Quiz 10 | General Knowledge Quiz IV

Question Set - I

1. Which among is the controversial project taken up by the Tamil Nadu?

A.  Irrigation Project on Kavery
B.  Construction of a flyover Rameswaram
C.  Demolition of Hindu temples on road widening in Chennai
D.  Rama Sethu Samudram

2. According to Greek Mythology, Pluto is considered as the “God of Beauty”.

A.  True
B.  False

3. Which management theory focuses on managing the total organization?

A.  Quantitative management
B.  Scientific management
C.  Behavioral management
D.  Administrative management

4. What is India's Rank in Global Political Risk Index as per recent report of political risk consultancy?

A.  9th
B.  11th

5. In which liquid component do the blood cells move about?

A.  Platelets
B.  Plasma
C.  White Blood cells

6. What is the term used for the pollution and damage caused by release of heated water into rivers and lakes that can harm animal and plant life?

A.  Thermal pollution
B.  Geothermal pollution
C.  Biothermal pollution

7. Insulin is a/an

A.  vitamin
B.  enzyme
C.  protein

8. Where is the largest Railway Platform in the world?

A.  Howrah(Kolkata)
B.  Kharagpur
C.  Nizamuddin
D.  Waltair

9. When pakistan first coin issued?

A.  03-09-1947
B.  03-01-1948
C.  02-02-1949
D.  25-10-1947

10. Name the largest freshwater lake in India?

A.  Dal Lake
B.  Powai lake
C.  Wular lake
D.  Chilka lake

11. Bismillah Khan is related to

A.  Flute
B.  Shehnai

12. Which bat and ball game is played by two teams with nine players each?

A.  Cricket
B.  Golf
C.  Baseball

13. Which city will open the world's largest solar power plant in New Year 2011?
  
A.   Chicago
B.   Sydney
C.   California
D.   Mumbai

14. What is Berar district in Maharashtra famous for?

A.  Mangoes
B.  Paper
C.  Cotton

15. Which of the following planets crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years recently ?

A.  Mars
B.  Venus
C.  Jupiter
D.  Saturn

16. Which field of science is related with the study of "Seismology"?

A.  Study of snakes
B.  Study of earthquakes
C.  Study of virus

17. The stories of Malgudi Days were written by

A.  Sankara Manchi Pardha Saradhi
B.  R.K Narayana
C.  K.R. Narayana
D.  R.K. Nayaner

18. Who is popularly known as 'Father of Indian Constitution'?

A.  Jawaharlal Nehru
B.  B.R.Ambedkar

19. Prashant Prakash and Kalki Koechlin are the winners of

A.  Padma Shree
B.  Metro Plus Playwright Award
C.  Assam Ratna

20. Which of these places grow apples in abundance?

A.  Leh
B.  Manali
C.  Ooty

21. Who has won the most women's Wimbledon titles?

A.  Monica Seles
B.  Billy Jean King
C.  Steffi Graf
D.  Chris Everett Lloyd

22. What is the name of the language you use to write a web page?

A.  HTTP
B.  FTP
C.  URL
D.  HTML

23. Which South American country is named after an explorer?

A.  Columbia
B.  India
C.  Sri lanka

24. The helicopter was invented by

A.  Wright Brothers
B.  Paul Cornu

25. Which country has the lowest rate of newspaper circulation per capita?

A.  India
B.  Italy
C.  Indonesia

Answer 's Set - I

1.	D	2.	B	3.	D	4.	B	5.	B
6.	A	7.	B	8.	B	9.	A	10.	C
11.	B	12.	C	13.	C	14.	C	15.	B
16.	B	17.	B	18.	B	19.	B	20.	B
21.	B	22.	D	23.	A	24.	B	25.	C

