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Test your General Knowledge - IX

The song Vande Mataram, declared India's National song in 1937 through a resolution, was composed in Sanskrit by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. The song was set to tune by Rabindranath Tagore. In which of the novels penned by Bankimchandra does the song appear?
a. Durgeshnandini
b. Anand Math
c. Kapalkundala
d. Parineeta
Name the religious leader whose murder triggered the “Kandhamal riots ” in Orissa.
a. Swami Laxmananand
b. Swami Dayanand
c. Swami Laxman prasad
d. Swami Saraswati
Starbucks, an international cafe chain based in Seattle, Washington is the world’s largest coffee-house company. Name the chairman and CEO of the company, who is largely credited for making Starbucks the hugely successful business that it is today by convincing the ownership of the company to sell traditional espresso and beverages (in addition to the whole bean coffee and leaf teas that they traditionally used to).
a. Clay Bennett
b. Marvin Herb
c. Steven Cohen
d. Howard Schultz
India's first silent movie was made by N G Chitre and R G Torney in 1912 which was half British in its make. Name the first fully indigenous silent feature film by Budhiraj Govind Phalke which hit the screens on May 3, 1913.
a. Satyavan Savitri
b. Raja Harishchandra
c. Pundalik
d. Nala-Damayanti
The operations of this organization was formally launched in 1936 with an objective to inform, educate and entertain the masses. It covers 24 languages and 146 dialects. The coverage is 90% in terms of area and 97.3% in terms of population. Name the organization
a. The Times of India Group
b. Doordarshan
c. All India Radio
d. Asiatic Society
Name the leader who has taken over the post of Rajasthan Chief Minister from Ms Vasundhara Raje in the recently concluded state assembly elections.
a. Ashok Gehlot
b. Shivraj Chouhan
c. Ashok Chavan
d. Raman Singh
September 1987 saw the conversion of the nuclear power board into NPCIL. NPCIL has recently been in the news for inking a pact with French energy firm, Areva, which is also the world's largest nuclear power company.What does NPCIL stand for
a. Nuclear Power Center of India Ltd
b. Nuclear Power Company of India Ltd
c. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd
d. Nuclear Power and Co-operation Industries Ltd.
Which of the following is not a neighboring state of Zimbabwe?
a. Botswana
b. Zaire
c. South Africa
d. Mozambique
This nation state in Europe had its security and justice operations overlooked by the UN since it declared independence. The European Union has however taken over this position recently. Name this nation.
a. Serbia
b. Georgia
c. Kosovo
d. Ukraine
An international agreement linked to the UN Framework conventions on Climate Change, it came into force in 2005 and sets legally binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Name the environmental treaty.
a. The Kyoto Protocol
b. The Clean Development Mechanism Treaty
c. Treaty of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
d. The EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Toshihide Maskawa,Makoto Kobayashi were two of the three scientists who shared the Nobel prize in Physics for 2008. Name the third physicist.
a. Thomas Kyle
b. Steven Chu
c. Albert Fert
d. Yoichiro Nambu
He was the last monarch of Nepal before he was ousted from his throne in 2008 by the Maoists who are the ruling party in Nepal. Name the last king of Nepal.
a. King Gyanendra
b. King Dipendra
c. King Birendra
d. King Mahendra
Shortly after disturbing stories relating to child reality shows hit the headlines, fresh guidelines to protect child artistes were put forward by this statutory body on September 27, 2008. According to these guidelines, participation of every child artist is entitled to a set of conditions which should be ensured by the producers and parents. Name the body that has enacted this set of guidelines.
a. CRY
b. UNICEF
c. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
d. Film and Television Institute of India
Name the cricketer who faced the first ball in the first ever one-day international cricket match.
a. Don Bradman
b. Geoffrey Boycott
c. John Traicos
d. Sunil Gavaskar
A “baker's dozen” would signify which of the following numbers?
a. 14
b. 12
c. 13
d. 15
The river Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of the length, discharge and watershed. It flows through the western part of Russia. Which sea does the River Volga flow out into?
a. Red Sea
b. Caspian Sea
c. Mediterranean Sea
d. Dead Sea
The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honor which is generally conferred on the 23rd of January each year for rendering outstanding services to the world community. It was instituted on 2 January, 1954 by then President of India. Name him.
a. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
b. Govind Ballabh Pant
c. Dr Rajendra Prasad
d. Jawaharlal Nehru
This is part of an immortal speech given by a famous Indian and is addressed to “Sisters and Brothers in America” – “Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair.” Name the personality who rocked the entire world with his rousing rhetoric in this speech delivered in 1893.
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
He is the number two FBI official of the 1970s. He was also called “Deep Throat” and is known for bringing down US president Richard Nixon by providing the Washington Post with information exposing the Watergate scandal. Name the person
a. Bob Woodward
b. Mark Nelson
c. Rob Jones
d. Mark Felt
Which amendment act of the Indian Constitution lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years?
a. (60th amendment) Act,1988
b. (61st amendment) Act,1989
c. (50th amendment) Act,1987
d. (65th amendment) Act,1990

