Saturday, September 24, 2011

Quiz 199 | General Awareness Questions

1.Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953 ?

A. Punjab
B. Gujarat
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu



2.Who was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January 2009 in New Delhi ?

A. Vladimir Putin (Russian President)
B. Nicolas Sarkozy (French President)
C. Zigme Singye Wangchuk (Bhutan King)
D. Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan President)



3.USA approved the use of drone on forces of Gaddafi in Libya. What is Drone?

A. Unmanned aircraft
B. Missile
C. Aircraft
D. Tank



4.Which telecom service provider paid more than 85 crore to renew its sponsorship contract and signed the most expensive sponsorship deal in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Chennai Super Kings for IPL season 4?

A. Vodafone
B. Uninor
C. Airtel
D. Aircel



5.India was ranked … in the Global Hunger Index released by IFPRI in October 2010.

A. 67th
B. 69th
C. 71st
D. 74th



6.Which football hero was nicknamed 'The Sundance Kid'?

A. Jim Kiick
B. Troy Aikman
C. Brett Favre
D. Joe Montana



7.Which among the following rivers water Maharastra ?

A. Godavari & Bhima
B. Krishna & Bhima
C. Godavari, Mandovi and Bhima
D. Godavari, Bhima & krishna



8.Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) on May 8, 2009 has extended a $30-mn line of credit (LOC) to finance rural electrification projects in which country?

A. Kenya
B. Mozambique
C. Ghana



9.Who among the following recommends distribution of taxes between the Union and State Govt?

A. Finance Minister
B. Finance Commission
C. Reserve bank of India



10.'Kaviraja' or King of poets was a title of _________?

A. Chandra Gupta Maurya
B. Samudra Gupta
C. Skand Gupta



11.Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce? (September 2011)

A. B. Prasad Rao
B. Nagesh Pydah
C. Nandan Nilekani
D. UK Sinha



12.On June 6, 1966, Indian Rupee faced its highest devaluations ever . By what fraction Rupee was devaluated on this date ?

A. 23.5 %
B. 36.5 %
C. 29.3 %



13.Bastille Day, which is the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison in France is celebrated as a National Holiday on which of the following dates?

A. July 14
B. August 14
C. September 14



14.Who among the following is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5000 runs in test cricket, making him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game?

A. Courtney Walsh
B. Glenn Mc Grath
C. Richard Hadlee
D. Kapil Dev



15.Which subdivision of geologic time is the longest?

A. Precambrian
B. Mesozoic Era
C. Teritiary Period
D. Miocene Epoch



16.The First Industry to develop in India was the-

A. Cottage Industry
B. Cement Industry
C. Iron and Steel industry
D. Engineering Industry



17.POSCO, a korean multinatoinal company, intends to invest Rs.52000 crore in-

A. Chhattisgarh
B. Jharkhand
C. West Bengal
D. Orissa



18.Which feature of MS Word helps the user find synonyms and antonyms of a particular word?

A. Thesaurus
B. Spellings and grammar
C. Font
D. Pivot table



19.The weekly Commonweal was founded by

A. Annie Besant
B. Bipan Chandra Pal
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Sarojini Naidu



20.Congress passed the 'Swaraj' resolution in the year 1905. The purpose of the resolution was

A. right to make a constitution for themselves but it was not done
B. to secure self-rule
C. responsible government
D. self-government



21.Where did Gandhiji launch his first struggle ?

A. Navaghaly
B. Champaran
C. Dandi



22.The State which recorded the minimum population growth rate during 1991-2001 is—

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. West Bengal



23.‘Threat of global warming’ is increasing due to increasing concentration of:

A. Ozone
B. Nitrous oxide
C. Sulphur dioxide
D. Carbon dioxide



24.How many runs did VVS Laxman score in his ODI debut?

A. 100
B. 1
C. 99
D. 0



25.On which of the following rates Reserve Bank of India provides loan to scheduled commercial banks ?

A. Bank Rate
B. London Interbank Offer rate
C. Credit Rate

Friday, September 23, 2011

Quiz 198 | GK Questions For IBPS Clerical Exams

1.The Lok Sabha member must have completed the age of

A. 18 years
B. 21 years
C. 25 years



2.Who was the first person to win Bharat Ratna in the field of classical music?

A. R.D.Burman
B. A.R.Rehman
C. M.S.Subbalakshmi



3.The scheme for rural employment NREGA has been named after which leader?

A. Rajiv Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Mahatma Gandhi



4.The private telecom operator that was the ?rst to introduce 3G services in India.

A. Vodafone
B. Tata Docomo
C. Nokia
D. Airtel



5.The third battle of Panipat was between the

A. Afghans and the Marathas
B. Afghans and the Sikhs
C. Marathas and the Mughals under Shah Alam II
D. None of the above



6.State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) in April 2011 finally decided to make which one of the following its 100% subsidiary?

A. Ergon Speciality Oils
B. Prize Petroleum Corporation
C. Conoco Phillips Corporation
D. Royal Dutch Shell plc



7.Liv Tyler was in all of the following movies EXCEPT...

A. Heavy
B. Armageddon
C. Stealing Beauty
D. Boys on the Side



8.The Chairman and Managing Director of National Housing bank is…

A. Martin Newson
B. R. V. Verma
C. Harsh Chitale
D. Jason Todd



9.Who is the author of the book, ˜Through the Looking-Glass?

A. William Shakespeare
B. Mark Twain
C. Sir Isaac
D. Lewis Carroll



10.Which one of the following is a Self Employment Programme for Educated Unemployed Youth ?

A. Prime Ministers Rozgar Yojana
B. Swaran Jayanti Sahakari Rozgar Yojana
C. National Social Assistance Programme
D. Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana



11.When did Czech Republic join NATO?

A. 1952
B. 1999
C. 1949
D. 2008



12.In 1965, at which port was the India's first Free Trade Zone established ?

A. Kandla (Gujarat)
B. Kochi (Kerala)
C. Falta (West Bengal)
D. Chennai (Tamil Nadu)



13.Amoghavarsha I was a famous king of _________?

A. Rashtrakuta Dynasty
B. Pratihara Dynasty
C. Chalukya Dynasty



14.At which point of time in the year is the sun exactly above the equator, with day and night of equal length?

A. Solar eclipse
B. Equinox
C. Lunar eclipse
D. Solstice



15.What is the present number of member countries of European Economic Community ?

A. 15
B. 12
C. 25
D. 20



16.During the chemical process of hydrolysis what is reversed?

A. Dehydration synthesis
B. Polymerization
C. Photosynthesis
D. Cellular respiration



17.What was the name of Florence Nightingale's older sister?

A. Virginia
B. Athena
C. Parthenope
D. Calliope



18.Which of the following diseases is not immunized by ‘triple antigen’?

