General Knowledge Multiple Choice Quiz Questions

1. How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the world?
A. 6,000
B. 9,000
C. 4,000
D. 1,000
2. Approximately, how many people speak Chinese language?
A. 1 billion
B. 1 million
C. 1 lakh
D. 1 thousand
3. The language with the richest vocabulary is:
A. Hindi
B. French
C. English
D. German
4. English Language have more than ?? words:
A. 4,50,000
B. 45,000
C. 4,500
D. 450
5. The oldest Indian language is:
A. Telugu
B. Hindu
C. Tamil
D. Punjabi
6. Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages and these scripts?
A. The Bible
B. Hiraka Sutra
C. The Super Book
D. None of these
7. The only religious book ever printed in a shorthand scripts is:
A. The Ramayana
B. The Mahabharata
C. The bible
D. Guru Granth Sahib
8. The oldest printed work in the world, which dates back to AD 868 is:
A. The Bible
B. The Hirake Sutra
C. The Ramayana
D. The Mahabharata
9. The largest book, the super book, is ?? and weight is ??
A. 270 cm, 300 cm, 252 kg.
B. 100 cm, 110 cm, 100 kg.
C. 200 cm, 100 cm, 60 kg.
D. None of these

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10. Les Hommes de bonne volont is the:

A. Longest novel ever published
B. Shortest novel every published
C. The oldest novel
D. None of these
11. The author of the play/book ?Ratnawali? is:
A. Tulsidas
B. Kalidas
C. Harsha Vardhan
D. Prem Chand
12. Which of the following in the book/play written by Maithili Sharan Gupt?
A. Saket
B. Satyartha Prakash
C. Shakuntala
D. Savitri
13. The book ?Satyartha Prakash? was written by:
A. Swami Dayanand
B. Swami Vivekanand
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Kalidas
14. The play/book ?Shakuntala? was written by:
A. Maithili Sharan gupt
B. Swami Dayanand
C. Kalidas
D. Tulsidas
15. Which of the following is the author of ?Song of India, The?:
A. Firdausi
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
16. The author of the book ?Time machine? is:
A. Lewis Carroll
B. Robert Louis Stevenson
C. Charles Lamb
D. H.G. Wells
17. Which of the following book was written by Tulsidas:
A. Vinay Patrika
B. Ramcharitmanas
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Yashodhara
18. The book ?Vish Vriksha? was written by:
A. Bankimchandra Chatterjee
B. Annie Basant
C. Tulsidas
D. Kalidas
19. The book ?We Indians? was written by:
A. H.G. Wells
B. Khushwant Singh
C. James Jeans
D. Thomas Moore

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20. Which of he following is he author of play/book ?Yashodhara?:

A. Maithili Sharan Gupt
B. Khushwant Singh
C. Bankimchandra Chatterjee
D. Sarojini Naidu
21. Dhyan Chand was:
A. A great hockey player
B. Captained he Indian hockey team which won a gold medal in 1936 Berlin Olympics
C. Scored 101 goals at the Olympic games and 300 goals in the international matches.
D. All the statements are correct
22. Who developed the small pox vaccination?
A. Eduard Jenner
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Albert Einstein
D. None of these
23. Euclid was:
A. Greek mathematician
B. Contributor to the use of deductive principles of logic as the basis of geometry
C. Propounded the geometrical theosems
D. All the statements are correct
24. Fa-hien was:
A. The first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
B. The discover of Puerto Rico and Jamaica
C. The first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China
D. None of these
25. Firdausi was:
A. A person poet
B. Well known for his epic ?Sharnama?
C. Both are correct
D. None of these
26. Who is also known as the ?Lady with the Lamp??
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Rani Laxmibai
D. Bachendri Pal
27. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was:
A. A German Physicist
B. Developed the mercury thermometer in 1714
C. Devised temperature scale
D. All are correct
28. Galileo was an Italian astronomer who:
A. Developed the telescope
B. Discovered 4 satellites of Jupiter
C. Discovered that the movement of the pendulum produces a regular time measurement.
D. All are correct
29. Who is known as the father of English poetry?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. John Milton
C. John Keats
D. None of these
30. The American General who led the revolt against the British & declared American independence was:
A.
B.
C.
D.

George Washington
Bill Clinton
George Bush
None of these

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31. Marco Polo

A. Discovered Greenland
B. Traveled three China, India and other parts of Asia
C. Traveled round the cape of Good Hope
D. Discovered Canada
32. Who landed on the mainland of South America for the First time?
A. Discovered Greenland
B. Landed on the mainland of south America
C. Discovered the sea route from Europe to India.
D. None of these
33. Who was first to sail sound the strait, reached the Philippines and named the Pacific Ocean?
A. Ferdinand Magelion
B. Jacques Carter
C. William Janszoom
D. Vasco da Gama
34. Who discovered Australia?
A. Eric the Red
B. Leif Ericsson
C. William Janszoom
D. None of these
35. Who located the magnetic pole?
A. Sir James Clark
B. Rear Admiral
C. Sir John Ross
D. All the above
36. Who was first to reach the South Pole?
A. Rear Admiral
B. Capt. Amundsen
C. Capt. R. E. Scett
D. Sir Edmund Hillary
37. Who was the first to cross the Antarctic?
A. Sir Vivian Fuchs & sir Edmund Hillary
B. Maj. Yuri Gagarin and Maj. Gherman Titor
C. Capt. R. E. Scott
D. All of these
38. Who were the first to journey into space?
A. Maj. Yori Gagarin and maj. Gherman Titor from Russia
B. Comm. Grissom and Col john Glenn from America
C. Both are correct
D. None of these
39. Who was the first man to ?Walk? in space?
A. Col. Leonor from Russia
B. Major White from America
C. Both of these
D. None of these
40. Who were the first to circle the moon?
A. Frank boreman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell
B. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin
C. Charles Conrad and Alan Bean
D. None of these

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41. ?Arena? is the special name for playground of:

A. Cricket
B. Lawn Tennis
C. Wrestling
D. Skating
42. The national sport of Canada is:
A. Tennis and cricket
B. Lacrosse
C. Judo
D. Rugby and Football
43. Badminton is the national sport at:
A. Malaysia
B. Scotland
C. China
D. Former soviet Union
44. Where is the Vallabhbhai Patel stadium located?
A. Kolkata
B. Mumbai
C. Chennai
D. Delhi
45. Where is the sports stadium, Green Park, located?
A. Kanpur
B. Jamshedpur
C. Cuttack
D. Patiala
46. For which of the following disciplines in Nobel Prize awarded?
A. Physics and chemistry
B. Physiology or Medicine
C. Literature, Peace and Economics
D. All the above
47. On which date is Nobel Prize awarded?
A. December 10
B. January 10
C. April 10
D. July 10
48. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awarded the Noble Prize in:
A. Physics
B. Economics
C. Chemistry
D. (a) and (c)
49. The committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the prize for:
A. Economics
B. Peace
C. Medicine
D. Literature
50. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel Prizes individually for:
A. Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962
B. Peace prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
C. Physics in 154, Medicine in 1962
D. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

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6. a
11. c
16. d
21. d
26. a
31. b
36. b
41. c
46. d

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2. a
7. c
12. a
17. c
22. a
27. d
32. b
37. a
42. b
47. a

3. c
8. b
13. a
18. a
23. d
28. d
33. a
38. c
43. a
48. d

4. a
9. a
14. c
19. b
24. a
29. a
34. c
39. c
44. b
49. b

5. c
10. a
15. b
20. a
25. c
30. a
35. d
40. a
45. a
50. a

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Sports Quiz Questions

1. Who has taken over as the Director of Operations at the Bangalore based National Cricket Academy in
place of his predecessor Dave Whatmore that joined IPL team Kolkata Knight Raiders recently?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Kapil Dev
Madan Lal
Sanjay Manjrekar
Sandeep Patil
Karsan Ghavri

2. Of which two sports have actors Mohanlal and Mammootty become goodwill ambassadors in Kerala
recently?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Football & Boat racing

Judo & Table Tennis
Basketball & Cricket
Athletics & Volleyball
Wrestling & Weightlifting

3. Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra will be the new face to promote guns made by which company?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Mouser
Walther
Uzi
Colt
Smith & Wesson

4. Mahela Jayawardene hit his sixth Test double century in the first Test of the series between India and Sri
Lanka at Ahmedabad recently. Who holds the record of exceeding the score of 200 runs in an inning for the
highest number of times in Test Cricket till date?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Don Bradman
Brian Lara
Wally Hammond
Marvan Atapattu
Javed Miandad

5. Who won the Shanghai Masters Tennis tournament organised recently?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Andy Murray
Nikolay Davydenko
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic

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6. Sachin Tendulkar has the second longest One Day International (ODI) career currently. Who holds the
record for the longest ODI career spanning 20 years and 272 days?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Allan Border
Kapil Dev
Javed Miandad
Brian Lara
Andrew Flintoff

7. China beat India in the final to win the Asia Cup Hockey Championship for Women in Bangkok recently.
Which Indian player was declared the player of the tournament?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Suraj Lata Devi

Subhadra Pradhan
Mamta Kharab
Madhu Yadav
S. Omana Kumari

8. Who won the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Abuja, Nigeria recently?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Netherlands
Switzerland
Brazil
Portugal
Mexico

9. Which of the following statements about the Federation Cup Women's Tennis Team tournament organised
recently is incorrect?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

The final was played at Reggio Calabria

Russia was the losing finalist
The final was played on clay court
The losing finalist was unable to win a single match in the final
Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were members of the winning
team

10. Which of the following statements about the schedule of the 2011 World Cup announced recently are
correct?
I. India and Pakistan are in the same group
II. Bangladesh will host two quarter-finals while India and Sri Lanka will host one quarter-final each
III. Opening ceremony of the World Cup will be organised in Dhaka
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

I only
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III

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11. Which of the following was selected as the official broadcaster of 2010 Commonwealth Games recently?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Satellite Information Service Live

International Games Broadcast Services
Nimbus Sports International
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Big Productions

12. Which well known former Olympic gold medallist is Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the
Olympic Games?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Daley Thompson
Sebastian Coe
Steve Overt
Robin Cousins
Eric Heiden

13. Virender Sehwag was in news recently for missing his triple century in the India-Sri Lanka series by less
than 10 runs. Who is the only batsman to have scored three triple centuries in Test Cricket?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Allan Border
Donald Bradman
Brian Lara
Both (2) & (3)
None of the above

14. Virender Sehwag was in news recently for his score of 293 runs in the first inning of the third test match
between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Who has scored the highest number of double centuries in tests for
India?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Sunil Gavaskar
Both (1) and (3)

15. Which former Test Cricketer of Australia is the Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of International
Cricketers' Association (FICA) that looks after the interest of cricketers of Test playing countries?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Allan Border
Tim May
Kim Hughes
Tom Moody
David Boon

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16. Which of the following statements about India's performance in Test Cricket are correct in light of recent
developments?
I. The victory against Sri Lanka in third test of the 2009 series at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai was India's
100th test victory
II. India is the only country to have not lost a single Test in 2009
III. India's score of 726 for nine declared in the first innings of the third test of India-Sri Lanka series at
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai is its highest total in Test cricket
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

I only
I and II only
II and III only
III and I only
I, II and III

17. Who was appointed as the new captain of the 21-member Indian Hockey team for the FIH Men's
Champions Challenge tournament in Salta, Argentina from December 6 to 13?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Tushar Khandekar
Dilip Tirkey
Arjun Halappa
Rajpal Singh
Dhanraj Pillai

18. World Professional Billiards Champion Pankaj Advani accepted the Eklavya award, the highest
recognition for a sportsperson in which state recently?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Delhi
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Andhra Pradesh

19. Suresh Kalmadi was elected unopposed as the President of the Asian ______ Association for a third term
at Guangzhou, China recently.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Basketball
Hockey
Weightlifting
Athletics
Shooting

20. Which of the following has acquired the theatrical telecast rights for cricket matches of the Indian Premier
League (IPL) 2010 and 2019 for Rs 330 crore recently?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Entertainment and Sports Direct (ESD)

Satellite Information Services (SIS)
Triplecom Media
Fox Sports International (FSI)
Big Entertainment

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Sports Quiz Answers

The answers of sports quiz questions asked above are mentioned below.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

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D
B
A
B
C
B
B
B

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

D
A
B
E
A
B
C
D
B
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1. DRDO was formed in

