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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

General Knowledge Quiz - 8

1. Who authored Hindu holy book Ramayana?
[A]Balmiki
[B]Tulsidas
[C]Ved Vyas
[D]Kabirdas



2. In first battle of Panipat, Babar defeated which Lodhi ruler to establish Mughals in India?
[A]Sikandar Lodhi
[B]Ibrahim Lodhi
[C]Daulat Lodhi
[D]Bahlul Lodhi



3. How do we better know film actor Rajeev Bhatia?
[A]Govinda
[B]Mithun Chakraborthy
[C]Sanjeev Kumar
[D]Akshay Kumar



4. Which is the birth place of Gautam Buddha?
[A]Lumbini(Nepal)
[B]Sarnath(India)
[C]Myanmar
[D]Angkorvat



5. Which Mughal emperor built the largest mosque,Jama Masjid at Delhi, in India?
[A]Akbar
[B]Jahangir
[C]Shahjahan
[D]Aurangzeb



6. Which freedom fighter is also known as Lokmanya?
[A]Lala Lajpat Rai
[B]Gopal Krishan Gokhle
[C]Jai Praksha Narain
[D]Bal Gangadhar Tilak



7. The book `Beyond The Last Blue Mountain' written by R.M.Lala is the biography of which industrialist?
[A]G.D.Birla
[B]Dhirubhai Ambani
[C]Jamnalal Bajaj
[D]J.R.D.Tata



8. Who coined the name `Pakistan'?
[A]Muhammad Ali Jinnah
[B]Allama Iqbal
[C]Liaquat Ali Khan
[D]Chaudhary Rahmat Ali



9. With which game is Mary Ann Gomes associated?
[A]Table Tennis
[B]Badminton
[C]Chess
[D]Lawn Tennis



10. Which former heavyweight champion who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat died on Nov 7,2011 at the age of 67 due to Cancer?
[A]Joe Frazier
[B]Mike Tyson
[C]Rocky Marciano
[D]Julio César Chávez



11. Abu Salem, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, extradited to India from which country?
[A]Pakistan
[B]UK
[C]Portugal
[D]Austria



12. Which company has withdrawn its controversial 'Bai commercial', which poked fun at Shiney Ahuja, after the actor initiated legal action against the company?
[A]Nokia
[B]Samsung
[C]Lava Mobile
[D]Micromax Mobile



13. Which is the largest animal in world?
[A]Giraffe
[B]Elephant
[C]Orang Utan
[D]Blue Whale



14. Areawise, which is the smallest state in India?
[A]Sikkim
[B]Nagaland
[C]Goa
[D]Tripura



15. Where is Indian Institute of Science(IISC) situated?
[A]New Delhi
[B]Chennai
[C]Bangalore
[D]Kanpur



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