A. Typhoid
B. Tetanus
C. Diphtheria
D. Whooping cough



19.Who has written the book 'Kashmir - Behind the Vale'?

A. L. Ramdas
B. Lt. Gen. Dipendra Singh
C. M. J. Akbar
D. Lt. Gen. S. C. Sardeshpande



20.Which of the following acts as a resistance against in the body?

A. Carbohydrates
B. Red corpuscles
C. Vitamins
D. White corpuscles



21.A brand that is supported by the words “established 1744 – Nottingham England”, identify

A. Levis
B. Allen Solley
C. Addidas



22.Which cartoon strip by R K Laxman represented the antics of 'The Common Man'?

A. Business As Usual
B. Here and Now
C. You Said It



23.What are the names of the oxen in Premchand's story 'Do Balion Ki Kathha'

A. Heera-Moti
B. Badal-Rustam
C. Lallo-Kaloo



24.Germany signed the Armistice Treaty on ____ and World War I ended

A. January 19, 1918
B. May 30, 1918
C. November 11, 1918
D. February 15, 1918



25.Spice which is known as the Indian saffron also called the "Yellow Root" in many languages ?

A. Turmerip
B. Turmerio
C. Turmeric
D. Turmerin

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Quiz 197 | General Knowledge Questions

1.An earth satellite is kept moving in its orbit. It is due to the phenomenon of centripetal force provided by :

A. The rocket engine propelling the satellite
B. The gravitational attraction of the Earth on the satellite
C. The gravitational attraction of the Sun on the satellite
D. The gravitational attraction of satellite on Earth



2.Though the temperature inside lighted electric bulb is around 27000C, the filament does not burn because:

A. the metal of which it is made up of resistant burning
B. the oxygen necessary for combustion (burning) is not available as the bulb is evacuated and filled with pure nitrogen or inert gas.
C. it cannot burn in closed systems
D. it is made of non-metallic substance.



3.The winter Olympics came into being in

A. 1912
B. 1924
C. 1920
D. 1916



4.Who determine the market price of a share of common stock?

A. The board of directors of the firm
B. The stock exchange on which the stock is listed
C. The president of the company
D. Individuals buying and selling the stock



5.Who among the following are the beneficiaries of Ways and Means Advances (WMA) facility of Reserve Bank of India?

A. Commercial Banks
B. Regional Rural banks
C. State Governments



6.Which among the following is commonly called as "Soft Loan Window " of the World Bank?

A. International Monetary Fund
B. International Development Association



7.Till 2008, what was India's rank in the world in the Military Spending ?

A. 11th
B. 10th
C. 12th



8.India played its first one day international with which country and in which year?

A. England 1975
B. Australia 1976
C. New Zealand 1975



9.Which city in India is known as the "Pittsburg of India"?

A. Varanasi
B. Ahmedabad
C. Jamshedpur



10.NABARD is associated with the development of ?

A. Banking sector
B. Heavy industries
C. Agricultural sector and rural areas
D. Real Estates



11.Which of the following is not an organized sector in India?

A. Nationalised Banks
B. Regional Rural Banks
C. Cooperative Banks
D. Chits and Money lenders



12.In which of the following city 7th ASEM Summit was held?

A. Bangkok
B. Beijing
C. Tokyo
D. Hong Kong



13.Which of the following helps keep body cool?

A. Respiration
B. Urination
C. Perspiration



14.Viswanathan Anand bagged his first World Junior title in

A. 1999
B. 1988
C. 1987



15.Which of these is the only Indian state to have its own constitution?

A. Sikkim
B. Tripura
C. Jammu & Kashmir



16.How do we denote the number 75 in Roman numerals ?

A. LXXI
B. LXXW
C. LXXV
D. LXXX



17.On 7th April 1875, in which city did Swami Dayanand Saraswati found the Arya Samaj ?

A. Rajkot
B. Ahmedabad
C. Mumbai
D. Lahore



18.Which is the largest brackish water lake in India ?

A. Wular Lake,
B. Pulicat Lake
C. Kaliveli Lake
D. Chilka Lake



19.What James Watt invented?

A. Diving bell
B. Steam boat
C. Hot air balloon
D. Rotary steam engine



20.Which company on 11 April 2011 entered the water purification business and also launched the world's first wonder door refrigerator that saves energy?

A. LG Electronics
B. Videocon
C. Phillips
D. Samsung



21.To make Urdu a language of mass communication, the madarsa education board of which Indian state in April 2011 started Urdu journalism training for madarsa pass-outs?

A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. West Bengal
D. Gujarat



22.On 1 April 1954, who became the first Indian Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF)?

A. P.C. Lal
B. Arjan Singh
C. S. Mukherjee
D. A.M. Engineer



23.In 2009,who became the youngest minister in the Manmohan Singh Parliament?

A. Jitin Prasad
B. Sachin Pialot
C. Agatha Sangma



24.Who wrote the song 'Aye Mere Vatan Ke Logon', sung by Lata Mangeshkar?

A. Hasrat Jaipuri
B. Kavi Pradeep
C. Bankim Chandra



25.Which calender names successive years after 12 animals?

A. Saka
B. Chinese
C. Hebrew

Quiz 196 | General Awareness For IAS Exam

1.Who founded the city of Hyderabad ?

A. Sri Harmandir Sahib
B. Quli Qutb Shah
C. Badal Singh
D. St. Peter's Basilica



2.Detergent ‘Tide’ is manufactured by which company?

A. Hindustan Unilever
B. Procter and Gamble
C. Henkel
D. Wipro



3.Which international brand had an ad campaign "Tomorrow is mine" and had signed Rahul dravid for the campaign ?

A. Puma
B. Pepsi
C. Nike
D. Reebok



4.Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ?

A. Kapil Dev
B. Bishen Singh Bedi
C. Narendra Hirwani
D. Anil Kumble



5.The electric supply in India was first started in

A. Kolkata
B. Chennai
C. Mumbai



6.Who won the Award for Player of the Tournament in Cricket World Cup 2007?

A. Sanath Jayasuria
B. Matthew Hayden
C. Mahela Jayawardene
D. Glenn McGrath



7.What member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band is now an actor on "The Sopranos"?

A. Clarence Clemons
B. Steve Van Zandt
C. David Chase
D. James Gandolfini



8.The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called

A. podsolosation
B. Calcification
C. laterisation
D. gleisation



9.In 1922, Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party ?

A. Forward Block
B. Swaraj Party
C. Swatantra Party
D. Ghadar Party



10.Who built the world's first binary digit computer: Z1...?

A. Konrad Zuse
B. Ken Thompson
C. Alan Turing
D. George Boole



11.For the first time, Cricket has been included in Asian Games to be held in 2010. Which format ?