(a) 1947
(b) 1950

(c) 1954

(d) 1958

2. Name the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
whose trial was carried out 2010
(a) Rustom
(b) Mareech
(c) Nano
(d) BrahMos
3. What is the name of Indian Aerostat of 2000 cum capacity?
(a) Rustom
(b) Mareech
(c) Akashdeep
(d) BrahMos
4. French firm Dassault has won a multi-billion dollar contract to provide _____
fighter jets to the Indian military
(a) 120
(b) 124
(c) 126
(d) 130
5. Name the Advanced Torpedo Defence System (ATDS) developed by DRDO
(a) Rustom
(b) Mareech
(c) Akashdeep
(d) MLRS
6. Match the following

5 Marks

a. Dr K Radhakrishnan

(a

) Chairman, ISRO

b. Dr S Ayyappan

( e ) DG (ICMR)

c. Dr MK Bhan

( c ) Secy, Dept of Biotechnology

d. Prof S K Brahmachari

(d

e. Dr VM Katoch

( b ) DG (ICAR)

) DG (CSIR)

7. Name the lab which has developed state-of the-art test system for
comprehensive evaluation of Laser Guided Munitions (LGM) delivery kit
(a) VRDE
(b) DFRL
(c) DRDE
(d) LASTEC
8. What is the grade pay for Scientist F (in Rupees)?
(a) 2700
(b) 6500
(c) 8900

(d) 10000

9. A permanent DRDO exhibition known as Darpan is established at

(a) VRDE
(b) INMAS
(c) DRDE
(d) RAC
10. The three-stage Agni-V has a range of
(a) 2000 KM
(b) 3000 KM
(c) 4000 KM

(d) 5000 KM

11. The DRDO-FICCI programme to create commercial pathway is popularly

known as
(a) ASPIRE
(b) ENERGY
(c) ATAC
(d) DRFI

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12. Honorable PM of India declared 2012 to be the National ______ Year

(a) Phyics
(b) Mathematical
(c) Nano Science (d) Metallurgy
13. ________ radar is an indigenous 3 D surveillance radar development by
LRDE
(a) Rohini
(b) Sarvatra
(c) Mareech
(d) Agni III
14. Indian armys oldest T-72 tanks, entered service in
(a) 1960
(b) 1962
(c) 1965

(d) 1969

15. National Science Day is celebrated on

(a) 11 May
(b) 1 Jan
(c) 28 Feb

(d) 15 May

16. The Robotics Development Centre, Saksham is located at

(a) VRDE
(b) R&DE(E)
(c) DRDE
(d) HEMRL
17. Lukoskin, a herbal product for Leucoderma is developed by
(a) INMAS
(b) DIBER
(c) DRDE
(d) DEBEL
18. This DRDO lab has successfully launched imported pilot-less target aircraft
(PTA)- KD2R5 utilising Mobile Hydro-Pneumatic Launcher (MHPL) developed
for Nishant UAV
(a) VRDE
(b) R&DE(E)
(c) ADRDE
(d) HEMRL
19. This DRDO lab has developed Anti-thermal, Anti-laser smoke grenade
(a) LASTEC
(b) R&DE(E)
(c) DRDE
(d) HEMRL
20. She created history when she led the Air Force contingent at the 63rd
Republic Day parade becoming the first woman pilot to do so
(a) Madhu Bala (b) Kuldeep Kaur (c) Veena Pillai (d) Sneha Shekhawat
21. This Lab has developed Alocal, an Aloe Vera based cream containing 50 per
cent Aloe Juice (w/w)
(a) DIPAS
(b) DIBER
(c) DIHAR
(d) DRDE
22. The 40 mm Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) is designed and
developed by
(a) VRDE
(b) ARDE
(c) DRDE
(d) ARDE
23. Launch of _________ nuclear -powered submarine, propelled India into an
elite club of the six technologically most advanced countries of the world
(a) INS Shivalik
(b) INS Trishul
(c) INS Ganga
(d) INS Arihant

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24. A one-day Indian Pharmaceutical Industry-DRDO Drug Development Meetwas organized on 28 Jan 2011 by the following DRDO Lab
(a) DLRL
(b) DEAL
(c) INMAS
(d) DEBEL
25. Specialty low-alloy steel DMR-1700 a cost-effective replacement of maraging steels is product of
(a) DLRL
(b) DEAL
(c) DMRL
(d) DEBEL
26. 98th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2011) was held at
(a) SRM University
(b) KIIT Univ (c) IIT, Chennai

(d) IISc, Bangalore

27. Honble Raksha Mantri Shri AK Antony, inaugurated DRDOs state of the
art composite propellant processing facility Advanced Centre for Energetic
Materials (ACEM) at Nasik on 29 June 2011. The facility has been setup by
(a) VRDE
(b) ADE
(c) ADA
(d) HEMRL
28. One of the following is the name of a Pilotless Target Aircraft
(a) Lakshaya
(b) Pinaka
(c) Limpet
(d) Nang
29. Dr VK Saraswat, inaugurated the Structural Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) at
National Centre for Automotive Testing, on 29 June 2011 at
(a) VRDE
(b) DMSRDE
(c) DRDE
(d) HEMRL
30. Match the following

12 Marks

a. Dr A Sivathanu Pillai

( a ) DS & CC R&D, CEO, BRAHMOS

b. Shri Avinash Chander

( c ) DS & CC R&D (LS & IC)

c. Dr W Selvamurthy

( b ) DS & CC R&D (MSS)

d. Shri G Elangovan

( d ) DS & CC R&D (Avionics)

e. Dr S Sundaresh

( f ) DS & CC R& D (Aero)

f. Dr A Subhanand Rao

(e

) DS & CC R&D (ACE & SI)

g. Dr V Bhujanga Rao

(g

) DS & CC R&D (HR)

h. Dr KD Nayak

( h ) DS & CC R&D (MED & MIST)

i. Dr K Sekhar

( i ) OS & CC R&D (LIC & Implementation)

j. Dr J Narayana Das

( k ) OS & CC R&D (ECS)

k. Dr R Sreehari Rao

( j ) OS & CC R&D (NS & M)

l. Maj Gen Anoop Malhotra ( l ) CC R&D (R&M)

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31. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, inaugurated state-of-the-art Navigation and Embedded

Computers Complex on 9 Dec 2011 at
(a) RCI
(b) FRL
(c) ITR
(d) DFRL
32. DRDO and ICAR signed a MoU for conservation of plant genetic resources -Permafrost-based Plant Germplasm Storage at Chang La (5,360 m AMSL), at
(a) Leh
(b) Almora
(c) Tezpur
(d) Tawang
33. Match the following DSF Orations (DRDO Orator Vs Oration Title) 12 Marks
a. Prof. Manas K Mandal

( a ) Side Biases in Human Behaviour

b. Rajyogini Dadi Janki

( b ) Tanaavrahit kaaryasthal ka nirmaan

c. Lt Gen J P Singh

( k ) Heart to Heart

d. AVM M Matheswaran

( f ) National Technology Day Oration

e. Dr Kiran Bedi

(e ) Secret steps to success

f. Dr. W Selvamurty

( d ) Empowering the Nation: Together We Can

g. Prof Anil K. Gupta

( g ) Harnessing Creativity & Innovation in Workplace

h. Dr. VK Saraswat

( l ) Art of Leadership

i. Prof Dinesh Singh

( i ) A History of Indian Mathematics

j. H.H. YogRishi Swami Ramdev

( j ) Yoga for Healthy living

k. Dr. Naresh Trehan

( c ) Transforming the Indian Army

l. H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

( h ) Creativity and Innovation

34. Rearrange the following labs/estts by location moving from South to North
(1 to 5)
5 Marks
DIHAR
( 5 )

CVRDE

( 1

ADRDE

( 2

SAG

( 3

SASE

( 4

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35. Name the lab associated with indigenously development of Airborne Early
Warning and Control (AEW&C) System
(a) CABS
(b) ADA
(c) ADE
(d) R&DE (E)
36. Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Daksh, is designed and developed by
(a) R& DE(E)
(b) DMSRDE
(c) DRDE
(d) DL
37. Pinaka is a
(a) MBR System

(b) Missile

(c) Bomb

(d) Submarine

38. Name the DRDO Chief recently honored with release of a Commemorative
postal stamp
(a) DS Kothari (b) S. Bhagavantam (c) Nag Chowdhury (d) Raja Ramanna
39. The National Design Award-2011 was awarded to Mr. P S Subramanyam,
Programme Director (Combat Aircrafts). He is also Director of
(a) DMRL
(b) ASL
(c) ADA
(d) ADE
40. Technology Day is celebrated on
(a) 11 May
(b) 1 Jan

(c) 28 Feb

(d) 15 May

41. Match the following prominent DRDO Women Scientists

5 Marks

a. Dr Shashi Bala Singh

(d

) Project Director, AGNI-4

b. Dr Chitra Rajagopal

(e

) Director, MIST, DRDO

c. Dr G Rohini Devi

( c ) Program Director, ASL

d. Ms Tessy Thomas
e.

Ms Nabanita R Krishnan

( a ) Director, DIPAS
(b

) Associate Director, CFEES

42. This years on Republic Day Parade, DRDO tableau depicting innovative
technologies had central theme on activities of which DRDO Lab/Estt
(a) SASE
(b) DMRL
(c) DIHAR
(d) LASTEC
43. Name-- a Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
that takes off and lands like a conventional aircraft
(a) NAG
(b) Pinaka
(c) LCA
(d) Rustom - 1
44. Prahar-- a Tactical Battlefield support high speed Missile based on solid
propulsion has a range of
(a) 10 KM
(b) 50 KM
(c) 100 KM
(d) 150 KM

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45. Agni 4-- the most potent and technologically advanced among Indias
strategic arsenal, has a range of
(a) 1000 KM
(b) 2000 KM
(c) 3000 KM
(d) 5000 KM
46. DRDO very recently signed a MOU for Enhanced Academic Interaction and
R&D collaboration with
(a) BHU
(b) KU
(c) DU
(d) BU
47. Lakshya-II has been designed and developed by
(a) ADA
(b) ADE
(c) GTRE

(d) DTRL

48. Match the following

15 Marks

a) Radar

(j

) Result Framework Document

b) PBX

(b

) Plastic bonded explosives

c) ELISA Kit

(g

) Bhim T6

d) Naval EW System

(h

) BLT 72

e) Assault bridge

(i

) Ajeya

f) Mini unmanned air vehicle

(d

) SANGRAHA

g) 155 mm SP gun

(c

) Kit: identification of food pathogens

h) Bridge layer tank

(a

) Indra

i) T 72 M1 tank

(l

) Mine Anti-Persnl Infmable

j) RFD

(f

) Netra

k) Communication EW system

(k

) SUJAV

l) MAPI

(e

) Sarvatra

m) HELINA

( m ) helicopter-mounted Nag

n) Decontamination kit

(n

) Shudhika

o) Bullet proof jackets

(o

) Jackal Steel

49. Match the DRDO Awards (2010) Vs Lab

3 Marks

a. Silicon Trophy 2010

( a

) RCI

b. Titanium Trophy 2010

( c

) DFRL

c. Defence Technology Spin-Off Award

( b

) DL

50. 100th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2013) will be held at

(a) Chandigarh

(b) Kolkata

(c) Chennai

(d) Bangalore

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Sports Quiz
General Questions and Answers on Athletics

1. What is the another name of ATHLETICS.

(a) Sports
(c) Gymnastics

(b) Track &Field

(d) Decathlon

2. Time shall be taken from the.

(a) Sound of Gun
(c) Whistle

(b) Flash smoke

(d) None of these.

3. How many types of tracks are there?

(a) Two type
(c) Four type

(b) Three type

(d) Five type

4. How many lanes are there in a standard track?

(a) 6 to 9
(c) 10 to 12

(b) 8 to 9
(d) 11 to 13

5. The following are the standard distance of hurdler Race for men.
(a) 100 & 400 mts.
(c) 80 & 200 mts.

(b) 110 & 400 mts.

(d) All of these.

6. Direction of running shall be.

(a) Right hand side
(c) curve- running

(b) Left hand side

(d) none of these.

7. Standard width of the lane shall be.

(a) 1.20 mts
(b) 1.22 mts
(c) 1.22 to 1.25 mts.
(d) 110 mts.
8. The Standard distance of Marathon Race.
(a) 26 kms.
(c) 42.195 kms

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9. The procedure of doping test is including the collection of.

(a) Sugar sample
(c) stool Sample

(b) Urine sample

(d) Blood Sample

10. How many athletes may be used as substitutes in Relays race

event
(a) One athlete.
(b) Two athlete
(c) Three athlete
(d) none of these.
11. Landing area of High jump event should be.
(a) 5x2 mts
(c) 5x4 mts

(b) 5x3 mts

(d) 5x5 mts.