Answers

b

a

d

b

c

a

c

b

c

a

d

a

c

b

c

b

a

c

d

b

Test your General Knowledge - VIII

60-year old Dennis Tito made history when he became the first private tourist to outer space in April 2001, paying $20-million for his eight-day holiday aboard the International Space Station. Mr. Tito was a former employee of
a. Microsoft
b. NASA
c. Russian Federal Space Agency
d. Apple Computers
The feature film Provoked starring Aishwarya Rai Bacchan is based on the life of an Indian wife in Britain who set her husband on fire after years of being physically abused by him. Sentenced to life imprisonment under the British judicial system, she was however released after three years thanks to human rights activists, and her case led to British courts recognising provocation in cases of domestic homicide. Name her.
a. Rahila Gupta
b. Baby Halder
c. Kamal Sandhu
d. Kiranjit Ahluwalia
Which former governor of the Reserve Bank of India has written a book called India’s Politics – A View from the Backbench, in which he outlines the deficiencies of the Indian system of governance and suggests solutions?
a. C. Rangarajan
b. Bimal Jalan
c. Venugopal Reddy
d. I G Patel
Who is the present Chief Justice of India, also the first Dalit member of judiciary to occupy the post?
a. Y K Sabharwal
b. K G Balakrishnan
c. R C Lahoti
d. None of the above
An actor identified most often with the iconic character that he has played on the big screen, he has also won critical acclaim for his performance on stage as Alan Strang, a stable boy obsessed with horses, in the British play Equus. He also became the youngest non-royal ever to have an individual portrait in Britain’s National Portrait Gallery. Identify him.
a. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
b. Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films)
c. Daniel Craig (James Bond)
d. William Shatner (Captain James Kirk in the Star Trek movies)

Corporate
Skoda India, a fully owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group’s SkodaAuto of the Czech Republic, launched its small car in India under the name
a. Superb
b. Octavia
c. Fabia
d. Scout
Which of the following Indian IT majors has a contract with the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to provide technical services and support for the World Cup events in 2010 and 2014?
a. Patni Computer Services
b. Tata Consultancy Services
c. Satyam Computers Ltd.
d. Wipro Technologies
The juice brand Minute Maid is a product of which food and beverage major?
a. Coca Cola
b. Pepsico
c. Godrej Beverages and Foods
d. Dabur Foods
Infosys Technologies Ltd., the global Indian leader in IT services and consulting, is listed in which of the following international stock exchanges?
a. Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE)
b. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
c. S&P
d. NASDAQ
Which of the following corporate offices/campuses in India has recently been awarded the prestigious LEED platinum rating, which recognizes commitment to superior standards of quality, and efficient utilization and conservation of energy, water and natural resources?
a. Patni Knowledge Centre, Noida
b. Infosys Global Education Centre, Mysore
c. Technopolis Knowledge Park, Mumbai
d. RMZ Ecospace, Bangalore

