GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS _ 006

1 .	What was the year of Battle of Chhandwar in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Jaichandra of Kannauj? 1194
2 .	What was the year of Second Battle of Panipat in which Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeated Hemu ? 1556
3 .	What was the year of Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap ? 1576
4 .	When did Raja Jai Singh defeat Shivaji and the Treaty of Purandar signed ? 1665
5 .	What was the year of Battle of Plassey in which the English forces (under Robert Cive) defeated Siraj-ud-daula, the Nawab of Bengal ? 1757
6 .	What was the year of Battle of Wandiwash in which the English forces defeated the French forces ? 1760
7 .	What was the year of Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas ? 1761
8 .	What was the year of Battle of Buxar in which the English under Munro defeated the alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam ? 1764
9 .	What were the years of First Anglo Mysore War in which Hyder Ali defeated the English forces ? 1767-69
10 .	What were the years of First Anglo Maratha War in which the British were defeated ? 1766-69
11 .	What was the year of Second Anglo Mysore War ? 1780-84
12 .	What was the year of Third Anglo Mysore War in which Tipu Sultan was defeated. The Treaty of Serirangapatnam followed ? 1789-92
13 .	What was the year of Fourth Anglo Mysore War in which Tipu was defeated and killed ? 1799
14 .	What were the years of Second Anglo Afghan War in which the English suffered losses ? 1868-80
15 .	What were the years of Third Anglo Afghan War in which the English, though victorious, did not benefit from the war ? 1919-21
16 .	Which are the apex regulatory body in mutual fund sector in India ? SEBI & AMFI
17 .	Who is the director of one of the most successful India movies 3 Idiots ? Rajkumar Hirani
18 .	With which neighbor country, India has created a Joint River Commission ? Bangladesh
19 .	Three Indians who have been named among Asia's eight top power women by American broadcaster CNN ? Sonia Gandhi, Congress president, Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank head Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo chief executive
20 .	Indian cricketer who has been named the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ? Sachin Tendulkar
21 .	Who scored maximum runs in IPL 3 ? Sachin Tendulkar
22 .	Who became the first female to win a Best Director Oscar award ? Kathryn Bigelow (Film: The Hurt Locker)
23 .	New IPL commissioner replacing Lalit Modi ? Chirayu Amin
24 .	Name the Indian bureaucrat, who has been reportedly involved in spying against India itself ? Madhuri Gupta
25 .	Name the player who scored a double century in ODI ? Sachin Tendulkar
26 .	Who is appointed as the new social secretary of U.S. President ? Julianna Smoot
27 .	The first woman in 4 years to become judge of Supreme Court ? Gyan Sudha Mishra
28 .	Who is set to become the second India footballer to play overseas after Baichung Bhutia, with the striker nearing a deal with USA's Major League Soccer club Kansas City Wizards? Sunil Chetri
29 .	Eminent Pakistani journalist who was awarded South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Lifetime Achievement Award at SAARC Festival of Literature at New Delhi ? Hamid Mir
30 .	Name of the tiny island claimed for years by India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal has disappeared recently beneath the rising seas ? New Moore Island - to the Indians and _ South Talpatti Island _ to the Bangladeshis.
31 .	Who wrote Rajat Rangini ? Kalhan
32 .	One of Italy's most wanted a Mafia suspects who has been arrested after being tracked down via his Facebook account? Pasquale Manfredi
33 .	The new car factory set up by Nissan of Japan with its French partner, Renault, located in? Oragadam in Kanchipuram district near Chennai, Tamilnadu.
34 .	In a country after a massive cyclone" cyclone Tomas" forced thousands of people to flee their homes. Which is that nation? Fiji
35 .	Which is the apex body in higher technical education in India ? AICTE
36 .	Which is the apex approving body in Medical education in India ? MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA
37 .	Which is the apex body in higher education in humanities and social sciences in India ? ICSSR
38 .	Which is the central bank of India ? RBI
39 .	Which cities have been added to the IPL family as new franchises for the fourth season of the Indian Premiere League to be played in 2011 ? Pune, Cochin and Sahara
40 .	Name of the Canadian province which is the first in North America to ban the' niqab ' a top-to-toe dress worn by Muslim women ? Quebec province
41 .	From which country India is getting K 152 nerpa submarines ? Russia
42 .	Which is the apex regulatory body in Insurance sector in India ? IRDA
43 .	Which is the apex regulatory body in stock market finance sector in India ? SEBI
44 .	When was the First Independence Day observed in India ? 26 Jan, 1930
45 .	Libya has recently decided to impose a total embargo on all economic and commercial exchanges with a country in Western Europe. Which is that country? Switzerland
46 .	When did Gandhi ji start Dandi march ? 12 Mar, 1930
47 .	Which moble maker changed the batteries of its customers , when there was complaint about battery – world wide ? Nokia
48 .	Which team won IPL – 3 ? Chennai Super King
49 .	Former India captain and legendary all-rounder who was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the ICC headquarters in Dubai ? Kapil Dev
50 .	Which country wonmen's World Cup hockey-2010 ? Australia