12. Landing area of Pole vault event should be.

(a) 6x4 mts
(b) 5x3 mts
(c) 5x4 mts
(d) 5x5 mts.
13. Landing area of long jump event should be.
(a) 10x2.75 mts
(c) 9x4 mts

(b) 9x3 mts

(d) 9x2.75 mts.

14. In Triple jump distance between the take off board and landing
area shall be not more than.
(a) 9 mts.
(b) 10 mts.
(c) 13 mts
(d) 11 mts.
15. For valid throw shot must fall.
(a) In sector area
(b) Within the inner edges of
landing sector
(c) Nearest on sector lines.
(d) None of these.
16. Inside diameter of shot put circle is.
(b) 34.920
(a) 450
0
(c) 40
(d) 900
17. Minimum weight of shot for acceptance of a record (for men)
(a) 7.26 kg.
(c) 7.25 kg

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18. Minimum weight of shot for acceptance of a record (for women)

(a) 4 kg.
(c) 7.25 kg

(b) 8 kg
(d) 5 kg

19. Minimum weight of discuss for acceptance of a record (for men)

(a) 1 kg.
(c) 3 kg

(b) 2 kg
(d) 800 gms.

20. Minimum weight of Javelin for acceptance of a record (for women)

(a) 800 gms
(c) 600 gms

(b) 750 gms

(d) 500 gms.

21. Ten event which shall be held on two consecutive days is known
as.
(a) Penthalon
(c) Heptathlon

(b) Decathlon
(d) relay race

22. First Padmashree in athletics.

(a) P.T.Usha
(c) Bandhu singh

(b) Milkha singh

(d) none of these.

23. The Person who represented India in 6 Olympics from (1964 to 84)
(a) Ranjeet singh
(c) Milkha singh

(b) Randhir singh

(d) None of these

24. The first Indian woman athlete to win a gold in Asian Games is .
(a) P.T.Usha
(c) kamaljit Sandhu

(b) Shayni Abhramn

(d) Anju B. G.

25. How many hurdles are placed in a Hurdle race in one lap?
(a) 12
(c) 7

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26. Winner of 100 mts. (Men) in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Ans. Asafa Powell (Jamaica)
27. How many Olympics medal have been won by Indian hockey
team?
(a) 11
(b) 13
(c) 10
(d) 18
28. Who has got the First Arjuna Award in the field of Athletics?
(a) P.T.Usha
(c) Milkha Singh

(b) G.S.Randhawa
(d) B.S.Bedi

29. The first Commonwealth games were held in

(a) 1930 Hamilton
(c) 1935 India

(b) 1934 Australia

(d) 1940 Pakistan

30. When did the ancient Olympic game start?

(a) 394 B. C.
(b) 493 B.C.
(c) 676 B.C.
(d) 776 B.C.
31. Till now how many Olympic Games have been organized?
(a) 22
(b) 27
(c) 28
(d) 29
32. When did the women get chance to take part in the Olympic
Games?
(a) 1896
(b) 1900
(c) 1908
(d) 1920
33. Who was the first Indian woman to take part in Olympic Games?
(a) Merry La RO
(b) P.T.Usha
(c) Anju B.G.
(d) K.Malleshwree
34. In which Olympic Games did India last win a gold medal in
Hockey?
(a) 1964
(c) 1980

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35. Who was the Indian who won the silver medal for the first time in
Olympics in shooting event?
(a) K.D. Jadhav
(b) Major Rajyawardhan Rathor
(c) Abhinav Bindra
(d) Samser Jang
36. Who was the Indian who won the gold medal for the first time in
Olympic in shooting event.
(a) K.D. Jadhav
(c) Abhinav Bindra

(b) Major Rajyawardhan

(d) Samser Jang

Rathor

37. Where and in which year were the first Asian games held?
(a) 1951 New Delhi
(c) 1952 Doha

(b) 1954 Beijing

(d) 1950 Delhi

38. Who is the first Indian woman athlete to win the gold medal in
Asian games?
(a) Geeta Jutshi 1976
(b) Kamal Jeet Sandhu 1970
(c) M.D. Balsmma 1982
(d) P.T.Usha 1986
39. Where were the Last (fifteenth) Asian games held?
(a) 2002 Bussan
(c) 2007 Beijing

(b) 2006 Doha

(d) 2008 New Delhi

40. At what place the Asian games have been held four times?
(a) New Delhi
(c) Tehran

(b) Bangkok
(d) Seoul

41. Where were the first commonwealth (1930) games held?

(a) New Delhi
(c) Hamilton

(b) Sidney
(d) Landon

42. In which common wealth game did India take part for the first
time?
(a) London 1934
(c) 1930 Hamilton

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43. When and where will Nineteenth Commonwealth games be held?

(a) 2010 Melbourne
(c) 2010 India

(b) 2010 New Delhi

(d) 2010 Pakistan

44. Who won the five gold medals from India in eighteenth common
wealth games in shooting event?
(a) Samresh Jang
(c) Anuja Jang

(b) Jaspal Rana

(d) Gagan Narang

45. Name the Indian table tennis player who won gold medal in 18th
commonwealth games.
(a) A. Sharat Kamal
(c) Krishan Kumar

(b) Ramesh Kumar

(d) Raj Singh

46. In which commonwealth games did flying Sikh Milkha Singh win
the first gold medal for India?
(a) 1934. London
(c) 1950. Auckland

(b) 1938. Sidney

(d) 1958. Cardiff

47. When did first modern Olympic game start?

(a) 1896
(c) 1900

(b) 1892
(d) 1895

48. How many rings are there in an Olympic Flag?

(a) 4
(c) 9

(b) 2
(d) 5

49. Who was the father of Modern Olympic Games?

AnsBaron pierre De Coubertin
50. What is the Olympic Motto?
Ans Citius . Altius Fortius .

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Quiz Questions & Answers

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Where do Andean bears live? In a range along the Andes Mountains, from
northwest Venezuela through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and into
northwest Argentina.
What is the difference between a spectacled bear and an Andean bear? None,
they are the same species.
Can Andean bears swim? Yes, they are good swimmers.
Are Andean bears aggressive towards humans? No, they are timid and shy and
avoid contact with humans.
Are Andean bears bigger or smaller than polar bears? Smaller
What are the main threats to the survival of the Andean bear? Deforestation,
habitat loss, human-bear conflict, low genetic diversity.
Do Andean bears eat worms? Yes.
Are Andean bears nocturnal? No, they are active from dawn until dusk. (You
may find that some sources state that they are nocturnal, this is not correct. It
is based on the assumption that because you dont see them during the day,
they are not awake. This is not true. The reason you dont see them during the
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9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

16.

What predator is the biggest threat to an Andean bear? Man. Pumas may attack
small bear cubs, but adult bears have no natural predators. Humans kill Andean
bears to stop them eating crops or attacking livestock, for sport, for meat or for bear
parts for medicine. Killing Andean bears is illegal.
Do Andean bear cubs make good pets? Certainly not. They are wild animals, and it
is illegal to keep them in captivity without special permits.
Is Paddington Bear an Andean bear? Yes, he must be because he comes from
deepest darkest Peru, and the Andean bear is the only bear species anywhere in
South America.
Can Andean bears climb rock faces? Yes, they are excellent climbers.
Do all Andean bears have spectacles? No, the face markings are different on each
bear and some only have partial spectacles, or even no face markings at all.
When do Andean bears hibernate? They dont, they are active all year round. The
areas where they live have food available all year round.
Can orphaned Andean bear cubs be safely released back into the wild without
rehabilitation? No. They could be attacked by predators such as pumas, they wont
know what to eat, they need their mothers milk while they are tiny, and if they have
lost their fear of humans they are at risk of being killed by a startled person who
doesnt realize that theyre not aggressive.
Are Andean bears bigger or smaller than sun bears? Bigger

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17. Are Andean bears vegetarian? No. Although their diet includes a lot of vegetable
matter, they are omnivorous and also eat insects, small animals and any carrion
(dead meat) that they find. They are capable of catching and killing animals such as
rabbits or even larger animals. They are classed in the order carnivora, i.e. they are
carnivores.
18. Is the Andean bear an endangered species? Yes. It is listed as Vulnerable on the
IUCN Red List across its range, and Endangered in Ecuador.
19. Do Andean bears live in groups? No, they are mostly solitary. The cubs stay with
their mothers while they are young, but adult bears dont usually spend time
together.
20. Is it legal to trade Andean bears or bear parts? No. The Andean bear is listed in
Appendix I of CITES, which means it is illegal to trade specimens or parts.
21. Do Andean bears kill cows? A very few of the larger males have been known to do
so. Most Andean bears dont.
22. How long can an Andean bear live? Up to 35 or 40 years in captivity, though most
wild Andean bears probably dont live longer than about 20 years.
23. Which Andean bear in Ecuador has his own webpage, Facebook profile and Zazzle
store? Bubu! www.andeanbear.org/bear-cub-bubu.html,
www.facebook.com/bubu.bear.ecuador , www.zazzle.com/Andean_Bear_Bubu*
24. Do Andean bears poo in the woods? Of course!

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Business Quiz Questions Answers - 2010-2011

1. "We have learned that if we provide people with an occasion & an excuse to shop, they will come" are the
Golden words of whom?
Kishore Bayani (The Chairman of Future Group)
2. What is the Title of Auto Biography of JRD TATA?
Beyond the Last Blue Mountain
3. What is the Title of Auto Biography of Krishna Kumar Birla?
Brushes with History
4. "It happened in India" is the Auto Biography of whom?
Kishore Bayani (The Chairman of Future Group)
5. "The End of Ecconomic Man" is the famous book written by whom?
Peter F Drucker
6. "Imagining India" recently published book authored by?
Nandan M Neelakeni
7. What is the Tag Line of Sony?
Like No Other
8. "India's Family Store" is the punchline of which brand?
Pantaloon
9. Name of the Family Store owned by Kumar Mangalam Birla?
More
10. "Net Safe Credit Card" is introduced by which Bank?
HDFC Bank

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11. "Ab Khulke Jeeyo India" is the advertisement slogan of which company?
Samsung
12. What do you mean by ADAG?
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
13. "Kingfisher Red" is the former name of which Airlines?
Air Deccan (that was taken over by Vijay Malya Group)
14. Who is the founder of Air Deccan?
Captain Gopinath
15. "World's Local Bank" is the punch line of which bank?
HSBC Bank
16. What is the full form of HDFC?
Housing Development Finance Corporation
17. NASDAQ is an acronym for?
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
18. Expand ICICI?
Industrial Credit And Investment Corporation of India
19. "One Family One Bank" is the tagline of which Indian Bank?
Bank of Maharashtra
20. "Express Yourself" is the punchline of Airtel then "Experience Yourself" is the tagline of whom?
Tamil Nadu Tourism
21. "Celebrate Life" is the Tag line of which Company?
Dabur
22. Who was the founder of Dabur India Ltd.?
S.K.Burman
23. Babool Tooth paste is introduced by which company?
Balsara

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24. According to an Advertisement Slogan, who is "Best Employer in India 2007"?

