Tuesday, 20 September 2011

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS _ 016

General Knowledge Questions

01.

 

Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress ?

Ans :   1896

02.

 

Who was the famous Indian musician in charge of the opening music at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996  ?

Ans :   Ustad Zakir Hussain

03.

 

Name the Cyclone that hit Bay of Bengal in May 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamilnadu, AP and Orissa ?

Ans :   Cyclone Laila

04.

 

Who was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games  ?

Ans :   Norman G Pritchard

05.

 

Name the youngest grandmaster in India ?

Ans :   Parimarjan Negi

06.

 

First President of India ?

Ans :   Dr. Rajendra Prasad

07.

 

Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films ?

Ans :   Satyajit Ray

08.

 

The title 'Vikramaditya' was assumed by ?

Ans :   Chandragupta II

09.

 

Which famous Indian actor was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 ?

Ans :   Dilip Kumar

10.

 

Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them  ?

Ans :   Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)

11.

 

Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize  ?

Ans :   Rabindranath tagore (1913)

12.

 

Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field medals ?

Ans :   P.T.Usha

13.

 

The Battle of Plassey was in ?

Ans :   1757

14.

 

Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services ?

Ans :   Satyendranath Tagore

15.

 

Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel ?

Ans :   Arati Saha

16.

 

Who was the first woman Governor of India ?

Ans :   Sarojini Naidu

17.

 

Tripitakas are sacred books of ?

Ans :   Buddhists

18.

 

Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan ?

Ans :   M.S. Subbulakshmi

19.

 

Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra ?

Ans :   Major Som Nath Sharma

20.

 

Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science ?

Ans :   Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose

21.

 

Name the first Indian who got an Oscar  ?

Ans :   Bhanu Athaiya

22.

 

The trocesers were introduced in the Indian dress by ?

Ans :   Kushans

23.

 

Who was the first woman to become the Lt. General of the Indian Army ?

Ans :   Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora

24.

 

Name the first man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen ?

Ans :   Phu Dorji

25.

 

Name the first woman Chief Minister of India ?

Ans :   Sucheta Kriplani

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