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General Knowledge Quiz for Competitive exams 2010
A. ENDID BLYTON
B. RAJ RAO
C. CHARLE’S DICKEN’S
D. H G WELLS
2. Which is the language spoken by most people ?
A. ANSWER OF c & d
B. FRENCH
C. SPANISH
D. MANDRAIAN
3. The study (Art) of communication Ideas or thoughts by finger ?
A. DANOLOGY
B. CYTOLOGY
C. ETHICS
D. DACTYOLOGY
4. Who is inventor of computer
A. Blaz Pascal
B. shoiab
C. Challes Babbage
D. Henry jons
5. Branch of science deals with causes of diseases is-
A. gerontology
B. etiology
C. herpatology
D. limnology
6. Who built Eiffel tower
A. Louis Williams
B. Fedrick Augeste Batholdi
C. Brendon Louis Shephard
D. Qui Nan Mian
7. The longest inland waterways in the world is ?
A. Mississippi river system
B. The Great Lakes
C. St.Lawrence
D. River Rhine
8. which country invented the atom bomb?
A. U.S.A.
B. France
C. Germany
D. India
9. The software named SEAMONKEY is used in a computer to
A. Delete the virus infected files
B. Recover lost datas
C. Browse the internet
D. use as a media player
10. Which Jonas brother dated Taylor Swift?
A. Nick
B. Kevin
C. Jo
D. Frankie
11. Who are miley’s best friends in the hit TV series ‘Hannah Montana’?
A. amber and ashley
B. lilly and oliver
C. cooper and jake
D. ashley and oliver
12. Which medicine is used for the treatment of cough?
A. timozolomide
B. minoxidil
C. Levopromazine
D. ciprofloxacin
13. which is driest place in world?
A. sahara desert
B. atcama desert
C. both a&b
D. thar desert
14. Length of Thar Desert?
A. 2,59,000 meters
B. 2,59,000 kilometers
C. 2,59,200 mts
D. 20,59,000mts
15. Tagline ‘Empowering people’ is linked with which brand?
A. Wipro
B. HCL
C. Compaq
D. Acer
16. How do plants stand erect?
A. BOND
B. Cellwalls
C. Bone
D. Tissue
17. which Asian team will be out of the next Fifa world cup for the first time after a gap of 20 years
A. Saudi Arab
B. south Korea
C. Japan
D. Iran
18. who awarded the Indira Gandhi peace prize of the year 2010?
A. pratibha patil
B. PM Sheikh Hasina
C. obama
D. Sonia Gandhi
19. When does Mahatma Gandhi born?
A. October 2,1869
B. September 19,1919
C. January 30,1869
D. August 30,1870
20. who is called master blaster?
A. Ricky ponting
B. sachin Tendulkar
C. Santh jayasuriya
D. Sunil Gavaskar
21. which bowler throw a fastest bowl in ODI’s?
A. Brett Lee
B. Shaun Tait
C. Dail Stain
D. Shain Bond
22. When was first movie made in India?
A. 1957
B. 1921
C. 1963
D. 1913
23. Who was the first woman to walk in space?
A. Marina d’cruz
B. Masiana mishkaya
C. Swetlana savitskaya
D. Diana Miranda
24. Who hit a first Double century in One day International Cricket ?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Sehwag
c. Yuraj singh
d. Dhoni
25. Where is Andrerieu playing next?
a. south africa
b. brazil
c. india
d. austria
26. who is invented Unix?
a. feynman
b. dennis ritchi
c. nicolar thomsan
d. hulat bakkardin
27. who is the first Indian women win Oscar ?
a. banu athaiya
b. anju bobby george
c. bachendri pal
d. lakshmi bay
28. when a new galaxy found?
a. feb 5 of2009
b. jan 30 of2010
c. march 6 of2010
d. april 7 of 2007
29. What is the city code for Colombo ?
a. com
b. cmb
c. cbb
d. cbm
30. who hit 6 sixes in 20-20 cricket world cup ?
a. M.S Dhoni
b. Kumar Sangakara
c. Yuvraj Singh
d. Avishek Chakraborty
31. Sun city in rajasthan?
a. Jaipur
b. Jodhpur
c. Ajmer
d. Alwar
32. In which year did All India Radio begin broadcasting news?
a. 1921
b. 1927
c. 1935
d. 1942
33. which hokey player is known as magician of hockey?