Aditya Birla Group
25. "Power of Simplicity" is the punch line of Tally, then "Sense & Simplicity" is the tagline of which company?
Philips
26. Which Company brings CNBC Channel in India?
TV 18
27. "Inspire The Next" is the punch line of which company?
Hitachi
28. "Born in Japan Entertaining the World" is the tagline of which company?
Sansui
29. What is name of the series of mobile showrooms set by Reliance Communications?
Web World
30. Which Leadership Guru coined the term 'Transformational Leadership'?
James Macgregor Burns
31. Citi Bank co-brands cards for which oil company?
HP (Hindustan Petrolium)
32. This company is "applying thought" which company?
Wipro
33. Harmony is the name of which companies' textiles?
Wipro
34. "Magic" is the brand name of which mobile company's Prepaid Card?
Airtel
35. Which car gives you "Fun on the Run"?
Alto

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36. Who has been appointed as the CEO of the ICICI Bank with Effect from May 1, 2009?
Chanda D Kochhar
37. Who is the first Asian to be appointed as Deputy Speaker of Lord House UK?
Lord Swaraj Paul
38. Who is the present Finance Secretary of India?
Arun Ramanathan
39. With which form of Economy is the term "Laissez-faire" associated?
Capitalist Economy
40. SAARC aas formed in which month and year?
December 1985
41. Tata's Nano Project was shifted from Singur to which place?
Sanand in Gujarat
42. Next SAARC Meeting is held where?
Maldives
43. The 15th ASEAN Regional Forum Meeting was held at?
Singapore
44. Who is the present Chairman of SEBI?
Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave
45. In the context of Mutual Fund SIP stands for?
Systematic Investment Plan

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Worksheet 1. Geography Quiz

Take the geography quiz. Circle the correct answer. More than one answer may be
correct for some questions. The answers are given on the next page.
1. Which country has the largest population?
a. Russia
c. China
b. India
d. Indonesia
2. Which country is the densest in population?
a. Monaco
c. Singapore
b. China
d. Bahrain
3. Which country is the sparsest in population?
a. Namibia
c. Australia
b. Mongolia
d. Botswana
4. Which country is the biggest in land area?
a. Russia
c. China
b. Canada
d. the United States
5. Which country has the longest coastline?
a. Norway
c. Canada
b. Australia
d. Greece
6. Where is the biggest desert on earth?
a. Siberia
c. Africa
b. Antarctica
d. California
7. The highest mountain of the world is in which two countries?
a. India and Pakistan
c. China and Tibet
b. Tibet and Nepal
d. Pakistan and Nepal
8. The lowest point of land on earth is on the border between which two countries?
a. Mexico and the U.S. c. Holland and Belgium
b. Israel and Jordan
d. Denmark and Germany
9. Which is the northernmost capital city in the world?
a. Oslo, Norway
c. Helsinki, Finland
d. Moscow, Russia
b. Reykjavik, Iceland
10. Which capital city in the world is at the highest altitude?
a. Bern, Switzerland
c. Katmandu, Nepal
b. La Paz, Bolivia
d. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Answers:
1. China has more people than any other country, over one billion. India
has almost as many. The United States has 301 million, and Indonesia
has 234 million people.
2. Monaco is the country with the densest population. There are 16.2
people per square mile in this tiny country of only 0.75 square miles
(1.95 square kilometers). Singapore and Bahrain are also densely
populated, but China is not.
3. All these countries are sparse in population. Namibia and Mongolia are
the sparsest, with only 2 people per square mile. Australia and
Botswana are more crowded -- they have 3 people per square mile!
4. Russia has an area of about six and a half million square miles (17
million square kilometers), larger than Canada, China, or the United
States.
5. Canadas coastline, with all its bays, islands, and inlets, is the longest:
151,485 miles (243,792 kilometers).
6. Antarctica has the worlds largest desert. It is immense. It is even
larger than the Sahara in Africa.
7. Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is located partly in
Tibet and partly in Nepal.
8. The lowest point of land on the planet is at the bottom of the Dead Sea,
which lies between Jordan and Israel. Its 1342 feet (409 meters) below
sea level from its shores. But it is not as deep as Lake Baikal in Russia,
in the mountains; Lake Baikal has a depth of 5,315 feet (1620 meters).
9. The capital city which lies furthest north is Reykjavik, in Iceland. Its
latitude is 65 degrees north, which is very near the Arctic Circle.
10. La Paz, Bolivia at 11,811 feet (3600 meters) is much higher than
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia at 4363 feet (1330 meters), and Katmandu,
Nepal at 4384 feet (1337 meters). Bern, Switzerland is much lower; its
only 1772 feet (540 meters) high.

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Hive Mind Challenge 1.0 - Questions &

Answers

Round 1 - Easy
10 easy questions - Trivia stuff, easily Googleable
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

What is the height of the Eiffel Tower? (324 metres)

Niagara Falls is on an outlet from which lake? (Lake Erie)
Where is the world's tallest structure? (The Burj Dubai)
Which player has the most Premier League winners medals? (Ryan Giggs)
What is the full name of the chemical family banned by the UN's
Montreal Protocol? (CFC's - chlorofluorocarbons)
Who is the richest person living in England? (Lakshmi Mittal, as noted on
the Times Rich List 2009)
Which flag is the world's oldest? (Denmark)
Who designed the video games Doom and Quake? (John Carmack)
What were the names of Christopher Columbus' three ships? (Nina, Pinta,
Santa Maria)
What is the world's third-tallest mountain? (Kangchenjunga, Nepal/Tibet)

Round 2 - Medium
10 harder questions - Not easy to Google
1. What is the minimum amount of time it would take to send a message
from Earth to Mars, right now, to the nearest 10 seconds? (8 min 15 sec)
2. What animal is depicted on page 7 of the November 7th Economist (a
bull)
3. What's this song 1? (A New World, Devotchka)
4. What states in US border lake Michigan? (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin)
5. If you stood at the corner of Calle San Martin and Calle de la Duena in
San Martin de Valdeglesias, Spain, and dug a vertical shaft straight
down through the Earth's core, where would you surface? (Answer: Main
Street/Pioneer Highway in Palmerston North, New Zealand)
6. What event was taken as a bad omen by Constantine XI, shortly before
his death? (Moon rising in eclipse, 22 May 1463)
7. If you took the Trans-Siberian from Yaroslavski station at 21:35 on
Tuesday, when would you arrive in Ulan Bator? (7:35 on Sunday)
8. What's this song 2? (She Drives Me Crazy)
9. What does this mean? (Coca Cola)
10. We're going to ring payphones at 51.4648N, 0.1293W and 51.5144N,
0.1388W in 15 minutes. If someone answers it with your team's name,
you get the points. (1st is at Clapham, 0207 274 6457, 2nd is at Oxford
Circus, 0207 734 8401)

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INTERMISSION
Round 3 - Difficult (but slow)
10 questions, all posed simultaneously - Effectively unGoogleable
1. agtaq gufnx mbvrp eselx vurnm xsmqc aqzxa gakro altam yrvtn tpqzy
vgnbx nofqw gonov? (stationx)
2. What is the total age of President Obama's cabinet in days - excluding
Cabinet-level officers? (312698)
3. What is this location? (Krak des Chevaliers)

4. When David Cameron returned to London from this year's Conservative

Party Conference, what platform did his train depart from? (7)
5. Whose name is this? (Amenirdis)

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6. Why did the engineers of the longest continuous-span suspension bridge

in the world change the blueprints after construction started?
(Earthquake)
7. What is this constellation's latin name? (Cetus)?

8. How far apart were Adrian and Philip on October 30th, 2009 at 3:30pm,
to the nearest 100m? (320.06km)
9. Identify this Beatles song? (Revolution)

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10. When is the next visible pass of the International Space Station from the
birthplace of 'The Chief Designer', in local time (16:25:53, November 26)

Round 4 - Difficult (but quick)

10 questions, posed consecutively - Effectively unGoogleable, but experts would know
1. How do you say 'Good Morning' in Arabic? (Saba al-kheer)
2. What's the 100th digit in pi? (9)
3. What plant do these leaves come from?: (Acer Palmatum, common name
Japanese Maple - the picture contains several varieties of the species)

4. If you looked West from the walls of Constantinople on April 6th, 1463,
what would you have seen?
5. How many incorporated cities in the US have a population over 2
million? (4: NY, LA, Chicago, Houston)

6. What does this mean?

(Spying/intelligence)
7. How many people have more foreign policy experience than Sarah Palin
on Facebook, to the nearest thousand? (222-223,000)
8. How many chairs are on the ballroom floor in the video for Never Gonna
Give You up? (3 - the other 6 are on tables)
9. What's the score in the Fulham vs. Blackburn game?
10. Who has the most Twitter followers in this room?

Scoring

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Round
Round

1:
2:
3:
4:

1
2
4
3

points
points
points
points

for
for
for
for

each correct answer

each correct answer
each correct answer
the first correct answer (but -2 points if wrong)

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India Quiz Questions and Answers

1. What is one of the two official languages of India?
English or Hindi
2. What is Mr. Singhs wife called?
Mrs. Kaur. In Sikh culture, the man is called Singh and the woman is called Kaur.
3. What is Bombay duck?
Salted fish
4. What is the new name for Bombay?
Mumbai
5. What is the population of India to the nearest 100 Million?
1,150,000,000 (1.15 billion in 2009)
6. What is the capital city of India?
New Delhi
7. How should you greet an Indian business women so as not to offend her?
Put both hands together, bow and say Namaste. Do not attempt to shake hands, kiss and/or
hug!
8. Where is Indias call centre cluster?
Bangalore
9. In which city is Indias film industry based known as Bollywood?
Mumbai
10. Where is Indias largest container port?
Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai

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General Knowledge Quiz Questions with Answers

1. 83rd Oscar Award declared in February 2011 for the best feature film went to the film
The Kings Speech
2. The Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011 has been conferred to
Koul Panha
3. Who was awarded the UNESCOGuillermo Cano World Press Freedom Award for 2011 ?
Ahmad Zeidabadi
4. Which Hindi author has been selected for the K. K. Birla Vyas Samman 2010 for his poetry
collection Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega ?
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
5. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in the year 2010 ?
Liu Xiaobo
6. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was
Rabindra Nath Tagore
7. Who was awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize 2008 ?
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
8. Julictte Binoche has begged best actress award in 63rd International Film Festival of Cannes for the
film
Certified Copy
9. Who has been awarded the Best Younger Player Award in FIFA World Cup Football 2010 ?
Andres Iniesta
10. Which Indian Scientist has had the distinction of receiving not only the Nobel Prize, but also Bharat
Ratna ?
Dr. C. V. Raman
11. With what game is the name of Cara Black associated ?
Lawn Tennis
12. India successfully launched its first moon mission Chandrayaan-1 ?
22nd Oct., 2008
13. Which scientist received Shantiswarup Bhatanagar Award 2009 for Mathematical Sciences ?
Dr. Mitali Mukherjee
14. Indias newly built and tested missile Astra is meant for
Air to air strike
15. Who has been appointed the first woman Prime Minister of Tobago ?
Kamla Prasad Bissessar
16. Who among the heading the SEBIs Committee on Corporate governance?
Narayan Murthy
17. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Indias GDP growth rate for 2010-11 at
95%
18. The person who headed U. N. Weapons Inspectors in Iraq was
Hans Blix

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19. Who won the Miss Universe 2010 ?

Jinena Navarrete
20. In a historic judgement the Supreme Court asked the government to link all the rivers by
2012
21. Which company recently hit the business headlines for striking a historic natural gas discovery near
Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh ?
Reliance Industries
22. Who became the first Indian women to cross Gobi Desert in July 2011 ?
Sucheta Kadethanker
23. How many states in the country have been chosen for a pilot project to introduce a new multipurpose
national Identity Card ?
13
24. Which country along with India has begun its first ever joint co-ordinated patrols in the Andaman Sea to
check poaching, smuggling and drug trafficking in the region ?
Indonesia
25. With the admission of two new members into the European Union on January 1, 2007, the membership
of the organisation has now risen to
27
26. The famous Akshardham Temple is situated in the city of
Gandhi Nagar
27. With the admission of one new nations into the SAARC countries, the membership of the organisation
has now risen to
8
28. Which International Telecom Company uses the baseline Intelligence Everywhere ?
Motorola
29. The multinational company which has launched Bio Colour Television in Indian market?
Samsung
30. Power a new variety of petrol has been introduced in the market by
HPCL
31. Who is the new President of the European Council ?
Herman Van Rompuy
32. Who was awarded the 83rd Oscar Award for the Best Director on 27th February, 2011?
Tom Hooper (The Kings Speech)
33. Name the magazine which has been circulated on the board of Indian Airlines after replacing Swagat.
Darpan
37. Government of India formed a new South-Western Command of the Indian land army. With this the
number of commands will be raised to
7
35. Which position did Sachin Tendulkar achieve in the ICC ranking in August 2011 ?
Third
36. Indias Gateway to the World the famous slogan is of
VSNL
37. Vision India 2020 is a book written by
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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38. The company which sponsored the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the century is
Electrolux
39. The centre is planning to set up the National Institute of Animal Welfare in the state of
Haryana
40. Britains Virgin Atlantic has ended codeshare agreement with
Air India
41. Who has been appointed as Chairman of ICC?
Sharad Pawar
42. Laura Chinchilla is
First Woman President of Costa Rica
43. Where was the COP-15 Summit held in December 2009 ?
Copenhagen
44. Who has been appointed the as Director General of National Investigation Agency in February 2010 ?
S. C. Sinha
45. Who is the Chief Justice of India ?
Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia
46. The theme for the 24th National Science Day 2010 was
Science and Technology Challenge of the 21st CenturyNational Perspective
47. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India ?
S. Y. Qureshi
48. The first World Hindi Day was celebrated for the time on
10th January, 2007
49. Who is the newly elected President of CIC ?
A. N. Tiwari
50. Who is newly appointed President of FICCI ?
Harsh Mariwala
51. Who became the first woman Prime Minister of Thailand ?
Yingluck Shinawatra
52. The Nobel Laureate who is fighting to liberate the people of Myanmar is
Aung San Suukyi
53. "India House" is located in
London
54. Who was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day function on January 26, 2011 in New Delhi ?
Susilo Babang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia
55. Who was the first Prime Minister of England ?
Robert Walpole
56. Name the inventor of ATM who died recently
John Shepherd Barron
57. What is Fahrenheit 9/11 ?
U S Film-maker Michael Moores film which bagged top prize in May 2004 at the Canves Film Festival
58. What is "NMD" ?
National Missile Defence Space based anti ballistic missile system being set up by the US

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59. Who was the first Caliph ?

