GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CONTEST 2012 GK section

1. Which country has won the football world cup five times ? a. England b. c. France Brazil

2. Children's day is celebrated on: a. 14 January c. d. 14 September 14 November

3. what is a capital of Australia a. sydney b. delhi 4. who was the first Indian prime minister? a. pundit nehru b. lal satri c. a.p.j kalam d. none

5. who invented the stapler? a. George marculas b. edinburgh

6. who was the first person to land on the moon

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a. b. c. alexzander the great hanery neil armstrong

7. what is the mid name of barrack Obama? a. mishel b. hawkins c. hussain 8. How many legs does butterflies have a. 2 [Clue,, butterfly is an insect. So how many legs does an insect b. 10 have?] c. 6 d. 5 9. what is called the black diamond a. coal b. pearl c. ground

10. Most poisonous/ toxic snake isa. cobra b. boa

Computer science]

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11. The Central Programming Unit is the brains of a computer? a. True b. False 12. What style of font slants the letters evenly to the right? a. Time Roman b. Italics

13. What is the full form of USB? a. Universal Super Bus b. Universal Serial Bus

14. ROM is stand for a. An animal b. Read only memory c. Right on monitor d. Random acess memory

15. What is the full form of VIRUS a. Vital Information Resources Under Seige b. Vertical Inline resources under siege

English 16. Mathematics are a difficult subject. Correct the sentence.

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a. b. c. d. Mathematics is a difficult subject. No error Mathematics are difficult subjects. Mathematics are difficult subject.

17. Ravi is a good boy. He helps others. Here 'He' is a. Noun b. Pronoun c. Adverb d. Verb 18. a. b. The sun__________ in the East. Fill up the blank. rise rises

19. What is the ______ to the airport? a. Length b. Distance c. Far 20. Who wrote the play 'The Merchant of Venice'? a. Wordsworth some of his characters are Prospero & Miranda b. William Shakespeare

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21. what is chemistry? a. study of chemicals b. study of living things 22. which is the largest planet on our solar system a. mars b. jupiter c. saturn

23. Name the acid found in Vinegar and which is also used in pickles a. Nitric b. Acetic

24. where is the stomata present? a. stem b. leaf c. flower d. roots 5 25. Who invented the bulb? a. Thomas Alva Edison b. Isaac Newton c. Albert Einstein 26. what is the full form of NASA??
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a. b. national aeronautics of space agency national aeronautics of space adminstration

27. which acid is present in human stomach a. sulphuric acid b. hydrochloric acid 28. who invented gravity? a. Issac Newton b. William Gilbert 29. What is pollination a. Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a flower. b. Never heard of it c. Pollination is when we eat flowers. d. It is leg part of a flower

30. Who was the inventor of Braille script a. Louis b. Edison c. Babbage 31. What are clouds made of a. smoke b. waterdroplets
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32. normal temperature of human being is? a. 32 degree Celsius b. 34 degree Celsius c. 37 degree Celsius 33. some balloons float in air due presence of _________in it a. hydrogen b. nitro 34. what is the meaning of the acronym DNA ? a. Deoxyribonucleic Acid b. different 35. the study of plants is called-------a. zoology b. botany

36. the hardest substance in the world a. gold b. diamond c. coal 35. Where is the heart located?
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a. b. c. Legs Chest Head

36. what is the waste product of our body? a. heart b. urine c. oxygen

Mathematics 37. if 0x0=0 so,what is 100x0= a. 100 b. 0 38. How many symmetry lines are there in a square? a. 1 b. 4

39. if there is two types ofhow many gold, silver and 40. what are 615 medals integers? a. plus brown medals. and minus integers b. negative and Division by * : clue positive integers a. Divide by prime and composite integers b. what? c. c. d.

400 107 205 12

41. find the value of 55+55+96+96+96+558

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a. b. c. 555 1000 956

42. Area of square having side 3cm a. 6 sq. cm b. 9 sq.cm c. 9 cm

Area of a square = side x side Here side = 3

43. -18+9=? a. 9 b. -7 c. -27 44. [144+9] x 7 x 1 x 10 x 0 x 0 a. 205521 b. 0 or

44. 2x2 + 3 x 3 +6000-(-4) + 200 x 10 x a. 244575 b. 202375 Deeniyath [Islamic Questions: ----

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45. who is the uncle of prophet Muhammad? a. abu lahab b. abu thalib

46. who is the fourth kalifa? a. abubakr siddek(rali) b. umar(rali) c. uzman(rali) d. ali(rali) 47.
a. b. c.

