GK Practice set 4

Improve your General Knowledge 1. Which of the following Saint known as "Mahboob-ae-Dilli". Ans : Nizammuddin Aulia 2. The Coin "Rupia" was first issued by— Ans : Akbar 3. How many Central universities are there in India? Ans : 17 4. who was the first European to translate the Bhagwat Gita into English? Ans : Charles Wilkins 5. Tuzuk-i-baburi was a autabiography written by babur in which language— Ans : Turkish 6. Which mughal emperor was also known as Qalandar? Ans : babur 7. In 2003, Indian Railways Has completed? Ans : 150 Years. 8.Which Indian Bank has the highest branches abroad? Ans : SBI 9. The first Premature dissolution at the lok sabha took place in the year? Ans : 1970 10. Tasleema's Nasreen's Autobiography? Ans : Dwekhandita 11. The Office of District collector was created by? Ans : Warren Hastings 12. what is the national sport of Greece? Ans : Soccer 13. Which indian hockey player has a road named after him in germany? Ans : Roop singh 14. In which year was men's hockey included in the Olympics? Ans : 1924 15. Who gave Kapil Dev the nickname "Harayana Hurricane"? Ans : Guinness Book of World Records. 16. Which cricketer, after his retirement from the game, served as India's High Commissioner in Australia? Ans : K. S. Duleepsinghji 17. Who was the only cricketer to feature on a currency note of his country? Ans : Sir Frank Worrell 18. In the history of Indian Cricket what 'first' does Faroukh Engineer have to his credit? Ans : He was the first Indian to play County cricket ( for Lancashire in 1968) 19. Who was the only player dismissed for duck in the 1983 World Cup cricket final? Ans : Kirti Azad (India) 20. Who was the first Hindu to play for the Pakistan national cricket team? Ans : Anil Dalpat (wicket-keeper) 21. Which Australian cricketer, is nicknamed "Herby"? Ans : Allan Border. 22. Who scored 99, 98 and 97 in three successive Test innings? Ans : Clem Hill (Australia), 1902. 23. What is the importance of 14 Dec 1960 in Sports? Ans : For the first time in cricket history a Test match was tied. 24. Who was the first victim of Kapil Dev in One day Internationals? Ans : Imran Khan of Pakistan (Quetta October 1, 1978 his first match) 25. Who claimed the first wicket in Test cricket? Ans : Allen Hill of England 26. "She was initially named Jeevan by her father, but later changed the name. By what name is this singer better known now? " Ans : Norah Jones 27. Which former Miss India created history by deciding not to take part in the Miss Universe competition? Ans : Nalini Vishwanathan 28. Which is the youngest and oldest of the new world religions? Ans : Sikhism and Hinduism 29. In the 1980 film Kalyug which modern day actress played the role of Rekha's son? Ans : Urmila Matondkar 30. Which is the national animal of Nepal? Ans : Cow 31. In which Indian state would you find the largest church of Asia? Ans : Goa 32. The country Suriname is in which continent? Ans : South America 33. Where was the Durand Cup football tournament first played? Ans : Shimla 34. JPY is the currency code of which country? Ans : Japan 35. Who was the captain of India in Sachin Tendulkar's debut Test? Ans : Krishnamachari Srikkanth 36. Which planet was discovered by William Herschel in 1781? Ans : Uranus 37. Which country is the world's largest producer of wheat? Ans : China 38. How do we better know a pugilist? Ans : Boxer 39. Who wrote the poem 'Venus and Adonis'? Ans : William Shakespeare 40. How is Sampooran Singh better known? Ans : Gulzar 41. A.S Dilip Kumar is the original name of which famous music director? Ans : A.R. Rahman 42. Which company was founded in 1924 by a former cash register salesman Thomas Watson? Ans : IBM 43. Which Indian politician wrote 'Flight to Parliament'? Ans : Rajesh Pilot 44. Who among these was the first to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen? Ans : Phu Dorjee 45. "In computers, which term is used to refer to a collection of databases?" Ans : Databank 46. What type of a creature is a mamba? Ans : A snake 47. In which of these lakes are the Honeymoon Island and the Breakfast Island situated? Ans : Chilka Lake 48. Which Indian President received the Templeton Prize in 1975? Ans : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 49. Which was the first Indian film to be nominated for the Oscar? Ans : Mother India 50. Holi is celebrated in the month of— Ans : Phalguna 51. Which city is the headquarters of the SAARC? Ans : Kathmandu 52. Which U.S president won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906? Ans : Theodore Roosevelt 53. Which animal is given or lent to other countries by the Chinese government as a mark of friendship? Ans : Panda 54. What is the more popular name of the Alsatian breed of dogs? Ans : German Shepherd 55. Which is used to refer to data transfer rates in modem? Ans : Cps 56. On which island were the extinct bird dodo found? Ans : Mauritius 57. "Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Pravin Amre" what have in common ? Ans : Century on Test debut 58. "In the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore's 'Gitanjali', which famous poet wrote the introduction? " Ans : W.B. Yeats 59. 'Tarkash' is a collection of Urdu poetry by which famous lyricist? Ans : Javed Akhtar 60. Which former US president devised the name 'United Nations'? Ans : Franklin D. Roosevelt 61. Which Indian won a Grammy award in the 2002 Grammy Awards? Ans : Pandit Ravi Shankar 62. Aristotle was the teacher of which famous emperor? Ans : Alexander the Great 63. "In 1980, the Indian government issued a stamp to honour which hockey legend?" Ans : Dhyan Chand 64. Which of these actors played a negative role in Steven Spielberg's 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'? Ans : Amrish Puri 65. Who is the only cricketer to have played Test cricket for both England and India? Ans : Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi 66. How is Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi better known? Ans Johnny Walker 67. Which of these games is also called 'Ping-Pong'? Ans : Table tennis 68. Who has won the Nobel Prize twice? Ans : Marie Curie 69. Who played the role of the young Raj Kapoor in the film 'Awara'? Ans : Shashi Kapoor 70. Which of these computer languages was developed from an earlier language BCPL? Ans : C 71. Which country was ruled by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk? Ans : Turkey 72. By what name is the software program Multiplan now known? Ans : MS Excel 73. By what name is actor R.K. Tuli better known? Ans : Rajendra Kumar 74. "In 1640, which city was founded by Francis Day ?" Ans : Madras 75. "In computers, what is the full form of OMR?" Ans : Optical Mark Reading 76. Which famous director is the nephew of Dev Anand? Ans : Shekhar Kapur 77. "In computers, which of these terms is used to refer to a temporary memory for data?" Ans : Buffer 78. Who used the screen name 'Baby Rani' as a child actress? Ans : Nargis 79. Who was the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate ? Ans : Ibrahim Lodi 80. Who was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel? Ans : Mihir Sen 81. Who was the first Indian to participate in the Wimbledon tennis tournament? Ans : Sardar Nihal Singh 82. Which is the most used metal in the world? Ans : Iron 83. Who was the first Roman Catholic president of USA? Ans : John F. Kennedy 84. Name the first artificial satellite launched by man. Ans : Sputnik 1 85. "In Germany, who among these was known as Kaiser?" Ans : Emperor 86. Which of these cities is both in Europe and Asia? Ans : Istanbul 87. Which is the longest river in Asia? Ans : Yangtze 88. Which Indian actresses acted in the film 'City of Joy'? Ans : Shabana Azmi 89. Which game was once known as battledore? Ans : Badminton 90. In which continent is the Gibson Desert? Ans : Australia 91. Which is the hardest naturally occurring substance known to man? Ans : Diamond 92. What was the name of the first personal computer? Ans : Altair 93. Which planet was discovered by the American astronomer Clyde W.Tombaugh? Ans : Pluto 94. "Which of these elements was discovered by Pierre Curie, Marie Curie and G. Bemont?" Ans : Radium 95. What do we call a device for connecting computer network that has the facilities of both a bridge and a router? Ans : Brouter 96. After which Prime Minister was Connaught Place renamed? Ans : Rajiv Gandhi 97. Which hill station of India became an autonomous state in 1970? Ans : Meghalaya 98. Which city became the capital of Punjab immediately after Independence? Ans : Shimla 99. Who was given the title of 'Kavi Priya' by Akbar? Ans : Birbal 100. Which term is used to describe a computer having the characteristics of both digital and analog computers? Ans : Hybrid computer