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Quiz 2009

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Quiz – General Knowledge

1. Name the British Governor-General who was responsible for the introduction
of Railways in India?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c)Lord Cornwallis
(d) Lord Warren Hastings
Answer: (b) Lord Dalhousie

2. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?
(a) Bachendri Pal
(b) Karnam Maleshwari
(c) Kunjarani Devi
(d) P.T.Usha
Answer: (b) Karnam Maleshwari

3. Which of the following places are known as the "Emerald Islands"?


(a) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(b) Daman & Diu
(c) Lakshadweep Islands
(d) Maldives
Answer: (a) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

4. The Japanese call their country as


(a) Nippon
(b) Sun
(c) Sony
(d) Tokyo
Answer: (d) Nippon

5. The country known as the land of the midnight sun is:


(a) Canada
(b) France
(c) Japan
(d) Norway
Answer: (d) Norway

6. The author of the play/book ?Ratnawali? is:


(a) Harsha Vardhan
(b) Kalidas
(c) Prem Chand
(d) Tulsidas
Answer: (a) Harsha Vardhan

7. On which date is Nobel Prize awarded?


(a) January 10
(b) April 10
(c) July 10
(d) December 10
Answer: (d) December 10

8. Red blood corpuscles are formed in the


(a) Bone marrow
(b) Heart
(c) Kidneys
(d) Liver
Answer: (a) Bone marrow

9. The largest part of the human brain is the


(a) Cerebellum
(b) Cerebrum
(c) Medulla oblongata
(d) Temporal Lobes
Answer: (b) Cerebrum

10. What is the main component of bones and teeth?


(a) Calcium carbonate
(b) Calcium nitrate
(c) Calcium phosphate
(d) Calcium sulphate
Answer: (c) Calcium phosphate

11. Approximately how many languages and dialects are spoken by people all
over the world?
(a) 1,000
(b) 4,000
(c) 6,000
(d) 9,000
Answer: (d) 9000

12. The only religious book ever printed in a shorthand scripts is:
(a) Guru Granth Sahib
(b) The bible
(c) The Mahabharata
(d) The Ramayana
Answer: (b) The bible

13. Which of the following turn blue litmus red


(a) Acids
(b) Bases
(c) Salts
(d) Indicators
Answer: (a) Acids

14. What is the more common name for a polymer of amino acids?
(a) Carbohydrate
(b) Enzyme
(c) Protein
(d) Sugar
Answer: (c) Protien

15. What is the name given to the green pigment in plants?


(a) Chlorophyll
(b) Tendrils
(c) Stomata
(d) Starch
Answer: (a) Chlorophyll

16. Where is Fort William located ?


(a) Chennai
(b) Goa
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mysore
Answer: (c) Kolkata

17. Which of these Cities located in the state of Gujarat is famous for zari
production?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Rajkot
(c) Surat
(d) Surendranagar
Answer: (c) Surat

18. Which State in India is the largest producer of Soyabean?


(a) Gujarat
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh

19. On which riverbank is Goa located?


(a) Ganga
(b) Gomati
(c) Mandovi
(d) Sabarmati
Answer: (c) Mandovi

20. Which state is known as India's Spice Garden...?


(a) Bihar
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttaranchal
Answer: (c) Kerela

21. Arena is the special name for playground of:


(a) Cricket
(b) Lawn Tennis
(c) Wrestling
(d) Skating
Answer: (c) Wrestling

22. Name this Indian Tennis player who has turned Hollywood filmmaker?
(a) Ashok Amritraj
(b) Leander Paes
(c) Mahesh Bhupathi
(d) Vijay Amritraj
Answer: (a) Ashok Amritraj

23. The 'Dronacharya Award' is given to...?


(a) Coaches
(b) Sports Editors
(c) Sportsmen
(d) Umpires
Answer: (a) Coaches

24. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian games gold in 400m run?
(a) K. Malleshwari
(b) Kamaljit Sandhu
(c) M.L.Valsamma
(d) P.T.Usha
Answer: (b) Kamaljit Sandhu

25. Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics?
(a) K. D. Yadav
(b) Karnam Malleshwari
(c) Milkha Singh
(d) P. T. Usha
Answer: (b) K.D.Yadav

26. "Tomorrow is just another day." Which famous American novel ends with this
sentence?
(a) Gone with the Wind
(b) Roots
(c) Seeds
(d) The Great Gatsby
Answer: (a) Gone with the Wind

27. Which author is a Bengali writer and an Oscar winning film director?
(a) Chhabi Biswas
(b) Bankimchandra
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Satyajit Ray
Answer: (d) Satyajit Ray

28. Arundhati Roy won the Booker prize in 1997 for her novel:
(a) A wall of silence
(b) Democracy’s failing heights
(c) Scandal in the Palace
(d) The God of small things
Answer: (d) The God of small things

29. Which of the following helps keep body cool?


(a) Mastication
(b) Perspiration
(c) Respiration
(d) Urination
Answer: (d) Perspiration