Politics
A plutocracy could be typically characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
a. disproportionate influence of the wealthy on political processes
b. ownership and control of mass media by the wealthy
c. low social mobility
d. ban on public religious gatherings
Who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister upon his death in May 1964, and is often referred to as the first acting Prime Minister of India?
a. Lal Bahadur Shastri
b. V V Giri
c. Gulzari Lal Nanda
d. Gopal Swarup Pathak
The United Kingdom is
a. a Federal Republic
b. a constitutional monarchy
c. a totalitarian state
d. none of the above
The President of the United States of America is all of the following EXCEPT
a. the head of state
b. the chief justice of the Supreme Court
c. the leader of the executive branch of the federal government
d. the commander-in-chief of the armed forces
Who is the current President of Israel?
a. Shimon Peres
b. Ehud Olmert
c. Ehud Barak
d. Tzipi Livni

Current Affairs
Which Indian industrialist has been honoured by the Italian Government for his contribution towards strengthening economic and social relations between the European country and India?
a. R Seshasayee
b. Pawan Munjal
c. L. V. Subrahmanyam
d. Sunil Mittal
Name the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008.
a. Narayana Murthy
b. Guy Laliberté
c. Michael Dell
d. Dr Jean-Paul Clozel
Who was elected President of the Board of Control for cricket in India(BCCI) on September 27, 2008?
a. Mr. S.K. Sharma
b. Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya
c. Mr.Shashank Manohar
d. Mr. Sharad Pawar
Name the Indian IT Company that has been presented with two prestigious Banker Technology Awards (awarded by The Banker magazine of the FT group) in June 2008 for its outstanding work in the field of wholesale and capital markets.
a. Accenture
b. TCS
c. Infosys
d. Wipro
The sale of successful Indian drug major Ranbaxy to Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo created a flutter in media in June 2008. Who is the CEO of the new group post acquisition?
a. Takashi Shoda
b. Malvinder Singh
c. Kensi Masuzoe
d. Shivinder Singh