Question Set - II

26. Which of the following metropolitan city is not connected with The Golden Quadrilateral Indian Railways Project?

A.  New Delhi
B.  Mumbai
C.  Bangalore
D.  Kolkata

27. Who wrote “ARTHASASTRA”

A.  Chanakya
B.  Kautilya

28. What is the vehicle of Lord Kamadeva?

A.  Swan
B.  Owl
C.  Parrot

29. Which museum is the largest in India?

A.  Tagore Museum
B.  Indian Museum
C.  Subhash Chandra Bose Museum

30. Who and when built Akal Takht ?

A.  Guru Ram Das Ji, 1609
B.  Guru Hargobind Sahib, 1609
C.  Guru Hargobind Sahib, 1709

31. The Indian Standard Time (IST) is

A.  6 Hrs + GMT
B.  5 1/2 Hrs + GMT
C.  5 1/2 Hrs - GMT

32. Telephone service was introduced in India in 1881.

A.  True
B.  False

33. The folk dance of Kerala is

A.  Kutchipudi
B.  Yakshagan
C.  Mohiniattam

34. Who wrote the famous poetic drama 'Faust'?

A.  Leonardo da Vinci
B.  Wolfgang Von Goethe
C.  Anton Chekov
D.  Voltaire

35. Who described the war of 1857 as the first war of Independence?

A.  Mahathma Gandhi
B.  Balagangadhar Tilak
C.  Hedgewar
D.  V.D. Savarkar

36. Shaileja Kejriwal, a senior creative director, is associated with

A.  NDTV
B.  Lintas
C.  Star TV

37. During the reign of which emperor is the poet Kalidasa accepted to have lived?

A.  Bimbisara
B.  Chandragupta Vikramaditya
C.  Ashoka

38. Which State in India has famous Hill Station "Panchgani" ?

A.  Sikkim
B.  West Bengal
C.  Maharashtra

39. Which sports personality is known as “Thunder Bolt” and Lighting Bolt?

A.  Karl Lewis
B.  Yuvraj Singh
C.  Mike Tyson
D.  Usain Bolt

40. Where is Ferozeshah Kotla Ground?

A.  Mumbai
B.  Chennai
C.  Kolkata
D.  New Delhi

41. How many islands are there in the Caribbean Archipelago?

A.  7000
B.  3200
C.  6500

42. “No country for old men” is a

A.  book
B.  film
C.  Drama

43. Which Indian festival is celebrated once every twelve years?

A.  Ganesh Chaturthi
B.  Kumbhamela

44. The largest library in the world is the

A.   Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences,St. Petersburg, Russia
B.   New York Public Library,New York City
C.  United States Library of Congress, Washington DC

45. who among the following is the youngest man to win world heavy weight crown?

A. Mike Tyson
B. Mohammed ali
C. Viswanathan anand
D. None of the above

46. What is H2O?

A. Oxygen
B. Water
C. Hydrogen
D. None of the above

47. which among the following is a biggest sea by size?

A. Mediterrean sea
B. South china sea
C. Andaman sea
D. Arabian sea

48. Not including Russia, What is the mother tongue of the greatest percentage of Europeans?

A. Spanish
B. English
C. German

49. The term 'Anab shahi' refers to a variety of

A. Banana
B. Grapes

50. Which Indian Bank has been fined by securities and futures commision, hong kong,for dealing in securities without permission?

A. State bank of India
B. ABN AMRO
C. ICICI

Answer 's Set - II

26.	C	27.	B	28.	C	29.	B	30.	B
31.	B	32.	A	33.	C	34.	B	35.	D
36.	C	37.	B	38.	C	39.	D	40.	D
41.	C	42.	B	43.	B	44.	C	45.	A
46.	B	47.	B	48.	C	49.	B	50.	C

Question Set - III

51. The World’s Largest Animal

A. Blue Whale
B. Horse
C. Cow
D. Whale shark

52. Which of the following fields A. Nageshwara Roa is associated with?

A. Sports
B. Literature
C. Motion Pictures
D. Politics

53. The term 'Pentium' is related to what?

A. Microprocessor
B. Hard Disk
C. Mouse
D. DVD

54. Which was the first Hindi Movie to receive the national award?

A. Kabuliwala
B. Do Aankhen Barah Haath
C. Mirza Ghalib
D. Anuradha

55. Recently where 20,483 players play chess simultaneously on one platform and make a Guinness Book of World Record.

A. London
B. Mexico
C. Ahmedabad
D. Sydney

56. 2010 Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa is from which of the following countries?