a. dhanraj pillai
b. dhiyan chand
c. sandeep
d. rajesh
34. what is the abbreviation of Wipro
a. western Indian products
b. west India products
c. western Indian product
d. west Indian product
35. what is the abbreviation of NCR company?
a. North central region
b. National cash register
c. National capital region
d. North capital region
36. Who has written God of small thing?
a. Nirupama rao
b. Vikram seth
c. Aarundhati rai
d. Salman rushdi
37. Who established the “AJAD HIND FAUJ” ?
a. Subhash Chandra Bose
b. Ras Bihari Bose
c. V.D. Savarkar
d. Gyanendra Nath Bose
38. Who is called as Frontier Gandhi ?
a. Abdul Gaffar khan
b. Sir syaid Ahmed Khan
c. Aga khan
d. Salimullah
39. In which year the division of Bengal is happened?
a. 1904
b. 1905
c. 1914
d. 1916
40. In which year IBBNEBATUTA came in India?
a. 1000
b. 1111
c. 1222
d. 1333
41. In which year “Dandi Yatra’ was done by Mahatma Gandhi?
a. 1930
b. 1927
c. 1933
d. 1929
42. Who was the fourth Prime minister of India?
a. Chaudhary Charad Singh
b. MorarJi Desai
c. V.P.Singh
d. Chandrashekhar
43. Maximum possible no. of seats in Indian Lok sabha is?
a. 552
b. 545
c. 547
d. 541
44. World largest gravity dam is located in
a. Pakistan
b. Russia
c. India
d. US
45. who is the first women IPS officer in India
a. lathika charan
b. Thilagavati
c. kiran bedi
46. Which is the sugar bowl of world
a. Brazil
b. Japan
c. India
d. Cuba
47. Who is invented in penicillin ?
a. graham bhell
b. thomas alwa edison
c. alexander flemming
d. charles babbage
48. who invented radium
a. alexander flemming
b. madam curie
c. newton
d. g.t naidu
49. who invented the wrist watch ?
a. charls babbage
b. Patek Philippe
c. adam smith
d. none of these
50. who is the first women freedom fighter ?
a. vijayalakshmi pandit
b. Laxmi Bai ( Jhansi ki Rani )
c. sarojini naidu
d. none of these
51. what is the native place of mother Teresa?
a. england
b. cecozlovakia
c. denmark
d. calcutta
52. the last tale of Shakespeare ?
a. the tempest
b. hamlet
c. seven stages
53. how many legs did a butterfly had?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
54. when the twin tower destroyed ?
a. dec.24 ,2001
b. sept.27 ,2000
c. aug 8,1968
d. sept. 11,2001
55. what is the capital of china
a. india
b. bejjing
c. sanghai
d. delhi
56. what is the capital of india?
a. kolkata
b. delhi
c. haryana
d. lucknow
57. who gave the slogan “YES WE CAN” during his presidential campaign??
a. pratibha patil
b. barak obama
c. george bush
d. hamid ansari
58. In absence of both the president and vice president who serves the office of the president of india??
a. Prime Minister of India
b. Speaker of Lok Sabha
c. Chief justice of india
d. Governer of any state
59. who is the general-secretary of united nations at present??
a. kofi annan
b. shiv shankar menon
c. kseniya sukhinova
d. Ban ki moon
60. who is the vice president of india ?
a. bhairo singh shekhawat
b. mohammad hamid ansari
c. shankar dayal sharma
d. narayan dutt tiwari
61. who is the ex-officio chairman of planning commission of india ?
a. President of india
b. Vice president of india
c. Prime Minister of India
d. Speaker of lok sabha
62. which city is known as empire city ?
a. New york
b. Ajmer
c. Jaipur
d. Rome
63. Where does the great slave lake is situated ?
a. United States of America
b. Canada
c. United Kingdom
d. Saudi Arbia
64. Which national highway is longest in India ?
a. NH-2
b. NH-24
c. NH-7
d. NH-8
65. who is the supreme commander of indian armed forces ?
a. Prime Minister of India
b. Defence Minister of India
c. Vice President of India
d. President of India
66. What is called the land of the Rising Sun ?
a. NEPAL
b. CHINA
c. JAPAN
d. INDIA
67. who wins the world chess championship in 2009
a. Vishvanathan Anand,India
b. Abhijeet Gupta,India
c. Alexander Grischuk,Russia
d. Ashwin Jayaram,India
68. Who is the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in an over in ODI cricket ?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Youraj Singh
c. Harslay Gibbs
d. M.S Dhoni
69. who won the T20 world cup in2010 in England?
a. Australia
b. Pakistan
c. England
d. Sri Lanka
70. what is the slogan for dell?
a. yours is here
b. what is here
c. empowering technology
d. power of tech
71. What is the Specialist of Matribhoomi Train?
a. 1 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros.
b. 45 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros.
c. 20 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros.
d. 21 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros.