Answers

b

d

b

b

a

c

c

a

d

a

d

c

b

b

a

a

d

c

c

b

Test your General Knowledge - VII

A leap year occurs once in
a. 3 years
b. 6 years
c. 5 years
d. 4 years
The construction of the Qutub Minar in Delhi was completed during the reign of
a. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
b. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
c. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d. Raziya Sultan
An American author of novels, essays and short stories, he was best known for his for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which Time included in its All-Time 100 Greatest Novels (1923-2006). He died on September 14th 2008. Identify him.
a. David Foster Wallace
b. Horatio Alger
c. Park Benjamin
d.John Peale Bishop
The world’s largest desert is
a. the Libyan Desert
b. the Namib Desert
c. the Kalahari Desert
d. the Sahara Desert
Who is the first and the youngest Indian to have won the Miss Universe pageant?
a. Priyanka Chopra
b Diana Hayden
c. Aishwarya Rai
d. Sushmita Sen
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was the
a. 12th President of India
b. 14th President of India
c. 11th President of India
d. none of the above
Who was appointed as the Indian Finance Minister by Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao in 1991?
a. Manmohan Singh
b. P Chidambaram
c. Madhav Rao Scindia
d. Jaswant Singh
Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
a. The Vice-President
b. The Prime Minister
c. The President
d. The Speaker
Which of the following is not among the New Seven Wonders of the World?
a. The Taj Mahal, India
b. The Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
c. The Eiffel Tower, France
d. Chichen Itza, Mexico
Who was the founder of the Mughal empire?
a. Babur
b. Akbar
c. Humayan
d. Ala-ud-din Khilji
What does UPSC stand for?
a. Uttar Pradesh Service Commission
b. Union Police Service Commission
c. Union Public Service Commission
d. Union Postal Services Company
A financial condition in which there is an undue decrease in the amount of money available relative to its buying power, leading to a consistent reduction in general price levels, is termed
a. Inflation
b. Deflation
c. Demonetization
d. Destabilization
How many fundamental rights are guaranteed under the constitution of India?
a. 6
b. 9
c. 7
d. 5
Which among the four canonical texts of the Vedas consists of sacrificial chants written in prose?
a. Rigveda
b. Yajurveda
c. Samaveda
d. Atharvaveda
Novelis, a leading company in aluminium rolling and recycling, belongs to the
a. Tata Group
b. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
c. Aditya Birla Group
d. Reliance Industries Ltd. (Mukesh Ambani)
Which state is going to host the 2011 National Games of India?
a.Madhya Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c.Sikkim
d. Goa
Name the Indian journalist and novelist who recently received the 'National Amity Award' in recognition of his commendable service towards national integration and unity of the people.
a. Dr. Khushwant Singh
b. Vikram Chandra
c. Arvind Adiga
d. Sagarika Ghosh
Who won the Italian Grand Prix 2008?
a. Klaus Graf
b. Michael Schumacher
c. Anthony Davidson
d. Sebastian Vettel
She is an Indian-origin jurist and has recently been appointed as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Identify her.
a. Navanethan Pillay
b. Tanika Gupta
c. Renuka Chowdhury
d. Reeta Sinha
Which of the following is NOT a group company of Indian automotive major TVS, named after its founder T V Sundaram Iyengar?
a. Royal Sundaram Insurance Co Ltd.
b. Sundaram Textiles Ltd.
c. Sundaram Clayton Ltd.
d. Brakes India Ltd.
When was the Reserve Bank of India established?
a. January 1938
b. April 1932
c. Jan 1935
d. April 1935
Who is the present leader of the opposition of the Rajya Sabha?
a. Anbumani Ramadoss
b. Jaswant Singh
c. T.R Balu
d. A.R Antulay
What famous incident, in the history of Indian Freedom Movement, took place on March 12, 1930?
a. Civil Disobedience Movement
b. Quit India Movement
c. Dandi March
d. Promulgation of the Government of India Act
The tag line of Louis Philips is
a. Honestly Impressive
b. The Upper Crest
c. The Complete Man
d. Bond with the Best
The first Indian to contest election to the British House of Commons was_________
a. S.N.Banerjee
b. W.C.Banerjee
c. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
d. Dadabhai Naoroji
An AFFIDAVIT is
a. A written statement made on oath
b. A pardon for wrong doers
c. A written document that outlines the legal arguments in a case.
d. A legal promise to abide by certain norms of state
Who is the Managing Director of Google India?
a. Richard Kimbar
b. Shailesh Rao
c. Mark Howe
d. Phil Santora
The earth, the third planet from the sun, is placed between:
a. Mars and Jupiter
b. Venus and Mars
c. Jupiter and Venus
d. Mercury and Venus
Who discovered penicillin?
a. Alexander Fleming
b. Paul Ehrlich
c. Gregory Mendel
d. Dr. Jonas E.Salk
We feel breathless at very high altitudes because:
a. of exhaustion and the cold.
b. there is more of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than there is oxygen
c. the density of air is less on the hill so there is a reduction of oxygen content
d. the density of air on the hill is very high which means reduced oxygen content