Abu Bakr
60. Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution ?
Rousseau
61. D-Day is the day when
Allied troops landed in Normandy
62. The first airline to allow flyers to surf the net was
Singapore Airlines
63. World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on
2nd December
64. Fabianism is closely related to
Democratic Socialism
65. The Bandung Conference was a major milestone in the history of
The Non-Aligned Movement
66. Former Soviet President Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev had become popular for his policy of
Perestroika
67. Who is popularly known as 'Missile Man of India' ?
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
68. The abbreviation TRAI stands for
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
69. Ramadorai Sujatha who was recently in news is a
Mathematician
70. Who said, " Man is a Social Animal" ?
Aristotle
71. The Government of India in a bid to attract foreign investments into India has appointed the Investment
Commission which is headed by
Ratan Tata
72. 'Red Revolution' in China took place in
1949
73. Who was ruling over Pakistan at the time when Bangladesh became independent ?
Yahya Khan
74. The present Chairman of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal is
Justice N. P. Singh
75. The first unified theatre commanded by the Indian Defence Forces has been set at
Andaman Nicobar Islands
76. What is the full form of CMP ?
Common Minimum Programme
77. The motto of CNBC India is
Profit from it
78. Which country has recently announced of having built the worlds highest elevated railway line ?
China
79. Who was awarded the 2009 Vyas Samman ?
Amar Kant
80. Daughters of Shame is a book written by
Jasvinder Sanghera

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1. Carl Heinrich Theodor ____ married well, and was thus able to go into 1. Knorr.
business in 1838. He set up a coffee and chicory roasting operation. His
sons hit upon ways of selling bean, pea, lentil and sago flour in packets, and
that eventually led them to the distinctive product now associated with their
surnames. What surname?
2. They patented the Autochrome colour process in 1903 and specialised in 2. Lumire Brothers.
photographic products for the next couple of decades. Their business was
eventually acquired by the Ilford company. Who are we talking about?
3. They were traditionally made from bone, quill, ivory or gold and silver, if you 3. Toothpicks.
could afford such ostentation. Mass production is traced to the American
entrepreneur Charles Forster who noticed young boys selling similar objects
made of Spanish willow while travelling through Brazil. He returned to
Boston in 1870 and set up a factory that used white birch as raw material
because it was tasteless. What business did Forster thus begin?
4. In the 1880s, competing entrepreneurs Joseph Fralinger and Enoch James 4. Atlantic City, NJ.
began packaging the so-called saltwater taffy as a souvenir for tourists
visiting their seaside town to take away. The fad caught on, they found
markets elsewhere, and so they combined businesses and enjoyed a brief
monopoly. In which tourist resort did all this begin?
5. The first known mention of this term goes back to 1869Dr. Chases 5. Root Beer.
Recipes mentions that burdock, yellow dock, sarsaparilla, dandelion and
spikenard are the key ingredients. In 1876, Charles Hires began marketing
packets of the stuff under the slogan the greatest health-giving beverage in
the world. What?
6. In the 1950s, there were perhaps four consumer products that were status 6. Bicycles.
symbols in Chinathe wristwatch, the sewing machine, the radio, and one
more, usually manufactured by the Forever company from Shanghai. There
is an Ai Wei Wei installation that bears this companys name and welds
together hundreds of their products. What did Forever make?
7. The term BRIC originally referred to Brazil, Russia, India and China. Some 7. South Africa.
people insisted on calling them BRICs, but nowadays that acronym is spelt
BRICS because many have begun including another country in this
grouping. Which other country?
8. The Washington Convention which came into force in 1975 tries to ensure 8. CITES (Convention on
that trade does not endanger the survival of any species. By what acronym
International Trade in
is the treaty commonly known?
Endangered Species).
9. When this idea was mooted, industry experts felt that the name chosen for 9. The Dummies series. (DOS for
this venture would alienate prospective customers. John Kilcullen of IDG,
Dummies etc.)
whose idea this was, disagreed. He felt that the term was not a judgment so
much as a term of endearment, that buyers would recognise this. The
distinctive yellow-and black colour scheme made their releases easy to pick
out. What are we talking about?
10. Keizo Saji was responsible for getting his countrymen to tear themselves 10. Suntory.
away from home-grown diversions to sample whisky. He founded an art
museum that bore the name of his company in Osaka, and a Music Hall,
similarly titled, in Tokyo. Which company did Saji head?
11. Which company traces its origins back to a store set up by Sotirios 11. Bulgari.
Voulgaris in his home village Paramythia in Greece in the 1870s?

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12. Often called Woodstock for Capitalists, these meetings take place in the
Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska, and attract over 20,000 people. Known
for their humour and light-heartedness, the meetings typically start with a
movie made for the audience and last for about six hours. Which company
organises them?
13. A common English word is used in accounting to refer to the value of an
entity over and above the value of its assets. This value derives from factors
such as consumer loyalty to the brand. What?
14. He claimed that he had set himself three goals in life: to be the greatest
economist in the world, to be the best horseman in all of Austria and the
greatest lover in all of Vienna. He said he had reached two of his goals, but
he never said which two. Identify this economist after whom The
Economist named a column on business and management.
15. The Spanish river is known for its deep reddish colour and very acidic water.
The river is also of interest to astro-biologists who have compared its
constituents to those of Mars rocks. Which company takes its name from
this river?
16. Dubbed the most expensive bottled water ____ H2O is available in
limited edition 750 ml reusable frosted glass bottles handcrafted with
Swarovski crystals. Fill up the blank with a slang word used in music and
popular culture.
17. What is the name of the index, created by an African telecom billionaire,
which ranks the level of governance of African countries?
18. Miguel Caballero is a clothing company with headquarters in Bogota,
Colombia. Its clients include Steven Segal, Hugo Chavez and several other
heads of state. Some of them prefer the fashionable versions. What is
Miguel Caballeros specialty?
19. Founded around 1000 AD, Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli is one of the oldest
surviving business houses of the world run by the Marinelli family. The
Catholic Church accounts for a large percentage of the firms business. The
Leaning Tower of Pisa installed one of its products in 2004. What does the
company produce?
20. Comvita Apinate dressing, initially marketed in New Zealand, is used to heal
wounds, burns, bed sores and graft sites. What is its primary component
known for its antibacterial properties and derived from the flowers of
Leptospermum scoparium? Please be specific.

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12. Berkshire Hathaway.

13. Goodwill.
14. Joseph Schumpeter.

15. Rio Tinto.

16. Bling.

17. Mo Ibrahim Index.

18. Bullet-proof clothing.

19. Church bells.

20. Manuka Honey.

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1. The director Ilya Krzhanovsky has been shooting the film Dau since 2006 on
a set near Kharkhov and has inspired much attention on account of his
fanatical attempts at re-creating 50s and 60s Moscow, home to Daus
subject, a Nobel Prizewinning physicist who significantly advanced
quantum mechanics with his theories of diamagnetism, superfluidity, and
superconductivity. In quite a cinematic twist, the subject spent two months in
a coma after a car-crash and the Nobel he had won had to be awarded to
him in a bedside ceremony. Who?
2. Vincent Zigas, a medical officer posted in Papua New Guinea, found several
patients of the Fore tribe afflicted with uncontrollable trembling that was
typically followed by neurological collapse and death. A researcher named
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek was eventually able to link it to the practice of
cannibalism. He described the disease as the result of the action of slow
viruses, elements that are now simply called prions. Gajdusek won the
Nobel for his work in 1976. What was the disease that Gajdusek studied?
3. This plant species gives off secretions called Tabasheer which are 97%
silica. It is claimed that this is a cure for coughs, asthma and is also an
aphrodisiac. It is also true that Tabasheer is chemically inert, but may
catalyse some chemical reactions. Where is Tabasheer normally
obtained from?
4. The land bridge that once connected Alaska to Siberia and facilitated the
first migrations across Asia into North America is named after which 17th
century Dane?
5. Johann Bayer introduced a convention in a book titled Uranometria that is
followed to this day. The convention has two elementsthe group that the
individual body belongs to and a Greek letter. Where is it used?
6. The disease causing organisms identified by this name have nothing to do
with trees or forests. The name actually connects the organism directly to
their vectors. What term are we looking for?
7. This researcher from the Instituto Osvaldo Cruz found that workers on a
railroad project in Minas Geraes kept falling ill. They complained about
being bitten by a bug they called Barbiero (Kissing Bug) because it tended
to attack them around the lips and the cheeks. The researcher found that
the bug would not only draw blood but also defecate around the bite, leaving
behind an organism that spread disease. The disease is characterised by
weakness, enlarged internal organs and the slowing down of digestion. The
disease is named after the Brazilian researcher who identified how it
spread. What disease?
8. This 1661 work is designed as an argument in dialogue between four
interlocutors: Carneades, who is sceptical about the Aristotlean position, his
friend Themistus who argues in favour of Aristotle, Philoponis who speaks
for Paracelsus, and the neutral Eleutherios. The author put the same ideas
into a more succinct form in an earlier essay titled Reflexions on the
Experiments vulgarly alledged to evince the four peripatetique Elements.
Name the work.
9. A superconductor, during its transition to the superconducting state, expels
a magnetic field. After which German physicist is this phenomenon which
causes a magnet to levitate above a superconductor named?

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1. Lev Landau.

2. Kuru.

3. Bamboo.

4. Vitus Bering.
5. Names for stars (such as Alpha
Centauri).
6. Arboviruses.
7. Chagas Disease.

8. The Sceptical Chymist (by Robert

Boyle).

9. Walther Meissner.

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10. Which of the seven SI (International System of Units) base units may also
refer to one of the mammals in the Talpidae family?
11. What term, in natural sciences, is used to describe a relationship between
two living organisms where one benefits and the other is not significantly
harmed or helped? It derives from the Latin for sharing a table?
12. The first scientific reference to these objects was a 1611 treatise by
Johannes Kepler titled A New Years Gift or On the Six-Cornered ____. It
would be 300 years before his question (of why they always exhibit a sixfold symmetry) could finally be answered, requiring the development of Xray crystallography. What objects?
13. A belt of silk runs over two metal pulleys, one of which is surrounded by a
hollow metal sphere. Two electrodes, in the form of comb-shaped rows of
sharp metal points, are positioned respectively near to the bottom of the
lower pulley and inside the sphere, over the upper pulley. The top electrode
is connected to the sphere and the bottom one to the ground. A high DC
potential is applied to the upper pulley. A simple version of which
equipment is being described here?
14. What project, named after the companys founder and garnering worldwide
attention in February 2011, had an avatar of a globe with 42 coloured
threads criss-crossing it as a reference to the novel The Hitchhikers Guide
to the Galaxy?
15. Inside the ____ is a gas generator containing a mixture of NaN3 (Sodium
Azide), KNO3 (Potassium Nitrate) and SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide). When the
undesired event happens, an electric circuit is turned on by a sensor, and a
series of chemical reactions generate nitrogen gas that fills ____ in 20 to 30
milliseconds. Fill up the blank.
16. (Visual) In a March 1999 correspondence in the magazine Nature, Thomas
Fink and Yong Mao of Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, investigated 85 of
these and looked closely at four that are in widespread use. They also
developed a mathematical model that mapped the 85 to random walks on a
triangular lattice. What are these that many of struggle with initially to get
right?
17. (Visual) One of the several associated with the development of the modern
television, the inventor appeared only once on a TV program, as a mystery
guest on the TV quiz show Ive Got A Secret. Who is this inventor, also
associated with a nuclear fusion device?
18. The term for the study of lighthouses derives from the island on which the
Lighthouse of Alexandria stood. What is the term?
19. SN 1054 is a supernova that was first observed in 1054 AD by Chinese,
Arab and Japanese astronomers. It was visible in ordinary light for 23 days
and for around two years in the night-sky. What is its famous remnant that
has a pulsar at its centre and expands at the rate of 1500 km per second?
20. The influential paper titled Programming a Computer for ____ ____ was
published by Claude Shannon in 1950 with the introduction: This paper is
concerned with the problem of constructing a computing routine or a
program which will enable it to ____ ____. Although perhaps of no
practical importance, the question is of theoretical interest, and it is hoped
that a satisfactory solution of this problem will act as a wedge in attacking
other problems of a similar nature and of greater significance. Fill up the
blanks.

