Monday, September 19, 2011

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

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