Q1. | For the first time, Cricket has been included in Asian Games to be held in 2010. Which format ? (A) Twenty-20 (B) One Day Intl. (ODI) (C) Test Match (D) both Twenty-20 & One day Intl. (ODI) Answer : |
Q2. | Nagarjunasagar Dam in Andhra Pradesh is built across which river ? (A) Krishna (B) Kaveri (C) Mahanadi (D) Godavari Answer : |
Q3. | Which country is also known as the 'Rainbow Nation' ? (A) Australia (B) United Kingdom (C) Switzerland (D) South Africa Answer : |
Q4. | In which city would you come across Sidi Bashir Mosque, famous for its Shaking Minarets (Jhulta Minar) ? (A) Agra (Uttar Pradesh) (B) Ahmedabad (Gujarat) (C) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) (D) Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir) Answer : |
Q5. | The weapon based Dravidian martial art 'Silambam' is native of which south Indian state ? (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Karnataka (D) Andhra Pradesh Answer : |
Q6. | Who is generally considered as the inventor of the 'Periodic Table', a tabular method of displaying the chemical elements ? (A) Gregor Mendel (B) James Chadwick (C) Dmitri Mendeleev (D) Ernest Rutherford Answer : |
Q7. | Which Indian lady writer authored Onasis award winning play 'Harvest', highlighting the controversial issue of organ trading in poverty-stricken areas ? (A) Kiran Desai (B) Jhumpa Lahiri (C) Manjula Padmanabhan (D) Arundhati Roy Answer : |
Q8. | Which mineral is found at Aluva and Chavara in Kerala, Manavalakurichi in Tamil Nadu and Chatrapur in Orissa ? (A) Copper (B) Lignite (C) Bauxite (D) Thorium Answer : |
Q9. | Who was the first person to calculate the height of the Mount Everest ? (A) Andrew Waugh (B) George Everest (C) Nain Singh Rawat (D) Radhanath Sikdar Answer : |
Q10. | Which African country was formerly known as 'Abyssinia' ? (A) Namibia (B) Lesotho (C) Ethiopia (D) Botswana Answer : |
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