General Knowledge Quiz

1. Which space mission to the moon has so far sent pictures of the moon's surface to the extent of five meter resolution?

A. Kaguya

B. Chandrayaan 1

C. Chang'e 1

D. SMART 1

2. Who is the first Indian to win the coveted Golden Globe award?

A. O. P. Naiyer

B. R. Rahman

C. Freida Pinto

D. Shah Rukh Khan

3. The Congress President at the time of Indian Independence was

A. Maulana Azad

B. Sardar Patel

C. S. Radhakrishnan

D. J. B. Kriplani

4. Which veteran film maker and Dadasaheb Phalke award winner passed away on 15th January 2009?

A. C. V. Sridhar

B. Tapan Sinha

C. B. R. Chopra

D. Hrishikesh Mukherjee

5. Which planet is known to have longestday?

A. Mars

B. Venus

C. Jupiter

D. Saturn

6. Which former Olympian, who also held the tag of 'world's fastest woman' is the brand ambassador for the 2009 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon?

A. Veronica Campbell

B. Lauryn Williams

C. Melissa Barber

D. Gail Devers

7. Indian won its first overseas test cricket tour against

A. Pakistan

B. England

C. New Zealand

D. Australia

8. Which Bollywood actor plays the game show host of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' in the film, 'Slumdog Millionaire'?

A. Irrfan Khan

B. Anil Kapoor

C. Mahesh manjrekar

D. Shah Rukh Khan

9. Which country is also known as a rainbow nation?

A. S. Africa

B. Brazil

C. Paraguay

D. Uraguay

10. The much acclaimed film 'Slumdog Millionaire' is based on the book Q and A, written by which Indian author?

A. Vikram Seth

B. Amitav Ghosh

C. Aravind Adiga

D. Vikas Swarup

11. The book 1984 is written by

A. G. Orwel

B. Khushwant Singh

C. Arjun Singh

D. Ruskin Bond

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Answers:

1. B

2. B

3. D

4. B

5. B

6. D

7. B

8. B

9. A

10. D

11. A

Cricket Quiz

1. Name the former Indian test cricketer and selector who is a fingerprint and handwriting expert?

a. R.Prasanna

b. Chandu Borde

c. Chandu Sarwate

d. Vengasarkar

2. Who is the first Indian bowler to take 6 or more wickets in a World Cup match?

a. Ravi Shastri

b. Ashish Nehra

c. Javagal Srinath

d. Anil Kumble

3. The first official international cricket match was held in 1844. Which were the participating countries?

a. Afghanistan and India

b. Australia and England

c. Canada and the United States

d. Ireland and Scotland

4. The very first cricket test match between England and Australia was held in Melbourne in 1877. Australia won the contest by 45 runs. In the centenary match of 1977 between the same nations, what was the result?

a. Australia won, again by 45 runs

b. England got their revenge, by the same 45-run margin

c. The game could not be completed owing to bad weather

d. The score was tied

5. In 1997, the first in a series of two cricket games between India and Sri Lanka included the highest total ever reached by one side in one innings of a test match. How many runs did the top-scoring Sri Lankans accumulate?

a. 352

b. 552

c. 752

d. 952

6. Cricket has a richer store of peculiar jargon than perhaps any other sport, and the names given to the fielding positions provide some notable examples. Which of the following is not the name of a standard cricket fielding position?

a. Backward square leg

b. Deep extra cover

c. Forward third man

d. Silly mid on

7. Which wicket keeper has highest number of dismissals to his credit?

a. Kiran More

b. M.S.Dhoni

c. S.M.H.Kirmani

d. Nayan Mongia

8. Who has scored the highest runs in a single innings in the Indian Domestic cricket? Which record is unbroken since long!

a. Vijay Merchant

b. Sanjay Manjrekar

c. BB Nimbalkar

d. MV Sridhar

9. Which Indian cricketer also played in the Davis Cup tennis tournament for India?

a. C.Ramaswami

b. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

c. C. K. Naidu

d. Vijay Hazare

10. India scored its lowest team score in One Day Internationals against

a. New Zealand

b. West Indies

c. Pakistan

d. Sri Lanka

11. Who among the following captained the Indian side in the ODI only for one time and won that match?

a. Mohender Amarnath

b. Anil Kumble

c. S.M.H.Kirmani

d. G.R.Vishwanath

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Answers:

1. c

2. b

3. c

4. a

5. d

6. c

7. d

8. c

9. a

10. d

11. b