General Knowledge (25 Questions)

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1.       The contestant of which country has been crowned as MISS WORLD 2012 ? 
(A)   Korea                                                         
 (B)   Venezuela
(C)   China                                                          
(D)    Russia
2.       Two London Olympics medalists were selected for the prestigious Khel Rathna award.
One was Yogeshwar Dutt and the other was________
(A)   Leander Paes                                             
(B)   Mary Kom
(C)   Saina Nehwal                                          
 (D)   Vijay Kumar
3.       The popular singer Jagjith Singh, who died recently was associated with which form
of music ?
(A)   Rock                                                            (B)   Ghazal
(C)   Jazz                                                            (D)   Carnatic classical
4.       Who succeeded D. V. Sadananda Gowda as the Chief Minister of Karnataka ?
(A)   B. Eshwarappa                                         (B)   Jagadish Shettar
(C)   Ashok                                                         (D)    Renukacharya
5.       Who has defeated P. A. Sangma in the recent Indian Presidential Election ?
(A)   Mamatha Banerjee                                   (B)   Chidambaram
(C)   A. P. J. Abdul Kalam                                (D)    Pranab Mukherjee

6.       Along with other sites, which of the following Indian sites has been recently included
in the prestigious list of the
World Heritage Sites ?
(A)   Western Ghats                                          (B)    Howrah Bridge
(C)    Halebeedu                                                (D)    Mysore Palace
7. What is the name of the space craft which landed on Mars on 6-8-2012 ?
(A)   Seniority        (B)   Curiosity
(C)   Viscosity        (D)    Priority
       8.      One among the two films which received National Award 2012 in the Best Film Category is________________________
(A)    Byari                       (B)    Dirty Picture    (C)   Sagar                (D)    Union Jack
9.       Higgs Particle which was recently in news related to discovery of Boson, in main
stream media is often referred to as
(A)   The Standard Particle                              (B)   The God Particle
(C)   The Boson Particle                                   (D)   The New Particle
10.     Who won the 2012 French Open Title ?
(A)    Rafael Nadal                                            (B)    Novak Djokovic
(C)    Roger Federer                                          (D)   Andy Murray
11.     According to data released by Ministry of statistics of India in June 2012, which state
emerged as the state with Highest Economic Growth ?
(A)   Gujarat                    (B)    Punjab              (C)    Bihar                (D)    Maharashtra
12.     Which ace chess player in May 2012 claimed the Fide World Chess Title for the record
fifth time ?
(A)    Boris Gelfand                                           (B)   Viswanathan Anand
(C)    Rajnathan Anand                                    (D)   Gagan Narang
13.     Who was appointed as Army Chief to succeed Gen. V. K. Singh ?
(A)   Joginder Jaswant Singh                         (B)    Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
(C)   V. B. Singh                                                (D)   Deepak Kapoor
14.     Who was crowned Miss India World 2012 ?
(A)   Vanya Mishra                                            (B)    Prachi Mishra
(C)    Rochelle Maria Rao                                (D)    Ipsita Pati
15.     Mary Kom, who won Bronze medal in London Olympics 2012 belongs to which of the
following sports ?
(A)   Wrestling                (B)   Weight-lifting   (C)   Gymnastic      (D)    Boxing

16.     Where was BRICS Summit 2012 held ? [BRICS is the association of leading emerging
economics]
(A)   Bangalore              (B)   New Delhi       (C)    Kolkata              (D)    Mumbai
17.     Who in the cricketing world is also called The Wall ?
(A)   Rahul Dravid                                             (B)   Sachin Tendulkar
(C)    M. S. Dhoni                                              (D)   Shane Warne
18.     Which novel has been the inspiration for the movie 3 Idiots ?
(A)   One night @ the Call Centre               (B)   The 3 mistakes of My Life
(C)   2 States: The story of my Marriage    (D)   FIVE Point someone
19.     Who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 ?
(A)   Shyam Benegal                                        (B)   Girish Karnad
(C)   Soumitra Chatterjee                                 (D)   Dev Anand
20.     Who is the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India ? (UIDAI)
(A)   Sam Pitroda                                               (B)   Nandan Nilekani
(C)    Montek Singh Ahluwalia                       (D)   Azim Premji
21.     Who was ousted while serving as the fourth President of Egypt ? (1981-2011)
(A)   Hosni Mubarak                                         (B)   Muammar Gaddafi
(C)   Jose Manuel Zelaya                                (D)   Saddam Hussain
22.     Which of the following temples is the richest in India ?
(A)          Tirumala Tirupathi Venkateshwara Temple
(B)          Sri Saibaba Temple - Shirdi
(C)         Golden Temple Amrithsar
(D)         Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple - Trivandrum
23.     The real name of Anna Hazare is__________
(A)   Kisan Baburao Hazare                            (B)   Hari Kishan Hazare
(C)    Bhushan Hazare                                     (D)   Shashikanth Hazare
24.     Solar system consists of sun and how many planets ?
(A)   9                               (B)    8                          (C)    7                       (D)    6
25.   The Yoga guru who recently went on fast demanding black money to be brought back
to India is_________
(A)   Baba Ram Dev                                          (B)   Baba Syam Dev
(C)    Baba Jnan Dev                                        (D)   Baba Rana Dev


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