A. Twenty-20
B. ODI
C. Test Match
D. both Twenty-20 & ODI



12.Food is readily cooked in a pressure cooker because

A. Boiling occurs at high temperature
B. Boiling occurs at low temperature
C. Pressure remains constant
D. The cooking material cannot come out



13.After long periods of use, a gray spot develops on the inside of a bulb. This is because

A. The tungsten filament evaporates and collects there
B. The heat of the bulb scorches the glass at the top
C. Dust inside the bulb condenses on the top
D. Glass undergoes a change due to the heat



14.Which of the following Governor Generals was impeached for charges of corruption?

A. Earl Cornwallis
B. Warren Hastings
C. Lord Minto



15.Onion, daffodil, tulip are which kind of stems?

A. Bud
B. Bulb
C. Cladophyll



16.Where was held the Bancon 2008 ?

A. SriNagar
B. Pune
C. New Delhi



17.Companies Bill, 2008, which was reintroduced in the Lok Sabha, once enacted will also render it mandatory for listed companies to have what fraction of independent directors on their boards?

A. 25 %
B. 30 %
C. 33 %



18.On which date Indian Independence Act 1947 came into effect ?

A. June 4, 1947
B. June 18, 1947
C. July 18, 1947



19.Particles of sediment from 1/16 mm to 2 mm diameter are called:

A. gravel
B. sand
C. silt
D. clay



20.Which is the Densest planet of the solar system?

A. Jupiter
B. Pluto
C. Mars
D. Earth



21.When the Sun reaches its maximum distance from the equator, it is known as

A. Solstice
B. Eclipse
C. Equinox
D. Sidereal Day



22.Which of these mythological creatures represents the principle of heaven, activity and maleness in Chinese cosmology?

A. Unicorn
B. Roc
C. Dragon
D. Sphinx



23.Who was the captain of Pakistan when they won the World Cup 1992?

A. Javed Miandad
B. Wasim Akram
C. Imran Khan
D. Inzammam-Ul-Haq



24.Thompson Seedless is the most important variety used in making what?

A. Rum
B. Raisin
C. Wine
D. Whiskey



25.At what place Indian economy stands in the world on the basis of PPP rating ?

A. Second
B. Fourth
C. Sixth
D. Tenth

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Quiz 195 | General Knowledge Questions

1.What chimpanzee was a pet of micheal jackson?

A. Kanzi
B. David greybeard
C. Bubbles



2.In context with the Real Time Gross Settlement which is maintained by the RBI in India, what is the number of characters in the alphanumeric codes provided to each bank connected with Core Banking System?

A. 5
B. 9
C. 11



3.Meghalaya is renowned for Khasi Mandarin. It is a variety of ______?

A. orange
B. mango
C. banana



4.In whose court Charaka was a Physician?

A. Ashoka
B. Pushyamithra
C. Kanishka
D. Sangamithra



5.What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world, which can be found in Venezuela?

A. Nigeria Falls
B. Angel Falls
C. Sahara



6.The title “Historic Man” was given to

A. Jalauddin
B. Sohrab Modi
C. Mohd Yasin



7.Rishi Kapoor for the first time on the Cinema screen, which movie we are talking of

A. Bobby
B. Kalia
C. Mera Nam Joker



8.Which one of the following wars was fought earliest?

A. First Anglo-Burmese War
B. First Anglo-Afghan War
C. First Anglo-Maratha War
D. First Anglo-Sikh War



9.What actress was born in Winona, Minnesota?

A. Winona Ryder
B. Winona Judd
C. Sissy Spacek
D. Fiona Apple



10.Which among the following grassland region is also known as the "World's Breadbasket" ?

A. Pampas of Argentina
B. Prairies of North America
C. Savannas of Africa
D. Steppes of Russia



11.In the film 'Baadshah' what was Shahrukh's name in the film?

A. Baadshah
B. Aamir
C. Ghajini
D. Sanjay



12.‘ICON of the Year’ award given by Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India in January 2011 was awarded to …

A. C.S. Verma
B. Akhilesh Ranjan
C. Ramu S. Deora
D. Sanjay Sawant



13.The Sixth Economic Census is being done in 2011. What was the year of the first Economic Census?

A. 1977
B. 1961
C. 1951
D. 1971



14.On the recommendations of N.R.Sarkar committee, where was the first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) established in 1950 ?

A. Mumbai
B. Kanpur
C. Kharagpur
D. Chennai



15.Times Magazine's Person of the year 2010 is -

A. Nitish Kumar
B. Barack Obama
C. Wen Jiabao
D. Mark Zuckerberg



16.Who is known as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”?

A. Norman Ernest Borlaug
B. M. S. Swaminathan
C. J. S. Thomson
D. None of these



17.Before Chandigarh,what was the capital of Punjab between 1947 and 1953?

A. Ambala
B. Jalandhar
C. Simla



18.Which car has selected as the Car of the Year at ICICI Bank-CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2010?

A. Maruti Suzuki Alto
B. Skoda Fabia
C. Tata Nano



19.In Indian Flag, Saffron Color is symbol of ?

A. Peace
B. Courage
C. Fertility



20.Which among the following country has become the largest auto market of the world recently?

A. China
B. India
C. United States



21.Which country has been selected to host six day 5th Asian Conference on irrigation and drainage beginning on December 6, 2009?

A. India
B. Singapore
C. China



22.Iodex brand of pain balm is owned by ?

A. Smithkline Beecham
B. Wyeth Laboratories
C. Glaxo
D. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories



23.The first non-congress Prime Minister of India was?

A. Lal Bahadur Shastri
B. Morarji Desai
C. Deve Gowda
D. V.P.Singh



24.Ayodhya was the capital of which Kingdom?

A. Mithila
B. Indraprastha
C. Kosala
D. Lanka



25.“Nobody delivers Kerala Better” is a catchline of

A. Kerela Tourism
B. Malyala Manorma
C. Sagar Ratna

Quiz 194 | General Awareness For IAS Exam

1._________ is the organization’s managerial and technological abilities that are applied to convert inputs into outputs.

A. Input
B. Output
C. Transformation
D. Feedback



2.Soha Ali Khan is daughter of -

A. Sharmila Tagore
B. Helen
C. Mumtaz
D. Waheeda Rehman



3.Who was founder of Vijayanagar empire?

A. Krishna Deva Raya
B. Devorayal
C. Ram Raya
D. Harihara and Bukka



4.What is the maximum limit for members of Lok Sabha?

A. 544
B. 542
C. 552
D. 546



5.Which country’s calendar includes such days as Tooth-hardening Day, Anti-gravity Day and Full-moon Gruel Festival?

A. China
B. Japan
C. Thailand



6.A device used to find out if someone has a fever or not is called a _________.

A. drip
B. stethoscope
C. syringe
D. thermometer



7.Air India was launched in

A. 1931
B. 1932



8.Who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on 5 May 2011 following the death of Dorjee Khandu in the Pawan Hans chopper crash?

