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QUIZ 07 Flashcards

1
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In a Doctors prescription what is usually written as 120/80

A

Blood Pressure

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2
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Who announced Japans acceptance of the Allies terms of Surrender on 15 August 1945

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Hirohito

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3
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On a computer keyboard if CTRL is control, what is ALT

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Alternate Key

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4
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In the Limca book of records which is the most Indian Films based on a Novel

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Devdas

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5
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The palm of which hand is the political symbol of the Indian National Congress

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Right

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6
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In 2004, the Singapore Government named an orchid after which Indian Film Actor

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Amitab Bachan

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7
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In the standard Dictionary which country appears last

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Zimbabwe

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8
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In the Novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, London is one of the cities, Which is the other

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Paris

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9
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What was referred to as Blacklead in ancient times

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Graphite

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10
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In the Mahabharata, who was Kunti’s youngest son

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Arjuna

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11
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Which animals arms are joined at the base by a web of tissue called Skirt

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Octopus

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12
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Whose memorial is located at Birla House

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Mahatma Gandhi

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13
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In which film does Shah Rukh Khan play a scientist from NASA

A

SWADES

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14
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Which script is written from right to left

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Arabic

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15
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The medallion of which Nobel Prize carries no quotation

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Economics

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16
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Which is the Southernmost Capital of the world

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Wellington

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17
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Which state has sent the most number of female MPs to the Lok sabha

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Uttar Pradesh

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18
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What did Bernard Courtois discover in water that was used to extract soluble materail from sea weed ash

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Iodine

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19
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The highest literary award in India is the

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The Sahitya Akademi Award

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20
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C Rajgopalachari won the Sahitya Akademi Award for retelling the story of Ramayana. In which language did he tell it in

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Tamil

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21
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9 January the day Mahatma Gandhi returned to India is now celebrated as

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Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas

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22
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Who was the first Mumbai-born author to win the Nobel Prize for literature

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Rudyard Kipling

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23
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At its smallest it is 1mm in diameter and increases by 10 times at its widest

A

Pupil

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24
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Which animal is named after the colour of the coat of a male, although the coat of the female is reddish brown

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Nilgai. Bluebuck

It is the largest Asian Antelope

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25
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Which Prime Ministers Great Grandfather was the first lawyer of the East India Company at the Mughal court at Delhi

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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26
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In the Ramayana who went to Panchavati disguised as Lalitha to meet Rama and Laksman

A

Surpanakha

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27
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On a standard Keyboard which key generally removes characters to the right of the cursor

A

Delete Key

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28
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What is the adult leader of a group of cub scouts informally referred to as

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Akela

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29
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In which country will you see the most cars having the number plate BD

A

Bangladesh

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30
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Who was the first Indian actress to be the Jury at the Cannes International Film Festival

A

Aishwarya Rai

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31
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Which language has the largest vocabulary of any language in the world

A

English

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32
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What does the human liver secrete 800ml to 1000ml of

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Bile

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33
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Which organ in the human body is 6.7 to 7.6 meter

A

Small intestine

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34
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Mahaweli Ganga is the longest River of which Asian Country

A

Sri Lanka

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35
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Which Roman Emperor used to sin in thetres for his subjects during his reign

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Nero

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36
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Which Indian fruit, often used as shampoo is refereeed to as the Indian Gooseberry

A

amla

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37
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In Charles Dickens Novels if PP is Pickwick papers, Dc is David Copperfiled, what does NN stand for

A

Nicholas Nickleby

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38
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Which is the most widely used alphabetic writing in the world

A

Latin

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39
Q

What are Taftan, Sheermal and Rumali types of

A

Roti

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40
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Name this Roti

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Rumali Roti

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41
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name this type of roti

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Taftan

42
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Name this type of roti

A

Sheermal Roti

43
Q

In computers what does cc in an email stand for

A

Carbon copy

44
Q

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

A

Feral Child

45
Q

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

A

Mowgli

46
Q

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

A

3

47
Q

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

A

Calcium

48
Q

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

A

Teeth

2 incissors, 1 canine, 2 premolars and 3 molars

49
Q

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

A

Commercial site

50
Q

With which newly formed state does Chhattisgargh share its border

A

JHARKAND

51
Q

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

A

Red

52
Q

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

A

Saturday

It is named after Saturn

53
Q

Which fabric are ERI, PAT and TASSAR examples of

A

Silk

54
Q

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

A

Roman Script

55
Q

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

A

Vaccine

56
Q

Which country is the largest producer of milk in the world

A

India

57
Q

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

A

Professor Calculus

58
Q

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

A

Bharatnatyam

59
Q

the largest city in Vietnam is named after which leader

A

Ho Chi Minh

60
Q

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

A

lung

61
Q

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

A

Jawaharlal Nehru

62
Q

The Chinese checkers board is shaped like which celestial body

A

Star

63
Q

The smallest stae in India in terms of area is

A

Goa

64
Q

The second smallest state in terms of area is

A

Sikkim

65
Q

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

A

Gita

66
Q

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

A

The twelfth Night

67
Q

Which Indian writers autobiography was titled “ Seven Ages of Man”

A

Mulk Raj Anand

68
Q

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

A

Chillies

69
Q

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

A

Bahadur Shah Zafar

70
Q

Which was the first hollywood film to be dubbed in Hindi

A

Jurassic park

71
Q

Which country is the largest importer of Iron ore from India

A

China

72
Q

What fraction of the Rajya Sabha members retire every second year

A

1/3

73
Q

Which is the oldest locomotive in India still in operation

A

Fairy queen

It goes from Delhi to Alwar in Rajasthan and back. It was built in 1885

74
Q

In which European capital city is the Millenium Dome situated

A

London

It was built in 1999

75
Q

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

A

Bellary in Karnataka

76
Q

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

A

Anthropoids

77
Q

Name the Largest Anthropoids

A

Gorilla

78
Q

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

A

Yoghurt

79
Q

Which painter used to sign his paintings as “Vincent”

A

Van Gogh

80
Q

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

A

Ravi Shankar

81
Q

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

A

Glacier

82
Q

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

A

Siachen Glacier

83
Q

The Indegenous Dance of Andhra Pradesh

A

Kuchipudi

84
Q

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

A

Kuchipudi

85
Q

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

A

Geyser

86
Q

Which oil is used as a local anaesthetic for toothaches

A

Clove oil

87
Q

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

A

Sri Lanka

88
Q

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

A

CD Deshmukh

89
Q

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

A

Kashmir

90
Q

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

A

Queen Bed

91
Q

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

A

Rabindranath Tagore

92
Q

In Germany, this sign is called “ Hakenkreuz”. In India its called

A

Swastika

93
Q

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

A

Ellora

94
Q

In which state does the Sabramati River originate

A

Rajasthan

95
Q

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

A

Bus

96
Q

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

A

Swiss Guards

97
Q

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

A

Michaelangelo

98
Q

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

A

Japan

99
Q

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

A

Toothpaste

100
Q

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

A

Krishna

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