Which surah contains the longest ayah in The Holy Quran? surarul fatihah baqrah lailatul-qadr

48. how do we call the the night which is full of blessings during the month of ramadan? a. ashurah b. mehraj c. lailatul-qadr

49. which was the first qiblah of Islam a. masjid e nabwi b. masjid e quba c. masjid e haraam d. bait ul muqadis

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50. which son of prophet muhammad (s.a.w) died when he was learning how to walk? a. Abdullah b. Zaid c. Qasim 51. WHAT DOES THE WORD Kabah MEAN? a. CUBE b. HOLY c. HEAVEN d. HOUSE OF ALLAH 52. who was the first woman to accept islam a. aisha b. khadija

53. which surah is known as the one third of the quran a. yaseen b. ikhlaas 54. Prophets favourite vegetable and camel a. Bottle guard and qaswah b. Dates and jamal

Indian Quiz 55. The name M.S.Dhoni is associated with: a. Archery

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b. c. d. Basket ball Table tennis Cricket

56. In whose memory was the Taj Mahal built? a. Noor Jahan b. Mehr-Un-Nisa c. None of them 57. who was the first of mughal emperor a. akbar b. shahjahan c. babar

58. What is the national sports of India? a. Kho-kho b. Kabaddi c. Wrestling d. Hockey 59. The name of the river which means 'Great River' . a. KAVERY b. MAHANADI

60. Which is the longest day in India?

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a. b. 19st June 21st June

61. What is the capital of India? a. Kolkata b. Chennai c. New Delhi

62. How many states are there in India? a. 30 b. 34 c. 26 d. 28 63. What is the main language of India? a. Hindi b. Marathi c. Punjabi 64. What is the main religion in India? a. Sikhism b. Hinduism c. Jainism d. Buddhism

65. The onam festival lasts for how many days?

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a. b. 7 10

66. when do we celebrate ghandhi jayanthi? a. Oct 12 b. Oct 7 c. Oct 2 d. none of the above 67. The Oscar winning a.r.rehman belong to which state in India? a. shimla b. tamilnadu c. mumbai d. assam 68. what is the capital of Karnataka a. bangalore b. trivandrum

69. where is taj mahal a. Germany b. Mumbai c. Agra d. Karnataka

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70. Who won the 2011 cricket world cup final match a. India b. England c. Australia d. Sri Lanka 71. Which is our National Animal a. Tiger b. Lion c. Cheetah d. Bear 72. Who is our Prime Minister a. Yedayurappa b. Rahul Gandhi c. S.M.Krishna d. Man Mohan Singh 73. Which is our National bird a. parrot b. Blue peacock c. White peacock 74. 74. sacred river of Hindus [ganga, kaveri] 75. first mosque in India [jur mosque , jama masjid] 76. The Hindu god,Shivan,is husband to whom?
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a. b. lakshmi parvati

78. The longest river in the world is the world . a. Amazon b. Amur c. Nile 79. World Environment Day is observed on. a. 3rd June b. 5th June

80. Vasco da gama found india. a. True b. False

Identifying the personalities [

81.
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82. a. b. Mother teresa Mother traseia

83. a. b. Subash Chandra bose Jawaharlal nehru

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84 . Is this Jawaharlal nehru a. True b. False 85. WHICH IS VIRENDRA SEWANG a.

b.

Hindi
86. when Hindi diwas is celebrated
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a. b. c. d. 10 jan 22 oct 5 sep 1 oct

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92. a. b. c. 108 1000 100

93. What will we say for summer in hindi? a. 94. What will we say for no in Hindi ? a. b. b.

Sports[
95. How many players are there in a football team a. 11 b. 22 96. CRICKET IS THE NATIONAL GAME OF a. ENGLAND b. BRITAIN 98. PELE WASIS IN________ 97. HATRICK A PLAYER OF BRAZIL a. GOLF INDIA b. CRICKET

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Life skills 99. For whom will u pray for and why? [ choose 2 ] why?? 1the sick 4. An orphan 7. The rich 2. The poor 5. Your friend 8.Only your family 3. your enemy 6. The weak 9. No one 10. Only you

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