A. China
B. Argentina
C. Peru
D. Brazil

57. Shiv Raj Puri who is in news recently in Fraud of Rs 350 crore was manager of

A. Central Bank of India
B. Citi Bank
C. Indian Bank
D. Punjab National Bank

58. 'The Sunset Club', that will be released on November 30th 2010 is written by

A. Shashi Tharoor
B. Khushwant Singh
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Arundhati Roy

59. Euro 2000 is related to which sport?

A. Cricket
B. Chess
C. Badninton
D. Football

60. The world's oldest known city is?

A. Damascus
B. Nodia
C. Mumbai

61. Who has written the book "Malgudi Days"?

A. Sinclair Lewis
B. R.K Narayan
C. George Bernard Shaw

62. Keira Knightley was 23 when Princess Diana died.

A. True
B. False
C. Neither true nor false
D. Answer not given

63. Where did the Aryans first settled in India?

A. Kalinga
B. Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh
C. Bengal and Bihar
D. Sindh and Punjab

64. Which of the following is a biggest desert in the world?

A. Tihar
B. Congo
C. Tasmania
D. Sahara

65. How many countries are paticipated in FIFA 2010 World Cup?

A. 34
B. 32
C. 30
D. 28

66. Who is named as the world’s most powerful woman-2010 according to an index put together by business magazine Forbes?

A. Chanda Kochhar
B. Melinda Gates
C. Indra Nooyi
D. Michelle Obama

67. Find the opposite word of STAGNATION?

A. Fixed
B. Redundant
C. Overworking
D. Developing

68. Baseball was orginated in Australia.

A. True
B. False

69. The particles of a gas are packed tightly together.

A. True
B. False

70. The new facility for Mobile Users to switch to a new service provider without changing the cell no is known as

A. CNP
B. MRP
C. MNP
D. RMP

71. Who wrote the novel Dracula?

A. Chetan bhagat
B. Rajkumar vyas
C. Bram Stoker

72. When Siam was renamed as Thailand?

A. 1940
B. 1929
C. 1938
D. 1939

73. The famous Dal Lake is in

A. Jammu
B. Amritsar
C. Srinagar
D. Lucknow

74. McDonald’s has restaurants in over 100 countries around the world.

A. True
B. False

75. The tagline "Connecting people" belongs to

A. Sony Ericson
B. Samsung
C. Nokia
D. Motorola

Answer 's Set - III

51.	A	52.	C	53.	A	54.	C	55.	C
56.	C	57.	B	58.	B	59.	D	60.	A
61.	B	62.	B	63.	D	64.	D	65.	B
66.	D	67.	D	68.	B	69.	B	70.	C
71.	C	72.	D	73.	C	74.	A	75.	C

Question 's Set - IV

76. Which is the smallest ocean in the world?

A. Atlantic
B. Pacific
C. Antarctica
D. Arctic

77. Which Indian business group holds the maximum stake in the mobile cellular service provider Spice?

A. Aditya Birla group
B. Bharti group
C. Essar group
D. BK Modi group

78. What should be added to make water a good conductor?

A. Oxygen
B. Acid
C. Milk
D. Petrol

79. What is the capital of the state of Gujarat?

A. Rajkot
B. Ahmedabad
C. Gandhinagar
D. Baroda

80. Canary Islands belongs to

A. Norway
B. Spain
C. Portugal

81. Who was the second man to set foot on the Moon?

A. Edwin Aldrin
B. John Glen
C. Alan Shepard

82. Which political party celebrating its 126th foundation day.

A. Samajwadi Party
B. Congress
C. BJP
D. Shivsena

83. An impala is a type of what?

A. Crocodile
B. Duck
C. Antelope
D. Bear

84. Who has performed the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man films?

A. Colin Farrell
B. John Travolta
C. Tobey Maguire

85. Under which Indian prime minister were guidelines for the divestment process first laid down?

A. Ramalinga Raju
B. Chandra Shekhar

86. Which among the following coal has highest carbon content?

A. Anthracite
B. Bituminous
C. Lignite

87. Which animal is the symbol of the WWF? (World Wildlife Fund)

A. Elephant
B. Panda
C. Tiger
D. Eagle

88. The "Salween" River risies in Eastern Tibet.Which country does it fall into?

A. China
B. Mongolia
C. Thailand
D. Myanmar

89. Manikaran is a pilgrim site located in?

A. Uttaranchal
B. Punjab
C. Jammu & Kashmir
D. Himachal Pradesh

90. "Lexus”, a luxury car is a product of

A. BMW
B. Nissan
C. Toyota

91. What colour does red litmus paper turn when in contact with alkaline?

A. Amber
B. Green
C. Blue
D. Black

92. The famous Emmy Awards are awarded for what?

A. Achievement in Television Industry
B. Achievement in Films Industry
C. Achievement in Music Industry
D. Achievement in Stage

93. Which sport is known as "the Turf"?

A. Horse racing
B. American Football
C. Polo
D. Bowls

94. Wrangler is famous for what?

A. Jeans
B. Brassiere
C. Shoes
D. Caps

95. The name 'McDonalds' came from the two brothers who originally owned 'Mcdonalds Hamburgers'. Who are they?

A. Dick & Mac
B. Dick & Sam
C. Mac & Don

96. Which famous CEO was featured in the endorsement ad for Microsoft XP with the quote, "When I saw Windows XP in action, I was amazed. How did Microsoft get hold of my wishlist?

