General Science Quiz 50

General Science Quiz 50

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1. Bessemer process is the industrial process for the production of

Steel
Zinc
Benzene
Bismuth

2. Cassiterite is the most important source of which one of the following?

Iron
Cadmium
Lead
Tin

3. Name the enzyme that is presentin the human saliva

Pepsin
Trypsin
Amylase
Lipase

4. The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is given by

UNESCO
UNICEF
WHO
FAO

5. The protein coding segment of DNA is called

Exons
Codons
Neutrons
Chloroplasts

6. The SI unit farad is used as the unit of

Inductance
Capacitance
Resistance
Voltage

7. The sugar in DNA is a

Heptose
Hexose
Pentose
Tetrose

8. The vertebral column of human consists of how many vertebrae?

33
35
25
38

9. Where is fats stored in human body?

Epidermis
Adipose tissue
Liver
Epithelium

10. Which chemical is known as Pigment White 6?

Zinc Oxide
Barium sulfate
Titanium dioxide
Antimony oxide

India Quiz 91: General Knowledge Quiz

India Quiz 91: General Knowledge Quiz

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1. Which is the oldest existing insurance company in India?

Life Insurance Corporation
National Insurance Company
United Insurance Company
New India Assurance Company

2. Which is the shortest river in Kerala?

Manjeswaram River
Ayiroor River
Thalassery River
Korapuzha River

3. Which language is known as "camp language"?

English
Hindi
Urdu
Bengali

4. Which one of the following states has the largest number of members in the Legislative Assembly?

Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Andhra Pradesh

5. Who is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal in Commonwealth Games?

Vikas Krishan yadav
Gururaja Poojary
Anish Bhanwala
Ganesh Mali

6. With which one of the following will you associate Manika Batra?

Badminton
Athletics
Table Tennis
Swimming

7. Who was the first Chief Justice of India?

H. J. Kania
M. Patanjali Sastri
Mehr Chand Mahajan
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

8. Where is the largest and oldest museum of India located?

New Delhi
Hyderabad
Lucknow
Kolkatta

9. Who was known by the title "Devanam Priya"?

Kanishka
Ashoka
Chandragupta
Harsha

10. Which one of the "vedas" is considered to be the origin of Indian music and dance?

Atharvaveda
Yajurveda
Rigveda
Samaveda

India Quiz 90: General Knowledge Quiz

India Quiz 90: General Knowledge Quiz

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1. When is National Child Girl Day celebrated in India?

22 January
24 January
20 January
25 January

2. When is National Handloom Day observed?

August 7
August 17
August 27
August 11

3. Where is the Kamakhya Temple situated?

Khajuraho
Thanjavur
Somnath
Guwahati

4. Where is the Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU), India's first aviation univeristy?

Rae Bareilly
Varanasi
New Delhi
Ahemdabad

5. Where is the Tansen Sangeet Samaroh celebrated annually?

New Delhi
Bhopal
Gwalior
Ujjain

6. Where was the first licenced cement manufacturing unit setup in India in 1914?

Chennai
Porbandar
Mumbai
Vallur

7. Which High Court has the highest number of serving judes in India?

Allahabad
Bombay
Madras
Kerala

8. Which High Court in India has the largest jurisdiction in terms of states?

Delhi
Madras
Bombay
Guwahati

9. Which Indian naval ship holds the Guinness Book of records for being the longest-serving warship in the world.

INS Vikrant
INS Viraat
INS Arihant
INS Kalhari

10. Which Indian state have highest number of representation in Rajyasabha?

Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Bihar

Indian Culture Quiz 12

Indian Culture Quiz 12

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1. With which one of the following religions the Dakhma, also called a Tower of Silence, associated?

Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
Budhism
Jainism

2. In which Indian state does the flowering of bamboo bring misery to the people leading famine?

Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim
Assam
Mizoram

3. Who built Jama Masjid, Delhi?

Shah Jahan
Humayun
Aurangazeb
Akbar

4. Which is the first Indian city to receive world heritage status?

Ahmedabad
Delhi
Lucknow
Gwalior

5. Where is the Bhimbedtka rock shelters located?

Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Bihar
Nagaland

6. The first Indian to win an Oscar for best music?

A.R Rahman
Ilaairaja
Gulzaar
Nadeem Sravan

7. Who is considered as father of Carnatic music?

Shyama Shastry
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Tyagaraja
Purandara Dasa

8. Which one of the following are called the "Trinities of Carnatic Music"

Tyagaraja, Shyama Shastry and Muthuswami Dikshitar
Tyagaraja, Purandara Dasa and Muthuswami Dikshitar
Shyama Shastry, Purandara Dasa and Muthuswami Dikshitar
Shyama Shastry, Purandara Dasa and Tyagaraja