Answers

d

a

a

d

d

c

a

a

c

a

c

b

a

b

c

d

a

d

a

a

d

b

c

b

d

a

b

b

a

c

Test your General Knowledge - VI

The largest river of Asia is:
a. Mekong
b. Indus
c. Yenisei
d. Yangtze
When was the treaty of Versailles signed?
a. 1919
b. 1918
c. 1914
d. 1920
The study of origin and history of words is called
a. Ethology
b. Etymology
c. Genealogy
d. Linguistics
Which country is called the “The Land of the Rising Sun?”
a. China
b. Germany
c. Japan
d. Australia
The capital of Belgium is:
a. Brussels
b. Minsk
c. Manama
d. Sofia
What is the fear of spiders called?
a. Acrophobia
b. Xenophobia
c. Spyrophobia
d. Arachnophobia
Who discovered America?
a. Sir John Ross
b.Christopher Columbus
c. Leif Ericsson
d. Sir James Clark
The study of the sign system language is:
a. Penology
b. Phytology
c. Phonology
d. Psephology
The total strength of the Rajya Sabha is
a. 545
b. 540
c. 525
d. 250
Who was the first President of India?
a. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b. N. Sanjeeva Reddy
c. Dr. S Radhakrishnan
d. Mahatma Gandhi
The sea route to India was discovered by:
a. Columbus
b. Magellan
c. Hopkins
d. Vasco de Gama
How Many planets are there in our Solar System?
a. 7
b.13
c. 9
d. 8
In which year was the World Health Organization (WHO) established?
a. 1948
b. 1947
c. 1945
d. 1950
Who was the first Roman Catholic and the youngest American to be elected to the office of the President of USA?
a. Harry S. Truman
b. John Adams
c. John. F. Kennedy
d. Theodore Roosevelt
Who was the founder of the Brahma Samaj?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Raja Rammohan Roy
c. Dayanand Saraswati
d. V.V Giri
In which year and where the first Asian Games held?
a. Canada, 1951
b.New Zealand, 1948
c. Kenya, 1958
d. Scotland, 1995
The law of gravitation was defined by
a. Faraday
b. Galileo
c. Archimedes
d. Newton
Shortsightedness can be corrected using
a. Convex lens
b. Concave lens
c. Planar lens
d. None of the above
Who has been selected for this year's KR Narayanan award for his contributions to Indian science?
a. Madhavan Nair
b. Dr. Ajoy K. Ghatak
c. M Annadurai
d. Dr. Devi Shetty
Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2008?
a. Harold Pinter
b. Orhan Pamuk
c. Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
d. Dorris Lessing
Who has been ranked the third powerful woman in business by Forbes in its 2008 list of the top 100 women, based on power, economic component, job title and past career accomplishments and press coverage in August 2008?
a. Roopa Purushottam
b. Angela Merkel
c. Indra Nooyi
d. Kalpana Morparia
Somalian pirates hijacked a Japanese vessel carrying 18 Indian crewmembers in October 2008. Name the ship
a. MV Faina
b. MT Stolt Valor
c. TM Liner
d. Lifeline