A. Ratan Tata
B. Azim Premji
C. N R Narayana Murthy
D. Arun Jain

97. Name the company/organisation that became famous for a generous donation leading to the addition of new category of Economics, in 1969, in which the Nobel Prize is awarded?

A. GM
B. General Electric
C. Bank of Sweden

98. Which of the following countries is landlocked?

A. Italy
B. Switzerland
C. France

99. Who was the president of the USA when the world's first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

A. JF Kennedy
B. Harry Truman
C. Ronald Regan

100. What is the opposite of BEND?

A. die
B. destroy
C. straighten
D. defend

Answer 's Set - IV

76.	D	77.	B	78.	B	79.	C	80.	B
81.	C	82.	B	83.	C	84.	A	85.	B
86.	A	87.	B	88.	D	89.	D	90.	C
91.	C	92.	A	93.	A	94.	A	95.	A
96.	C	97.	C	98.	B	99.	B	100.	C

Quiz 8 | General Knowledge Quiz II

1. Where is Lingaraja temple Located?

Answer : Bhubaneswar

2. Which department Approves Five year Plans?

Answer : Five Year Plans in India are approved by National Development Council.

3. What is India's First low orbit Earth Observation Satellite?

Answer : Bhaskara-I in 1979 from Russia.

4. What is India's Second low orbit Earth Observation Satellite?

Answer : Bhaskara-II in 1981.

5. Who is Current Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Answer : NAVIN CHAWLA.

6. Who was First Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Answer : Sukumar Sen-1950

7. Which Committee was set up By RBI to appraise the working of the Monetary System?

Answer : Chakravarty Committee(1985)

8. Who Invented CRESCOGRAPH?

Answer : JC BOSE invented CRESCOGRAPH for recording plant growth.

9. Which Virus Causes Dengue fever?

Answer : Flavi virus

10. Who is Director General of WTO?

Answer : Pascal Lamy is Director General of WTO

11.Milwaukee is a city found in which US state?

Answer : Wisconsin

12.On 7th Febrauary, in the year 1929, the Soviet Union exiled which important communist leader?

Answer : Leon Trotsky

13.Who was the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era?

Answer : Jackie Robinson

14.The carnival of the animals is a music composition by which French Composer?

Answer : Camille Saint-Saens

15.On 7th Febrauary, in the year 1561, which great Mughal Gerneral, who was the regent for Akbar died?

Answer : Bairam Khan

16.Which British author wrote the best selling Winne the Pooh Series?

Answer : AA Milne

17.Matthew Webb was the First person to swim across which body of water?

Answer : English Channel

18.Jose Bosingwa plays as a full back for which football club?

Answer : Chelsea

19.Which actor will play the role of Bane in the upcoming film The Dark Knight Rises?

Answer : Tom Hardy

20.Who is the first women to become doctor in Italy ?

Answer : Maria Montessori was the first women to graduate from the University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School

21.Who won the recently concluded 2011 Men's Handball Championship defeating Denmark in the process?

Answer : France

22.Who won the men's single trophy in the 2011 Australian Open?

Answer : Novak Djokovic

23.Who won the women's single trophy in the 2011 Australian Open?

Answer : Kim Clijsters

24.Edward of Caernaryon was the first person to hold what title?

Answer : Prince of Wales

25.Sir Thomas Raffles is a personality whom you would associate with which country?

Answer : Singapore

26.Which was the first full Lenght Disney animated film?

Answer : Snow white and Seven Dwarfs

27.On 14th Febrauary, in the year 1935, which classic board game was invented?

Answer : Monopoly

28.The Maastricht treaty was signed leading to the creation of which entity?

Answer : European Union

29.Which Nobel Prize winning author wrote the best selling novel Babbit?

Answer : Upton Sinclair

30.Who is the First to win the nobel prize and she is also the only women to win it in two fields Physics and chemistry?

Answer : Marie Curie first won on 1903

31.In which city would you find the Pashupathinath Temple?

Answer : Kathmandu

32.On which year was computer gaint IBM was founded?

Answer : On 21st Febrauary in 1924

33.Which sport is performed in a circular ring called the Dohyo?

Answer : Sumo Wrestling

34.The Knesset is the national parliament of which country?

Answer : Knesset

35.In the year 1946, The first general purpose electronic computer was unveiled, What was its name?

Answer : ENIAC

36.Which club did Carlo Ancellotti manage before he became the manager of Chelsea?

Answer : A C Milan

37.Moulin Rouge was a blockbuster Hollywood musical directed by which Australian director?

Answer : Baz Luhrrman

38.Which recent movie is based on te real life experience of Aron Ralston?