9. Name the creator of the ragas "Gauri Manjari" and "Lajwanti"

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Barkat Ali Khan
Prabha Atre
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

10. Which one of the following musical instruments is NOT of Indian Origin

Flute
Sarod
Veena
Guitar

India Quiz 89: General Knowledge

India Quiz 89: General Knowledge

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1. "The Nation banks on us" is the tagline of

ICICI
South Indian Bank
Federal Bank
State Bank of India

2. CAPART launched in 1986 works as nodal agency for the development of

Fine Arts
Rural areas
Cultural heritage
Agriculture

3. How many Indian dance forms are conferred with classical status by the Sangeet Natak Akademi?

5
10
8
12

4. In which event did Neeraj Chopra won gold medal at 2018 Commonwealth Games?

Javelin Throw
Discus Throw
Long Jump
High Jump

5. In which year did Doordarshan start Malayalam broadcasting?

1985
1984
1980
1989

6. In which year Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMGAY), earlier known as Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was launched?

1985
2000
1995
2015

7. Mission Indra Dhanush launched in 2014 by the Government of India is related to

Environmental pollution
Swachchtha
Health
Education

8. Name the fastest super compute in India

Pratyush
Pinaka
Aaditya
Prama Yuva II

9. Name the Indian Naval ship which completed the firstall-women circumnagivation expedition of the globe

INSV Padmini
INSV Tarkash
INSV Jalashwa
INSV Tarini

10. Name the third generation "fire-and-forget" anti-tank missile developed by DRDO

Nag
Agni
Thrishool
Akash

Indian Culture Quiz 11

Indian Culture Quiz 11

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1. With which one of the following will you associate Ustad Bismilla Khan?

Sarod
Bansuri
Shehnai
Flute

2. Sangeet Natak Akademi or The National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama was established the year

1952
1955
1948
1950

3. This Indian movie holds the world record for the most number of songs in any musical ever made. Name the movie

Taal
Hum aapke hai kaun
Silsila
Indrasabha

4. Rock Street Journal (RSJ) was the first rock magazine in India. Who founded it?

Susmit Sen
Amit Saigal
Remo Fernandez
Kapil Srivastava

5. Regarded as the "Father of Qawwali", this poet is referred to as "the parrot of India". Who is he>

Amir Khusrow
Kabir
Faizi
Sarmad Kashani

6. Which Mughal emperor banned music in his empire?

Akbar
Shahjahan
Aurangazeb
Jahangir

7. Ustad Mansur, the earliest artist to depict the dodo in colour, was an artist of which Mughal emperor's court?

Akbar
Shajahan
Humayun
Jahangir

8. With which one of the following musical instrument will you associate Ustad Vilayat Khan?

Shehanai
Violin
Tabla
Sitar

9. My Music, My Life is the autobiography of

Shankar Mahadevan
M S Subbulakshmi
A R Rahman
Pandit Ravi Shankar

10. Which one of the "vedas" is considered to be the origin of Indian music and dance?

Atharvaveda
Yajurveda
Rigveda
Samaveda

India Quiz 88: Personalities Quiz

India Quiz 88: Personalities Quiz

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1. Who won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2017-18?

Fahad Fasil
Manoj Joshi
Samuthirakani
Bobby Simha

2. Kirti Mandir is a temple built in the honour of which one of the following personalities?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
B R Ambedkar
Swami Vivekananda

3. Who wrote the novel "Waiting for the Mahatma"?

R K Narayan
Premchand
Mulk Raj Anand
Jawaharlal Nehru

4. Which one of the following was a pen name used by Jawaharlal Nehru?

Chachaji
Bhanu Simha
Chanakya
Birbal

5. Who was the first Indian Prime Minister to die while in office?

Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jawaharlal Nehru
V.P Singh
Indira Gandhi

6. Who is the first woman to be the Finance Minister of India?

Sarojini Naidu
Maneka Gandhi
Sucheta Kripalani
Indira Gandhi

7. Name the first woman to receive Bharat Ratna posthumously

Indira Gandhi
Aruna Asaf Ali
M S Subbalakshmi
Mother Teresa

8. Who was the first individual to be honoured with Bharat Ratna posthumously?

Madan Mohan Malaviya
C V Raman
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi

9. By what name Javagal Srinath popularly known?

Karnataka Express
Mysore Express
Mysore Hurricane
Karnataka Tiger

10. Who is the first Indian to receive Sydney Peace Prize?

Vandana Shiva
Indira Gandhi
APJ Abdul Kalam
Arundhati Roy

India Quiz 87: Personalities Quiz

India Quiz 87: Personalities Quiz

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1. Who recently became the youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?

