General Knowledge Quiz - 9

1. Kerala Tourism has tied up recently with which gaming company to launch an interactive online game to sell the State’s tourism destination?
[A]Hungama
[B]Zapak
[C]ibibo
[D]c2w



2. Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Academy situated?
[A]Mussoorie
[B]Dehradun
[C]Chandigarh
[D]Hyderabad



3. Which indian IT expert started web-based e-mail service Hotmail in 1996?
[A]Vinod Dham
[B]Azim Premji
[C]Sabeer Bhatia
[D]Divya Narindra



4. Which scientist is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India?
[A]Verghese Kurien
[B]M.S.Swaminathan
[C]Raja Ramanna
[D]A.P.J.Abdul Kalam



5. In 1958, who became the first Indian to receive Raman Magsaysay Award?
[A]Vinoba Bhave
[B]Baba Amte
[C]Satyajit Ray
[D]Jai Prakash Narain



6. What is the unit of measurement for the intensity of sound?
[A]Ampere
[B]Decible
[C]Parsec
[D]Tesla



7. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?
[A]B.R.Ambedkar
[B]Lal Bahadur Shastri
[C]Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[D]Vallabhbhai Patel



8. Which city is known as the `Big Apple'?
[A]Tokyo
[B]Shanghai
[C]New York
[D]Paris



9. What does XP means in Windows XP operating system by Microsoft?
[A]Expert
[B]Express
[C]Experience
[D]Extra Power



10. What is the length of a Cricket pitch, measured between two sets of wickets?
[A]18 yards
[B]20 yards
[C]22 yards
[D]24 yards



11. What was the original name of Mughal empress Noor Jahan?
[A]Anjuman Banu Begum
[B]Manikarnika
[C]Mehrunnisa
[D]Bhagmati



12. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa?
[A]Puri
[B]Cuttack
[C]Rourkela
[D]Sambalpur



13. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as `Deshbandhu'?
[A]Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B]Lala Lajpat Rai
[C]C.F.Andrews
[D]Chittaranjan Das



14. Which colour is in the centre of Rainbow?
[A]Red
[B]Green
[C]Blue
[D]Violet



15. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country?
[A]Russia
[B]China
[C]Pakistan
[D]Israel