Answer : 127 Hours

39.On 28th Febrauary, in the year 1848, which pathbreaking work was published?

Answer : The Communist Manifesto

40.On 28th Febrauary, in the year 1925, which humour magazine published its first issue?

Answer : The New Yorker

41.The Polaroid camera was invented by which American Enterpreneur?

Answer : Edwin Land

42.In the year 1965, which African-American civil rights activist was assassinated?

Answer : Malcomm X

43.James Watson and who discovered the double helix structure of the DNA?

Answer : Francis Crick

44.Who was the first person to make a solo fight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon?

Answer : Steve Fossett

45.In terms of transfers, which footballer is currently the most expensive Englishman to be transferred?

Answer : Andy Carroll

46.What is the name of IBM's artificial intelligence program that won the American Quiz show Jeopardy beating two of the show's most successful contestants?

Answer : Watson

47.An Ecuadorian court recently fined which industrial giant US $8.6 billion for Texaco's pollution of the Amazon over a twenty year period?

Answer : Chevron

48.On the Banks of which river is Washington DC situated?

Answer : Potomac

49.If you were walking on the streets of Port-Au-Prince, in which country would you be?

Answer : Haiti

50.In 7th March, in the year 1928, Which Indian scientist developed his famous theory that would win him the Nobel Prize a couple of years later?

Answer : CV Raman

51.DuPont scientist Wallace Crothers inventor which substance?

Answer : Nylon

52.Who was the inventor of the Gramophone?

Answer : Thomas Alva Edison

53.Who portrayed the gangster Al Capone in the 1987 film The Untouchables?

Answer : Robert De Niro

54.For which club does the French footballer Eric Abidal Play for?

Answer : Barcelona

55.The Hollow Men is a poem written by which American British poet?

Answer : TS Eliot

56.Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is a person you would associate with which country?

Answer : Bangladesh

57.Aspirin was a trademark registered by which company?

Answer : Bayer

58.Which explorer is considered to be the first person to circumnavigate the world?

Answer : Ferdinand Magellan

59.La Traviata is an opera written by which composer?

Answer : Verdi

60.If you were walking down the streets of cologne, in which country would you be?

Answer : Germany

61.Who gave the name Muhammad Ali to Cassius Clay?

Answer : Elihaj Muhammad

62.If you were in Charles de Gaulle airport, in which city would you be?

Answer : Paris

63.For which team does Nicholas Anelka play for?

Answer : Chelsea

64.Who painted the world famous painting Guernica?

Answer : Pablo Picasso

65.Which actor played James Bond immediately before Pierce Brosnan?

Answer : Timothy Dalton

66.Seiji Maehara a resigned as minister for Foreign Affairs of which country after a scandal over political donations?

Answer : Japan

67.Eli Whitney is the inventor of which machine that made spinning easier?

Answer : Cotton Gin

68.The Mikado was a light opera written by which English duo?

Answer : Gilbert and Sullivan

69.If you were walking on the roads of Krakow, in which country would you be?

Answer : Poland

70.In which country was the 1962 Football World Cup held?

Answer : Chile

71.Which Irish political organization's name translates to 'by ourselves'?

Answer : Sinn Fein

72.Hank Ketcham is the popular inventor of which comic character?

Answer : Dennis the menace

73.Who succeeded Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity?

Answer : Sister Nirmala

74.The Anschluss annexed which country to Nazi Germany before the Second World War?

Answer : Austria

75.Recently amid an ongoing armed conflict the U.N. Security Council approves military force against which country, including a no-fly zone?

Answer : Libya

76.If you were outside the Brandenburg Gate, in which country would you be?

Answer : Germany

77.Which German statesman/politician was referred to as the 'Iron Chancellor'?

Answer : Otto von Bismark

78.The Battle of Agnicourt was fought by which English king?

Answer : Henry V

79.The Library of Alexandria is something that you would encounter in which country?

Answer : Egypt

80.Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic?

Answer : Charles Lindbergh

81.For which Football club does Eric Abidal play?

Answer : FC Barcelona

82.The Road Not Taken is a famous poem associated with which American poet?

Answer : Robert Frost

83.Mark Zuckerberg is a person you would associate with which country?

Answer : Facebook

84.Which actress won the Best Actress award at the recently concluded Oscars?

Answer : Natalie Portman

85.Who won the Best Actor Oscar this year for his role in the film The King's Speech?

