GK Capsule - 13

1. Justice Pathak Enquiry Authority was entrusted with the task of probing into the scandal
relating to : (A) Telgi Stamp Scam (B) Fodder case in Bihar (C) Oil for Food Programme (D) None of these

2. The year 2010 has been declared by UNESCO as:

(A) International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. (B) International Year of Astronomy (C) International Year for Disabled People (D) International year of Space

3. FIFA World Cup 2010 held in South Africa was won by Spain. Which country was
placed third? (A) Australia (B) Germany (C) Netherland (D) S. Korea 4. Onge a tribal community which is at the verge of extinction is the inhabitant of : (A) Samthal Pargana (B) Arunachal Pradesh (C) Champaran (D) Andaman Island 5. The term fourth estate refers to : (A) Intelligence service (B) Judiciary (C) Press (D) Central Cabinet 6. Who amongst the following is the Chairman of the National Investment Commission? (A) Mukesh Ambani (B) Ratan Tata (C) Azim Prem Ji (D) Montek Singh Ahluwalia

7. The world day against Child Labour is celebrated on

(A) 26th August

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(B) 7th September (C) 10th October (D) 12th June 8. The longest national highway in the country is (A) NH-7 (B) NH-24 (C) NH-8 (D) NH-1 9. The difference between the Indian Standard Time [IST] and the Greenwich Time [GMT] is (A) +9.30 hrs (B) +5.30 hrs (C) +24.00 hrs (D) +12.00 hrs 10. Speaker of lok sabha was, Meera Kumari is the daughter of which famous Politician (A) Jagjivan Ram (B) Pranab Mukherjee (C) Mujibur Rehman (D) Jivandas kumar 11. Who gave the slogan yes we can see (A) George Bush (B) Bill Clinton (C) Barack Obama (D) John Adams 12. Lowest point of the earth is (A) Coastal area of Dead Sea (B) Oak Hill (C) Ben Nevis (D) kanyakumari 13. Indias family store is the tagline of which brand? (A) Westside (B) Reliance (C) 6 to 10 (D) Pantaloon 14. The first African-American to be awarded the Nobel peace prize (A) Ralph Johnson Bunche (B) Lee Harry Oswald (C) Martin Luther King (D) San Yat Sen 15. The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is

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(A) Bhutan (B) Korea (C) Thailand (D) United States 16. Who gave the quotation You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. (A) Albert Einstein (B) Robert Frost (C) Gail Godwin (D) Shecky Greene 17. The author of The Train to Pakistan is (A) O. Chandu Menon (B) Rohinton Mistry (C) Khushwant Singh (D) R. K. Narayan 18. Madison Square Garden (USA) ia a place associated to which sport (A) Boxing (B) Tennis (C) Greyhound Race (D) Snooker 19. The first woman in space is (A) Sally K. Ride (B) Valentina Tereshkova (C) Kalpana Chawla (D) Sunita Williams 20. The largest and heaviest reptile found in asia and Australia are (A) Estuarine Crocodile (B) Blue Whale (C) Chinese gaintsalamander (D) Whale Shark

21. The amount allocated to the bharat nirman according to the budget presented by the finance minister in the economic year 2010 2011 is (A) 5800 crore (B) 6400 crore (C) 48000 crore (D) 9800 crore 22. The author of the famous book the golden gate is (A) Vikram Seth (B) Vaikom Mohammed Basheer (C) Indira Goswami (D) Faustina Barna

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23. What is the legal term given to any publication or statement calculated to injure one's reputation or character (A) Affidavit (B) Decree (C) Legacy (D) Libel 24. Which of the following companies owns the Royal Enfield Brand in India? (A) Yamaha Motors (B) Essar Motors (C) Eicher Motors (D) Kinetic Motors 25. Light year is related to (A) enery (B) speed (C) distance (D) intensity 26. What is the term for the fear of thunderstorms (A) ametophobia (B) brontophobia (C) acrophobia (D) claustrophobia

