Tuesday, 20 September 2011

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS _ 017

General Knowledge Questions

01.

 

The name Puducherry for Pondicherry was effected from  ?

Ans :   01-10-2006

02.

 

Which Indian film-maker will be awarded with Jaeger-LeCoultre honour at venice Film Festival ?

Ans :   Mani Ratnam

03.

 

Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran  ?

Ans :   Brazil and Turkey

04.

 

Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010 ?

Ans :   China

05.

 

The scientist who designed the first internal combustion engine used to burn low grade fuel  ?

Ans :   Etienne Lenoir & Pioneers in Science

06.

 

The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by  ?

Ans :   Patrick Stepote and Robert Edwards

07.

 

Who invented Camera (photographic)  ?

Ans :   Joseph N. Niepce"France in 1822

08.

 

Who invented Air conditioner  ?

Ans :   willis H. carrier - U.S. in 1902

09.

 

Three language formula for educstion was proposed by  ?

Ans :   Kothari Commission

10.

 

Structure of DNA was given by  ?

Ans :   Watson and Crick

11.

 

Who discovered the structure of DNA  ?

Ans :   Dr. James Watson in 1953

12.

 

Who invented Windscreen Wipers  ?

Ans :   Mary Anderson

13.

 

Who invented Polaroid  ?

Ans :   Dr Edward Land in 1947

14.

 

Life Term Achievement award of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academey of 2007 went to  ?

Ans :   Santha Devi

15.

 

Who invented Scissors  ?

Ans :   Leonardo Da Vinci

16.

 

Who invented Insulin ?

Ans :   Fredrick Sanger

17.

 

Olive branch is a sign of  ?

Ans :   Peace

18.

 

The theory of inheritance of acquired characters was propounded by  ?

Ans :   J.B. Lamarck

19.

 

The molecular theory of matter was experimentally testified by ?

Ans :   Robert Brown

20.

 

Vayalar Award of 2006 presented to  ?

Ans :   Sethu.(“Adayalangal”)

21.

 

The very first electric light was invented in  ?

Ans :   James Lindsay - Scotland in 1835

22.

 

The river known as Dakshin Ganga is  ?

Ans :   Kaveri

23.

 

Kerala Panchayath Raj Bill was introduced in the year  ?

Ans :   1994

24.

 

Who invented Tank  ?

Ans :   Sumiton

25.

 

The strait connecting the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea  ?

Ans :   Palk Stait

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