QUIZ 07

Question 1

In a Doctors prescription what is usually written as 120/80

Answer 1

Blood Pressure

Question 2

Who announced Japans acceptance of the Allies terms of Surrender on 15 August 1945

Answer 2

Hirohito

Question 3

On a computer keyboard if CTRL is control, what is ALT

Answer 3

Alternate Key

Question 4

In the Limca book of records which is the most Indian Films based on a Novel

Answer 4

Devdas

Question 5

The palm of which hand is the political symbol of the Indian National Congress

Answer 5

Right

Question 6

In 2004, the Singapore Government named an orchid after which Indian Film Actor

Answer 6

Amitab Bachan

Question 7

In the standard Dictionary which country appears last

Answer 7

Zimbabwe

Question 8

In the Novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, London is one of the cities, Which is the other

Answer 8

Paris

Question 9

What was referred to as Blacklead in ancient times

Answer 9

Graphite

Question 10

In the Mahabharata, who was Kunti’s youngest son

Answer 10

Arjuna

Question 11

Which animals arms are joined at the base by a web of tissue called Skirt

Answer 11

Octopus

Question 12

Whose memorial is located at Birla House

Answer 12

Mahatma Gandhi

Question 13

In which film does Shah Rukh Khan play a scientist from NASA

Answer 13

SWADES

Question 14

Which script is written from right to left

Answer 14

Arabic

Question 15

The medallion of which Nobel Prize carries no quotation

Answer 15

Economics

Question 16

Which is the Southernmost Capital of the world

Answer 16

Wellington

Question 17

Which state has sent the most number of female MPs to the Lok sabha

Answer 17

Uttar Pradesh

Question 18

What did Bernard Courtois discover in water that was used to extract soluble materail from sea weed ash

Answer 18

Iodine

Question 19

The highest literary award in India is the

Answer 19

The Sahitya Akademi Award

Question 20

C Rajgopalachari won the Sahitya Akademi Award for retelling the story of Ramayana. In which language did he tell it in

Answer 20

Tamil

Question 21

9 January the day Mahatma Gandhi returned to India is now celebrated as

Answer 21

Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas

Question 22

Who was the first Mumbai-born author to win the Nobel Prize for literature

Answer 22

Rudyard Kipling

Question 23

At its smallest it is 1mm in diameter and increases by 10 times at its widest

Answer 23

Pupil

Question 24

Which animal is named after the colour of the coat of a male, although the coat of the female is reddish brown

Answer 24

Nilgai. Bluebuck

It is the largest Asian Antelope

Question 25

Which Prime Ministers Great Grandfather was the first lawyer of the East India Company at the Mughal court at Delhi

Answer 25

Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 26

In the Ramayana who went to Panchavati disguised as Lalitha to meet Rama and Laksman

Answer 26

Surpanakha

Question 27

On a standard Keyboard which key generally removes characters to the right of the cursor

Answer 27

Delete Key

Question 28

What is the adult leader of a group of cub scouts informally referred to as

Answer 28

Akela

Question 29

In which country will you see the most cars having the number plate BD

Answer 29

Bangladesh

Question 30

Who was the first Indian actress to be the Jury at the Cannes International Film Festival

Answer 30

Aishwarya Rai

Question 31

Which language has the largest vocabulary of any language in the world

Answer 31

English

Question 32

What does the human liver secrete 800ml to 1000ml of

Answer 32

Bile

Question 33

Which organ in the human body is 6.7 to 7.6 meter

Answer 33

Small intestine

Question 34

Mahaweli Ganga is the longest River of which Asian Country

Answer 34

Sri Lanka

Question 35

Which Roman Emperor used to sin in thetres for his subjects during his reign

Answer 35

Nero

Question 36

Which Indian fruit, often used as shampoo is refereeed to as the Indian Gooseberry

Answer 36

amla

Question 37

In Charles Dickens Novels if PP is Pickwick papers, Dc is David Copperfiled, what does NN stand for

Answer 37

Nicholas Nickleby

Question 38

Which is the most widely used alphabetic writing in the world

Answer 38

Latin

Question 39

What are Taftan, Sheermal and Rumali types of

Answer 39

Roti

Question 40

Name this Roti

Answer 40

Rumali Roti

Question 41

name this type of roti

Answer 41

Taftan

Question 42

Name this type of roti

Answer 42

Sheermal Roti

Question 43

In computers what does cc in an email stand for

Answer 43

Carbon copy

Question 44

A young individual who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age is known as a

Answer 44

Feral Child

Question 45

Which Feral Child first appeared in the short story " In The Rukh"

Answer 45

Mowgli

Question 46

What is the maximum number of points that can be scored in a game of basketball of a single shot

Answer 46

3

Question 47

About 99 percent of which element in the human body is held in the bones and teeth

Answer 47

Calcium

Question 48

In the human body what is expressed by the formula 2123-2123

Answer 48

Teeth | 2 incissors, 1 canine, 2 premolars and 3 molars

Question 49

If .gov indicates a government site, what does .com indicate

Answer 49

Commercial site

Question 50

With which newly formed state does Chhattisgargh share its border

Answer 50

JHARKAND

Question 51

In India in which colour should an L be painted on a learners Licence holders Vehicle.