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10. Mole.
11. Commensalism.
12. Snowflakes OR Snow crystals.

13. Van de Graaff generator.

14. IBM Watson.

15. Air-bags in automobiles.

16. Necktie knots.

17. Philo Farnsworth.

18. Pharology (from the island of

Pharos).
19. Crab Nebula.

20. Playing Chess.

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1. This member of the Artocarpus genus is described by the Mughal emperor 1.

Babur, in his Babur-nama, as resembling a sheeps stomach stuffed and
made into a gipa--somewhat like haggis--yet sickeningly sweet. The English
name of this fruit is often derived from the Sanskrit word for wheel, on
account of the radial arrangement of the seeds, but this name probably
comes from a forgotten Dravidian word for the rind and refuse that makes
eating this fruit inordinately hard work. What fruit?
2. This wine from Greece takes its name from the fact that pine resin was once 2.
used to seal amphorae in order to keep the wine from turning. The resin is
now introduced into the must to give the wine its characteristic flavour. What
is this name?
3. The scientific name for this fruit references India twice over. Its ordinary 3.
name is probably a misnomer because it originated in the tropical savannah
of Africa before travelling to India, according to food historian K.T. Achaya.
Marco Polo used this name in 1298 while the earliest written reference in
Arabic seems to date back to 1335. What fruit?
4. The creation of this dish occurred, according to lore, after victory in a battle 4.
on 14 June 1800. The only available provisions were 3 eggs, 4 tomatoes,
some crayfish, a small hen, garlic, oil and a saucepan. The chef used his
bread ration to make a panada, browned the chicken in oil, fried the eggs in
the same oil with garlic and tomatoes, and poured over this some water
laced with brandy and then put the crayfish on top to cook in the steam.
What was created thus?
5. This term comes from the Islamic world and could denote either the 5.
crushing or the cooking operations carried out on the whole wheat used in
Middle-Eastern preparations such as Tabbouleh. What term?
6. (Visual) Its English name has nothing to do with energy or raking in the 6.
moolah. This cereal reminded some ancestral Dutch genius of beech-nuts
and hence the name. In some European countries, the name used comes
from the dark colour of the grain. Some other European languages use the
term made popular for Arabs after the crusadesit is possible that returning
crusaders brought the grain back with them. What cereal?
7. An Australian water-body lends its name to a spectacular tree species and 7.
provides the common name for the lobster Thenus orientalis, a somewhat
trilobite-like creature. Which water-body?
8. Hadji Bekir moved from Anatolia to the big city in 1776 and the result was 8.
something that figures as plot element in the C.S. Lewis novel The Lion,
The Witch and the Wardrobe. What are we talking about?
9. (Visual) This is a three-cornered pastry common among the Ashkenazi. It 9.
takes its name from the anti-Semite villain in the Purim story who gets his
just desserts in one of the books of the Old Testament. Either name the
pastry OR the character.
10. A fino is normally reclassified as X if the layer of flor, or wine yeast, does not 10.
develop adequately in the barrel. The term translates into English as in the
style of X, X being a town in the Cordoba region of Spain. X also figures in
the title of a famous 1846 short story by an American writer. What is the
term X?

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Jackfruit.

Retsina.

Tamarind OR Tamarindus indis.

Chicken Marengo OR Poulet

Marengo.

Bulgur.
Buckwheat.

Moreton Bay (Moreton Bay Fig

and Moreton Bay Bug).
Turkish Delight. (Hadji Bekir was
apparently the creator of Rahat
Lokum.)
Hamantaschen OR Haman. (Also
accept Hamantash.)
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11. This English term is derived from the word used in North India for the
fermenting sap of the palmyra. It may be used as a generic term for alcohol
in some parts of the world and that is perhaps how it also finds use in the
name for a steamy mixture of whisky, cloves, cinnamon, lemon juice and
honey. What term is used in all these senses?
12. Jose Robinson Lindley travelled from England to South America in the early
1900s and started a small business selling homemade carbonated
beverages. In 1935, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Limas
founding, he rolled out a unique drink that used the flavour of lemon
verbena. Within a decade, it was the best-selling carbonated drink in that
region. It is bright yellow in colour, and common taste analogies include like
bubblegum, like banana, like pineapple and like tooth-paste. What
beverage?
13. Obtained from the roots of Piper methysticum, a lesser-known member of
the Pepper family, this drink is consumed across several Pacific Ocean
cultures. An entrepreneur in Vanuatu began marketing Lava Kola, an antienergy drink that uses the basic chemical ingredient which gives the
traditional drink its flavour. What drink?
14. Patricia Welch, the Sinologist, identifies the Babao or Eight Treasures of
Chinese cuisine as bears paw, deers tail, larks tongue, torpedo roe,
monkeys lip, carps tail and beef marrow. The missing element is typically
braised in wine. It lends its title to one of Kiplings Just So Stories. People
easily embarrassed by the rude implications of the term may prefer to call it
a gibbosity. What is the Eighth Treasure?
15. Illicium verum is a spice commonly used in the cuisines of South And South
East Asia. The Chinese call it Baijiao, meaning eight-cornered, which is
perhaps a more accurate name than the English one--formed by putting
together a shape analogy and a taste analogy. It contains anethole, the
ingredient that gives the more familiar Pimpinella species its spicy quality,
but the two spices have no other botanical connection. The German and
Spanish names are similar to the English name while the French use a form
of the Persian name. What spice?
16. It originates from a Song Dynasty slang term meaning convenient or
convenience. What name is given to a Japanese meal, usually served in a
lacquered or elaborately decorated box that is divided into sections for
holding individual portions of food?
17. The two-hundred-year-old restaurants Quanjude and Bianyifang are known
for which delicacy made using Anas platyrhynchos domestica?
18. Which famous show, now available in various countries, started its life as
Ryori No Tetsujin in 1992, produced by Fuji TV, and featured a competition
with a guest and a few resident stars?
19. In Brazil, Coca Cola offers a drink named Kuat made from the popular berry
of this fruit found in the Amazon. The fruit contains twice the caffeine found
in coffee beans. Which fruit?
20. Originally marketed in powderized form, became popular after a 1960s
marketing effort that placed a launch-pad on the canister and a slogan
connecting it to a newly attractive profession. Which brand, now owned by
Kraft Foods?

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11. Toddy.

12. Inca Kola.

13. Kava.

14. Camels hump.

15. Star Anise.

16. Bento.

17. Peking Duck or Peking Roast

Duck.
18. Iron Chef.
19. Guarana.
20. Tang.

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1. The Shass Pollaks are a community fabled for their feats of memory. With a 1.
particular book, they could recall a word from the exact spot where the
experimenter stuck a pin into the page before them, and then recall the
exact word several pages below into which that pin might have travelled.
They take the name Shass from the informal term for the book that they
learn so well. What book is this?
2. This term was originally a conceit in engineering that referred to ways of 2.
enhancing bodies for survival in harsh extra-terrestrial contexts. The term
received a social sciences twist when Donna Haraway appropriated it as a
metaphor for the growing appropriation of human beings into mechanical
social systems. What term?
3. Karl Witfogel suggest that this idea, used by Karl Marx in his writings, was 3.
dismissed by Soviet-era theoreticians because it reminded them too much
of life under Stalin. What concept, used by Marx to denote patterns of State
power exercised both militarily and through land-holding and means of
irrigation in a certain region of the world?
4. It denoted a woman in French/Creole, and that is how it figures in the title of 4.
a popular tune from the 1930s. This word may have some connection to the
Dutch word for woman and is still preserved in the name of this Amsterdam
building, founded in the 12th century as a bastion for single women. Name
either the tune OR the Amsterdam structure.
5. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this term was applied to the human rights 5.
argument made by such people as the Englishman who inspired the 2006
film Amazing Grace. Nowadays it denotes sociologists and others who
believe that jails are ineffective. What term?
6. He spent quite some time studying Indonesia and came back to advocate a 6.
style of writing for ethnography that he described as Thick Description. His
equivocality in the face of complicated situations caused some detractors to
lampoon his style as Otoh-Botoh--meaning On the One Hand, But on the
Other Hand. Who?
7. (Visual) In 1971, a king used this artifact as symbol during the celebration of 7.
what he called the 2,500th anniversary of the monarchy in his country. He
also offered a copy to the UN and claimed that it was the worlds first human
rights charter. Historians tend to disagree and believe that it contains no
more than the polite formulae by which rulers begin talking to newly
acquired subjects. What artifact?
8. A Filipino politician presented a bill in the Senate in 1962 to adopt this name 8.
in place of the Philippines. While the bill was being debated, news arrived
that the name had already been chosen by the freedom movement in a
nearby country-in-waiting. What name?
9. This word, borrowed from a European language, means word. It may 9.
indicate a system of conditional release in law-enforcement. To the
followers of Ferdinand de Saussure, it indicates spoken language,
utterance, or examples of actual language in use. What term?
10. The term that denotes the fact that awareness of being the target of 10.
sociological investigation can lead to positive modifications in behaviour and
owes its origins to studies conducted at the various factories of the Western
Electric Company, Chicago. What term?

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Talmud. (Also accept Mishna.)

Cyborg.

Asiatic mode of production.

Begin the Beguine OR The

Begijnhof.

Abolitionism.

Clifford Geertz.

The Cyrus Cylinder (from Iran).

Malaysia.

Parole.

Hawthorne Effect.

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11. He published a 1922 volume titled Argonauts of the Western Pacific which
examined the ways in which people from the Trobriand Islands exchanged
kula rings. Identify this researcher.
12. He argues that human beings have an essential nature that presses to
emerge, much like acorns germinating to become oaks. His quarrel with
psychoanalysis stemmed from his belief that their focus on pathology
produced a distorted view of the psyche. He therefore chose to study welladjusted individuals such as Lincoln, Jefferson, Thoreau, Beethoven,
Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt and an unusually creative housewife he was
acquainted with. Many of the ideas that came out of this study became
common currency--including the notion of peak experiences, moments of
deep self-awareness. Who?
13. Officially called promotor fidei (Promoter of the Faith), this office was
established in 1587 during the reign of Pope Sixtus V and abolished by
Pope John Paul II in 1983. What evocative name, now in common
parlance, was used for referring to the person holding this office?
14. Open Society Foundations was started in 1993 by George Soros and aimed
to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights,
and economic, legal, and social reform. Which philosopher influenced its
name and philosophy?
15. A variation of an original thought experiment in ethics and moral philosophy
goes thus: A surgeon has five patients each in need of a different organ,
but unfortunately no organ is available. An unknown patient walks in for a
routine check-up. The doctor discovers that his organs are compatible with
all his five patients but carrying out the operation(s) will put the unknown
patient in mortal danger. By which two-word name is the original problem,
first proposed by Phillipa Foot and involving a driver, famous?
16. The name of this policy originates in an Aesop fable titled The North Wind
and The Sun where the sun and the wind compete to remove a mans coat
which the sun wins. Thus this policy includes peaceful co-existence and
non-aggressive behaviour. Name the policy OR the country which has
adopted it.
17. (Visual) The sandstone structure is about 23 metres tall, located in Natrona
County, Wyoming. Which bribery scandal, considered one of the biggest
before Watergate and related to leasing of oil fields near the structure,
happened in 1922-23 and is named after the structure?
18. Excerpt from Part One of which book: People today face this persistent
question in new and pressing ways. Communities are exposed to the risks
of uncertainty, and suffer the grave consequences of wrong answers. Yet
none has succeeded in answering it conclusively and democratically. The
____ Book presents the ultimate solution to the problem of the proper
instrument of government Fill up the blank.
19. Which French philosophers motto for his doctrine of Positivism inspired
the motto Ordem e Progresso (Order and Progress) in the flag of Brazil?
20. The work was directed by Tribonian from 529 to 534. Originally planned as
three parts (Code, Digest and Institutes), further additions are now
considered as a fourth part (Novels). The present name was only adopted in
1583 when it was printed by Dionysius Gothofredus. What?