30. Which of the following is a parasite?


(a) Pigs
(b) Ringworm
(c) Wolves
(d) Zebra
Answer: (d) Ringworm

31. What do astronomers use to map the shape of the Milky Way?
(a) Gamma rays
(b) Infrared rays
(c) Radio waves
(d) Visible light
Answer: (c) Radio Waves
32. Which of the following did Newton not discover?
(a) Law of Gravity
(b) Law of Magnetism
(c) Law of Mechanics
(d) Law of Motion
Answer: (b) Law of Magnetism

33. The value of Pi was calculated as 3.1416 by...


(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Bhaskara
(c) Brahmagupta
(d) Budhayana
Answer: (a) Aryabhatta

34. In Mathematics, India's most precious gift to the world is...


(a) Decimal System
(b) Pythagorus Theorem
(c) Value Of Pi
(d) Zero
Answer: (d) Zero

35. Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?


(a) Redmond, Washington
(b) Richmond, Virginia
(c) Santa Clara, California
(d) Tucson, Arizona
Answer: (c) Santa Clara, California
36. Which beautiful and imposing mosque is located in the middle of the sea?
(a) Char Minar
(b) Fatehpur Sikri
(c) Haji Ali Dargah
(d) Lal Quila
Answer: (a) Char Minar

37. During the 1857 mutiny who was the queen of Jhansi's trusted general?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Chandrasekhar Azad
(c) Hyder Ali
(d) Tantia Tope
Answer: (d) Tantia Tope

38. Wagah border town is also the place of the official checkpoint between India
and which other country?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) China
(c) Nepal
(d) Pakistan
Answer: (d) Pakistan

39. Which of the following rivers does not meet the Bay of Bengal?
(a) Godavari
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Tapi (Tapti)
(d) Vaigai
Answer: (c) Tapi (Tapti)

40. To which of the following countries did Karl Marx belong?


(a) Germany
(b) Great Britain
(c) Russia
(d) Yugoslavia
Answer: (a) Germany
Rapid fire questions

41. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?


(a) Akbar
(b) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Sher Shah Suri
Answer: (c) Shah Jahan

42. Who was India's first Deputy Prime Minister?


(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Maulana Azad
(c) Sardar Baldev Singh
(d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer: (d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

43. Napoleon Bonaparte belonged to


(a) Austria
(b) England
(c) France
(d) Germany
Answer: (c): France

44. Bangladesh was created in


(a) 1970
(b) 1971
(c) 1972
(d) 1973
Answer: (b) 1971
45. What country's flag has a red maple leaf?
(a) Canada
(b) Britain
(c) Switzerland
(d) Turkey
Answer: (a) Canada

46. What country's capital is Nairobi?


(a) Brazil
(b) Ethiopia
(c) Gambia
(d) Kenya
Answer: (d) Kenya

47. Name the Rajput princess whom Akbar married.


(a) Jodha Bai
(b) Jija Bai
(c) Mumtaz Mahal
(d) Noor Jehan
Answer: (a) Jodha Bai
48. Who is known as the "Napoleon of India"?
(a) Akbar
(b) Ashoka
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Samudragupta
Answer: (d) Samudragupta

49. Who defeated the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat?


(a) The Afghans
(b) The British
(c) The Mughals
(d) The Rajputs
Answer: (c) The Mughals

50. Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913?


(a) Harivansh rai bachchan
(b) Mirza Galib
(c) Mohammad Iqbal
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: (d) Rabindranath Tagore

51. How many bones are there in a newly born infant?


(a) 206
(b) 230
(c) 280
(d) 300
Answer: (d) 300

52. Ricketts is a disease of the


(a) Blood
(b) Bones
(c) Muscles
(d) Tissue
Answer: (b) Bones

53. How many countries are there in the world?


(a) 136
(b) 202
(c) 176
(d) 210
Answer: (c) 176

54. The oldest Indian language is:


(a) Hindu
(b) Punjabi
(c) Telugu
(d) Tamil
Answer: (d) Tamil
55. Which is the Largest sea?
(a) Black Sea
(b) Dead Sea
(c) Mediterranean Sea
(d) South China Sea
Answer: (d) South China Sea

56. Which is the Largest island of the Earth?


(a) Borneo
(b) Greenland
(c) Indonesia
(d) New Zealand
Answer: (b) Greenland

57. Which is the Brightest planet as viewed from the Earth?


(a) Jupiter
(b) Mars
(c) Mercury
(d) Venus
Answer: (d) Venus

58. Water has maximum density at...


(a) 0o C
(b) 4o C
(c) 32 o C
(d) 100 o C
Answer: (a) 0o C

59. Manikaran is a pilgrim site located in ...?


(a) Punjab
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Jammu & Kashmir
(d) Uttaranchal
Answer: (b) Himachal Pradesh

60. What is the capital of Egypt?


(a) Alexandria
(b) Aswan
(c) Cairo
(d) Siwah
Answer: (c) Cairo

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