A. Jarbom Gamlin
B. Chowna Mein
C. C C Singpho
D. Newlai Tingkhatra



9.Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over

A. Indo-Greeks
B. Parthinas
C. Sakas
D. Kushanas



10.Who was the first man from Russia who on 12 April 1961 made his journey to space in the Vostok rocket marking the greatest victory of Soviet science?

A. Alexey Leonov
B. Vladimir Chelomei
C. Vladimir Komarov
D. Yuri Gagarin



11.The Supreme Court of India, in the second week of April 2011, refused Odisha Government's plea to stay Polavaram Dam construction by which one of the following states?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Jharkhand
C. West Bengal
D. Andhra Pradesh



12.Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur has been written by ...

A. Arundhati Ray
B. Deepti Priya Mehrotra
C. Shivani Jain
D. None of these



13.Name the political party in West Bengal that celebrated its 85th foundation day recently.

A. Forward Bloc
B. Revolutionary Socialist Party
C. Communist Party of India
D. None of these



14.The launching date of Chandrayan I was __ ?

A. 20th December 2009
B. 23rd October 2009
C. 22nd October 2008
D. 9th November 2008



15.Built across the Godavari river, Pochampad Dam is located in which state ?

A. Karnataka
B. Maharashtra
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Andhra Pradesh



16.The earliest movement which took up the cause of lower cast against Brahmana domination was

A. Nair Service Society
B. Satya Shodak Society
C. Mahajan Sangam
D. Vokkaliga Sangha



17.In his autobiography, Babur has given less details about which of the following?

A. Description of Nature
B. Scoial life and the pattern of the life of people
C. Wars
D. Political condition of India



18.What was Draupadi's name during the period of hiding of the Pandavas?

A. Sairandhri
B. Satyawati
C. Subhadra



19.The Buddhist missionary Sanghamitra was the daughter of which ruler?

A. Chandragupta
B. Ashoka
C. Bindusara



20.Who crowned himself king of the Maratha kingdom in 1674?

A. Sambhaji
B. Balaji Vishwanath
C. Shivaji



21.'Rickets' is caused due to lack of

A. Vitamin-D
B. Vitamin-A
C. Vitamin-B



22.This entire movie was based on poetic dialogues and was a super hit of its time, which movie we are talkin

A. Pakeezah
B. Heer Ranjha
C. Soni Mahiwal



23.Name the movie in which Amitabh Bachan played a triple role

A. Raste Ka Pathar
B. Kasuti
C. Mahaan



24.What is Aishwarya’s middle name?

A. Maharani
B. Sathiya
C. Krishnaraj



25.What colors would you mix to make Purple color?

A. Brown and Green
B. Blue and Green
C. Yellow and Black
D. Red and Blue

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Quiz 193 | GK For Bank Exams

1.Who said "Some books are to be tasted others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"?

A. Francis Bacon
B. H G Wells
C. John Steinbeck
D. Isaac Asimov



2.The viceroy in whose period Roulath Act, 1919 was enacted?

A. Lord Benting
B. Lord Minto
C. Lord William
D. Lord Chems Ford



3.Name the world's largest television network that is beamed to over 210 countries?

A. MSNBC
B. STAR
C. CNN
D. BBC



4.What is the Russian word that means "restructuring"?

A. Glasnost
B. Perestroika
C. Mir
D. None of these



5.The largest coffee growing country in the world is ?

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



6.Who invented Gramophone?

A. Michael Faraday
B. Fahrenheit
C. Sir Alexander Graham Bell
D. Thomas Alva Edison



7.Who was JUNEAU, Alaska named after?

A. A Roman Goddess
B. A Russian Admiral
C. A Canadian Dance-hall Girl
D. A Gold Prospector



8.The legislature of Sikkim is

A. Unicameral
B. Bicameral
C. Polycameral
D. None of the above



9.The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to

A. Jones Salk
B. Alb E. Sabin
C. J.L. Baird
D. J. Perkins



10.The treaty of Mangalore was signed between

A. the English East India Company and Haidar Ali
B. the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
C. Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
D. the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan



11.India is working on AURA (autonomous unmanned research aircraft) programme to develop the stealth UCAVs (unmanned combat aerial vehicles) or drones capable of firing missiles and bombs at enemy targets with precision. What is the full form of AURA?

A. Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft
B. Autonomous Unmanned Research Airplane
C. Automatic Unmanned Research Aircraft
D. Automated Unmanned Research Anti-Missile



12.Swiss Watch brand Traser is likely to enter India next year in partnership with which watch retail chain?

A. Swatch
B. Guess
C. Titan
D. Ethos



13.Which of the following economy has been rated as the freest economy in the world for the 17th consecutive year?

A. Beijing
B. Italy
C. Hong Kong
D. Kuala Lumpur



14.Exxon mobile recently announced plans to acquire the rival firm XTO Energy in a deal worth…

A. $21 billion
B. $31 billion
C. $41 billion
D. $21 billion



15.What is the name of the organization that has become the first company in India to launch wireless internet services?

A. Reliance Infocomm
B. BSNL
C. Bharti Enterprises
D. Tata Internet Services Limited



16.Who is chairman of N.D.A.?

A. Atal Bihari Baj Payee
B. Raja Nath Singh
C. Venkaiah Naidu
D. L.K. Advani



17.Who invented the oral polio vaccine(OPV)?

A. Ronald Ross
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Albert Sabin



18.Which Mughal Emperor's father-in-law was Itmad-ud-daulah?

A. Shah Jahan
B. Jahangir
C. Humayun



19.Which Indian group intends to tap Punjab’s agricultural potential by taking up potato seed development in the state through contract farming?

A. Godrej
B. Tata
C. Mahindra



20.The 12 “ASEAN SUMMIT” took place in

A. Vietnam
B. Philippines
C. China



21.The Mummy of St Xavier is kept in a Church that is located in

A. Karnataka
B. Goa
C. Pondichery



22.Who was the Chairman of ISRO (2003)?

A. Prof Yash Pal
B. Prof U R Rao
C. Dr. K Kasturirangan



23.How do we denote the number 40 in Roman numerals?

A. VI
B. XIV
C. XL



24.________ involves a five-step process called DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) designed to improve quality.

A. Six Sigma
B. Total quality management (TQM)
C. ISO 14000



25.What is Garfield's favourite food?

A. Spahetti
B. Shrimp Scampi
C. Swedish Meatballs
D. Lasagna

Quiz 192 | General Knowledge Questions

1.Which of the following was set up by State bank of India on recommendation of Iyer Committee in 1991?

A. BANKNET
B. RTGS



2.Which Bank in Switzerland has been recently renamed as Hinduja Bank?

A. Amas Bank
B. Aston Bank



3.Which city had hosted the 39th International Film Festival of India?