An Indian conductor was recently honoured with Japan's Praemium Imperiale, one of art's richest awards, for his lifetime work with orchestras around the world. Identify him.
a. Prateek Chaudhury
b. L. Subramaniam
c. Zubin Mehta
d. Abraham Mazumder
Who won the Belgian Grand Prix 2008?
a. Jack Brabham
b. Felipe Massa
c. Michael Schumacher
d. Lewis Hamilton
He is an English musician. He has also been involved in various humanitarian efforts and has been named Ambassador of Conscience 2008 by human rights group Amnesty International. Identify him.
a. Peter Gabriel
b. Elton John
c. David Bowie
d. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Who among the following is the National Security Advisor of India?
a. M.K Narayanan
b. Brijesh Mishra
c. J N Dixit
d. Ashok Chaturvedi
What is the full form of RAW?
a. Records and Analysis Wing
b. Research and Anti-terrorism Wing
c. Records Amalgamation Wing
d. Research and Analysis Wing
Who is India’s Petroleum Minister?
a. Oscar Fernandez
b. Murli Deora
c. Mahavir Prasad
d. Sushilkumar Shinde
The rivers Beas and Sutlej bring water to the Thar Desert through a canal. What is the name of the canal?
a. Sethu Canal
b. Indra Gandhi Canal
c. Kalingarayan Canal
d. Lower Bhavani Project Canal
Who was elected Sri Lanka’s first Prime Minister in 1944?
a. Wijeyananda Dahanayake
b. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
c. Don Stephen Senanayake
d. John Lionel Kotalawela
Of which Asian country is Phnom Penh the capital?
a. Thailand
b. Vietnam
c. Cambodia
d. North Korea
Which is the first Indian Bank to open an office in Qatar?
a. Standard Chartered Bank
b. ICICI Bank
c. State Bank of India
d. Bank of India
Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
a. K.V Sundaram
b. S.B Sen Verma
c. Sukumar Sen
d. T.N Seshan
Who among the following is the Chief of the Trinamool Congress?
a. Mamata Banerjee
b. Partha Chatterjee
c. Soumen Roy
d. Subroto Mukherjee
Of which country are Pashto and Dari the official languages?
a. Pakistan
b. Afghanistan
c. Bhutan
d. Turkey
When a person suffers from goitre, which part of the body is enlarged?
a. Gall Bladder
b. Thyroid
c. Liver
d. Lymph Nodes
Which of the following states has the largest coastline in India?
a. Gujarat
b. Tamilnadu
c. Kerala
d. Karnataka
What is the patella commonly known as?
a. Elbow
b. Knee Cap
c. Big Toe
d. Stomach
Solid Carbon Dioxide is commonly called
a. Ice Cubes
b. Icicles
c. Crystal
d. Dry ice
The omission of words from a sentence, indicated by a set of three dots is commonly known as
a. Guillemots
b. Ampersand
c. Interpunct
d. Elipsisis
Which famous French fashion designer passed away on June 1st 2008?
a. Yves Saint Laurent
b. Coco Chanel
c. Christian Dior
d. Louis Vuitton
Which of the following districts in Orissa was in the news, following violence sparked off by the killing of VHP leader Swami Lakshmanananda?
a. Phulbani
b. Barakhama
c. Kandhamal
d. Tikabali