Shivangi Pathak
Santosh Yadav
Anshu Jamsenpa
Malavath Purna

2. Who built the Qila Rai Pithora in New Delhi?

Akbar
Prithviraj Chauhan
Aurangazeb
Chatrapati Shivaji

3. My Music, My Life is the autobiography of

Shankar Mahadevan
M S Subbulakshmi
A R Rahman
Pandit Ravi Shankar

4. Who introduced the Mansabdari system of administration of the Mughal Empire?

Jahangir
Aurangazeb
Shahjahan
Akbar

5. Name the Indian economist who coined the term "Hindu rate of growth"

Raj Krishna
Amartya Sen
Kaushik Basu
Montek Singh Ahluwalia

6. Who composed the the quick march song "Qadam Qadam Badaye Ja" for INA?

Rabindranath Tagore
Subash Chandra Bose
Ram Singh Thakuri
Pt. Vanshidhar Shukla

7. Who proposed the idea of Gram Swaraj?

Narendra Modi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Vinoba Bhave

8. Who was the first woman to receive Bharat Ratna?

Indira Gandhi
Mother Teresa
Aruna Asaf Ali
M S Subbalkshmi

9. Who was the author of the Bengali play Nil Darpan?

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Sharadchandra
Sharadindu Bandyopadhay
Dinabandhu Mitra

10. Which Indian chemist discovered the chemical compound Mercurous nitrate?

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
P C Ray
Asima Chatterjee
C N R Rao

Environment Quiz 70

Environment Quiz 70

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1. India accounts for about how many percentage of land area on Earth?

0.006
0.024
0.17
0.045

2. Where is the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located?

Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh

3. With which one of the following will you associate BHAVINI?

Nuclear Power
Submarine
Missile
Telecommunication

4. Which one of the following terms is used to refer to black soils in India?

Khadar
Regur
Bangar
Usar

5. In which state is the "Ib Setu" bridge?

Bihar
Odisha
West Bengal
Gujarat

6. Where is the Z-Morh Tunnel being constructed?

Maharashtra
Assam
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir

7. In which country Nipah virus was identified for the first time?

India
Nepal
Malaysia
China

8. In which state is the Krishanganga hydropower project?

Tamil Nadu
Jammu and Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh
Gujarat

9. Where is Kilauea, the volcano that erupted recently?

Japan
Chile
USA
Guatemala

10. Which megacity ranks top on the WHO global air pollution database?

New Delhi
Cairo
Dhaka
Mumbai

Environment Quiz 69

Environment Quiz 69

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1. The Amur Bridge Project, a cross-border railroad bridge over Amur River, is being constructed between which countries?

Russia and Norway
Poland and Russia
China and Russia
China and Mongolia

2. The outermost layer of the Earth that is composed of soil and is subject to soil formation processes is called

Lithosphere
Biosphere
Exosphere
Pedosphere

3. Which Asian country has launched the world's largest human genome research project in 2018?

India
Japan
China
Singapore

4. Which country launched its first environmental research satellite named Venus, the smallest of its kinds in the world?

Russia
Israel
USA
France

5. TAL Manufacturing Solutions has unveiled India’s first ‘conceptualized, designed and manufactured articulated industrial robot in 2017. What is the name of the robot?

Manav
BRABO
Daksh
AcYut

6. A countour line or isocline in cartography, joins points of equal

Temperature
Relative humidity
Elevation
Pressure

7. Which one of the following Indian airports became the world's first fully solar-powered airport?

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
Kempegowda InternationalAirport, Bengaluru
Cochin International Airport, Cochin
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai

8. Where is the Panna Biosphere Reserve?

Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Assam
Uttar Pradesh

9. With which one of the following will you associate "Grey Revolution"?

Jute
Fruits
Fertilizer
Leather

10. Where is Krem Liat Prah, the longest natural cave in India, situated?

Meghalaya
Assam
Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim

Sports Quiz 25

Sports Quiz 25

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1. France is believed to be the place of origin of this sports. Can you name it?

Badminton
Volleyball
Football
Tennis

2. Which country won ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in 2017?

India
Australia
West Indies
England

3. Who won the 2017 US Open Men's Singles?

Kevin Anderson
Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal

4. Who is the female to have won the most Grand Slams?

Steffi Graph
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Martina Navratilova

5. Who defeated Indian badminton player P V Sindhu in the final fo 2016 Rio Olympics?

Li Xuerui
Kirsty Gilmour
Evgeniya Kosetskaya
Carolina Marin

6. Which is the national sport of Sri Lanka?

Football
Badminton
Volleyball
Tennis

7. Who among the following is known as Baroda Express?

Javagal Srinath
Kapil Dev
Amar Singh
Zaheer Khan

8. Where was Chess originated?

China
Saudi Arabia
India
USA

9. Who invented the game of basketball?

James Naismith
Jack Britton
Abner Doubleday
William G. Morgan

10. Batter, hitter and catcher are associated with which sports?

Basketball
Rugby
Baseball
Volleyball

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