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EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL,PALIA TUE1 OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE g1. How many strings does a violin have ? (a) Four (b) Three (c) Two (d) Five 2. What sport is played at Wimbledon? (a) Tennis (b) Badminton (c) Chess (d) Cricket 3. The 1st network that initiated the Internet was ? (a) Vnet (b) Inet (c) ARPANET (d) NSF Net 4. Favorites are accessible from the _ menu ? (a) Title (b) Shop (c) Menu (d) Start 5. Which one of the following countries is said to be the Home of Direct Democracy ? (a) England (b) Italy (c) USA (d) Switzerland 6. Chanakya was the prime minister of ? (a) Chandra Gupta (b) Chandra Gupta II (c) Chandra Gupta Maurya (d) Ashoka 7. G20 Finance Ministers meeting was held on 19 February at? (a) Singapore (b) Malaysia (c) Paris (d) New York 8. Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in ? (a) 1958 in Tokyo (b) 1962 in Jakarta (c) 1966 in Bangkok (d) 1970 in Bangkok 9. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) was established in ? (a) 1958 (b) 1957 (c) 1959 (d) 1955 10. FRS stands for ? (a) Fellow Research System (b) Federation of Regulation Society (c) Fellow of Royal Society (d) None of the above EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL,PALIA THU 3 OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1.Jantar Mantar stone astronomical observatory was recently included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Jantar Mantar is situated at? (a) Jaipur (b) Goa (c) Agra (d) New Delhi 2. Commonwealth Games 2014 will be held at (a) London (b) Rio de Janerio (c) Melbourne (d) Glasgow 3. The Railway Budget 2010 – 2011 added a provision to run a train across the country to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. What is the name of the train? (a) Maitri Expres (b) Bharath Tirth (c) Sanskriti Express (d) Janmabhoomi Express 4. Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature was awarded to whom? (a) Liu Xiaobo (b) Mario Vargas Liosa (c) Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov (d) Akira Suzuki 5. Ezhuthachan Award 2010 (Ezhuthachan Puraskaram) was awarded to (a) Sugathakumari (b) M. Leelavathi (c) O. N. V. Kurup (d) Sukumar Azhikode 6. Recently G-20 Summit was held in…….. (a) Vienna (b) London (c) Pittsburgh (d) Toronto 7. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India? (a) Navin Chawla (b) S. Y. Quraishi (c) N. Gopalaswami (d) B.B Tandon 8. David Warren who passed away recently was related with (a) Commonwealth Games (b) Holly wood (c) Black Box in Aero planes (d) Bhopal Disaster 9. Orange Prize 2010 was won by whom? (a) Arundhati Roy (b) Hillari Mantel (c) Barbara Kingsolver (d) Ashwin Sanghi 10. Who is the founder of 'Face Book' which is currently the No.1 social networking website in India? (a) Bill Gates (b) Martin Cooper (c) Orkut Buyukkokten (d) Mark Zuckerberg EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL,PALIA FRI 4 OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. The new Comptroller and Auditor General of India is— (A) V. N. Kaul (B) V. K. Joshi (C) D. K. Sikri (D) V. Rai 2.Which word could mean "cloud nine"? A. leshsrench B. ochhapl C. haploch D. haplresbo 3. 'Subsidiary Alliance' system was introduced by— (A) Lord Dalhousie (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Hastings (D) Lord Wellesley 4.Which word could mean "black widow spider"? A. deeryclostagnos B. agnosdelano C. agnosvitriblunin D. trymuttiagnos 5.Which word could mean "walkway"? A. poenmigen B. cuopeisel C. lasandansa D. poenforc 6.Which word could mean "statement"? A. kratafoni B. kratadafta C. loktifoni D. daftaimo 8.Which word could mean "yellow flower"? A. lelifroti B. lelipleka C. plekabroon D. frotibroon 9.Which word could mean "maple syrup"? A. blymuth B. hupponot C. patricrin D. crinweel 10Which word could mean "big house"? A. granahoon B. pinishur C. pinihoon D. melkegrana EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL,PALIA MON 7 OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. When did the first FM stereo station begin working? (A) 1975 (B) 1980 (C) 1988 (D) 1992 2. What is the playing time of the shorter version of the National Anthem? (A) 52 second (B) 30 second (C) 20 second (D) 40 second 3. Which of the following states has the country's largest petrochemical complex? (A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat (C) Assam (D) Bihar 4. Which of the following vessels is India's first indigenous submarine? (A) INS Shahkul (B) INS Savitri (C) INS Vibhuti (D) INS Shalki 5. When was the National Calendar introduced for official purposes? (A) 1947 (B) 1951 (C) 1957 (D) 1969 6. Which of the following cities was designed by the French architect Le Corbusier? (A) New Delhi (B) Gandhinagar (C) Chandigarh (D) Pondicherry 7. Which of the following states was originally known as NEFA? (A) Nagaland (B) Manipur (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Assam 8. Who translated the National Song into English? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (C) Sarojini Naidu (D) Aurobindo Ghosh 9. Which is known as the 'Garden City' of India? (A) Srinagar (B) Bangalore (C) Mysore (D) Vadodara 10. 'Sriharikota' is famous for : (A) Satellite launching station (B) Thermal Power Station (C) Air-base (D) Hydro Power Station EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL,PALIA TUE 8 OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. The Gateway of India is situated at : (A) Mumbai (B) Delhi (C) Kochi (D) Bangalore 2. Rath Yatra is a major festival in the temple at : (A) Dwarka (B) Ayodhya (C) Puri (D) Varanasi 3. Kaziranga Sanctuary, famous for great Indian one-horn rhinoceros, is situated in the State of : (A) Bihar (B) Assam (C) Orissa (D) Karnataka 4. Which was the country's first vernacular newspaper? (A) Mumbai Samachar (B) Navjivan (C) Samachar Darpan (D) Lok Jagruti 5. Who was the first mathematician to treat zero as a number? (A) S. Ramanujam (B) Brahmagupta (C) Bhaskara (D) Aryabhatta 6. Ankaleswar is famous for : (A) Silk (B) Gold (C) Petrol (D) Iron 7. The largest city in India is : (A) Lakshadweep (B) Kanakumari (C) Indira Point (D) Rameshwaram 8. The southern most tip of India is : (A) Lakshadweep (B) Kanyakumari (C) Indira Point (D) Rameshwaram 9. In which city is the country's largest stadium located? (A) Kolkata (B) Delhi (C) Patiala (D) Chandigarh 10. Who was the oldest person to become the Prime Minister of India? (A) Charan Singh (B) Morarji Desai (C) H. D. Deve Gowda (D) P. V. Narasimha Rao EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL,PALIA WED 9 OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. Which was the first feature film shown on the TV in colour? (A) Mughal-e-Azam (B) Mother India (C) Shatranj Ke Khiladi (D) Sholay 2. In which city is the country's largest prison located? (A) Lucknow (B) Kolkata (C) Kanpur (D) Delhi 3. Which is the largest orange-growing state? (A) Maharashtra (B) Punjab (C) Orissa (D) Madhya Pradesh 4. Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal? (A) Norman Pritchard (B) Milkha Singh (C) Leander Paes (D) P.T. Usha 5. Which is India's largest religious community? (A) Muslims (B) Hindus (C) Jews (D) Christians 6. Which is the largest chilli-producing state? (A) Gujarat (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Asom (D) Andhra Pradesh 7. Name the first Indian soap opera which was telecast from July 1984 to December 1985. (A) Hum Log (B) Buniyad (C) Rajani (D) Khaandan 8. In which state is the longest canal located? (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Punjab (D) Haryana 9. In which city was the first engineering college set up? (A) Roorkee (B) Ranchi (C) Pilani (D) Kanpur 10. Which regiment of the Indian Army has won the heighest number of gallantry awards? (A) Rajputana Rifles (B) Punjab Regiment (C) Madras Regiment (D) Sikh Regiment EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL,PALIA THU 10 OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. In which city was the first underground bazar constructed? (A) Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Bangalore (D) Hyderabad 2. Who was the first Indian President to cast his vote in a General Election while in office? (A) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (B) Dr. S.D. Sharma (C) K. R. Narayanan (D) R. Venkataraman 3. In which year did All India Radio begin broadcasting news? (A) 1921 (B) 1927 (C) 1935 (D) 1942 4. In which city was the first milk powder plant set up? (A) Anand (B) Delhi (C) Chandigarh (D) Patiala 5. Who among the following was not a Vice-President? (A) Gulzarilal Nanda (B) Gopal Swarup Pathak (C) B. D. Jatti (D) M. Hidayatullah 6. Who is Daniel Redcliff? (A) A news anchor (B) A novelist (C) Central character of the film-series of Harry Potter (D) None of these 7. Which one is a well-known film critic? (A) Khalid Qureshi (B) Khalid Mohammad (C) Ashutosh Rana (D) Jaspal Rana 8. Which one of the following films is not a remake? (A) Don (B) Umrao Jaan (C) Lagaan (D) Sholay 9. Which of the following pair is incorrectly matched? (UGC Q.) (A) N. Ram -The Hindu. (B) Barkha Dutt - Zee News (C) Pranav Roy : NDTV 24 × (D) Prabhu Chawla : Aaj Tak. 10. Which one of the following is said to be the 'cartoon capital' of India? (A) Mumbai (B) Hyderabad (C) Bangalore (D) NOIDA EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL,PALIA FRI 11 OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. What is 'wi-fi' in information technology? (A) Wire-fidelity (B) With fidelity (C) Wireless fidelity (D) None of these 2. What is not applicable in the context of computers? (A) Folder (B) File (C) Briefcase (D) Attaché 3. What is ISP ? (A) International Service Program (B) Internet service provider (C) Integrated Service package (D) None of these 4. The TV ad of Fair & Lovely presented which well-known cricket personality doing commentary? (A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Sachin Tendulkar (C) Ravi Shastri (D) K.