Monday, August 15, 2011

Quiz 70 | General Knowledge of Today Quiz 1

1.The World Military Cup organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM) involves which among the following sport ?

A. Cricket
B. Football
C. Volleyball
D. Basket Ball



2.Which of the following enzymes converts proteins into peptones?

A. Pepsin
B. Trypsin
C. Erepsin
D. Enterokinase



3.The International Human Rights Convention adopted by the United Nations in 1990 relates to

A. disabled
B. stateless persons
C. migrant workers
D. children



4.Who was Pope during Hitler's dictatorship (and is often accused of having aided or supported Hitler in the Final Solution of the Jewish Problem -- the Holocaust)?

A. Pope John X
B. Pope John XII
C. Pope Pius XII
D. Pope Pius X



5.Who is the author of 'Betrayal of the Defence Forces'?

A. Vishnu Bhagat
B. Tarun Tejpal
C. George Fernandes
D. Jaswant Singh



6.According to the Bible, how long did Methuselah live to be?

A. 969 years
B. 1000 years
C. 989 years



7.Among Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala & Tamilnadu which two states share their boundaries with equal number of states?

A. Andhra Pradesh & Kerala
B. Kerala & Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka



8.Indravati Hydro Electric Project belongs to which state?

A. Tamil nadu
B. Orissa
C. Karnataka



9.Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion from ________?

A. Herbs
B. Trees
C. Insects



10.Santa Ana, Brickfielder, Sirocco & Khamsin are examples of ______?

A. currents
B. volcanoes
C. winds



11.D K Pattammal , who died recently was a renewed singer of ________?

A. Hindustani style
B. Carnatic Style
C. both of them



12.In 1982, the Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of Reserve Bank of India was merged to which of the following banks?

A. SIDBI
B. NABARD
C. IDBI



13.Recently we read in the newspapers about Valuation Professionals Bill. This bill which is going to be presented in the parliament in next session will work as a compliment to which of the following bills?

A. Companies Bill
B. Judges Assets Bill
C. Free Education Bill



14.For how many years, Great Migration in Europe lasted?

A. 2 centuries
B. 4 centuries
C. 6 centuries
D. 1 centuries



15.A broad ramp of sediment formed of coalesced alluvial fans is:

A. bajada
B. playa
C. arroyo
D. wahdi



16.The decline in the level of the water table around a pumping well is known as:

A. the porosity parameter.
B. the permeability gradient.
C. the cone of depression.
D. the sphere of influence.



17.'Sandy Storm' is the autobiography of which among the following veteran Cricketers?

A. Dilip Vengsarkar
B. Mohinder Amarnath
C. Sandeep Patil
D. Roger Binny



18.Which country is to the east, west and south of Brunei?

A. Vietnam
B. Laos
C. Malaysia
D. Cambodia



19.Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of

A. Travancore
B. Baroda
C. Hyderabad
D. Mysore



20.World's largest Foreign Exchange Reserve is in …………

A. India
B. USA
C. China
D. UK



21.ISRO and NASA’s joint endeavour ‘Bi-State’ experiment to locate water-ice on Moon involved—

A. Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar
B. Miniature Radio Frequency
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above



22.The process that creates the deep oceanic trenches is called

A. plate tectonics
B. sea floor spreading
C. continental drift
D. isostasy



23.India’s first Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) for commercial nuclear energy generation in Kalpakkam has the following capacity in MWe (megawatt equivalent):

A. 500 MWe
B. 200 MWe
C. 600 MWe



24.Steel is alloy of ____.

A. Iron and Lead
B. Iron and Manganis
C. Iron and Chromium
D. Iron and Carbon



25.The iron-nails used in the apparatus during electrolysis of water are called ?

A. Switches
B. Electrodes
C. Terminals
D. Batteries



26.The first element in the modern periodic table is...?

A. Oxygen
B. Hydrogen



27.Alberuni came to India along with

A. Mahmud Ghazni
B. Muhammad bin Qasim
C. Muhammad Ghuri
D. Timur



28.In which country would you buy things using Lira?

A. Germany
B. Italy
C. USA
D. Myanmar



29.Which book did John Paul II publish on 20 October 1994?

A. Foundations of Renewal
B. The Gospel of Life
C. Crossing the Threshold of Hope
D. Love and Responsibility



30.Which story of Leo Tolstoy was based on a military manouvre against Chechens?

A. How much does a man need?
B. The Raid
C. The Live Corpse
D. After the Ball

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