Expected General Knowledge 3

Q-1 Who was the chief Guest at the 66th Republic Day Parade?
(a) Barack Obama 
(b) Viktor Zubkov
(c) Aners Fogh
(d) None of these

Q-2 PIL sands for-----------.
(a) Private Interest Litigation
(b) Public Interest Litigation
(c) Private Interest Limited
(d) Public Interest Limited

Q-3 Who won the Australian Open Men's Singles title on February 2, 2015?
(a) Simone Bolelli
(b) Andy Murray
(c)  Novak DJokovic of Serbia
(d)  Fabio Fognini

Q-4 Who is the Costliest player in IPL-8 Player Action on February 16, 2015 at the ITC Gardenia Hotel, in Bengaluru?
(a) Yuvraj Singh
(b)  Amit Mishra
(c)  Trent Boult
(d)  Dinesh Karthik

Q-5 Which amongst the following the sixth pay commission submitted its report to the
Government, Proposing a substantial increase in salaries and allowance of the central
Govt. employees?
(a) March 20
(b) March 22
(c) March 24
(d) March 26

Q-6 What is the full form of IRBM?
(a) Integrated Range Ballistic Missile
(b) International Range Ballistic Missile
(c) Interstate Range Ballistic Missile
(d) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

Q-7 SLBM stands for -----------------.
(a) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
(b) State Launched Ballistic Missile
(c) Submarine Launched Board Missile
(d) None of these

Q-8 When India was gets Uranium consignment from Russia?
(a) Jan. 26, 2008
(b) March 26, 2008
(c) May 26, 2008
(d) Jun 26, 2008

Q-9 Who is Barack Obama?
(a) A first Black US President
(b) A first Black UK President
(c) A first Black Russian President
(d) None of these

Q-10 In which of the following city was the 25th Global Summit of Women held?
(a) Tokyo (Japan)
(b) Sao Paulo (Brazil)
(c) Delhi (India)
(d) Karachi (Pakistan)

Q-11 The first Indian to become a world Billiards champion is --------------.
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Jarnail Singh
(c) Zail Singh
(d) None of these

Q-12 The International Science journal ‘Nature’ founded by which of the following Scientist?
(a) Norman Lockyer
(b) Chomo Lungma
(c) Archimedes
(d) None of these

Q-13 The first India to get a pilot License for passenger planes was -----------.
(a) Manvendra Singh
(b) P. R. D. Tata
(c) Vikram Singh
(d) Manjeet Singh

Q-14 Which amongst the following flower produces fragrant smell?
(a) Lotus
(b) Lilly
(c) Rose
(d) None of these

Q-15 The first Indian film maker to receive the Bharat Ratna Award?
(a) Mahesh Bhatt
(b) Satyajit Ray
(c) Ram Gopal Verma
(d) Raj Kpoor

Q-16 Which amongst the following are the two Indian-born American citizens to have
won the Nobal Prize?
(a) S. Chandrashekhar and Guru Dev Rabinder Nath Tagore
(b) S. Chandrashekhar and Hargobind Khorana
(c) Hargobind Khorana and Guru Dev Rabinder Nath Tagore
(d) None of these

Q-17 Where was the birth place of Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf?
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bangalore

Q-18 Which amongst the following is the city of Punjab whose  name means ‘The Head of India’ in Urdu?
(a) Ludhiana
(b) Sirhind
(c) Anandpur Sahib
(d) Patiala

Q-19 Oology is the study of which of the following?
(a) Soil
(b) Water
(c) Eggs
(d) Bird

Q-20 Which amongst the following Scientist laid the foundations of modern surgery by
using an antiseptic?
(a) Lord Lister
(b) Hargobind Khorana
(c) S. Chandrashekhar
(d) Norman Lockyer

Q-21 Who won the best Director Oscar Award for the film ‘Titanic?’
(a) Janes Cameron
(b) James Dickson
(c) Charles Dickson
(d) None of these

Q-22 Which amongst the following field is Giriraj Kishore known?
(a) History
(b) Physics
(c) Literature
(d) English

Q-23 The Indian Princely state’s name meant ‘The Gateway to Bengal’ is ------------.
(a) Darwar Suri
(b) Darbhanga
(c) Main Darwar
(d) None of these

Q-24 When was Amritsar city in Punjab founded by Guru Ram Das?
(a) 1464
(b) 1560
(c) 1564
(d) 1460

Q-25 Who was famous for ‘Nightingale of Carnatic Music’?
(a) M.S. Subbulakshmi
(b) Usha Muthgal
(c) S. Subramanian
(d) None of these

Answers with Reasons:

1. (a) Barack Obama 
2. (b) Public Interest Litigation
3. (c) Novak DJokovic of Serbia
4 (a) Yuvraj Singh
5. (c) March 24
6. (d) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
7. (a) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
8. (c) May 26, 2008
9. (a) A first Black US President
10 (b) Sao Paulo
11. (c) Zail Singh
12. (a) Norman Lockyer
13. (b) J. R. D. Tata
14. (c) Rose
15. (b) Satyajit Ray
16. (b) S. Chandrashekhar and Hargobind Khorana
17. (a) Delhi
18. (b) Sirhind
19. (c) Eggs
20. (a) Lord Lister
21. (a) James Cameron
22. (c) Literature
23. (b) Darbhanga
24. (c) 1564
25. (a) M. S. Subbulakshmi