Answers
1. d 21. c
2. a 22. b
3. b 23. c
4. c 24. d
5. a 25. a
6. d 26. a
7. b 27. d
8. c 28. b
9. d 29. b
10. a 30. c
11. d 31. c
12. d 32. b
13. a 33. c
14. c 34. a
15. b 35. b
16. a 36. b
17. d 37. a
18. b 38. b
19. a 39.d
20. c                      40. d
                          41. a
                          42. c

Test your General Knowledge - V

What is the full form of SEZ?
a. Special Economic Zone
b. Special Educational Zone
c. Social and Economic Zone
d. Special Execution Zone
Which of the following words does NOT appear in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution?
a. Justice
b. Opportunity
c. Peace
d. Faith
Which of the following countries is NOT a member of BRIC?
a. Brazil
b. Russia
c. India
d. Cambodia
When was the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly held?
a. August 1947
b. September 1947
c. December 1946
d. August 1950
Who is the present Director General of the WTO?
a. Pascal Lamy
b. Rufus H. Yerxa
c. Alejandro Jara
d. Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza
In the context of Indian trade policy, what does the EPCG scheme stand for?
a. Export Promotion Consumer Goods Scheme
b. Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme
c. Earnings Provided by Consumer Goods Scheme
d. Exim Policy Capital Goods Scheme
Who is India’s Foreign Secretary?
a. Shivshankar Menon
b. Shashi Tharoor
c. Oscar Fernandez
d. Dr M.S Gill
The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize was:
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Dr C.V Raman
c. Dr. M.S Swaminathan
d. Dr Hargobind Khorana
Who is India’s Power Minister?
a. Sharad Pawar
b. Sushilkumar Shinde
c. S. Jaipal Reddy
d. Mani Shankar Aiyar
Which famous world leader was assassinated in Memphis, USA in 1968?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. J F Kennedy
c. Harper Lee
d. Martin Luther King Jr.
In the book ‘Maximum City’ by Suketu Mehta, which city does he write about?
a. Kolkata
b. Delhi
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai
The Kol Dam Hydro Electric project is being built in which of the following states?
a.Jammu & Kashmir
b.Himachal Pradesh
c.Uttaranchal
d.Tamil Nadu
Where are the passenger coaches for the Indian Railways built?
a. Benares
b. Vijayawada
c. Chittaranjan
d. Kochi
The pollen grains in a plant are produced in the:
a.flowers
b.root
c.stalks
d.leaves
The Declaration of Rights for American Independence was drafted in:
a.1779
b.1778
c.1773
d.1776
Who among the following has been nominated by Barack Obama as the US Secretary of State?
a. Bill Clinton
b. Hillary Clinton
c. Janet Napolitano
d. Eric Holder
Which of the following rivers was declared the national river of India in November 2008?
a. The Ganges
b. The Cauvery
c. The Narmada
d. The Tapti
Which of the following banks have been adjudged Global Bank of the Year 2008 by London-based magazine, ‘The Banker’ published by the Financial Times group?
a. BNP Paribas
b. HSBC
c. Royal Bank of Scotland
d. Bank of America
The number of the Rajya Sabha members elected by the President is:
a.14
b.10
c.12
d.11
Sunita Williams is associated with:
a. Geophysics
b. Space Sciences
c. Water Conservation
d. Nuclear Science
What is the radio code signal of extreme distress called?
a. Morse
b. SOS
c. Dots and Dashes
d. 009
What is the full form of INTERPOL?
a. International Crime Police Commission
b. International Political Conference
c. International Committee of Police Officers
d. International Police
Who is India’s Defence Secretary?
a. Vijay Singh
b. Suresh Mehta
c. M. L. Naidu
d. M K Narayanan
All of the following are fibre crops except:
a. Flax
b. Jute
c. Cotton
d. Rubber
What is the acronym used to refer to the elite special operations commando unit of the Indian Navy?
a. NAVCOS
b. MARCON
c. MARCOS
d. NAVCOF
The Boston Tea Party was a major protest incident leading to the:
a. French Revolution
b. American Revolution
c. Russian Revolution
d. Irish Revolution
What are the temperate grasslands of Asia and Europe called?
a. Pampas
b. Veldt
c. Savannah
d. Steppes
The country topping global production of wool is:
a. Australia
b. Argentina
c. USA
d. China
Who is the current Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
a. Abdul Sattar
b. Asif ali Zardari
c. Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
d. Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Who is the Director General of the National Security Guards (NSG)?
a. A.N. Roy
b. JK Dutta
c. Hassan Gaffor
d. Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
Who is the present ISI chief of Pakistan?
a. Lt Gen Ehsan ul Haq
b. Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha
c.Lt Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
d.Lt Gen Nadeem Taj
Who is the current Chief of Naval staff in India?
a. Admiral Madhavendra Singh
b. Admiral Sushil Kumar
c. Admiral Arun Prakash
d. Admiral Sureesh Mehta

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Test your General Knowledge - IV