27. Sergy Brin and Larry Page are the founders of which search engine (A) google (B) yahoo (C) wikipedia (D) msn 28. Which of the following cartoon characters observed its 50th anniversary in 2009? (A) Bido (B) Asterix (C) Tintin (D) Phantom 29. The Meditterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the (A) Red Sea (B) Strait of Gibraltar (C) Strait of Zyes (D) None of these 30. The Project Director of Chandra Yaan-2 is? (A) C. Rangrajan (B) A. P. J. Kalam (C) P. Chidambaram

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(D) Dr. M. Annadurai 31. Etihad Airways is based in (A) Dubai (B) Abu Dhabi (C) Muscat (D) Kuwait City 32. Which one of the following is correctly matched (A) Campos Northern Brazil (B) LlanosVenezuela (C) Pampas-Chile (D) SelvaSouthern Brazil 33. The Government of India Act, 1935 was based on the report of (A) Cabinet Mission (B) Cripps Mission (C) Rowlatt Commission (D) Simon Commission 34. During the Uprising of 1857 who was the Governer General of India ? (A) Lord Rippon (B) Lord Dalhousie (C) Lord Warren Hastings (D) None of these

35. Which Indian hotel has been the recipient of the british Sword of Honour award for years (A) The Taj Mahal (B) Hotel Maurya Sheraton (C) Taj Lake Palace (D) Leela Palace 36. Which was the first private mutual fund company in India (A) Kothari pioneer (B) SBI mutual fund (C) Zurich India mutual fund (D) Alliance capital 37. Which country was on the top in medal tally in South Asian Games 2010? (A) Pakistan (B) India (C) Sri Lanka (D) Afghanistan 38. What is correcting errors in a program called? (A) Debugging

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(B) Compiling (C) Interpreting (D) None of these 39. Which of the following companies owns the Roundup Ready brand of genetically modified seeds? (A) Du Pont (B) Cargill (C) Monsanto (D) Bayer 40. Which of the following is the largest Committee of the Parliament? (A) The Public Accounts Committee (B) The Estimates Committee (C) The Committee on Public Undertakings (D) The Committee on Petitions 41. "James Bond" is a character created by (A) Ian Fleming (B) Perry Masion (C) Agatha Christie (D) Wode House

42. "The Vedas contain all the truth", was interpreted by (A) Swami Vivekananda (B) Swami Dayanand (C) Swami Shraddhanand (D) S. Radhakrishnan 43. Who among the following is the author of An inconvenient Truth (A) Colin Powell (B) Al Gore (C) Madeline Albright (D) Wisent Eisenhower 44. After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the (A) Civil Disobedience Movement (B) Khilafat Movement (C) Non-Cooperation Movement (D) Quit India Movement 45. The Cartagena Protocol is associated with (A) GM Foods (B) Chemical Weapons (C) Bio-Safety

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(D) Green House gases 46. The tip of the match-stick contains (A) phosphorus pentoxide (B) white phosphorus (C) red phosphorus (D) Phosphorus trichloride 47. The 16th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was held in (A) Colombo (B) Dhaka (C) New Delhi (D) Ha Noi 48. Which of the following is a coral island (A) Tasmania (B) Lakshadweep (C) Maldives (D) Rameswaram 49. The temperature which has the same reading on both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales is (A) 40 (B) -40 (C) -34 (D) -140 50. The confluence of the river Alkananda and Bhagirathi is known as (A) Rudraprayag (B) Devaprayag (C) Haridwar (D) Kedarnath

Answers to previos GK Capsule (#11) 1 (b) , 2 (a), 3 (c), 4 (d), 5 (a), 6(d), 7(b), 8(d), 9(c), 10(a), 11(b), 12(d), 13(b), 14(d), 15(a), 16(a), 17(b), 18(a), 20(b), 21(a), 22(d), 23(a), 24(c), 25(a), 26(d), 27(d), 28(d), 29(b), 30(c), 31(a), 32(c), 33(c), 34(b), 35(a), 36(d), 37(a), 38(d), 39(c), 40(c), 41(b), 42(d), 43(d), 44(c), 45(a), 46(a), 47(b), 48(a), 49(c), 50(a)

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