Thursday, August 25, 2011

Quiz 84 | General Knowledge of Today Quiz 6

1.Richard Fred Heck won a Nobel Prize in 2010 in which of the following subjects?

A. Physics
B. Chemistry
C. Biology
D. None of these



2.Select the one country which doesn't have a currency with the same name as the other three...?

A. Colombia
B. Dominican Republic
C. Paraguay
D. Philippines



3.When a ray of light passes from an optically denser medium to a rarer medium, it

A. Remains undeviated
B. Bends towards normal
C. Bends away from normal
D. None of these



4.Approximately, what fraction of India's industrial Production is contributed by micro, small and medium enterprises(MSME )?

A. 25%
B. 60%
C. 45%
D. 35%



5.Jujhar Singh who was a Bundela Chief had revolted against ?

A. Jahanagir
B. Shahjahan
C. Aurangzeb



6.Sodium Alkyl Sulphate and Benzene Sulphate are examples of ________?

A. Explosives
B. Synthetic Detergents
C. Insecticides



7.During the revolt of 1857, who among the following was betrayed by a zamindar friend and captured while asleep by Britishers and put to death ?

A. Nana Saheb
B. Tantia Tope
C. Khan Bahadur Khan



8.In the Bible, Joseph was sold by his brothers for how many silver coins?

A. Forty
B. Sixty
C. Twenty
D. Ten



9.According to Hindu mythology, who was the wife of Nala?

A. Damayanti
B. Mahashweta
C. Ahalya
D. Kesini



10.International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is presently headed by

A. Helene Pelosse
B. G. Vishwanathan
C. Lars Rasmussen
D. Peter Roebuck



11.Who played the role of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's television serial 'Ramayana'?

A. Dara Singh
B. Pankaj Dheer
C. Praveen Kumar
D. Avtar Gill



12.Which gas is the main constituent of 'Gobar Gas', the biogas generated by Re-composition of the cow dung ?

A. Hydrogen
B. Propane
C. Methane
D. Butane



13.NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Association) carried out a strike on Muammar Gaddafi’s home in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on 30 April 2011 which killed the youngest son of Mummar Gaddafi, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi. What is the name of Gaddafi’s residential

A. Bab al-Azizya
B. Green Square
C. Pearl Square
D. Tahrir Square



14.What French car manufacturer was accused of being a Nazi collaborator after WWII?

A. Emil Citroen
B. Louis Renault
C. Georges Peugeot
D. Ferdinand Porsche



15.Before starring in the series 'Providence', Melina Kanakaredes was a regular on what soap opera?

A. Days of Our Lives
B. Guiding Light
C. All My Children
D. Loving



16.In which language did Kamban write his version of the Ramayana?

A. Sanskrit
B. Tamil
C. Telugu



17.How do we better know Oscar award winner lyricist Sampooran Singh Kalra, the writer of ‘Jai Ho’ song for film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ?

A. Sameer
B. Gulzar
C. Javed Akhtar
D. Prasoon Joshi



18.Which of these fictional characters had a magic lamp?

A. Ali Baba
B. Sindbad
C. Aladdin



19.Which was David Ben-Gurion’s party from 1930 to 1965?

A. Herut
B. Mapai
C. Shalom
D. Labour



20.Economically recoverable amounts of geological materials are called:

A. reserves
B. resources
C. reservoirs
D. none of these


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