A. Mumbai
B. Panaji
C. Bangalore
D. Hyderabad



4.When were elections for the first Lok Sabha held?

A. 1949
B. 1950
C. 1952
D. 1951



5.India recently signed a pipeline contract with …

A. Sri Lanka
B. Nepal
C. Japan
D. Turkmenistan



6.Who has been elected as the Chairman of FIEO (Federation of Indian Expert Organisation), in December 2010 for a period of two years?

A. Shivendra Doegar
B. Akhilesh Ranjan
C. Ramu S. Deora
D. Vinayak puri



7.Which is the longest National Highway in India?

A. NH 24
B. NH 8
C. NH 7
D. NH 2



8.Who is the leader of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)

A. Kalavuntala Chandrasekhara Rao
B. Chiranjivi
C. Chandra Babu Naidu
D. Sreeramalu



9.Which among the following disease is caused by female Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes ?

A. Malaria
B. Kala-Azar
C. Dengue Fever
D. Typhoid



10.In which village was Adi Shankaracharya born ?

A. Tankara (Gujarat)
B. Navadwip (W.Bengal)
C. Tiruchuzhi (T.Nadu)
D. Kaladi (Kerala)



11.In 1885, who developed the vaccine for rabies ?

A. Louis Pasteur
B. Edward Jenner
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Robert Koch



12.Who wrote one of the most complete accounts of ancient India,'Indiaca'?

A. Megasthenes
B. Marco Polo
C. Nicolo Conti



13.Which famous national leader of India has written books on the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates and the ancient Roman king Marcus Aurelius?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. C.Rajagopalachari



14.Pandit Birju Maharaj famous for which dance form?

A. Kutchipudi
B. Yakshagan
C. Kathak



15.A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly

A. 101 km
B. 111 km
C. 125 km



16.What in India is the equivalent of Zip code in US?

A. PIN code
B. STD code
C. ISD code



17.Which Indian business group has proposed a $3billion investment in Bangladesh for establishing power plants?

A. J.P. Power
B. Reliance
C. Tata



18.Satyam has recently joined hands with a __________ based company to establish a service-oriented architecture.

A. Germany
B. U.S.
C. U.K.



20.Which building is known & quoted as "Black Pagoda"?

A. Pashupatinath Temple
B. Konark temple
C. Rajbhavan
D. Gateway of India



21.In which month of 2009, North Korean won was revalued again for the first time in 50 years?

A. November
B. September
C. August



22.Mosquitoes are attracted to what color twice as much as to any other color?

A. Red
B. Pink
C. Blue
D. Green



23.Which mountain in India is known as the "Queen of the Mountains"?

A. Mussoorie (Uttaranchal)
B. Mumbai
C. Cochin



24.Indra K. Nooyi was the CEO of which of the following company?

A. Pepsi Cola
B. Infosys
C. Tata Consultancy Services
D. NIIT



25.Indian Couple Krishnammal and Jagannathan are selected for which of the following award treated as Nobel Prize?

A. Raman Magasaysay Award 2008
B. Sweden Life time achievement Award 2008
C. Agri Kola Award
D. Right Lively Hood Award 2008

Monday, September 19, 2011

Quiz 191 | Bank Exam Questions

1.The winner of Asia Cup Hockey Tournament, 2009 was—

A. China
B. Malaysia
C. Pakistan
D. South Korea



2.The Vice-President is the ex­officio Chairman of-

A. the Rajya Sabha
B. the National Development Council
C. the Planning Commission
D. None of the above



3.For respiration deep sea divers use mixture of

A. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. Hydrogen and oxygen
C. Oxygen and nitrogen and helium



4.Lowest percentage of carbon is in:

A. cast iron
B. steel
C. wrought iron
D. pig iron



5.Article 370 of the Indian constitution deals with :

A. The Emergency Powers of the President
B. The special position of the state of Jammu and Kashmir
C. Distribution of taxes between the Centre and the State



6.French carmaker Renault in May 2011 re-entered the Indian market with the launch of a premium sedan. Name the sedan.

A. Fluence
B. Espace
C. Vel Satis



7.Whom did the tenth and last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh appoint his military deputy ?

A. Ranjit Singh
B. Hari Singh Nalwa
C. Banda Bahadur
D. Zorawar Singh



8.Kena Upanishad is of which of the following Vedas?

A. Rig Veda
B. Sama veda
C. Yajurveda



9.Till now how many people have won Both Bharat Ratna & Dada Saheb Phalke Award?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 7



10.Which of the following States did not come into being in 1987 ?

A. Mizoram
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Manipur



11.How many times does the digit '1' appear from 0 to 100?

A. Twenty-two
B. Eleven
C. Twenty-one



12.Normally what is the voltage of dry cells,also called pencil cells?

A. 10 volts
B. 1.5 volts
C. 5 volts



13.'Hori', a poor farmer, is the main character of which famous Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand ?

A. Gaban
B. Vardaan
C. Godaan
D. Sevasadan



14.Even though India became independent in 1947 but Daman and Diu remained a European colony till 1961. Which country ruled over it ?

A. France
B. Britain
C. Netherlands
D. Portugal



15.The CEO of IBM Daksh is

A. A.V. Muthuraman
B. Sanjay Kapoor
C. Pavan Vaish



16.Identify the telecom operator who has been penalized by the Dept. of Telecom for providing PTT (Push to Talk) service without permission.

A. Idea
B. Spice
C. Hutch



17.Hema Malini (Bollywood star) along with her daughter is a brand ambassador of

A. Good knight
B. Kent Water purifier
C. Casper



18.Amazer Tyres is a product of

A. Apollo
B. Modi
C. J.K.



19.Which famous group invested in the Barista chain of coffee outlets?

A. Taj group
B. Hindustan Lever
C. Tata Tea



20.Which country is associated with 'kiwis' ?

A. Phillippines
B. New Zealand
C. Malaysia
C. Indonesia

Quiz 190 | Current Affairs 2011

1.Who was elected Denmark’s First Woman Prime Minister ? (15th September 2011)

A. Helle Thorning-Schmidt
B. Sam Houston
C. Juan Domingo Peron
D. James Madison



2.The Nobel Prize in Economics was started in

A. 1901
B. 1936
C. 1957
D. 1968



3.By how many runs did Zimbabwe defeat India on 19 May 1999 in Cricket World Cup 1999?

A. Five
B. One
C. Four
D. Three



4.Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are the varieties of which popular beverage ?

A. Tea
B. Coffee
C. Yoghurt
D. Lemonade



5.In which year, Peacock was declared National Bird of India?

A. 1958
B. 1963
C. 1972
D. 1978



6.In 1995, who became first recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize ?

A. Julius Nyerere
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Gerhard Fischer
D. John Hume



7.Who is the author of the novel 'Les Miserable'?

