General Knowledge Quiz
1. The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2009 has been conferred on :
(A) Sheikh Hasina
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Barack Obama
(D) Robert Gebeisa
2. Who was crowned with Miss World title for 2009 ?
(A) Amrita Patki
(B) Zhang Zi Lin
(C) Amrita Thapar
(D) Kaiane Aldorino
3. Hydroponics is :
(A) Soil conservation
(B) Conservation of water
(C) Growth of plants under laboratory conditions
(D) Growth of plants in liquid media
4. Who is the first woman Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations ?
(A) Sharmilla Tagore
(B) Shamshad Akhtar
(C) Girija Vyas
(D) Asha Rose Migiro
5. Who is the author of the book ‘A Call to Honour : In the Service of Emergent India’ ?
(A) Khushwant Singh
(B) Jaswant Singh
(C) Amartya Sen
(D) Rafiq Zakaria
6. An Indian river that does not form any delta is :
(A) The Krishna
(B) The Sindh
(C) The Narmada
(D) The Cauvery
7. Asia’s first underground Hydel Project is located in :
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Himachal Pradesh
8. India’s first National Cricket Academy has been established in :
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Pune
(C) Bangalore
(D) None of these
9. With the enactment of 92nd Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2003, how many Indian languages figure in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India ?
(A) 21
(B) 18
(C) 22
(D) 19
10. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) consists of mainly :
(A) Methane, ethane and hexane
(B) Methane, butane and propane
(C) Ethane, hexane and nonane
(D) Nonane, ethane and hexane
11. The mountain range which forms the Western boundary of the Indian sub-continent is called :
(A) Aravali
(B) Satpura
(C) Pirpanjal
(D) Hindukush
12. Which of the following awards is instituted by the UNESCO ?
(A) Nehru Award for International Understanding
(B) Kalinga Prize
(C) Arjuna Award
(D) Dronacharya Award
13. The Planning Commission was set-up in the year :
(A) 1947
(B) 1950
(C) 1952
(D) 1948
14. Vitamin ‘A’ is necessary in our body for :
(A) Prevention of blood clotting
(B) Haemoglobin synthesis
(C) Proper vision
(D) Improving digestion
15. From which of the following ores can iron be extracted ?
(A) Galena
(B) Cryolite
(C) Magnetite
(D) Cinnabar
16. Who was crowned with Miss India Worldwide title for 2010 ?
(A) Kajal Lutchminarian
(B) Pooja Gupta
(C) Ankita Patki
(D) Amrita Thapar
17. The Nobel Prize for Economics for 2009 has been conferred on :
(A) Elinor Ostrom (USA)
(B) Oliver Williamson (USA)
(C) Both (A) and (b)
(D) Albert Arnold, Doris Lessing and Gerhard Ertl
18. Who is the author of ‘Wedding Album’ ?
(A) Shobha De
(B) Girish Karnard
(C) Shashi Pandey
(D) Amit Chaudhary
19. Who was crowned with Miss Universe title for 2009 ?
(A) Stefania Fernandez
(B) Riyo Mori
(C) Micaela Patricia Reis
(D) Anni Oliv
20. In which Shakespearean Drama is Desdemona a character ?
(A) Hemlet
(B) The Merchant of Venice
(C) Othello
(D) As You Like It
