General Knowledge Quiz-64

Q1. Which waterbody seprates the India from the island nation of Sri Lanka ?
(A) Bering Strait
(B) Palk Strait
(C) Strait of Gibraltar
(D) Strait of Magellan
Answer : (B) Palk Strait

Q2. The dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Hazarat Nizamuddin Aulia is located in which city ?
(A) Ajmer
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Srinagar
Answer : (B) Delhi

Q3. Who among the following is also known as 'Bhartiya Kokila' (The Nightingale of India) ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Lata Mangeshkar
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) M.S.Subbulakshmi
Answer : (C) Sarojini Naidu

Q4. Which mineral is mined at Khetri in Rajasthan ?
(A) Copper
(B) Lignite
(C) Bauxite
(D) Iron Ore
Answer : (A) Copper

Q5. Which foreign invader defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) ?
(A) Nadir Shah
(B) Mahmud Ghazni
(C) Ahmed Shah Abdali
(D) Muhammad Bin Qasim
Answer : (C) Ahmed Shah Abdali

Q6. In which village was Adi Shankaracharya born ?
(A) Tankara (Gujarat)
(B) Navadwip (W.Bengal)
(C) Tiruchuzhi (T.Nadu)
(D) Kalady (Kerala)
Answer : (D) Kalady (Kerala)

Q7. To which political party is the trade union All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) affiliated ?
(A) CPI
(B) CPI(M)
(C) Congress
(D) BJP
Answer : (A) CPI

Q8. Which medieval ruler authored Telugu work 'Amukta Malyada' ?
(A) Rajaraja Chola I
(B) Parakrama Pandiyan
(C) Krishna Deva Raya
(D) Narsimhavarman II
Answer : (C) Krishna Deva Raya

Q9. Tashkent city, where the Indian Prime Minister L.B.Shastri signed a peace agreement 'Tashkent Declaration' with Pakistani President Ayub Khan in 1966, is capital of which country ?
(A) Kazakhstan
(B) Kyrgyzstan
(C) Tajikistan
(D) Uzbekistan
Answer : (D) Uzbekistan

Q10.On 26 March 2009, who became the first tourist to go into the space twice ?
(A) Dennis Tito
(B) Mark Shuttleworth
(C) Gregory Olsen
(D) Charles Simonyi
Answer : (D) Charles Simonyi

General Knowledge Quiz-63

Q1. Anamudi Peak, located in the Idukki district of Kerala, is the highest peak of which Indian mountain range ?
(A) Aravali
(B) Vindhyas
(C) Sahyadri (W.Ghats)
(D) Satpura
Answer : (C) Sahyadri (W.Ghats)

Q2. 'Kalidas' and 'Varahamihira' were the courtier of which ancient Indian ruler ?
(A) Harshavardhana
(B) Pulkeshin II
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Chandragupta Vikramaditaya
Answer : (D) Chandragupta Vikramaditaya

Q3. The insulin, a necessary harmone to absorb glucose (sugar) from the blood, is produced by which endocrine gland in human body ?
(A) Thyroid
(B) Adrenal
(C) Pancreas
(D) Pituitary
Answer : (C) Pancreas

Q4. 'Swaraj (self-rule) is my birthright and I shall have it !' slogan was given by which freedom fighter ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Bhagat Singh
Answer : (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q5. 'Peat', 'Bituminous', 'Lignite' and 'Anthrasite' are the varieties of which item ?
(A) Coal
(B) Iron
(C) Petrol
(D) Aluminium
Answer : (A) Coal

Q6. Which Asian country was formerly known as 'Persia' ?
(A) Iraq
(B) Iran
(C) Qatar
(D) Yemen
Answer : (B) Iran

Q7. Built across the Godavari river, Pochampad Dam is located in which state ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : (D) Andhra Pradesh

Q8. How many approximate days are there in the Hijri (Islamic) Calender, the lunar calendar based on year 622 AD when Prophet Muhammed emigrated to Madina ?
(A) 354 days
(B) 358 days
(C) 362 days
(D) 365 days
Answer : (A) 354 days

Q9. Which Indian lady writer won the Commonwealth Award for her first novel 'Difficult Daughters' ?
(A) Kiran Desai
(B) Manju Kapur
(C) Jhumpa Lahiri
(D) Arundhati Roy
Answer : (B) Manju Kapur

Q10.Among the following four official styles in the competitive swimming, which swimming style is the slowest ?
(A) Butterfly
(B) Backstroke
(C) Front Crawl (Freestyle)
(D) Breaststroke
Answer : (D) Breaststroke

General Knowledge Quiz-62

Q1. Which city houses the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway (NER) ?
(A) Hajipur (Bihar)
(B) Allahabad (U.P.)
(C) Gorakhpur (U.P.)
(D) Jabalpur (M.P.)
Answer : (C) Gorakhpur (U.P.)

