Daily Objective GK Quiz: 09 November 2012

1. Who was the first Jnanpith Award recipient in 1965?
[A]Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
[B]G. Sankara Kurup
[C]Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa
[D]Umashankar Joshi


2. BC Roy award is associated to which of the following field?
[A]Literature
[B]Medicine
[C]Journalism
[D]Music


3. What is the study of fishes called?
[A]Ophiology
[B]Physiology
[C]Philology
[D]Ichthyology


4. In 1916, who founded Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women's University at Pune, the first women's university in India?
[A]Annie Besant
[B]Mahatma Gandhi
[C]Madan Mohan Malaviya
[D]Dhondo Keshav Karve


5. Which place is known as the roof of the world?
[A]Tibet
[B]Laos
[C]Leh
[D]Lhasa