Friday, August 26, 2011

Quiz 90 | General Knowledge of Today Quiz 7

1.Which of these wildlife sanctuaries was created in 1913?

A. Gir Forest National Park
B. Corbett National Park
C. Palamu National Park
D. Kaziranga National Park



2.At which of the following places State bank of India launched its first Cash Factory in March 2009?

A. Mumbai
B. Lucknow
C. Bangalore
D. New Delhi



3.Which among the following agencies in India had started for the first time in India, a broad based equity index?

A. ICRA
B. CIBIL
C. CRISIL
D. ONICRA



4.The sliding of seafloor beneath a continent or island arc is known as:

A. obfuscation.
B. obduction
C. Subduction
D. obliteration



5.In which five year plan Rourkela & Durgapur Steel plant were Conceived?

A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth



6.The Indian Constitution provides for the joint sittings of both Houses of Parliament in connection with-

A. Election of the Vice-President of India
B. Finance bill
C. Ordinary bill



7.On which one of the following issues, there had been a dispute between IRDA and SEBI ?

A. ULIP products
B. Violation of SEBI guidelines in respect of investment by big companies in equities
C. Violation of SEBI guidelines about disclosures to be made by the companies
D. Overlapping of the functions of IRDA and SEBI



8.Where in Asia was recoded the first confirmed case of Swine Flu (termed H1N1 by WHO)?

A. China
B. Sri Lanka
C. Hong Kong



9.The Great Bear Lake is in which among the following countries ?

A. France
B. China
C. Japan
D. Canada



10.Who authored the book `The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid’ ?

A. Philip Kotler
B. Jack Welch
C. C.K.Prahalad
D. Mohanbir Sawhney



11.The novel ‘Q & A’, on which 8 Oscar awards winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2008) is based, was authored by which Indian civil servant ?

A. Vikas Swarup
B. Vikram Seth
C. Amitav Ghosh
D. Aravind Adiga



12.When was Mary (Tudor) queen of England

A. 1547-1553
B. 1558-1603
C. 1553-1558
D. 1485-1509



13.In which book did Leon Trotsky write about permanent revolution?

A. Results and Prospects
B. War and Peace
C. Literature and Revolution
D. Terrorism and Communism



14.With which company did British Airways seal the contracts for Trent 900 engines to power a dozen Airbus A380s?

A. General Motors
B. BMW
C. Rolls-Royce
D. Mercedes



15.Which neighbouring country borders the state of Tripura?

A. China
B. Bangladesh
C. Indonesia
D. Malaysia



16.Who has been recently appointed as the acting Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ? (June 2009)

A. Justice S Rajendra Babu
B. Justice B N Srikrishna
C. Justice G P Mathur



17.Who was the last Guru, who gave us the Guru Granth Sahib?

A. Guru Arjan Dev
B. Guru Hargobind
C. Guru Gobind Singh
D. Guru Ram Das



18.Name the father of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji ?

A. Guru Har Rai Ji
B. Guru Arjan Sahib
C. Guru Hargobind Sahib
D. Bhai Jaita Das Ji



19.Which city was previously known as Salisbury?

A. London
B. Paris
C. Harare
D. New York



20.Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ?

A. Tasmania
B. Queensland
C. Victoria
D. New South Wales


1 comment:

  1. wrong answer this question
    5.In which five year plan Rourkela & Durgapur Steel plant were Conceived?

    A. First
    B. Second
    C. Third
    D. Fourth

    ReplyDelete