Q2. In which medium does the sound travel the fastest ?
(A) Gas
(B) Solid
(C) Liquid
(D) Plasma
Answer : (B) Solid

Q3. Who was the first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) M.G.Ramachandran
Answer : (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri

Q4. Which river is also known as 'Bengal's sorrow' ?
(A) Damodar
(B) Mahanadi
(C) Hooghly
(D) Gandak
Answer : (A) Damodar

Q5. In which Indian city would you find the Rock Garden, a sculpture garden created by artist Nek Chand using waste especially rags and broken ceramics ?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Gandhinagar
(D) Hyderabad
Answer : (B) Chandigarh

Q6. Which Commission is inquiring into the demolition of Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on 6th December 1992 ?
(A) Mandal Commission
(B) Liberhan Commission
(C) Sarkaria Commission
(D) Mukherjee Commission
Answer : (B) Liberhan Commission

Q7. With which sport are the 'Thomas Cup', 'Uber Cup' and 'Sudirman Cup' tournaments associated ?
(A) Squash
(B) Table Tennis
(C) Lawn Tennis
(D) Badminton
Answer : (D) Badminton

Q8. Which among the following boundary line seprates Pakistan from Afghanistan ?
(A) Curzon Line
(B) MacMahon Line
(C) Durand Line
(D) Radcliffe Line
Answer : (C) Durand Line

Q9. The first Polio vaccine in form of 'injected dose' was developed by Jonas Salk in 1952. Later, who developed first Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in sixties ?
(A) Edward Jenner
(B) Louis Pasteur
(C) Alexander Fleming
(D) Albert Sabin
Answer : (D) Albert Sabin

Q10.Who coined commonly used phrases 'Big Brother', 'Doublethink', 'Newspeak' and 'Thought Police' in his famous novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' ?
(A) E.M.Forster
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) Rudyard Kipling
(D) George Orwell
Answer : (D) George Orwell

General Knowledge Quiz-61

Q1. 'Pattachitra' style of painting is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Orissa
(B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : (A) Orissa

Q2. What is more popular name of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) ?
(A) Benelux
(B) Gamelan Council
(C) Peninsula Shield
(D) World Bank
Answer : (D) World Bank

Q3. Marina Beach, the India's longest and world's second longest beach, is located in which city ?
(A) Puri (Orissa)
(B) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
(C) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(D) Kozhikode (Kerala)
Answer : (C) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

Q4. 'Green', 'Black', 'White' and 'Oolong' are the varieties of which common day consumption item ?
(A) Rice
(B) Wheat
(C) Coffee
(D) Tea
Answer : (D) Tea

Q5. Who founded the political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) ?
(A) C.N.Annadurai
(B) V.Gopalaswamy
(C) M.G.Ramachandran
(D) N.T.Ramarao
Answer : (A) C.N.Annadurai

Q6. Who was the Governor General of India during the India's First War of Independence in 1857 ?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Canning
(C) Lord Northbrook
(D) Lord Auckland
Answer : (B) Lord Canning

Q7. Which former President of India authored the book 'Without Fear or Favour' ?
(A) V.V.Giri
(B) R.Venkataraman
(C) N.Sanjiva Reddy
(D) S.Radhakrishnan
Answer : (C) N.Sanjiva Reddy

Q8. Who is the only Indian bowler to have taken a wicket on the very first ball of his international cricket career ?
(A) Abid Ali
(B) Nilesh Kulkarni
(C) Narendra Hirwani
(D) Ravi Shastri
Answer : (B) Nilesh Kulkarni

Q9. In Indian Parliament, which among the following Bill can be introduced only in Lok Sabha ?
(A) Amending Bills
(B) Money and finance Bills
(C) Expiring Laws (Continuance) Bills
(D) Constitutional Amendment Bills
Answer : (B) Money and finance Bills

