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GENERAL

KNOWLEDGE

QUESTION

Who among the following Presidents of Americahas won the Nobel Peace Prize :

a) John F Kennedyb) George Washingtonc) Abraham Lincolnd) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer (d)

Who among the following Indians has won theNobel Prize for economics :

a) CV Ramanb) Amartya Senc) MS Swaninathand) Har Gobind Khorana

Answer(b)

Who was the Swiss business man who founded theRed Cross:

a) Paul Harrisb) Jean Henri Dunantc) Michael Crichtend) George Gallop

Answer(b)

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Who among the following scientists have won theNobel Prize for chemistry and peace:

a) Niels Bohrb) Linus Paulingc) Madam Curied) De Broglie

Answer(b)

Who wrote the preface to the English translation ofGitanjali:

a) WB Yeastsb) Shellyc) TS Eliotd) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer(a)

Who has won the maximum number of gold medalsin a single Olympic Games in the history of theOlympics:

a) James Connellyb) Nadia Comanecic) Mark Phelpsd) Abebe Bikila

Answer(c)

When did India host the Asian Games for the firsttime:

a) 1951b) 1961c) 1996d) Never

Answer(a)

Who won the F1 drivers title in 2006:

a) Raikkonenb) Schumacher

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c) Alonsod) HamiltonAnswer(c)

Who won the Womens Singles title at the US Open2008:

a) Ana Ivanovic

b) Serena Willaimsc) Maria Sharapovad) Venus Williams

Answer(b)

The science dealing with the study of teeth iscalled:

a) odontology

b) ornithologyc) phenologyd) cosmology

Answer(a)

Who is the author of the famous Panchatantrastories:

a) Amarasimhan

b) Vishnusharmac) Nagarjunad) Bilhana

Answer(b)

What is the maximum number of members of LokSabha:

a) 525b) 535c) 545d) 550

Answer(d)

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For how long can Presidents rule be imposed in astate initially:

a) One yearb) Two yearsc) Three yearsd) Six months

Answer(d)

Who was the first winner of Dada Saheb PhalkeAward:

1 B.N.Sarkar2 Kanan Devi3 Prithvi Raj Kapoor4 Devika Rani

Answer(4)

Who amongst the following is the author of thebook The Algebra of Infinite Justice:

1 Kiran Desai2 Anita Desai3 Arundhati Roy4 Anita Nair

Answer(3)

Which one of these is not a dance of Uttarakhand:

1 Jagar2 Chanchari3 Terahtali4 Thadia

Answer(3)

Soj-e-Vatan is the book written by:

1 Premchand2 Mahadevi Verma

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3 Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'4 Sumitranandan Pant

Answer(1)

Who amongst the following has written the book"Sandy Storms":1 Sandeep Patil2 Kapil Dev

3 Rahul Dravid4 Sachin Tendulkar

Answer(1)

Who among the following is a famous 'flute' player:

1 Ravi Shankar2 Shiv Kumar Sharma3 Zakir Hussain

4 Hariprasad Chaurasia

Answer(4)

Who was the first woman President of the IndianNational Congress:

a) Sarojini Naidub) Annie Besantc) Vijayalakshmi Panditd) Madam Bikaji Cama

Answer(b)

Who set up the Indian Independence League:

a) Aruna Asaf Alib) Rash Behari Bosec) Jayaprakash Narayan

d) SM Joshi

Answer(b)

During which of the following did Mahatma Gandhigive the slogan Do or Die:

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a) Quit India Movementb) Non-cooperation Movementc) Khilafat Movementd) Civil Disobedience Movement

Answer(a)

Who among the following freedom fighters dieddue to a hunger strike in jail:

a) Bhagat Singhb) BG Tilakc) Jatin Dasd) Bipin Chandra Pal

Answer(c)

Where is the permanent secretariat of the SAARC:

A. KathmanduB. New Delhi

C. IslamabadD. Colombo

Answer(a)

Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of theIndian Army :

A. Gen. K.M. CariappaB. Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari

C. Gen. Maharaja Rajendra SinghjiD. None of the above

Answer(a)

Fathometer is used to measure:

A. EarthquakesB. RainfallC. Ocean depthD. Sound intensity

Answer(c)

Firdausi was:

A. a poetB. well known for his epic 'Shahnama'

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C. Both option A and BD. None of the above

Answer(c)

India participated in Olympics Hockey in:

A. 1918

B. 1928C. 1938D. 1948

Answer(b)

The former name of State Bank of India was:

A. Central Bank of IndiaB. United Bank of IndiaC. Imperial Bank of India

D. Peoples Bank of India

Answer(c)

The dance performed by women to invoke rain inBihar is:

A. Jata JatinB. Faguna or FogC. PurbiD. Bihu

Answer(a)

The electron was first identified by:

A. J. J. ThompsonB. J. KeplerC. D. RutherfordD. James Chadwick

Answer(a)

The first General Elections in India took place in:

A. 1948B. 1950

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C. 1952D. 1954

Answer(c)

Chess was invented in which country:

1)- England2)- India3)- America

4)- Germany

Answer(2)

How much time does Sunlight take to reach theEarth:

(A) 8 minutes(B) 10 minutes(C) 12 minutes

(D) 15 minutes

Answer(a)

Pandit K. G. Ginde, was well known for hiscontribution in the field of:

A. MusicB. SanskritC. Dance

D. Ayurveda

Answer(a)

Which of the following countries is not a memberof SAARC:

A. NepalB. BangladeshC. Afghanistan

D. Myanmar

Answer(d)

Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' has beenadopted as India's National Anthem. How manystanzas of the said song were adopted:

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A. Only the first stanzaB. The whole songC. Third and Fourth stanzaD. First and Second stanza

Answer(a)

'Natya - Shastra' the main source of India's

classical dances was written by:

A. Nara MuniB. Tandu MuniC. Abhinav GuptD. Bharat Muni

Answer(d)

Greta Garbo is associated with:

A. Classical danceB. LiteratureC. JournalismD. Acting

Answer(d)

Hari Prasad Chaurasia is a renowned player of:

A. SitarB. FluteC. SarodD. Tabla

Answer(b)

Dr. V. Kurien is famous in the field of :

A. Atomic Power

B. poultry farmsC. Dairy developmentD. Economic Reforms

Answer(c)

The headquarters of UNHCR is located at:

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A. New YorkB. RomeC. GenevaD. London

Answer(c)

Mohiniattam dance from developed originally inwhich state:

A. OrissaB. KarnatakaC. KeralaD. Tamil Nadu

Answer(c)

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