General knowledge of india - 13

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Q1.	Designed by Bengali architect Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, which city is known as 'Pink City' ? (A) Jaipur (B) Jodhpur (C) Bengaluru (D) Chandigarh
Q2.	Which metal is used to make electric bulb filaments ? (A) Copper (B) Silver (C) Tungsten (D) Aluminium
Q3.	Who was the first Viceroy of India ? (A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Dalhousie (C) Lord Canning (D) Lord Curzon
Q4.	In terms of both area and population, which is the smallest country in the world ? (A) Nauru (B) Monaco (C) Tuvalu (D) Vatican City
Q5.	Which portfolio did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first woman cabinet minister in India, hold in the independent India's first cabinet ? (A) Labour (B) Health (C) Education (D) Railways
Q6.	Palghat Gap, about 20 miles wide mountain pass between the Nilgiri Hills and the Anaimalai Hills, connects Kerala to which state ? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q7.	Named after the mount of Hindu god Vishnu, 'Garuda' is the national airline of which most Muslim populous country ? (A) Nigeria (B) Pakistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Indonesia
Q8.	At which town in Andhra Pradesh, famous for silk sarees, did Vinoba Bhave start the Bhoodan Movement in 1951 ? (A) Vijayawada (B) Rajahmundry (C) Pochampally (D) Warangal
Q9.	'Daughter of the East' book is the autobiography of which Asian woman leader ? (A) Indira Gandhi (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (D) Maghawati Sukarnoputri
Q10.	Which country was formerly known as 'Upper Volta' ? (A) Namibia (B) Ethiopia (C) Botswana (D) Burkina Faso

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Q1.    (A) Jaipur
Q2.    (C) Tungsten
Q3.    (C) Lord Canning
Q4.    (D) Vatican City
Q5.    (B) Health
Q6.    (A) Tamil Nadu
Q7.    (D) Indonesia
Q8.    (C) Pochampally
Q9.    (B) Benazir Bhutto
Q10.  (D) Burkina Faso

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Q1.	When do we celebrate the Engineers Day of India, the birthday of Bharat Ratna recipient M.Visvesarayya ? (A) 15 January (B) 28 February (C) 29 August (D) 15 September
Q2.	'Muga', 'Eri', 'Tussar' and 'Mulberry' are the varieties of which natural fibre ? (A) Wool (B) Silk (C) Jute (D) Cotton
Q3.	In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world's longest corridor ? (A) Dwarka (B) Varanasi (C) Rameshwaram (D) Tirupati
Q4.	In 1929, who founded non-violent movement 'Khudai Khidmatgar', also known as 'Red Shirts' ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Gopal Krishan Gokhle (C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah (D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q5.	Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is located in which city ? (A) Jhansi (B) Gwalior (C) Patiala (D) Nagpur
Q6.	Athlete's Foot, an infectious disease, is caused by which agent ? (A) Virus (B) Fungi (C) Bacteria (D) Protozoa
Q7.	Who authored the book 'Hindu View of Life ? (A) S.Radhakrishnan (B) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q8.	Solid form of which gas is commonly known as 'Dry Ice' ? (A) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen (C) Carbon dioxide (D) Hydrogen
Q9.	Who was the first woman president in the world ? (A) Golda Meir (B) Indira Gandhi (C) Sirimavo Bhandarnaike (D) Maria Isbel Paron
Q10.	Who created the first Portable Computer ? (A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Steve Jobs (D) Tim Berners-Lee

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Q1.    (D) 15 September
Q2.    (B) Silk
Q3.    (C) Rameshwaram
Q4.    (D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q5.    (B) Gwalior
Q6.    (B) Fungi
Q7.    (A) S.Radhakrishnan
Q8.    (C) Carbon dioxide
Q9.    (D) Maria Isbel Paron
Q10.   (A) Adam Osborne

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Q1.	Which former Prime Minister of India was also called 'Yuva Turk' ? (A) Rajiv Gandhi (B) V.P.Singh (C) H.D.Deve Gowda (D) Chandrashekhar
Q2.	Which mineral is used to make the Plaster of Paris ? (A) Gypsum (B) Calcite (C) Fluorite (D) Apatite
Q3.	Which is the most spoken language in the world ? (A) English (B) Mandarin (C) Spanish (D) Hindi
Q4.	Which planet in the Solar System is named after the Roman god of agriculture and harvest ? (A) Mars (B) Jupiter (C) Saturn (D) Venus
Q5.	From the Constitution of which country was the concept of the Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution borrowed ? (A) Australia (B) South Africa (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America
Q6.	To which ocean does Panama Canal connect the Pacific Ocean ? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Antarctic Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Indian Ocean
Q7.	By what name is Krishna Dvaipayana, author of the epic Mahabharat, better known ? (A) Ved Vyas (B) Valmiki (C) Tulsidas (D) Ramanujacharya
Q8.	In which city is the Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) located ? (A) Nagpur (B) Lucknow (C) Shimla (D) Cuttack
Q9.	'Bhutia', 'Kathiawadi', 'Marwari', 'Manipuri', 'Spiti' and 'Zanskari' are the Indian breeds of which animal ? (A) Cow (B) Horse (C) Camel (D) Goat
Q10.	Who introduced the word 'Robot', for artificial workers, in his science fiction play R.U.R. in 1921 ? (A) George Orwell (B) Karel Capek (C) Daniel Defoe (D) Rudyard Kipling

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Q1.    (D) Chandrashekhar
Q2.    (A) Gypsum
Q3.    (B) Mandarin
Q4.    (C) Saturn
Q5.    (D) United States of America
Q6.    (C) Atlantic Ocean
Q7.    (A) Ved Vyas
Q8.    (C) Shimla
Q9.    (B) Horse
Q10.  (B) Karel Capek

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