Q10.Which among the following is the India's first indigenously built submarine ?
(A) INS Vela
(B) INS Vagli
(C) INS Shankul
(D) INS Shalki
Answer : (D) INS Shalki

General Knowledge Quiz-60

Q1. Which Chinese city, also known as 'City of Goats', will host 16th Asian Games (XVI Asiad) in 2010 ?
(A) Beijing
(B) Shanghai
(C) Guangzhou
(D) Shenzhen
Answer : (C) Guangzhou

Q2. A qualitative or quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin leads to which disorder ?
(A) Anemia
(B) Adrenalitis
(C) Anorexia
(D) Aminoaciduria
Answer : (A) Anemia

Q3. On the banks of which river is the holy city Ayodhya located ?
(A) Gomti
(B) Ganga
(C) Saryu
(D) Yamuna
Answer : (C) Saryu

Q4. Which among the following is not obtained from plants ?
(A) Cork
(B) Hemp
(C) Linen
(D) Silk
Answer : (D) Silk

Q5. On 21 March 1950, who became the first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India ?
(A) T.Swaminathan
(B) S.P.Sen Verma
(C) S.L.Shakdhar
(D) Sukumar Sen
Answer : (D) Sukumar Sen

Q6. Which among the following National Park is located in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh ?
(A) Kanha National Park
(B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Kanchenjunga National Park
(D) Kanger Ghati National Park
Answer : (D) Kanger Ghati National Park

Q7. Whom did the tenth and last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh appoint his military deputy ?
(A) Ranjit Singh
(B) Hari Singh Nalwa
(C) Banda Bahadur
(D) Zorawar Singh
Answer : (C) Banda Bahadur

Q8. In 1784, who founded the Asiatic Society in Kolkata for inquiry into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia ?
(A) A.O.Hume
(B) William Jones
(C) C.F.Andrews
(D) Alfred Webb
Answer : (B) William Jones

Q9. Which city houses the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), an international organisation that coordinates the world-wide postal system ?
(A) Vienna (Austria)
(B) Berne (Switzerland)
(C) The Hague (Netherlands)
(D) Brussels (Belgium)
Answer : (B) Berne (Switzerland)

Q10.On 1 November 1952, at which atoll in the Pacific Ocean was the world's first Hydrogen Bomb test (code-named Mike) conducted ?
(A) Enewetak
(B) Pearl and Hermes
(C) Okinotorishima
(D) Bikini
Answer : (A) Enewetak

General Knowledge Quiz-59

Q1. In what shape is the medal of the Bharat Ratna award designed ?
(A) Lotus Petal
(B) Maple Leaf
(C) Peepul Leaf
(D) Banyan Leaf
Answer : (C) Peepul Leaf

Q2. Which blood group is the universal recipient ?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) AB
(D) O
Answer : (C) AB

Q3. Which city is served by Birsa Munda Airport ?
(A) Raipur (Chattisgarh)
(B) Ranchi (Jharkhand)
(C) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(D) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
Answer : (B) Ranchi (Jharkhand)

Q4. Which is the only breed of dog that can't bark ?
(A) Basenji
(B) Dalmatian
(C) German Shepherd
(D) Chihuahua
Answer : (A) Basenji

Q5. In which Indian state is the Rumtek Monastery, a famous Tibetan Buddhist monastery, located ?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Sikkim
Answer : (D) Sikkim

Q6. For improving civic sanitation, who founded the Sulabh International in 1970 ?
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Anna Hazare
(C) Swami Agnivesh
(D) Bindeshwar Pathak
Answer : (D) Bindeshwar Pathak

Q7. Which Indian lady writer won the 2006 Booker Prize for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss' ?
(A) Anita Desai
(B) Kiran Desai
(C) Arundhati Roy
(D) Jhumpa Lahiri
Answer : (B) Kiran Desai

Q8. Which country is popularly known as the 'Cockpit of Europe' ?
(A) France
(B) Germany
(C) Belgium
(D) Norway
Answer : (C) Belgium

Q9. Who was the first Indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in One Day International (ODI) cricket ?
(A) Chetan Sharma
(B) Irfan Pathan
(C) Harbhajan Singh
(D) Kapil Dev
Answer : (A) Chetan Sharma

Q10. In which city is the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) located ?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Bengaluru
Answer : (B) Hyderabad