72. What is difference between Indian Standard Time [IST] & Greenwich mean Time {GMT }
a. +5.30 hrs
b. -5.30 hrs
c. +3.30 hrs
d. – 4.30 hrs
73. Who won the first world cup?
a. australia
b. west indies
c. pakistan
d. india
74. who took first wicket in IPL-3
a. shane bond
b. zaheer khan
c. chaminda vaas
d. shaun tait
75. Who is Finance Minister of India in 2010 ?
a. manmohan singh
b. gurumit
c. amit kr. sharma
d. parnab mukhraji
76. In which state kalahasthi is situated?
a. tamil nadu
b. andhra pradesh
c. karnataka
d. kerala
77. when was French east India company was started?
a. 1664
b. 1661
c. 1665
d. 1668
78. what is india’s national flower
a. jasmine
b. lotus
c. sunflower
d. none of these
79. In which Plant called this potinical name’ HIBISCUS ROSANAS’
a. jasmine
b. SUNFLOWER
c. CHAMBARAUTHI
d. COTTON
80. which is the oldest and no.1 nationalized bank
a. indian bank
b. state bank of india
c. andhra bank
d. canara bank
81. Where is situated in BIRLA PLANITORIUM
a. chennai
b. mumbai
c. kanpur
d. delhi
82. what is mother name of SATHRAPATHI SIVAJI
a. NOORJAHAN
b. JEEJI BAI
c. PUTLI BAI
d. none of these
83. IN WHICH COUNTRY, HIGHEST POPULATION IN WORLD
a. india
b. CHINA
c. AMERICA
d. RUSSIA
84. what is the capital of kerala
a. cochin
b. palakkad
c. thiruvanathapuram
d. thirussur
85. presently,who is the election commissioner for tamilnadu
a. T.N.SHESHAN
b. VENKATEASAMI
c. GOVINDARAJAN
d. NARESH GUPTA
86. INDIA’S HOME MINISTER
a. PRANAB MUKARJEE
b. P.CHIDAMBARAM
c. LALU PRASAD YADHAV
d. MANMOHAN SINGH
87. which country is the most important member of the UN?
a. India
b. China
c. Russia
d. Arab
88. who got the booker prize for white tiger ?
a. maninder
b. amandeep
c. aravind adiga
d. jhon oram
89. Who discovered penicillin?
a. stephen hawkins
b. alexander fleming
c. robert hooke
d. albert einstein
90. Father of Computer
a. Charles Darwin
b. Tim Bernersly
c. Charles Babbage
d. Bill Gates
91. name the capital of iran
a. beijing
b. london
c. israel
d. tehran
92. Which is the land of “white lillies”?
a. Moscow
b. Canada
c. Iceland
d. India
93. Who are running for Fine Gael in the european elections for Ireland south?
a. Kay Dawson and Philomena Hannigan
b. Patrick O’Driscoll and Fanahan McSweeny
c. Colm Burke and Sean Kelly
d. Bertie Ahern and Mary Poppins
94. which country has more names to it?
a. U.S.
b. china
c. nepal
d. india
95. who are winners of Icc20-20 world cup 2007?
a. southafrica
b. australia
c. india
d. pakistan
96. Which Article in Constitution was given more wider meaning?
a. Article 14
b. Article 12
c. Article 32
d. Article 21
97. The Netherlands is also known as?
a. england
b. scotland
c. holland
d. none
98. ISRO is located in
a. Bangalore
b. Srihari kota
c. New delhi
d. jaipur
99. Who Invented Nylon?
a. William Makepeace
b. Andrew Pitt
c. Wallace Carrothers
d. Peter Caruana
100. What is the meant by waseef ?
a. The king
b. The lion
c. The leopard
d. The tiger
101. which is the only lady to win 2 noble prize for chemistry?
a. marie curie
b. sonia gandhi
c. kanchan ishwar
d. issac newton
102. which country is the largest producer of coffee
a. brazil
b. russia
c. italy
d. china
103. who was the architect of St. Peter’s Basilica?