A. Victor Hugo
B. ALium tofler
C. G.Wynne
D. Fedric



8.Which one among the following south asian country has the highest population density?

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



9.Name the Russian tennis pro who won his first ATP title of 2011 with his victory at the BMW Open in Munich?

A. Nikolay Davydenko
B. Mikhail Youzhny
C. Andrei Stoliarov
D. Michail Elgin



10.Which one of the following is not included in the Fundamental Rights?

A. Right to property
B. Right to form association
C. Right of assembly
D. Right to move and stay in any part of the country



11.Which of the following does not fall within the purview of ordinance making power of the President?

A. Enactment of a New Law
B. Imposition of a New tax
C. Passing of the budget
D. amendment of the Constitution



12.'Wings of Fire' and 'Ignited Minds' books are authored by which Indian scientist?

A. H.G.Khurana
B. M.S.Swaminathan
C. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
D. S.Chandrasekhar



13.What is the term used to describe long winded speeches in parliament to obstruct or delay a matter under consideration for voting:

A. Whip
B. Fillibuster
C. Snap Vote
D. Hung Parliament



14.After how many years Finance Commission is appointed?

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



15.What is the minimum number of the judges to decide an issue involving the interpretation of the constitution or any presidential reference?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15



16.As per a recent report by United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) what is the routine immunization rate in India ?

A. 65%
B. 75%
C. 55%



17.Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development is situated in which of the following states?

A. Tamil Nadu
B. Karnataka
C. Himachal Pradesh



18.Which company is the world's largest steel product?

A. Nippon Steel
B. POSCO
C. Corus
D. Arcelor Mittal



19.In the wild, which animal is found only in China?

A. Tiger
B. Asian elephant
C. Panda
D. Crocodile



20.When did former United States President Richard Nixon visit China?

A. 1945
B. 1972
C. 1979



21.What is the constituency of former cricketer and BJP member Kirti Azad?

A. Darbhanga
B. Gandhinagar
C. Barmer
D. Allahabad



22.Which of these is the name of a bird as well as a fruit?

A. Apricot
B. Kiwi
C. Pears
D. Orange



23.For which film did Raj Kapoor win his first Filmfare Award in the Best Director category?

A. Bobby
B. Sangam
C. Prem Rog
D. Mera Naam Joker



24.Who among the following is a renowned agricultural scientist?

A. M.S.Swaminathan
B. Dr A.S.Paintal
C. P.J.Kurien
D. T.S.Mahabale



25.In which of the following cities is headquarter of ‘Forest Research Centre’ situated?

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

Quiz 189 | General Knowledge Questions

1.Who has been recently given ‘Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration’ 2005?

A. Bismillah Khan
B. Jyoti Basu
C. Javed Akhtar
D. Mahesh Bhatt



2.The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located in

A. Vienna
B. London
C. Geneva
D. Washington



3.Julian Assange is associated with …

A. Wikileaks
B. Microsoft
C. Hyundai
D. None of these



4.AFT stands for?

A. Air Fitness Training Centre
B. Armed Forces Tribunal
C. Armys Financial Team
D. None of the above



5.Who wrote the Panchathantra in Sanskrit?

A. Rama Sharma
B. Kalidas
C. Chinnaya Suri
D. Vishnu Sharma



6.Who was the first prime minister of india ?

A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Subhash Chander Bose



7.Which country share the same independence day i.e. 15th August with India?

A. Kombodia
B. China
C. North Korea
D. South Korea



8.Which one of these is the trading post between India and China?

A. Nathula Pass
B. Khyber pass
C. Rohtang pass



9.Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics?

A. Milkha Singh
B. P.T.Usha
C. Karnam Malleshwari
D. K D Jadhav. Mr.Seemant Suveer



10.The gas predominantly responsible for global warning is

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Nitrous oxide



11.Which is the only lizard in the world that lives in water?

A. Komodo dragon
B. Marine iguana
C. Water gecko



12.Which capital city do Heathrow and Gatwick airports serve?

A. Caneberra
B. London
C. Dublin



13.With which Indian language is 'Sangam Literature' associated?

A. Telugu
B. Marathi
C. Tamil



14.Which among the following is not a part of the 'Triathlon', an athletic event combining three sporting events ?

A. Running
B. Cycling
C. Long Jump
D. Swimming



15.The national Aquatic animal of India is …

A. Dolphin
B. Whale
C. Pirana
D. Python



16.On 26 November 1960, between which cities was the first Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) service started in India ?

A. Kanpur - Lucknow
B. Mumbai - Pune
C. Chandigarh - New Delhi
D. Bengaluru - Chennai



17.The Khyber pass, a strategic mountain pass between Central Asia and South Asia, connects the Pakistan to which country ?

A. Iran
B. China
C. Afghanistan
D. Tajikistan



18.In which city is the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR) located ?

A. Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
B. Bharatpur (Rajasthan)
C. Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)
D. Junagarh (Gujarat)



19.Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine 2010?

A. Richard Heck
B. Ei-ichi Negishi
C. Akira Suzuki
D. Robert Edwards



20.Which musician's autobiography is titled 'Raga Mala'?

A. Amjad Ali Khan
B. Ravi Shankar
C. M S Subbulakshmi



21.With which company would you associate the Munjal brothers?

A. TTK Prestige
B. Titan Industries
C. Hero Cycles



22.Which of these present day cities was named after the founder of the Tata empire?

A. Bhilai
B. Bokaro
C. Jamshedpur



23.In which country is Ghazni located?

A. Mongoliya
B. Afghanistan
C. Iran



24.The continent through which the imaginary lines of Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn and Equator pass in

A. Africa
B. Australia
C. Europe



25.Which country limited United States military presence in their country recently?

A. Sudan
B. Ethiopia
C. Yemen

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Quiz 188 | Current Affairs For Government Exams

1.Aung San Sau Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner belongs to which one of the following countries ?

A. China
B. North Korea
C. South Korea
D. Myanmar



2.Where is the headquarters of Forward Market Commission situated?

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



3.The major control over the form of the developing slope is exerted by

A. inputs to the hill slope
B. outputs from the hill slope
C. balance between inputs and outputs from the hill slope system
D. None of the above



4.The chart of accounts:

A. Appears on the balance sheet.
B. Appears on the income statement.
C. Is a summary of all account names.
D. Appears in the annual report of all publicly-held companies.



5.The sidereal month may be defined as

A. the period in which the moon completes an orbit around the earth
B. the period in which the moon completes an orbit around the earth and returns to the same positions in the sky
C. the period of rotation of moon
D. None of the above



6.When did India hosted the Common wealth meeting?

