General knowledge of india - 19

General Knowledge

Q1.	Which state is known as the 'Spice Garden of India' ? (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
Q2.	Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ? (A) Saamna (B) Sakal (C) Lokmat (D) Loksatta
Q3.	Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere ? (A) Argon (B) Oxygen (C) Nitrogen (D) Carbon dioxide
Q4.	Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary of Krishna river, is located in which state ? (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh
Q5.	For Lok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of India ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q6.	The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh, was built by which ruler ? (A) Babur (B) Akbar (C) Sher Shah Suri (D) Humayun
Q7.	Which American swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008, the most gold medals by an individual at a single Olympic ? (A) Carl Lewis (B) Paavo Nurmi (C) Mark Spitz (D) Michael Phelps
Q8.	Which Muslim social reformer founded the Aligarh Muslim University, originally known as Mohammeden Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 ? (A) Zakir Hussain (B) Hakim Ajmal Khan (C) Syed Ahmed Khan (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q9.	Which chennai born writer won the Booker Prize 2008 for his debut novel 'The White Tiger' ? (A) V.S.Naipaul (B) Amitav Ghosh (C) Salman Rushdie (D) Aravind Adiga
Q10.	'Fight the guerrilla as a guerrilla' is the motto of which miltary academy ? (A) National Defence Academy (B) Indian Military Academy (C) Defence Services Staff College (D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School

Answers :

Q1.    (A) Kerala
Q2.    (A) Saamna
Q3.    (C) Nitrogen
Q4.    (B) Maharashtra
Q5.    (B) 2
Q6.    (C) Sher Shah Suri
Q7.    (D) Michael Phelps
Q8.    (C) Syed Ahmed Khan
Q9.    (D) Aravind Adiga
Q10.   (D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School

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Q1.	For which domestic Cricket trophy, the Ranji Trophy champions play against the Rest of India team ? (A) Irani Trophy (B) Duleep Trophy (C) Deodhar Trophy (D) Nissar Trophy
Q2.	Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb's foster brother Fidai Khan ? (A) Shalimar Gardens (B) Nishat Gardens (C) Brindavan Gardens (D) Pinjore Gardens
Q3.	Who was the first education minister of independent India ? (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q4.	Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ? (A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Geneva (Switzerland) (C) New York (USA) (D) Washington (USA)
Q5.	Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ? (A) Ohm (B) Volt (C) Watt (D) Ampere
Q6.	Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God ? (A) Surya (B) Shiva (C) Vishnu (D) Brahma
Q7.	Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launching site of the Chandrayaan-I, located ? (A) Thumba (Kerala) (B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (C) Bangalore (Karnataka) (D) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Q8.	Which African country was formerly known as 'Nyasaland' ? (A) Malawi (B) Ghana (C) Botswana (D) Tanzania
Q9.	'Long Walk To Freedom' is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ? (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) S.Radhakrishnan (C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (D) Nelson Mandela
Q10.	Which island nation, in the Indian Ocean, is the world's largest producer and exporter of Vanilla ? (A) Maldives (B) Madagascar (C) Sri Lanka (D) Mauritius

Answers :

Q1.    (A) Irani Trophy
Q2.    (D) Pinjore Gardens
Q3.    (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q4.    (C) New York (USA)
Q5.    (D) Ampere
Q6.    (C) Vishnu
Q7.    (B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
Q8.    (A) Malawi
Q9.    (D) Nelson Mandela
Q10.   (B) Madagascar

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Q1.	Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ? (A) Rita Faria (B) Zeenat Aman (C) Tara Anne Fonseca (D) Diya Mirza
Q2.	Who wrote India's natinal song the 'Vande Mataram', which first appeared in the book 'Anandmath' ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee (C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Kavi Pradeep
Q3.	How many times Equinox, when Sun is vertically above the Earth's equator and the day & night are equally long, occurs in a year ? (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Not fixed
Q4.	After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon 'Dharamachakra Pravartan' (set in motion Wheel of Law) ? (A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar) (B) Sarnath (U.P.) (C) Kushinagar (U.P.) (D) Sanchi (M.P.)
Q5.	Which Asian country is known as the 'Land of the White Elephants' ? (A) Thailand (B) Indonesia (C) Malaysia (D) Singapore
Q6.	Who is the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up recently to investigate terror-related cases across the country ? (A) K.C.Verma (B) N.P.S.Aulakh (C) Radha Vinod Raju (D) Ashwani Kumar
Q7.	Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ? (A) Jonas Salk (B) Frederick Banting (C) Edward Jenner (D) Louis Pasteur
Q8.	Which freedom fighter authored 'Gita Rahasya', a commentary on Bhagvad Gita, during his imprisonment at Mandalay in Myanmar ? (A) Vinoba Bhave (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q9.	Considered as the symbol of peace, two branches of which tree are depicted on the United Nations (UN) flag ? (A) Neem (B) Mango (C) Olive (D) Eucalyptus
Q10.	Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ? (A) Nasik (B) Nagpur (C) Mumbai (D) Port Blair

Answers :

Q1.    (B) Zeenat Aman
Q2.    (B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
Q3.    (A) Two
Q4.    (B) Sarnath (U.P.)
Q5.    (A) Thailand
Q6.    (C) Radha Vinod Raju
Q7.    (C) Edward Jenner
Q8.    (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q9.    (C) Olive
Q10.   (D) Port Blair

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