General Knowledge - 33


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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