Quiz 180 | General Awareness for IAS Exam

1.Chief justice of orissa high court (2010) is

A. Shri B.Jagannadha Das
B. Justice V.Gopalagowda
C. Shri L.Panigrahi
D. None



2.Who designed Eiffel tower ?

A. Louis Williams
B. Gustave Eiffel
C. Brendon Louis Shephard
D. Qui Nan Mian



3.At which place in India is Padmanabhaswamy Temple located?

A. Trivandrum
B. Fatepur Sikri
C. Chittorgarh



4.Who among of the following was appointed the Chairman, Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in April 2011?

A. Shiv Nadar
B. B. Muthuraman
C. L.M. Thapar
D. Russi Mody



5.India recently signed a Line of Credit Agreement worth $ 1 billion with …

A. Germany
B. Australia
C. Malaysia
D. Indonesia



6.Which country is known as the land of the midnight sun?

A. India
B. Canada
C. Norway
D. Japan



7.Toyota Kirloskar Motors recently launched its fi rst offering in the C-segment cars in India, namely, …

A. Veyron
B. Impala
C. Etios
D. Vento



8.What is the name of India's first nuclear reactor ?

A. Apsara
B. Kamini
C. Dhruva
D. Aryabhatt



9.What was the pen name of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay?

A. Kamla Kant
B. Anila Devi
C. Jarasandha
D. Dhananjoy Bairagi



10.In the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, how many languages have been officially recognised ?

A. 15
B. 18
C. 22
D. 24



11.Mahamastakabhisheka, a great religious event, is associated with and done for who of the following?

A. Bahubali
B. Buddha
C. Mahavir
D. Nataraja



12.From which one of the following did Kosovo declare its independence ?

A. Bulgaria
B. Croatia
C. Macedonia
D. Serbia



13.Which Persian invader carried away the Peacock Throne from Delhi in 1739?

A. Ahmad Shah Abdali
B. Nadir Shah
C. Chenghiz Khan



14.Which among the following has the world's largest reserves of Uranium?

A. Australia
B. Canada
C. Russia



15.Which city of India stands on the banks of River Gomati?

A. Ahmedabad
B. Lucknow
C. Kolkata



16.Buddhism is the religion of a substantial portion of the population of which of the following countries?

A. Poland
B. Guinea-Bissau
C. Bhutan



17.Located in India it is Asia's largest residential university. Name it?

A. Banaras Hindu University
B. Jawaharlal Nehru University
C. Anna University



18.What king was the first to use rockets in warfare?

A. Hyder Ali
B. Tipu Sultan



19.Who was Leonardo di Caprio's co-star in Titanic?

A. Alpha Chino
B. Kate Winslett
C. Mal Gibson



20.Nine birds are lined up on a electrical wire, you shoot and kill one bird; how many are left?

A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. None



21.In which script is Hindi written?

A. Sanskrit
B. Hindi
C. Devanagari script



22.Which among the following Bollywood Actress won the Best Actress trophy at the 13th London Asian Film Festival for her performance in Onir’s " I AM"?

A. Tabu
B. Juhi Chawla
C. Nandita Das
D. Konkona Sen Sharma



23.In how many parts (Adhyaya) that the Bhagavad Gita was divided?

A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18



24.How many years for celebration of Silver Jubilee?

A. 100
B. 75
C. 50
D. 25



25.Who was India's first woman Cabinet Minister?

A. Dr. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
B. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
C. Dr. Annie Besant