Thursday, 8 December 2011

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS _ 019

General Knowledge Questions

01.

 

Annapurna Scheme aims at  ?

Senior Citizens

02.

 

H-1B Visas are  ?

Non-immigrant Visas

03.

 

”Ente Maram” Project was undertaken by  ?

Education and Forests departments

04.

 

”The Joy of Numbers” was written by  ?

Sakunthala Devi

05.

 

The first Persian ruler who conquered Gandhara  ?

Darius I

06.

 

Science of Soils called  ?

Pedology

07.

 

”Brown shirts” was a  ?

Volunteer militia of Hitler

08.

 

Mesopotamia, the Greek word means  ?

The land between rivers

09.

 

Fundamental feature of Neolithic culture was the use of  ?

Microlithics

10.

 

The world’s highest cricket ground  ?

Chail ( Himachal Pradesh, India)

11.

 

Biggest participant sports in the world  ?

Fishing

12.

 

Who founded ancient Olympic Games  ?

Heracles

13.

 

The first Olympic games start in  ?

BC 776

14.

 

The first modern Olympic Games were start in  ?

1896 (Athens)

15.

 

Which sports was played on the surface of moon  ?

Golf

16.

 

When was table tennis introduced in Olympics  ?

1988 at Seoul

17.

 

Athletics introduced in which Olympics  ?

1986 ( Athens)

18.

 

Where was basketball introduced in Olympics  ?

Berlin (1936)

19.

 

When was tennis introduced in the Asian Games  ?

1958 (Tokyo)

20.

 

Vacuum or thermos flask was invented by   ?

James Dewer in 1872

21.

 

The scientist who discovered water  ?

Antoine Lavoisier

22.

 

Who discovered Circulation of blood  ?

William Harvey

23.

 

First Secretary General of UN  ?

Tregav Lee of Norway

24.

 

When was Kofi Anan got noble peace price  ?

2001

25.

 

7th Secretary General of UNO  ?

Kofi Anan

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