General Knowledge Quiz

1. The 1982 football world cup was held in

a. France b. Brazil

c. Spain d. England

2. Who is the prime minister of Bangladesh?

a. Banzir Bhtto

b. Khaleda Zia

c. Morshad Khan

d. Ahammad Ali Zia

3. Who among the following is an election commissioner in India?

a. S N Chattergee

b. S Y Quraishi

c. R S Gandhi

d. M K Sharma

4. SLAX is a / an

a. Hardware Company

b. Software Company

c. Telecom Device

d. Linux OS

5. Father of English literature

a. William Shakespeare

b. T.S. Eliot

c. Geoffrey Chaucer

d. William Blake

6. C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in the year

a. 1932

b. 1930

c. 1926

d. 1940

7. Which of the following is the world’s heaviest snake?

a. King Cobra

b. Anaconda

c. Coral snake

d. Python

8. Who is the national leader who allied with Germany to attain freedom for India?

a. Jawaharlal Nehru

b. Subhash Chandra Bose

c. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

d. Mahatma Gandhi

9. Yehudi Menuhin is associated with which of the following?

a. Air Craft

b. Violin

c. Tabla

d. Gitar

10. Bible is for a Christian as Zend Avestha is for a …….?

a. Muslim

b. Hindu

c. Zoroastrian

d. Jew

11. Ramoji Film city is located at

a. Mumbai

b. Hydrabad

c. Bangalore

d. Pune

12. The river Tsang po in china, when enters India is called

a. Brahmaputra

b. Ganga

c. Godawari

d. Yamuna

13. A java applet that runs on a mobile phone is called a

a. Applet

b. Java Script

c. Java Encoder

d. MIDlet

14. The worlds highest (maximum altitude) railway station is located at

a. California

b. Russia

c. Tibet

d. Nepal

15. The maximum load capacity of GSLV rocket is

a. 1200 Kg

b. 2000 Kg

c. 4000 Kg

d. 6000 Kg

16. The last emperor of the Mughal Dynasty

a. Bahadurshah Zafar

b. Shah Jahaan

c. Aurangazeb

d. Akbar

17. Red data book is a publication that contains details of

a. Animals facing threat of extinction

b. Aggressive animals

c. Predators

d. Red color animals

18. Largest gland in the human body

a. Pancreas b. Pituitary

c. Liver d. Thyroid

19. Raja Ravivarma is associated with

a. Press b. Painting

c. Music d. Sports

20. The Southern most tip of the Republic of India

a. Cape of good hope

b. Chennai

c. Kanyakumari

d. Indira Point

Answers

1. c

2. b

3. b

4. d

5. c

6. b

7. d

8. b

9. b

10. c

11. b

12. a

13. d

14. c

15. b

16. a

17. a

18. c

19. b

20. d

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