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11. Bronislaw Malinowski.

12. Abraham Maslow.

13. Devils advocate.

14. Karl Popper.

15. Trolley Problem.

16. South Koreas Sunshine Policy

(towards North Korea).

17. Teapot Dome scandal OR Teapot

Rock scandal.
18. Green.

19. Auguste Comte.

20. Corpus Juris Civilis. (Also accept
Code of Justinian.)

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1. Jason Websters Duende is a book about his love affair with which art 1.
form?
2. The Mozambique-born Mariza is an exponent of which genre of music?
2.
3. The three components of this annual festival are wrestling, horse-racing and 3.
archery--the events are thus also known as the three games of men.
Which festival?
4. Chunori is a dramatic technique featuring an actor suspended in midair and 4.
moving over stage and audience. Once done using ropes, it is now
executed using steel wires. In what sort of performance would you get to
witness Chunori?
5. The devices crucial to these performances are made out of buffalo-hide and 5.
then mounted on to bamboo sticks. The performances are typically based
on stories from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The other traditional
elements were cotton screens and oil lamps. Takes its name from the local
words for shadow and skin. What?
6. It takes its name from the fact that it is observed on the fifth day of the fifth 6.
month. The popular Western name for this observance is derived from one
of the public activities associated with the occasion. What?
7. The English terms haggard, allure and wrapped around the little finger all 7.
owe their origins to which ancient cultural practice?
8. It is literally a new day, and the promise that this name contains is 8.
celebrated by the Haft Sin table-setting which pays tribute to the seven
elements of life. What observance are we talking about?
9. The dialect Lunfardo bears a name meaning outlaw and originated either 9.
among European immigrants or among criminals. It gained greater
respectability in the 20th century on account of its association with another
practice. What was this practice?
10. What specific link connects the previous 9 answers?
10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

Flamenco.
Fado.
Naadam (from Mongolia).
Kabuki.

Wayang Kulit (Shadow puppetry

from Indonesia).

Dragon Boat Festival OR

Duanwu.
Falconry.
Nowruz (Persian New Year).
Tango.

UNESCOs list of practices that

constitute Intangible Cultural
Heritage.
Which popular dramatist is known for such works as The Winslow Boy, 11. Terence Rattigan.
The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea and Separate Tables? He said
that he wrote his plays to please a symbolic playgoer, Aunt Edna,
someone from the well-off middle-class who had conventional tastes; his
critics frequently used this character as the basis for belittling him.
Le Szilrd drew inspiration from whose novel The World Set Free while 12. H.G. Wells.
developing the idea of nuclear chain reaction? Incidentally, he is also known
for the catchphrase The war to end war associated with World War I.
Whose last words, as reported in his obituary in The Times, were alleged 13. Charles Dickens.
to have been: Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has
fulfilled all the rules of art.? His will stipulated that no memorial be erected
to honour him.
Which American playwright, stage director and screenwriter died in 2011, 14. Arthur Laurents.
after producing a body of work that includes West Side Story, Gypsy,
Hallelujah, Baby! and La Cage Aux Folles?
(Visual) Identify this gentleman, caricatured here by Al Hirschfeld, known 15. Nol Coward.
for what Time magazine called a sense of personal style, a combination of
cheek and chic, pose and poise.

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16. Whose 1953 work The Hill of Devi derives inspiration from the temple of
Devi Vaishini on the Tekri hill in Dewas in the Indian state of Madhya
Pradesh?
17. (Visual) Whose portrait, painted by his post-impressionist painter father
Leonid, is shown here?
18. Whose magnum opus takes its title comes from the Book of Proverbs, 9:1:
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her ____ ____?
19. He served as a secret agent under the name Peter John Rule and helped
the resistance movement in China, Burma, and French Indochina. In 1943,
he was captured by Vichy France loyalists on the Mekong River and was
subjected to severe hardship and forced labour. These experiences formed
the foundation of his famous 1952 work. Who?
20. What specific link connects the previous 9 answers?

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16. E.M. Forster.

17. Boris Pasternak.
18. T.E. Lawrence.
19. Pierre Boulle.

20. Movies directed by David Lean.

[Terence Rattigan (The Sound
Barrier), H.G. Wells (The
Passionate Friends), Charles
Dickens (Great Expectations,
Oliver Twist), Arthur Laurents
(Summertime), Nol Coward (In
Which We Serve, This Happy
Breed, Blithe Spirit, Brief
Encounter), E.M. Forster (A
Passage to India), Boris
Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago), T.E.
Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia),
Pierre Boulle (The Bridge on the
River Kwai)]

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16. Science

17. Science

6. Food and Drink

9. Food and Drink

7. Social Sciences

17. Social Sciences

15. Connect

17. Connect

Karnataka Quiz Association

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Business Quiz Questions - Part 1

Question: Which vehicle took its name from the fact that it was made to be used for general purposes?
Answer: Jeep (GP)
Question: What is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of a Rolls Royce?
Answer: The spirit of ecstasy
Question: Who invented jeans?
Answer: Levi Straus
Question: Arthur Andersen is an Accounting Firm which has been dissolved following their involvement in
which scandal?
Answer: Enron Scandal
Question: Which Indian IT company is a Joint venture between BT and M&M?
Answer: Tech Mahindra
Question: The Journal first published in 1889, featured the Jones 'Average', the first of several indexes of
stock and bond prices on the New York Stock Exchange. How do we know that today?
Answer: Wall Street Journal
Question: The world's first university-based executive education was created in 1931 at MIT under the
sponsorship which stalwart of GM?
Answer: Alfred P. Sloan
Question: Which company owns 'Hotmail', the Internet based e-mail system?
Answer: Microsoft
Question: South Africa is the world's largest producer of 3 metals. Platinum and Gold are 2 of them, whats
the third?
Answer: Chromite
Question: Which designer is credited with inventing the mini-skirt?
Answer: Mary Quant
Question: Which car is featured in the film Back to the Future?
Answer: De Lorean

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Question: The Baht is the monetary unit of which country?

Answer: Thailand
Question: What is the national airline of Spain?
Answer: Iberia
Question: Which was the first company formed to manufacture motor cars?
Answer: Daimler
Question: Which car manufacturer uses a badge consisting of 4 interlocked circles?
Answer: Audi
Question: In which country is Sikorsky Helicopters' head office?
Answer: America

Question: What is the currency of Turkey?

Answer: Lira
Question: Which company manufactured Lancaster bomber?
Answer: Avro
Question: How many old pennies were there in Half a Crown?
Answer: 30
Question: In which country are Saab cars manufactured?
Answer: Sweden
Question: Excluding India name 2 other countries that use the rupee as currency.
Answer: India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles and Sri Lanka.
Question: London's Drury Lane is associated with which industry?
Answer: Theatre
Question: What commodity is traditionally measured in units called a Truss?
Answer: Hay/Straw
Question: What is the national airline of Spain?
Answer: Iberia
Question: What is the national airline of Ireland?
Answer: Aer Lingus

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Sports Quiz
General Questions and Answers on Skating

1. When Roller Skates came in to existence?

Ans.

1710

2. What is the first recorded invention dates of Roller Skates?

Ans.
1760
3. Who is called the father of Skating?
Ans.

Joseph Merlin (Belgium)

4. When were the first Patented Roller Skates recorded?

Ans.

November 12th 1819.

5. When did the first ball bearings Skates came into life?
Ans.

December 9th 1884.

6. What is the Race Course?

Ans.

A Race Course may be either a track or Road Course. A

Road Race Course may be either an Open or Closed
circuit.

7. What is the Rope?

Ans.

On the both track and road, the race course is measured

30 cms from the inner edge. This line is called Rope.

8. How would you define the Roller Skating Track Race?

Ans.

A Track is define as a race course within an outdoor or

indoor facility provided with two straight ways of the same
length and with two symmetrical bands having the same
diameter.

9. What is the length of the track?

Ans.

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125m to 400m.

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10.

What is the width of the track?

Ans.
11.

What is the width of the finishing line?

Ans.
12.

250m to 1000m.

What are the official distance for men section?

Ans.

14.

5cm.

What is the range for closed circuit road race?

Ans.
13.

At least 5m.

300m time trial, 500m, 1000m, 10,000m point to point

race, 15000m elimination and point to point race

What are the official distance for women section?

Ans.
15.

300m time trial, 500m, 1000m, 5,000m point to point

race, 10000m elimination and point to point race.
What are the official distance for men and women in Junior
section?

Ans.

16.

300m time trial, 500m, 1000m, 5,000m point to point

race, 10000m elimination and point to point race.

How many types of competitions are there in Speed Skating?

Ans.

There are 10 types of competitions in speed skating.

17 Name the different types of competition in speed skating.

Ans

Time trials, team time trial, Elimination races, mass start

distance race, endurance races, point to point race, relay
races, stage races, pursuit races, elimination and point to
point race.

18. What is time trial race?

Ans.

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Races against the time.

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19. What is Team time trial race?

Ans.
20.

Races against the time taken of a team.

How many competitors are there in a team time trial race?

Ans.

3.

21. What is Point to Point race?

Ans.

A score is awarded after each fixed point and at the

completion of the lap.

22. What is Relay Race?

Ans.

One team is comprises of 4 players.

23. What is Elimination and Point to Point Race?

Ans.

In this competition one or more players can be eliminated

on each fixed of the course.

24. Name five artistic steps.

Ans.

Camel of outside forward, Half camel of inside forward, sit

forward, skating backward cross pull, sit backward.

25. When was Ice Skating Dancing invented?

Ans.

1993.

26. Who invented Ice Skating dance?

Ans.

Matha

27. Where is figure skating most popular?

Ans.

US, Japan & Russia.

28. What is the distance of the long track in speed skating?

Ans.

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400m

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29. What is the distance of the short track in speed skating?

Ans

110m.

30. How many players play roller hockey at a time?

Ans.

5 players.

31. Name the two Indian Skaters who participated in the world
championship recently held at Gegio Spain.
Ans.

Ankita in Seniors, Pooja in Juniors.

32. What is the starting condition?

Ans.

On the signal the race should start.

33. What should be the distance between the skaters standing on the
starting line?
Ans.

50 cm.

34. How are the starting positions determined of the skaters?

Ans.

The starting positions are determined by drawing the lots

of the skaters.

35. How many Speed Skating gold medals did Bonnie Blair win to
become the most successful female US winter Olympian?
Ans.

Five.

36. How many players are there in Roller Hockey Team?

Ans.

10 players.

37. How many Judges score each Skater in figure skating?

Ans.

Nine Judges.

38. How does a roller hockey player load his stick?

Ans.

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He raises it up in the air before bringing it down to hit the

ball.

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39. What is the method used to start play in roller hockey?

Ans.
40.

Face-off.

Jamie Sale and David Pelletier are related to__________ game

Ans

Figure Skating.

41 Slashing, hooking, boarding are common terms of ________ sport.

Ans.
42.

Ice Hockey.

What is full form of IRSS?

Ans.
43.

Indian Roller Skating School.

What is the full form of RSFI?

Ans.

Roller Skating Federation of India.

44. Where did

organize?
Ans.
45.

Roller

Hockey

World

Championship

2009

Spain Vigo.

Which country won the Roller Hockey World Championship 2009?

Ans.
46.

Spain.

What is the world speed record of track (men) in 2010?

Ans
47.

J. Mantia from USA, 300m with timings 24.250 sec.

What is the world speed record of track (women) in 2010?

Ans.

48.

So Yeong Shin from Korea in 300m with timings 26.426

sec.

What is the full form of F.I.R.S.?

Ans.
49.

the

Federation International of Roller Sports.

How many skaters are there in long track speed skating?

Ans.

Two.

50. Who is the Speed Skater Champion of our school under 8 years
girls category?
Ans
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Vanshika Seth of class II D.

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Sports Quiz
General Questions and Answers on Yoga

Q-1. What is the meaning of yoga?