A. 1961 at Bangalore
B. 1976 at Pune
C. 1983 at New Delhi
D. None of the above



7.'Gita Govinda' is written by

A. Valmiki
B. Jaya Dev
C. Tulsidas
D. Sharan Gupta



8.The headquarter of Lalit Kala Academy are at

A. New Delhi
B. Chandigarh
C. Pune
D. Kolkata



9.The headquarter of OAU (Organization of African Unity) are at

A. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
B. Washington DC
C. Paris
D. Jakarta, Indonesia



10.The largest copper producing country in the World is

A. Chile
B. Russia
C. South Africa
D. China



11.As per a recent survey done by Visa International, on which of the following product / service people all over world have spent maximum money during 2009?

A. Travel
B. Music
C. Gadgets
D. Softwares



12.Which among the following was raised in India to assist police in controlling civil disturbance and communal riots?

A. Rapid Action Force
B. National Security Guards
C. Home guards



13.Which among the following place is the birth place of Humayun?

A. Agra
B. Badakhashan
C. Kabul



14.On 12 September 2008, the Indian Government announced its 'National Biofuel Policy'. Which of the following plants was emphasized in this policy? The cultivation of this plant on wastelands has a potential to generate biofuel in large quantities.

A. Jatropha curcas
B. Copaifera langsdorffii
C. Camelina sativa



15.The buildings in Fatehpur sikri are built by using mostly which of the following?

A. Fired bricks
B. Red Stone
C. Marble



16.Recently Taliban has threatened to disrupt the presidential elections coming up in the country of ________ ?

A. Pakistan
B. Afghanistan
C. Sudan



17.Precambrian shields:

A. are very ancient rocks representing the central cores of continents.
B. have been destroyed by subduction over time.
C. were once divergent plate margins.
D. were in existence at the time Earth formed.



18.Ralph Craig ran the 100m for the US in 1912; when did he next compete in the Olympics?

A. 1915
B. 1913
C. 1912
D. 1910



19.In which of these states is the main seat of the High Court is located in the capital of the state itself?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. Andhra Pradesh



20.In which year was the first Academy Awards held ?

A. 1929
B. 1928
C. 1930



21.The deepest trenches of the ocean are found in-

A. Indian Ocean
B. Pacific Ocean
C. Arctic Ocean
D. Atlantic Ocean



22.India has got a “positive response” from the visiting German Foreign Minister who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the country, for a commitment of support on full membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Name the visiting German Foreign Minister

A. Guido Westerwelle
B. Dirk Niebel
C. Angela Merkel



23.The statue of which among the following literary luminaries has been unveiled at Shanghai ?

A. Kalidasa
B. Kalhana
C. Bharavi
D. Vishakha Dutta



24.What is Bilateral aid ?

A. It is technical aid given by I.M.F. to various countries
B. It is given directly by one country to another
C. It is aid with the condition that the repayment will be in inconvertible currency
D. It is a commercial loan made available by various institutions jointly



25.Which of the following organizations/agencies controls the monetary policy of our country ?

A. SEBI
B. Planning Commission
C. RBI
D. Union Ministry of Finance

Union Government passed FCRA on 2 May 2011. FCRA stands for .........?

Union Government passed FCRA on 2 May 2011. FCRA stands for .........?

A. Foreign Contribution Repair Act
B. Foreign Conservative Restrictive Act
C. Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
D. Foreign Contribution Regulation Apathy

Quiz 187 | Current Affairs

1.'Pandavani' is the popular folk theatre of which Indian state ?

A. Karnataka
B. Maharashtra
C. Rajasthan
D. Chhattisgarh



2.The name of which of these religions is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning 'victor' or 'conqueror'?

A. Hinduism
B. Buddhism
C. Jainism



3.In which continent is the southernmost point of the Earth located?

A. Antarctica
B. South America
C. Australia



4.The first person to travel in space was

A. Neel Armstrong
B. Edger Barrows
C. Yuri Gagrin



5.Popular Poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan used to teach the following language at Allahabad University ?

A. English
B. Sanskrit
C. None of them



6.What is the official unit of currency in Japan?

A. Ben
B. Hen
C. Yen
D. Zen



7.The deepest oceanic trench Mariana is located in?

A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Arctic Ocean
C. Pacific Ocean
D. Indian Ocean



8.Which is the most expensive city in the world?

A. Moscow
B. Chalphonia
C. Tokyo
D. New York



9.Which is water sun sign?

A. Libra
B. Scorpio
C. Leo



10.The famous personality Shri Lalit Suri was related to _________.

A. Civil Aviation
B. Hotel
C. Steel Industry
D. Music



11.Battery maker Eveready Industries signed which Bollywood actor as its brand ambassador on 19 April 2011?

A. Shah Rukh khan
B. Amir khan
C. Salman Khan
D. Akshay Kumar



12.The term Khalisa in Moghal Administration signified the _____.

A. Entire Imperial Establishment
B. Land owned by the Emperor himself
C. Religious Land Grants
D. Land from where revenue was colleted for the Imperial Treasury



13.Who has been named for Baba Saheb Fellowship Award 2008?

A. K. Rathaiah
B. K.V. Narayana
C. Dr. Ramesh Babu
D. Justice Pandu Ranga Rao



14.Where is Nabin Chandra Bordoli Indoor Stadium?

A. Baroda
B. Guwahati
C. Ranchi
D. Kolkata



15.What year did Christopher Columbus discover America?

A. 1450
B. 1492
C. 1487
D. 1506



16.What is the winter capital of the state of Jammu & Kashmir?

A. Kargil
B. Jammu
C. Srinagar



17.The Government of India in March 2011 proposed to nominate the name of Assam's river-island, Majuli, for ........ World Heritage List

A. UNICEF
B. UNESCO
C. IAEA
D. UNCTAD



18.Which city in India is known as the "Venice of the east"?

A. Jamshedpur
B. Cochin
C. Udaipur



19.The headquarter of Indian army are situated at

A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Kolkata
D. Chennai



20.To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?

A. Chandragupta
B. Kanishka
C. Harsha
D. Ashoka



21.Panchayat Raj System was made constitutional through-

A. 73rd Amendment of the Constitution
B. 45th Amendment of the Constitution
C. 61st Amendment of the Constitution
D. None of the above amendments



22.For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President?

A. 12
B. 7
C. 10
D. 15



23.On 9 February 2009, in which High Court did the first e-Court of India start functioning on a pilot basis ?

A. Delhi High Court, New Delhi
B. Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru
C. Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad
D. Bombay High Court, Mumbai



24.Who won the women's singles Tennis tournament US Open ? (September 2011)

A. Kim Clijsters
B. Mary Browne
C. Samantha Stosur
D. Laura Knight



25.Which is the third largest state in India?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Maharashtra
D. West Bengal

Quiz 186 | General Knowledge Questions

1.Who has been named as the businessman of the decade?

A. O.P. Bhatt
B. Harsh S. Mariwala
C. Ratan Tata
D. N. Vaghul



2.The dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Hazarat Nizamuddin Aulia is located in which city ?

