04 November 2012: General Knowledge Quiz Questions Answers

1. Who was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
[A]Osborne Smith
[B]James Braid Taylor
[C]C. D. Deshmukh
[D]Benegal Rama Rau


2. Who is known as Iron Man of India?
[A]Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
[B]Jawahar Lal Nehru
[C]Bal Ganghadhar Tilak
[D]Chakravarti Rajagopalachari


3. Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members. In which year he was awarded the Nobel Prize?
[A]1997
[B]1998
[C]1999
[D]2001


4. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an apex resource organization set up by the Government of India, with headquarters at New Delhi. In which year NCERT was established?
[A]1947
[B]1950
[C]1957
[D]1961


5. Humayun's tomb (Humayun ka Maqbara) is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's wife Hamida Banu Begum in 1562 AD, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect. In which city it is situated?
[A]Jodhpur
[B]Agra
[C]Delhi
[D]Faizabad