A-1. The word yoga has been derived from the Sanskrit word yuj which
means union or join. Thus literal meaning of yoga is union of individuals
human soul with the supreme universal spirit.
Q-2. Write the definitions of yoga?
A-2. (a) Checking the impulses of mind is yoga. (By Mahrishi Patanjali)
(b) Yoga is spiritual kamdhenu. (By Swami Sampurnanand)
Q-3. Explain the history of yoga?
A-3. Yoga is as old as the Hindu civilization itself. Traditionally lord Shiva is
considered original founder of yoga. It is believed that lord shiva had
narrated divine science of yoga firstly to wife parvati for upliftment of
humanity. Importance of yoga has been referred in to the Vedas. Different
forms of yoga have been mentioned in Puranas, Upanishads, and Smritis.
The Aryans used to practise yogic exercises as early as 3000 B.C. Epics
likeThe Ramayana, The Mahabharata and Bhagvad Puranas written about
400 B.C. also contain vivid account of various branches of yoga. Today
yoga has become popular all over world as a means of self realization and
development of positive health.
Q-4. What is the importance of Yoga in our life?
A-4.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

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Physical purity.
Cure and prevention from diseases.
Reduces mental tension.
Beautification of body.
Provides relaxation.
Keeps the correct posture of body.
Yoga can be performed easily.
Spiritual development.
Increases flexibility.
Reduces obesity.
Improves health.
Enhances moral and ethical values.

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Q-5. Write the definition of Asana?

A-5. Sthiram Sukhamasanam. (By Mahrishi Patanjali)
Q-6. What are the types of asanas?
A-6.
1.
2.
3.

Meditative asanas.
Relaxative asanas.
Cultural asanas.

Q-7. What are eight elements of Yoga? (Ashtanga Yoga)

A-7. The Aim of Yoga to secure liberation, Moksha. To attain this goal individual
has to control his body, mind, emotions and desires. As mind is very
inconsistent and restless , constant practices of yoga through its eight
elements or stages can help in achieving objectives.
First five elements of Ashtanga yoga comparise of external yoga
and the last three of internal yoga. Eight elements of yoga as
explained by patanjali are as follows:-

1. YAMA- Yama means restraint or social discipline. Patanjali refers to

following five yamas:a)
AHIMSA- It means non-violence.
b)
SATYA- It means truth.
c)
ASTEYA- It means control or conquest of mind and senses.
d)
APRIGRAHA- It means non-receiving.
e)
BRAHMACHARYA- It means celibacy.

2. NIYAMA- Niyama are regulatory physical habits requiring individual

discipline. They are also five in numbers:a)
SAUCHA- It means regular cleanliness of external and internal
body and purification of mind.
b)
SANTOSH- It means contentment. Individual should remain
contended physically as well as mentally in a congenial as well
as uncongenial atmosphere.
c)
TAPAS- It means penance. Individual should conquer all his
desires.
d)
SAVDHYAYA- It means self study. One should analyze himself
and try to correct his short comings.
e)
ISHWARPARMIDHANA- It means surrender to God. One should
surrender all his actions to God.

3. ASANAS- Asanas are certain special pattern of postures that

stabilize mind and body. They are psychophysical exercises which
improve general tone of muscles and bring tranquility to the mind.

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4. PRANAYAMA- Pranayam is regulation of breathing after adopting

correct and relevant posture. It has three phases:a)
Purak (Inhalation)
b)
Rechak (Exhalation)
c)
Kumbhak (Retention or holding breath)

5. PRATYAHAR- Pratyahar means restraining the senses from object

of enjoyment. It is a process of bringing back or suppressing the
desires which are real cause of all troubles.

6. DHARNA- It means focusing of mind. After controlling desires state

of dharna comes in which individual gets rid of the impulses, pain and
pleasures. Mind is steadied.

7. DHYANA- It means meditation. When an individual is able to focus

on shunya or nothingness then stage of dhyana comes. It is a smooth
and unhampered mental activity which makes the individual
contemplate on whatever he likes to.
8. SAMADHI- It is a state of great steadiness of mind. Samadhi means
self realization. Profound meditation or dhyana enables an individual to
be free from pleasure, pain or misery. It is a stage where individual
soul unites with universal soul.
Q-8. Write the name of ten asanas name?
A-8.
a) Tadasana
b) Padhastasana
c) Trikonasana
d) Pashchimottanasana
e) Titaliasana
f) Bhujangasana
g) Bhunamanasana
h) Ushtrasana
i)
Urdhav-hastotanasana
j) Chakrasana
Q-9. What is Pranayama?
A-9. Pranayama is an appropriate control over the process of breathing i.e.
Inhalation and exhalation.

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Q-10. Write the names of eigh types of Pranayama?

A-10.
1. Alom-vilom pranayama.
2. Suryabhedi pranayama.
3. Ujjai pranayama.
4. Sheetli pranayama.
5. Sheet Kari pranayama.
6. Bhramari pranayama.
7. Bhastrika pranayama.
8. Plavani pranayama.
Q-11. Write the three phases of pranayama?
A-11.
a)
b)
c)

Inhalation (Purak)
Retention (Kumbhak)
Exhalation (Rechak)

Q-12. Write the important things for pranayama?

A-12.
a)
b)
d)
e)

Place
Posture
Time
Time ratio (1:4:2)

Q-13. Write the

yogasanas?
A-13.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

general

rules

to

be

followed

while

practising

The bowels and bladder should be empty.

Clothing should be light and loose.
Prefer the open area for the practise.
Do not drink or eat immediately after the practise: - give at least 20
to 30 minutes gap.
All the yogic practice should be learnt only under guidance.

Q-14. Write the aim of yoga?

A-14. Yoga education is not physical culture; it is actually a subconscious
education to integrate the personality on spiritual values.
AIM- The aim of yoga is to establish harmony, balance, integration of
personality at all possible levels:- physical, mental, social, intellectual,
emotional and spiritual.

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Q-15. Write the name of panch-prana.

A-15.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Udana-(Head region)
Prana-(Chest region)
Samana-(Upper abdomen)
Apana-(Lower abdomen)
Vyana-(Entire body)

Q-16. Write the distraction of mind. (Chitta-vikshep)

A-16.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Avidya (Lack of awareness)

Asmita (Egoism)
Raga (Attachment)
Dwesha (Harted, Repulsion)
Abhinivesha (Fear of death)

Q-17. How many types of yoga are there?

A-17. Yoga is of seven types:1)
Karma yoga
2)
Jnana yoga
3)
Hatha yoga
4)
Raj yoga
5)
Mantra yoga
6)
Laya yoga
7)
Bhakti yoga
Q-18. Explain preventive and curative effects of yoga.
A-18. Yoga involves a variety of postures, which affect the entire body. Asanas
recharge the body and help in even distribution of energy throughout the
body. It helps in curing many diseases related to circulatory and
respiratory system, muscular system skeletal system, nervous and
digestive system. This results in improved health of mind and body.
Q-19. Write the name of asanas which are useful when the navel is
displaced?
A-19.

a)
b)
c)
d)

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Uttanpadasana
Dhanurasana
Chakrasana
Shalabhasana

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Q-20. Write the concept of Hatha yoga.

A-20. Hatha yoga is powerful, but difficult, the whole principle of action is
founded on an intimate connection between the body and the soul. Its aim
is to ensure perfect health by physical and mental purification through the
control of mind and body. The power of concentration can be developed if
there is balance and harmony between the body and mind.
Q-21. What is meditation?
A-21. Another name of meditation is dhyana. It is sustained concentration or
deep reflection on a particular object of thought. Asanas still the body
whereas meditation stills the mind. It is a complete concentration of mind
over a period of time without divergence. In the process of meditation, a
person is able to integrate his body, breath, senses, mind, reason and ego.
Q-22. What is the aim of meditation?
A-22. Aim at finding your centre, it is with you.
Q-23. Are there any qualities to be specially cultivated to succeed in
this search of my centre?
A-23. Specially the following three:1) Ahimsa (Harmlessness)
2) Ekagrata (One-pointedness)
3) Saralata (Simplicity)
Q-24. Why do you pray to God?
A-24. God answers a need in my scheme of life. Prayer is an escape from the
loneliness of the actual into communion with a companion. Prayer is with
me a necessity of my life.
Q-25. In which period yoga started?
A-25. Vedic period.
Q-26. Who was the first one, who introduced the word yoga in classical
way?
A-26.

a) Kapil Manu
c) Sampurnanand

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Q-27. Who is the writer of Yog-Sutra?

A-27.
a) Mahrishi Patanjali
c) Kapil Manu

b) Vaatsyayan
d) Sampurnanand

Q-28. Out of the following which one is not an Ashtanga-Yoga?

A-28.

a) Yama
c) Dhouti

b) Niyama
d) Pranayama

Q-29. Yoga is classified into three types- Meditative asana and Cultural
asana are the two types, write the name of third type?
A-29.
a) Pranayama
b) Relaxative Asana
c) Tivra-gati Asana
d) Purak
Q-30. Padmasana, Pawanmuktasana, Bhujangasana, Shalbhasana are
helpful in curing which diseases?
A-30.

a) Stomach Diseases
c) Hernia

b) Diabetes
d) Asthma

Q-31. Which Asana is helpful in maintaining Normal-Blood pressure?

A-31.

a) Shavasana
c) Sheershasana

b) Padmasana
d) Shalbhasana

Q-32. Dhanurasana, Matsyendrasana, Shalbhasana, Surya-Namaskar are

helpful in______?
A-32.

a) Stomach pain
c) Diabetes

b) Asthma
d) Cancer

Q-33. How many activities are there in Pranayama?

A-33.

a) Two
d) Five

b) Three
d) Six

Q-34. Pranayama is which part of the Ashtanga-Yoga?

A-34.

a) First
c) Sixth

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d) Forth

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Q-35. Out of the following which activity dose not belong to

Pranayama?
A-35.

a) Dhouti
c) Rechak

b) Purak
d) Kumbhak

Q-36. What is the ratio of breathing in Pranayama?

A-36.
a) 2:6:2
c) 1:4:2

b) 6:12:4
d) 1:2:1

Q-37. What are the first five parts of Yoga known as? (ASHTANGAYOGA)
A-37.
a) Antrik Sadhan
c) Bahari Sadhan

b) Arambhik
d) Pranayama

Q-38. What are the last three parts of Yoga known as? (ASHTANGAYOGA)
A-38.

a) Antrik Sadhan
c) Shatkram

b) Bahari Sadhana
d) Pranayama

Q-39. What is the one word meaning of Yoga?

A-39.
a) Yogi
c) Meditation

b) Sadhana
d) Join or Unite

Q-40. Which one is not Pranayama?

A-40.

a) Kumbhak
c) Shatkarm

b) Ahimsa
d) Ujjai

Q-41. Explain the role of Yoga in Sports.

A-41. Yoga and sports are often seen in opposition. Yoga is for practice
whereas sports emphasis on training. Yoga is an excellent exercise for the
body, mind and soul and helps sports-persons to become more agile,
stronger and focused.

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a) Stimulates and changes emotional attitude.

b) Helps you feel relaxed.
c) Quick recovery after injury.
d) Helps to improve flexibility.
e) Removes stress and tension.
Q-42. Write any two benefits of Ujjai-Pranayama?
A-42.
1) Removes cough and clears throat.
2) Cures snoring trouble.
Q-43. What are the benefits of Kapalabhati Pranayama?
A-43.

1) Purifies Blood.
2) Enhances supply to oxygen to the body.
3) Improves digestion.
4) Useful for lungs.

Q-44. What are the advantages of Padmasana?

A-44.
1)
2)
3)
4)

It removes urinary disorders.

This asana is good for concentration of mind.
It helps in removing backache.
It helps sciatica problem.

Q-45. What are the advantages of Tadasana?

A-45.

1) It reduces Obesity.
2) It removes Constipation.
3) It removes Digestive problems.

Q-46. What are the advantages of Paschimotanasana?

A-46.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

It
It
It
It
It

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removes gas trouble.

prevents the early ossification of bones.
is a good remedy for Constipation.
helps to overcome several menstrual disorders.
gives relief in sciatica, backache and asthma.

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Q-47. What are the advantages of Chakrasana?

A-47.
1)
2)
3)
4)

It
It
It
It

removes back pain.

removes the pain of kidneys.
is helpful in removing Obesity.
removes the problem of Hernia.

Q-48. What are the benefits of practising Matasyasana?

A-48.

1)
2)
3)
4)

It is helpful in removing back pain, knee pain and Tonsillitis.

It also removes the defects of Eyes.
Skin diseases can be removed, if we practise this asana regularly.
This asana is helpful for the treatment of diabetes.

Q-49. What are the advantages of Sarvangasana?

A-49.

1) It relieves Headache.
2) It prevents the untimely wrinkling of the face.
3) It enables to have a good eyesight.
4) It helps to control the weight of the body.
5) The liver and kidneys are massaged and they function better.

Q-50. What are the benefits of doing Shavasana?

A-50.
1) It strengthens the Nervous System.
2) It controls High Blood Pressure.
3) It relieves Mental Tension.
4) It helps to cure many Cardiac Problems.

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