a. Donato Bramante
b. albert ivanovich
c. james spencer
d. albert bartholdy
104. who is Canadian prime minister?
a. stephen haper
b. maddol nat
c. al bifrego
d. john napier
105. which animal sweats on its tongue?
a. cat
b. dog
c. cow
d. camel
106. WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF ONION.
a. AUSTRALIA
b. AMERICA
c. MEXICO
d. BRAZIL
107. Which is the national aquatic animal of india?
a. Dolphin
b. Whale
c. Python
d. Crocodile
108. who is higest scorer for cricket in ODI cricket match
a. jayasuriya
b. rickeypoinding
c. brain lara
d. sachin tendulkar
109. who is the eighth general secretary of UNO?
a. koffe anan
b. nelson mandela
c. ban ki moon
d. obama
110. National youth day celebrated in the memory of
a. Sardar bhagat singh
b. Subhash chandra Bos
c. Chandrashekhar Azad
d. Swami vivekanand
111. which state of india has largest forest
a. maharastra
b. west bengal
c. madhya pradesh
d. kerela
112. in bio reseve whch states forst was take in world bio reserve
a. w.b
b. m.p
c. kerela
d. gujarat
113. union minister of aviation?
a. murali deora
b. praful patel
c. anand sharma
d. sharad pawar
114. Who is the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in an over in T20 cricket?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Ricky Ponting
c. Yuvraj Singh
d. Shane Watson
115. what animal can last the longest without water
a. Dog
b. Rats
c. Frog
d. Camels
116. who is the author of ” The mid night childern”.
a. Salman rushdi
b. Arvind adiga
c. Kiran desai
d. Arundharti roy
117. India plans a manned mission to the moon by
a. 2020
b. 2025
c. 2030
d. 2012
118. Which country has won the football world cup five times ?
a. England
b. France
c. Brazil
d. Italy
119. which country in africa has the shape of a horn?
a. sudan
b. somalia
c. libya
d. morocco
120. what is the currency of bangladesh?
a. euro
b. yen
c. taka
d. rupees
121. which country celebrates its Independence Day on 14 August?
a. albania
b. turkistan
c. pakistan
d. italy
122. The First train ran between which two cities of India
a. Bariely to Lucknow
b. Bombay to Thane
c. Bhopal to Gwalior
d. Punjab to Ludhiana
123. which river is known as "china’s sorrow” ?
a. damodar river
b. hwang ho river
c. ganga river
d. hoogly river
124. When did michael jackson die?
a. 20 july 2009
b. 29 august 2002
c. 25 june 2009
d. 15 november 2008
125. Which country in 2009 had numero test player and odi player of the year?
a. Bangladesh
b. Pakistan
c. Australia
d. India
126. Who is the author of the book "The Daughter of the East”?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Nelson Mandela
c. Benazir Bhutto
d. Guid Blyton
127. Which country is the largest consumer, producer and exporter of tea?
a. China
b. India
c. Cuba
d. Brazil
128. Our earth is in which type of galaxy?
a. Spiral
b. Irregular
c. Elliptical
d. Rectangular
129. who won the ballon do’r in 2008
a. rooney
b. ronaldo
c. tevez
d. messi
130. what is the capital of norway ?
a. lisbon
b. Rome
c. Oslo
d. Ciaro
131. which is the world’s most fastest snake.
a. king cobra
b. green pit wiper
c. dimond rattel
d. ghhater
132. which is the world’s 3 rd most piousness snake
a. dimond rattel
b. black mamba
c. green pit wiper
d. cobra
133. When is the World Population Day?
a. December 10
b. August 9
c. July 11
d. June 5
134. Which country has a 13 month in a calender
a. brazil
b. ethopia
c. siberia
d. finland
135. what is the capital of sudan
a. kairo
b. khartoum
c. Ottawa
d. gngtok
136. how tall is k2 the second tallest mountain in the world?
a. 8864m
b. 8848m
c. 8611m
d. 8765m
137. How many wives had Henry VIII of England?
a. six
b. eigth
c. two
d. ten
138. what means “mon amour” in French?
a. my love
b. my lady
c. my armour
d. my house
139. Where is the world’s tallest building?
a. Tokyo
b. Shangai
c. Dubai
d. Taipe
140. Which city in the world has the most amount of theaters?
a. London
b. New York
c. Paris
d. Buenos Aires