71.Modern Olympic games were started in the year

A. 1896
B. 1900
C. 1904
D. 1906



72.The goddess at Basara Temple in Andhra Pradesh is

A. Laxmi
B. Parvathi
C. Durga
D. Saraswati



73.In which country does the football team Santos play?

A. Duelling
B. Brazil
C. Buendia



74.Which religion is associated with Baisakhi (Visakhi) festival related?

A. Hindhu
B. Muslim
C. Sikh
D. Boudha



75.About 97 percent of this nation's population is of European descent. Which is it?

A. Nile
B. Argentina
C. Sahara



76.Who was the author of National Anthem?

A. Bakim Chandra Chaterji
B. Shri Pingali Venkaiah
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Bala Gangadhar Tilak



77.Who is the new chairman of Press Trust of India?

A. E.V. Chitnis
B. M.P. Verendra Kumar
C. K.M. Mathew
D. Nikhil Chakravarthy



78.Process of verifying the given generalisation with the help of observation is called _____.

A. Convention
B. Inductive Process
C. Scientific Process
D. Deductive process



79.Where are the head quarters of South Central Railways?

A. Vijayawada
B. Bangalore
C. Khajipet
D. Secunderabad



80.In which language bible was first written?

A. English
B. Urdu
C. Greek
D. Hebrew



81.On which famous Bollywood heroine is the song Piya Tu Ab Toh Aa Jaa picturised?

A. Rekha
B. Helen
C. Vyjanthimala
D. Waheeda Rehman



82.Which city in India is known as the "Space City"?

A. Kolkata
B. Jaipur
C. Bangalore



83.Virata was one of the Maharathis in the Pandava army: who was the other?

A. Drishtadyumna
B. Drupada
C. Shikhandi
D. Drishtaketu the King of Chedi



84.The NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) is also used in the country of...?

A. France
B. Japan .a
C. Germany
D. England



85.What is the height of the hoop from ground in a standard basketball court?

A. 8 feet
B. 10 feet
C. 11 feet



86.In which mountain range does the Siachen glacier lie?

A. Himalaya
B. Karakoram
C. Hindu Kush



87.Where would you find the Empire State Building?

A. Chicago
B. New York City
C. London



88.Who is the author of recently published book "Aftertaste"?

A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Nandita Devidayal
C. Keith Rockwell



89.Which of the following software giants has designed "worldwide telescope" a computer programme, which enables you to study even the universe and zoom the outer space?

A. Google
B. Microsoft
C. Oracle



90.Who developed the World Wide Web?

A. Jim Osborne
B. Charles Babbage
C. Tim Bernes Lee



91.Can you name the company that introduced instant photography?

A. Kodak
B. Polaroid
C. Fuji



92.Who said : “Even England where cricket originated has never won the World Cup. But their players didn’t face mindless protests.”

A. Niranjan Shah
B. Sharad Pawar
C. Sachin Tendulkar



93.Who was the last ruler of the Mughal dynasty?

A. Jehangir
B. Shah Jahan
C. Bahadur Shah Zafar



94.Hindi movie Mughal-e-Azam was directed by

A. Mehboob
B. Abdul Kareem
C. K Asif



95.Which among the following players of India was famous as "Pocket Dynamo"?

A. Leander Paes
B. KD Jadhav
C. None of them



96.The dynamo is a device for converting

A. Heat energy into electrical energy
B. Mechanical energy into electrical energy
C. Magnetic energy into electrical energy



97.How many rings on the Olympic flag.

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8



98.Which country has a 13 month in a calender?

A. Brazil
B. Ethopia
C. siberia
D. Finland



99.Who invented Angiography ?

A. Rutharford
B. Williumharve
C. Moniz
D. Macmillan



100.What does the term "CUE" indicate in Games?

A. A trump in a game of Bridge
B. The stick to hit the ball in Snooker/Billiards
C. The polo stick
D. The Golh Stick



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