Sunday, September 18, 2011

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

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