Answer 51

Red

Question 52

Which is the only day of the week to be named after a planet

Answer 52

Saturday ## Footnote It is named after Saturn

Question 53

Which fabric are ERI, PAT and TASSAR examples of

Answer 53

Silk

Question 54

If you are filling up a form in Englisg, in which script are you filling up the form

Answer 54

Roman Script

Question 55

The Latin term Vacca means cow, gives us which term in medicine

Answer 55

Vaccine

Question 56

Which country is the largest producer of milk in the world

Answer 56

India

Question 57

Which funny professor invented a submarine shaped like a shark, a hypersonic weapon and a nuclear powered space rocket

Answer 57

Professor Calculus

Question 58

The THANJAVOOR BROTHERS are largely responsible for the modern form of which classical dance

Answer 58

Bharatnatyam

Question 59

the largest city in Vietnam is named after which leader

Answer 59

Ho Chi Minh

Question 60

If healthy, which organ of the body will float in water

Answer 60

lung

Question 61

Which leader wrote Glimpses of world history and a bunch of old letters

Answer 61

Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 62

The Chinese checkers board is shaped like which celestial body

Answer 62

Star

Question 63

The smallest stae in India in terms of area is

Answer 63

Goa

Question 64

The second smallest state in terms of area is

Answer 64

Sikkim

Question 65

In Hindu mythology Arjunavishada yoga and Karma yoga are some of the chapters of which poem

Answer 65

Gita

Question 66

If your friend is playing the double roles of VIOLA and CESARIO, in which shakespears play is she acting

Answer 66

The twelfth Night

Question 67

Which Indian writers autobiography was titled " Seven Ages of Man"

Answer 67

Mulk Raj Anand

Question 68

Along with lemons what is often seen hanging in front of shops in India

Answer 68

Chillies

Question 69

Which Mughal Emperor, also a famous poet, wrote his own epitaph in the form of a ghazal before his deathin Myanmar

Answer 69

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Question 70

Which was the first hollywood film to be dubbed in Hindi

Answer 70

Jurassic park

Question 71

Which country is the largest importer of Iron ore from India

Answer 71

China

Question 72

What fraction of the Rajya Sabha members retire every second year

Answer 72

1/3

Question 73

Which is the oldest locomotive in India still in operation

Answer 73

Fairy queen ## Footnote It goes from Delhi to Alwar in Rajasthan and back. It was built in 1885

Question 74

In which European capital city is the Millenium Dome situated

Answer 74

London ## Footnote It was built in 1999

Question 75

In which Lok Sabha Constituency would you find the ruins of the Vijaynagara Empire

Answer 75

Bellary in Karnataka

Question 76

A higher primate, especially an ape or apeman is known as

Answer 76

Anthropoids

Question 77

Name the Largest Anthropoids

Answer 77

Gorilla

Question 78

Which product is obtained by fermenting milk with bacteria like Lactobacillus Bulgaricus and streptococcus acidophilus

Answer 78

Yoghurt

Question 79

Which painter used to sign his paintings as "Vincent"

Answer 79

Van Gogh

Question 80

Which musician was th first conductor of All India Radios orchestra. Vadya Vrinda

Answer 80

Ravi Shankar

Question 81

A persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight.

Answer 81

Glacier

Question 82

Which glacier lying in the Karakoram Range is the source of fifty mile long Nubra River

Answer 82

Siachen Glacier

Question 83

The Indegenous Dance of Andhra Pradesh

Answer 83

Kuchipudi

Question 84

The "Bhagavathalu" group performed which dance in front of deities and did not allow women to perfrom in their group

Answer 84

Kuchipudi

Question 85

What tern describes a hot spring that throws out streams of boiling water

Answer 85

Geyser

Question 86

Which oil is used as a local anaesthetic for toothaches

Answer 86

Clove oil

Question 87

Anuradhapura, founded in 437 BC by King Pandukhabhaya was the first Capital of which country

Answer 87

Sri Lanka

Question 88

Who was the first Finance Minister to present the budget in Parliament

Answer 88

CD Deshmukh

Question 89

Which is the only region in India where Green Tea " qahwah" is drunk exclusively for pleasure

Answer 89

Kashmir

Question 90

In a Hotel, the largest bed is the King Bed. What is a bed smaller than a king bed but larger than a normal bed called

Answer 90

Queen Bed

Question 91

Who is said to be responsible for setting te first dance school in India

Answer 91

Rabindranath Tagore

Question 92

In Germany, this sign is called " Hakenkreuz". In India its called

Answer 92

Swastika

Question 93

Where in India would you find 12 Buddhist caves, 17 hindu caves and five Jain caves

Answer 93

Ellora

Question 94

In which state does the Sabramati River originate

Answer 94

Rajasthan

Question 95

A large stagecoach driven by a steam engine was designed in Great Britain in 1830. This stage coach is said to be the first motor-driven form of what vehicle

Answer 95

Bus

Question 96

The Guards that protect the Pope and the Apostolic Palace are known as the

Answer 96

Swiss Guards

Question 97

According to Legend which painter is said to be the costume designer of the Pope's Swiss Guards in Vatican City

Answer 97

Michaelangelo

Question 98

According to the WHO reprts of 2003, out of 191 countries in the world which Asian country has the healthiest or longest life expectancy

Answer 98

Japan

Question 99

A fourth Century AD Manuscript from Egypt prescribed a mixture of powdered salt, pepper, mint leaves and iris flowers to make the equivalent of what modrrn day item

Answer 99

Toothpaste

Question 100

Which Indian Mythological hero was vulnerable in his foot like the greek legend Achilles

Answer 100

Krishna