A. Ajmer
B. Delhi
C. Mumbai
D. Srinagar



3.Who is the first Indian to be appointed the deputy Speaker of the House of Lords (Upper House) of United Kingdom ?

A. Swaraj Paul
B. Meghnad Desai
C. Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
D. Karan Bilimoria



4.Who among the following has been awarded the Sydney peace Prize 2004 for her work in social campaigns and advocacy to non-violence?

A. Aparna Sen
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Medha Padkar
D. None of these



5.Who among the following is well known as an exponent of flute?

A. Debu Choudhuri
B. Madhup Mudgal
C. Ronu Mazumdar
D. Shafaat Ahmad



6.Which of the following would be normally found on the back cover of a book?

A. ISDN
B. ISBN
C. IRBM



7.Who is Project Director of Chandrayaan-2 ?

A. C. Rangrajan
B. Dr. M. Annadurai
C. P. Chidambaram



8.Which African country was formerly known as 'Abyssinia' ?

A. Namibia
B. Lesotho
C. Ethiopia



9.Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ?

A. Satyendra Nath Bose
B. Narinder Singh Kapany
C. Homi J. Bhabha



10.Munich-based “MAN”, an auto major, has its technical collaboration with which of the Indian company?

A. Bajaj Auto
B. Bajaj Tempo
C. Hindustan Motors



11.On 7th of May we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of which renowned Indian?

A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Swami vivekanand
C. Bhagat Singh
D. None of these



12.How many Oscars did Titanic win?

A. 13
B. 12
C. 11
D. 10



13.The time pass for Indus people were______.

A. Cricket
B. Movies
C. Dancing, Music and Chess
D. Hunting



14.Recently wax statue of one Indian was inaugurated in Mumbai, which will be displayed in Tussad Museum in London. Whose statue was it?

A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Pandit Ravi Shankar
C. Satyajit Ray
D. Jawaharlal Nehru



15.Who introduced the silver coins in the economy?

A. Guptas
B. Satavahana
C. Kushans
D. Mauryan



16.Osama bin laden belong to which country?

A. Pakistan
B. Iraq
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Afganisthan



17.Earthquake waves travel fastest in ?

A. Soil
B. Molten rock
C. Water



18.What is the most common religion in Russia?

A. Catholacism
B. Judaism
C. Orthodox Christianity
D. Confucism



19.Disney's "Pocahontas" was based on early American events that occurred at what colony?

A. Jamestown
B. Jonestown
C. Salem
D. Plymouth



20.The last ruler of the Mughal dynasty was

A. Babur
B. Bahadurshah Zafar
C. Akbar
D. None of the above



21.This agency issued guidelines on distance marketing of products on 6 April 2011 to protect the interest of people who buy policies over phone or Internet. Identify the agency.

A. SEBI
B. IRDA
C. TRAI
D. DoT



22.With which of the following books is Hobbes associated?

A. Lectures on Jurisprudence
B. Social Contract
C. Leviathan



23.‘Old Glory’ is the national flag of __ ?

A. USA
B. Canada
C. Britain
D. France



24.With with musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated ?

A. Sitar
B. Sarod
C. Santoor
D. Tabla



25.Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ?

A. President
B. Prime Minister
C. Finance Minister
D. RBI Governor

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Quiz 185 | Basic General Knowledge Quesions

1.In what year was Charlie knighted by Queen Elizabeth II?

A. 1975
B. 1976
C. 1977
D. 1974



2.In 1879, Edison successfully tested the incandescent light. What did he use for a filament?

A. Copper wire
B. Hair from a horse tail
C. Bamboo
D. Burned sewing thread



3.World Bank helps countries with loans for the purpose of —

A. reconstruction and development
B. stimulating private investment
C. tackling foreign exchange crisis
D. meeting deficits in government budget



4.Which team defeated Karnataka XI 4-3 in the quarterfinal match of the Aga Khan hockey tournament 2011 at the Bombay Gymkhana ground on 17 May 2011?

A. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
B. Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
C. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
D. South Central Railway



5.Which university expelled Percy Bysshe Shelley?

A. Cambridge
B. Oxford
C. Paris
D. Berlin



6.Which among the following party won the state assembly elections in West Bengal?

A. Trinamool Congress
B. Congress
C. CPI (M)
D. BJP



7.The Nobel Prize in Economics 2010 was shared by how many economists?

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



8.The oscar winning a.r.rehman belong to which state in india?

A. Shimla
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Assam
D. Mumbai



9.Which mountain range separates Kashmir Valley from Jammu?

A. Eastern Ghats
B. Aravalli Range
C. Pir Panjal Range
D. Nilgiri Hills



10.Which article of the Constitution provides that Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the Official Language of the Union?

A. Article 344 (1)
B. Article 343 (1)
C. Article 300 (2)



11.Where is located the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)?

A. Geneva
B. India
C. Dubai



12.What is the world's most densely populated island?

A. Cyprus
B. Madagascar
C. Java



13.What is the highest score by the Indian Player in ICC World Twenty 20 Cricket Tournament 2007?

A. 117
B. 86
C. 64
D. 96



14.In whose memory recently a postal stamp was released for the development of film industry?

A. N.T. Rama Rao
B. M.G. Ramachandran
C. L.V. Prasad
D. Savithri



15.Who won the World U-20 (Boys) Chess Championship for the year 2008?

A. Abhijeet Gupta
B. P. Hari Krishna
C. Ahmed Adli
D. Lanka Ravi



16.What are the national game of Pakistan?

A. Badminton
B. Cricket
C. Cricket & Hockey
D. Football



17.Which is the country having 3 different capitals?

A. Seria
B. Poland
C. Indonasia
D. South Africa



18.Which dynasty ruled Delhi immediately after the Tughlaqs?

A. Sayyid
B. Lodi
C. Mughal



19.Which is the first letter of the Arabic alphabet?

A. Alfa
B. Alif
C. Olfa



20.Sellers market denotes a situation where

A. Commodities are available at competitive rates
B. Demand exceeds supply
C. Supply exceeds demand
D. Supply and demand are equal



21.Which URDU newspaper was started by Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920?

A. Bande Mataram
B. People
C. Tribune
D. Vir Arjun



22.Rajarajeswara temple is located in which state?

A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Karnataka
D. None of these



23.US recently announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history worth about $ 60 billion to which country?

A. Kuwait
B. Saudi Arabia
C. Pakistan
D. Afghanistan



24.Assam Rifles is headquartered in

A. Delhi
B. Bangalore
C. Shillong
D. None of these



25.The Mysore campus of Infosys has been renamed as?

A. Naryana Murthy Centre of Excellence
B. Navy Murthy Centre of Excellence
C. Nasa Murthy Centre of Excellence Murthy Centre of Excellence
D. Navbharat Murthy Centre of Excellence