Answer : Colin Firth

Quiz 9 | General Knowledge Quiz III

Questions Set - I

1. The rising of the evening star indicates the?

A. North Pole
B. East
C. South pole
D. West


2. Which country is the "Most Educated Country" of the world?

A. United States
B. Japan
C. Canada
D. Finland


3. Which of the following is produced by Africa mainly to export to Europe and U.S.A?

A. Groundnuts
B. Tea
C. Coffee
D. Dates


4. Who is author of External India?

A. L.B. Sastry
B. Abdul Kalam
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Indira Gandhi


5. Peshmeena shawls are made in

A. Shimla
B. Kashmir
C. Assam


6. Where most of the Jute is produced in the world?

A. Tanzania
B. Australia & New Zealand
C. India & Bangladesh
D. India & Pakistan


7. The Country which exports watches is

A. Switzerland
B. Germany
C. Britain


8. How many poems were compiled by Hala in his book called Gatha Sapthasathi?

A. 500
B. 600
C. 700
D. 800


9. Who built Mahabalipuam Temples?

A. Mahendra Varma
B. Narasimha Varma
C. Sandhi Varma
D. Rajasinhudu


10. Who was the Indian Union Defence Minister during the Indo-Pak war of 1971?

A. A.K. Antony
B. Jagjivan Ram
C. George fernandes


11. ERP systems capture:

A. only qualitative data
B. only quantitative data
C. both qualitative and quantitative data


12. Who was the last commander of the Kaurava army?

A. Shalya
B. Kripacharya
C. Ashvathama
D. Karna


13. In terms of area, India is the _________ largest country of the world.

A. Second
B. Fourth
C. Sixth
D. Seventh


14. Which house is called council of states?

A. State Assemblies
B. Upper House
C. Lower House
D. None


15. The least populated state in India is

A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Goa
C. Nagaland
D. Sikkim


16. Which Article in Constitution was given more wider meaning?

A. Article 14
B. Article 12
C. Article 32
D. Article 21


17. Which country is known as sick man of Europe?

A. Turkey
B. Spain
C. France
D. Costa Rica


18. Viral marketing primarily uses which of the following communication channels?

A. the Internet
B. print media
C. cable television


19. A storm with a heavy wind.

A. Hurricane
B. Lightning
C. Thunder
D. Rain


20. In FPS system the units of mass?

A. kilograms
B. tons
C. quintals
D. pounds


21. Napoleon Bonaparte belonged to

A. India
B. France


22. In which state are located the famous Brindavan Gardens?

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Karnataka


23. A Pala ruler who was raised to the throne by different sections of people

A. Gopala
B. Mahipala
C. Devapala
D. Dharmapala

24. The world governing body of which of the following sports celebrated its 100 years in existence recently ?

A. Hockey
B. Football
C. Cricket


25. What was the actor Guru Dutt's surname?

A. Reddy
B. Padukone
C. Bhosle


Answer 's Set - I

1.	C	2.	C	3.	C	4.	D	5.	B
6.	C	7.	A	8.	A	9.	B	10.	B
11.	C	12.	C	13.	D	14.	B	15.	D
16.	D	17.	A	18.	A	19.	A	20.	D
21.	B	22.	C	23.	A	24.	A	25.	B