How many (number) fundamental duties have been enumerated in the Constitution of India?
a.11
b.12
c.13
d.14
The 55th Constitutional Amendment Act was passed by Lok Sabha on December 8,1986, to grant statehood to:
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Mizoram
c. Meghalaya
d. Manipur
Who among the following was the first Minister of Law in India?
a. Hansraj Bhardwaj
b. Arun Jaitley
c. Sir Dinshaw Mulla
d. Dr. B.R Ambedkar
Dmitri Medvedev is the President of :
a. Ireland
b. Poland
c. Romania
d. Soviet Russia
During any sitting of the Lok Sabha, the first hour of sitting is called the:
a. Question hour
b. Review hour
c. Zero hour
d. Eleventh hour
What is the full form of MODVAT?
a. Modified Value Additional Tax
b. Modified Value Added Tax
c. Multiplied Value Added Tax
d. Modified Value Added Tariff
The Mid Day Meal scheme was launched by the
a. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
b. Union Ministry of Rural Development
c. Union Ministry of Human Resource Development
d. Union Ministry of Labour and Employment
Two countries were suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations on 6/6/2008. Which were they?
a. Pakistan and Fiji
b. Uganda and Fiji
c. Indonesia and Pakistan
d. Sudan and Uganda
When was the first Constitution Amendment Act passed?
a. 1950
b. 1956
c. 1951
d. 1952
The Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is________________.
a. Mr E. Sreedharan
b. Nirmal Shekar
c. Mr. J Harinarayan
d. Sunil Mittal
Who is the present Secretary General of Amnesty International?
a. Pierre Sané
b. Irene Zubaida Khan
c. Mary Robinson
d. Hans Blix
Where would you find the world’s longest sea-bridge?
a. Tokyo
b. China
c. Bosnia
d. Germany
When was Bal Gangadhar Tilak given the epithet of ‘Lokmanya’?
a. During the Home Rule Movement
b. During the Swadeshi Movement
c. During the Quit India Movement
d. When he was imprisoned in 1908
This divides India into two parts. Which is it?
a. The Tropic of Cancer
b. The Line of Control
c. The Tropic of Capricorn
d. The MacMohan Line
Which of the following is not a primary fuel?
a. Coal
b. Wood
c. Kerosene
d. Natural gas
Who is the present Chief Minister of Kerala?
a. A. K. Antony
b. Oommen Chandy
c. V.S. Achuthanandan
d. E. K. Nayanar
Who became Australia’s first ever-female Governor General in September 2008?
a. Ursula Stephens
b. Kate Ellis
c. Justine Elliot
d. Quentin Bryce
Who among the following won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry?
a,. Mr Roger Tsien
b. Mr Yochiro Nambu
c. Mr Harald zur Hausan
d. Mr Luc Montagnier
On which of the following days in 2008 did the Sensex crash below 8,000?
a. October 27 2008
b. September 2 2008
c. September 15 2008
d. October 02 2008
In October 2008, an Indian cricketer was banned for a test match by match referee Chris Broad of England. Who was he?
a. Sourav Ganguly
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Gautam Gambir
d. M S Dhoni
Who was the founder of theRamakrishna Mission?
a. Dayananda Saraswati
b. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Acharya S
Long-sightedness is medically known as
a. Hypermetropia
b. Myopia
c. Presbyopia
d. Byopia
What does CLASP stand for?
a. Comprehensive, Lightweight Application Security Process
b. Child Labour Action and Support Project
c. Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program
d. Concealed Lightweight Application Security Process
What does ad valorem mean?
a. It refers to the duty or tax imposed on the commodity depending upon the value of the commodity
b. It is a tax based on the value of a real-estate property
c. It is a customs duty or tax imposed on the value of an imported commodity,
d. Import duty and export rebate/tax rates
Where did the Olympic games originate?
a. France
b. Switzerland
c. Ancient Greece
d. Great Britain
Which of the following is not a fundamental right of an Indian citizen as per the Constitution?
a. Right to property
b. Right to equality
c. Right against exploitation
d. Right to constitutional remedies
Who built the Red Fort?
a. Bahadur Shah II
b. Bahadur Shah I
c. Jahandar Shah
d. Emperor Shah Jahan
The capital of Bhutan is ___________
a. Thimphu
b. Bogota
c. Tbilisi
d. Tallinn
Which is the largest and heaviest planet in our solar system?
a. Neptune
b. Jupiter
c. Uranus
d. Saturn
How many time zones are there in the USA?
a. Four
b. Two
c. Three
d. Five
When and where did the worst volcanic disaster in history occur?
a. China, 1782
b. Togo, 1784
c. Japan, 1792
d. Peru, 1791
What is the national sport of India?
a Hockey
b.Cricket
c. Kabaddi
d. Volleyball
Where is the Golden Temple located?
a. Chandigarh
b. Jalandhar
c. Amritsar
d. Ludhiana
The first recipient of the Indian Science Award in 2004 was (the award was instituted in 2003):
a. Prof. C.N.R Rao
b. G S Sirohi
c. Dr. Giri Raj Singh
d. G S R Murti