Sunday, October 16, 2011

Quiz 210 | General Knowledge Questions and Answers

1.The Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946 provides the legal basis for the establishment and functioning of which of the following organisation?

A. Central Bureau of Investigation
B. Intelligence Bureau
C. National Investigaion Agancy
D. Delhi Police Force



2.Who among the following is responsible for the administration of the Government of India(Transaction of Business) Rules 1961?

A. Prime Minister's Office
B. The President
C. Cabinet Secretariat
D. Speaker, Lok Sabha



3.which among the following are included under UNESCO's intangible Cultural Heritage list?

A. Kuttiyattam
B. Vedic Chants
C. Ram Lila
D. Chhau Dance



4.Which Asian film director was honoured by "Asian Filmmaker of the Year award" in Busan International Film Festival 2011?

A. S. V. Krishna Reddy
B. Tsui Hark
C. Shaji Karun
D. Partho Sengupta



5.Light year is a measurement of

A. speed of aeroplanes
B. speed of light
C. Stellar distances
D. speed of rockets



6.Which of the following countries is not a member of the G-8 group?

A. Germany
B. France
C. Italy
D. Spain



7.Which body of UNO gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO?

A. The Security Council
B. International Court of Justice
C. Trusteeship Council
D. Secretariat



8.When was Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci?

A. 1431 AD
B. 1492 AD
C. 1504 AD
D. 1556 AD



9.One amongst the following takes the decision about the monetary Policy of India-

A. Finance Minister of India
B. Reserve Bank of India
C. Prime Minister of India
D. International Monetary Fund



10.Transfer of heat through horizontal movement of air is called

A. Convection
B. Advection
C. Radiation
D. Conduction



11.Who won Cricket World Cup 2007?

A. Australia
B. Kenya
C. India
D. Scotland



12.Which scale is used to measure the Acid or Alkali (Base) content of a substance ?

A. Mohs scale
B. Beaufort scale
C. Richter scale
D. pH scale



13.Which novel of Jane Austen has the characters Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett?

A. Emma
B. Pride and Prejudice
C. Sense and Sensibility
D. Mansfield Park



14.Which character is spoken in the past tense in Treasure Island?

A. Ben Gunn
B. Captain Flint
C. Long John Silver
D. Jim Hawkins



15.What is the name of India’s first nuclear reactor ?

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



16.Edaphology is concerned with the ________________?

A. influence of human development on soil
B. influence of soils on human development
C. influence of soils on living things



17.The concept Lokpal / Lokayukta Office in India is based upon which of the following?

A. Parliamentary Commissioner in UK
B. Ombudsman in Scandinavia
C. Council of State in France



18.'He can be attributed for the firm establishment of Mughal rule in India in the later part of 16th century'. Who was he?

A. Ali Quli Khan
B. Bairam Khan
C. Mir Abdul latif



19.Margrethe II is the Queen Monarch of which among the following countries?

A. Denmark
B. Netherlands
C. Finland
D. Portugal



20.The cooperative movement in which of the following fields has achieved a great visible success in India?

A. Milk production
B. Banking sector
C. Textile sector

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