Question Set - II


26. In snooker, what is the color of the last ball potted?
A. Red
B. Green
C. Black
D. Blue

27. Which among the following accord is known to led the formation of Palestinian Authority?

A.  Oslo Accords
B.  Camp David Accords

28. According to Hindu mythology, who killed seven of her children by drowning them in the river?

A.  Goddess Ganga
B.  Kunti
C.  Gandhari
D.  Kaikeyi

29. Where is Indira Gandhi Nuclear Research Centre?

A.  Pokhran
B.  Kalpakam
C.  Tharapur
D.  Sangal

30. The book Midnights Children was written by ?

A.  R.K. Narayan
B.  Jawaharlal Nehru
C.  Charles Darwin
D.  Salman Rushdie

31. “Takata Corporation”, a company is into the manufacturing of

A.  Car batteries
B.  Auto safety equipment
C.  Car audio system

32. The unit of measuring food energy is

A.  Ergs
B.  Calories
C.  Volts

33. Which of the following is not an asset?

A.  Accounts payable
B.  Furniture and equipment
C.  Supplies
D.  Cash

34. Late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia was the Maharani of

A.  Jaipur
B.  Gwalior

35. Tundra, the pick-up truck is manufactured and sold by

A.  Nissan
B.  Bajaj
C.  Toyota

36. The carpal bones are found in which part of the human body?

A.  leg
B.  wrist
C.  neck

37. Golf : Moles :: Baseball : ?

A.  Goal
B.  Points
C.  Innings

38. Which of the following countries has largest reserves of Petroleum in the world?

A.  Kuwait
B.  Iraq
C.  Saudi Arabia

39. While E-mailing we use a shortcut key "GF". What does it denote?

A.  Go Friend
B.  Girl Friend
C.  Go From

40. The great Indian poet Kalidasa too has written an epic celebrating the seasons. Could you name it?

A.  Meghdutam
B.  Kumarsambhava
C.  Ritusamhara

41. Which peak is highest in Nilagiri Hills?

A.  Dodabetta
B.  Anie mudi
C.  Abu
D.  Peak of K2

42. Where is hollywood located?

A.  San Fransisco
B.  California
C.  Mumbai
D.  New York

43. Which is the smallest bird in the world?

A.  Humming bird
B.  Sparrow
C.  Kiwi

44. Which bank was founded in 1906 at the temple town of Udupi and is today among one of India's largest banks?

A.  Corporation Bank
B.  NABARD

45. Which instrumemnt is used to measure the density of milk?

A.  Thermometer
B.  Barometer
C.  Lactometer

46. The Supersonic Cruise Missile Brahmos has a range of

A.  300 km
B.  295 km
C.  290 km

47. When was Reserve Bank of India established?

A.  1920
B.  1925
C.  1935
D.  1948

48. One of its moons, Io, has active volcanoes ?

A.  Pluto
B.  Saturn
C.  Jupiter
D.  Neptune

49. Which of the following conformations of n-butane is the least stable ?

A.  Gauche
B.  Anti
C.  Eclipsed
D.  Fully eclipsed

50. Air India was launched in

A.  1932
B.  1942
C.  1947
 
Answer 's Set - II

26..	C	27.	A	28.	A	29.	B	30.	D
31.	B	32.	B	33.	A	34.	A	35.	C
36.	B	37.	C	38.	C	39.	B	40.	C
41.	A	42.	B	43.	A	44.	A	45.	C
46.	C	47.	C	48.	C	49.	D	50.	C

Question 's Set - III

51. How many satellites were launched with PSLV-9 to register world record by India?

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11

52. Who is a moon goddess whose name means 'divine favor'?

A. Kalki
B. Kurma
C. Anuradha
D. Anumati

53. Which of the following represents largest fraction of forest cover in India?

A. Tropical Evergreen
B. Tropical Thorny
C. Tropical moist Deciduous

54. How many blood cells does the bone marrow produce every second?

A. 10 million
B. 5 million
C. 7 million

55. The sky appears blue due

A. the color of the sea water
B. the presence of water in clouds
C. to scattering of light by dust particles

56. Who is the First President of Independent India?

A. V.V. Giri
B. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C. Dr. Radhakrishnan
D. Dr. Zakeer Hussain

57. Where is the headquarter of Commonwealth Nations?

A. Amsterdam, Netherland
B. Brussels, Belgium
C. Kahira, Egypt
D. London, England

58. What is the real name of Sunny Deol ?

A. Ajay Singh Deol
B. Ajit Singh Deol
C. Suninder Singh Deol
D. Sumer singh Deol

59. Who is in the lead role of actress for the movie Titanic?

A. Kate Winslet
B. Angelina Jolie
C. Scarlett Johansson
D. Jennifer Lopez

60. Decision-makers should consider:

A. only qualitative factors
B. only quantitative factors
C. both quantitative and qualitative factors

61. What does HTML stand for?

A. Hypertext Markup Language
B. High-speed Text Manipulation Language
C. Hypertext Machine Language
D. Hypertext Transmission and Manipulation Language

62. Who formulated the Heat Emission theory(Thermonic Theory)?

A. C.V. Raman
B. J.C. Bose
C. Meghanath Saha
D. Dr. MS.Swaminathan

63. Shri Shanker Singth Baghela is Minister of Tribal Affairs

A. True
B. False

64. Which type of rocks are formed from the volcanoes?

A. Aqueous rocks
B. Igneous rocks
C. Sedimentary rocks

65. Which of these rivers doesn't originate from a glacier?

A. Ganga
B. Narmada
C. Yamuna

66. SAICM Initiative is related to which of the following industries?

A. Chemical Industry
B. Aviation Industry
C. Agriculture Industry
D. Physical Industry

67. Which award is given for the excellence in coaching?

A. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
B. DD award
C. Dronacharya Award
D. Arjuna Award

68. According to Indian Constitution, India is?

A. Group of States
B. Federation of States
C. Confederation of States
D. Union of States

69. Which of the following was Satyajit Roy associated with?

A. Classical music
B. Commercial art
C. Classical dance
D. Film Direction

70. Orange Prize 2010 was won by whom?

A. Barbara Kingsolver
B. Hillari Mantel
C. Arundhati Roy
D. Ashwin Sanghi

71. Who was known as Iron man of India?

A. Govind Ballabh Pant
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Subhas Chandra Bose
D. Sardar Vallabai Patel

72. Which of the following animals stores water in the intestine?

A. Zebra
B. Camel
C. Moloch
D. Uromastix

73. Jean Louis is associated with what activity?

A. Costume design
B. Cooking
C. Wine making
D. Architecture

74. Did you know chess was invented in India? But what is it?

A. a musical instrument
B. a board game
C. a form of transport
D. type of spicy food

75. Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?

