Thursday, 25 August 2011

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS _ 012

General Knowledge Questions

01.

 

Which states has maximum number of seats reserved for Schedule Tribes in Lok Sabha  ?

Ans :   Madhya Pradesh

02.

 

Whose 'curve' did President Reagan use as the basis for his 'Trickle Down' economic policy  ?

Ans :   Laffer

03.

 

Who is the first person from Africa to become the Secretary General of UN  ?

Ans :   Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali

04.

 

National Income in India is estimated by  ?

Ans :   Central Statistical Organization (C. S. O)

05.

 

Which was the first Indian company to dematerialize its shares  ?

Ans :   Reliance Industries

06.

 

Which group of people have been involved in the terrorist activities and rampant killing spree after the death of King Birendra in Nepal  ?

Ans :   Maoists

07.

 

Which company was forced to shutdown its digital music service because of music industry lawsuits for piracy  ?

Ans :   Napster

08.

 

Which famous CEO was featured in the endorsement ad for Microsoft XP with the quote, "When I saw Windows XP in action, I was amazed. How did Microsoft get hold of my wishlist?" ?

Ans :   N. R. Narayana Murthy

09.

 

French Revolution resulted in the abolition of what ?

Ans :   Slavery

10.

 

With companies has the Department of Posts and Telegraph of India tied up to provide a comprehensive range of financial services  ?

Ans :   Master Card International

11.

 

Which country is the largest producer of natural rubber in the world  ?

Ans :   Thailand

12.

 

Which city is known as the "Manchester of South India"  ?

Ans :   Coimbatore

13.

 

Which body is not a creation of the constitution  ?

Ans :   Election Commission

14.

 

Who is the founder of positive health clinic  ?

Ans :   Dr. Mukesh Batra

15.

 

Which bank is associated with the Sapnay credit card  ?

Ans :   Standard Chartered Bank

16.

 

How many states are there in India  ?

Ans :   28

17.

 

Which is the oldest company listed in Wall Street  ?

Ans :   Bank of New York

18.

 

Indian population constitutes what percentage of the world population  ?

Ans :   16%

19.

 

Sanjukta Panigrahi was the popular exponent of which form of dance  ?

Ans :   Odissi

20.

 

Which company unsuccessfully launched a soap under the brand Protex in India ?

Ans :   Colgate Palmolive

21.

 

Which cable network is to be the sole provider of sports information to MSN  ?

Ans :   Star Sports

22.

 

Which antibiotic can cure Anthrax, if detected at an early stage  ?

Ans :   Ciprofloxacin

23.

 

Which chemicals has been recently allowed by the Government of India to be mixed with petrol  ?

Ans :   Ethanol

24.

 

Which is the longest running stage play in the world  ?

Ans :   The Mouse Trap

25.

 

"Be the first to know" is the baseline of which company  ?

Ans :   CNN

26.

 

Which is the longest running TV cartoon in history, first launched by Warner Brothers in 1969 exclusively for television, and is now a popular fare on the Cartoon Network ?

Ans :   Scooby Doo

27.

 

India's first private FM radio station Radio City opened in Bangalore recently. Which company is the promoter behind this venture  ?

Ans :   Star India

28.

 

"Everything from cancer to heart attacks. Covered for 70 paise a day," is the baseline of an advertisement by  ?

Ans :   ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

29.

 

Which is the third highest peak in India  ?

Ans :   Gasher Brum

30.

 

In which year did Alexander the great die  ?

Ans :   323 B.C

31.

 

In which year did Mahatma Gandhi launch The Dandi March  ?

Ans :   1930

32.

 

In which year did Thomas Alva Edison invent the electric lamp  ?

Ans :   1879

33.

 

What is the measure of the length of a standard tennis court  ?

Ans :   78 ft

34.

 

Which is the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth Games  ?

Ans :   Malaysia

35.

 

Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain  ?

Ans :   Robert Walpole

36.

 

Esperanto, invented by the Russian scholar Zamenhof, is an artificial  ?

Ans :   Language

37.

 

In 1974, Which US president resigned to avoind impeachmennt  ?

Ans :   Richard Nixon

38.

 

Beech King and Cessna are popular models of  ?

Ans :   Aircrafts

39.

 

Which of the countries fought the first of the opium wars  ?

Ans :   China - Britain

40.

 

Who invented Parachute  ?

Ans :   Leonardo da Vinci

41.

 

In which year did Mohammed Ghazni first invaded India  ?

Ans :   1001 A.D

42.

 

Who is the author who created the character Dilbert  ?

Ans :   Scott Adams

43.

 

Which company owns the famous cigarette brands Charminar and Charms  ?

Ans :   VST Industries

44.

 

What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure  ?

Ans :   Sphygmomanometer

45.

 

What brand name was given , in 1924, by the Mayor of Tokyo when he released the first watch produced by Shokosha Watch Company  ?

Ans :   Citizen

46.

 

What famous car brand, originally from the former Czechoslovakia, was taken over by Volkswagen in the 1990s  ?

Ans :   Skoda

47.

 

Which advertising agency is behind the setting-up, in 1991, of MICA, India's first college focussed on advertising and communications  ?

Ans :   Mudra

48.

 

Which automobile major has made a debut in the Formula One racing circuit in 2002 with its team led by the drivers Allan McNish and Mike Salo  ?

Ans :   Toyota

49.

 

Who has authored the latest business best-seller *Big Brands, Big Trouble  ?

Ans :   Jack Trout

50

.

Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot, the noted French physicist is associated with what branch of study  ?

Ans :   Thermodynamics

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