Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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

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