A. Michel
B. Neil Armstrong
C. Buzz Aldrin
D. Jograj Singh Khatra

Answer 's Set - III

51.	C	52.	C	53.	C	54.	C	55.	C
56.	B	57.	D	58.	A	59.	A	60.	C
61.	A	62.	C	63.	B	64.	B	65.	B
66.	A	67.	C	68.	D	69.	D	70.	A
71.	D	72.	B	73.	A	74.	B	75.	B

Question Set - IV

76. Tal Chappar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in

A. Rajasthan
B. Punjab
C. Haryana

77. Which popular English garden flower is native to Latin America?

A.  Ecuador
B.  Petunia
C.  Peru

78. The color of Cobalt chloride crystal is

A.  Green
B.  Yellow
C.  Blue
D.  White

79. Vidya Pillai is related to which sport ?

A.  Snooker
B.  Golf
C.  Archery

80. How many languages feature on the language panel contemporary Reserve Bank of India currency notes?

A.  10
B.  18
C.  15

81. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer scientist, software developer, philanthropist and
creator of the social networking site Facebook, He was born in

A. 1982
B. 1985
C. 1984
D. 1983

82. Viral marketing primarily uses which of the following communication channels?

A.  the Internet
B.  print media
C.  cable television

83. In FPS system the units of mass ?

A.  kilograms
B.  tons
C.  quintals
D.  pounds

84. Napoleon Bonaparte belonged to

A.  India
B.  France

85. A Pala ruler who was raised to the throne by different sections of people

A. Gopala
B. Mahipala
C. Devapala
D. Dharmapala

86. The world governing body of which of the following sports celebrated its 100 years in existence recently ?

A.  Hockey
B.  Football
C.  Cricket

87. The great Indian poet Kalidasa too has written an epic celebrating the seasons. Could you name it?

A.  Meghdutam
B.  Kumarsambhava
C.  Ritusamhara

88. Which South American country is named after an explorer?

A.  Columbia
B.  India
C.  Sri lanka

89. Who won the Golden Globe 2010 award for "Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Drama"

A. Sandra Bullock
B. Emily Blunt
C. Helen Mirren
D. Carey Mulligan

90. How tall is k2 the second tallest mountain in the world?

A. 8864m
B. 8848m
C. 8611m
D. 8765m

91. K. Sera sera productions is a property of

A. B.R. Chopra
B. Anana Desai
C. Ramgopal Verma

92. India Gate was designed by whom?

A. Sir Mark Swine
B. Sir Henry Bren
C. Sir Henry Bren
D. Sir Edwin Lutyens

93. Amir Khusrau was the famous poet in the court of

A. Akbar
B. Babar
C. Humayun
D. Alauddin Khalji

94. Who is Miss Universe 2009?

A. Mayra Matos Perez
B. Gona Dragusha
C. Stefania Fernandez
D. Wang Jingyao

95. What is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a "big band"?

A. 15
B. 6
C. 10

96. Which bathing soap advertises with the baseline, 'For total skincare since 1918' in India?

A. Camay
B. Mysore Sandal
C. Hamam
D. Lux

97. Which company owns the footwear brand - Stryde?

A. Woodland
B. Bata
C. Tata International

98. What was the old name of Vijayawada?

A. Vijayanagaram
B. Vijayapuram
C. Bijjavaram
D. Bezawada

99. In the next century there is going to be a increase in the sea levels?

A. 11 to 38 cm
B. 2 feet
C. 12 to 43
D. 18 to 59

100. What is the traditional Japanese Wrestling called?

A. Mosu
B. Karate
C. Sumo

Answer 's Set - IV

76.	A	77.	B	78.	C	79.	A	80.	C
81.	C	82.	A	83.	D	84.	B	85.	A
86.	A	87.	C	88.	A	89.	A	90.	C
91.	C	92.	D	93.	D	94.	C	95.	C
96.	B	97.	C	98.	D	99.	D	100.	C