Thursday, September 22, 2011

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

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