Online GK: Daily Quiz for 27th November 2012

1. Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem of India. It was first sung on which date in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress?
[Category: India GK]
[A]7 December 1911
[B]17 December 1911
[C]27 December 1911
[D]27 December 1912


2. Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly language in Buddhism and Jainism. Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of which Indian state?
[Category: History GK]
[A]Uttar Pradesh
[B]Himachal Pradesh
[C]Bihar
[D]Uttarakhand


3. The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. In which year it was established?
[Category: Politics GK]
[A]1947
[B]1961
[C]1977
[D]1980


4. Jayaprakash Narayan widely known as JP Narayan, Jayaprakash, or Loknayak, was an Indian independence activist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s. An airport in India is also named after him. Which airport?
[Category: Indian GK]
[A]Ranchi
[B]Patna
[C]Lucknow
[D]Guwahati


5. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. In which year the prize was established?
[Category: Awards and Honours GK]
[A]1950
[B]1952
[C]1957
[D]1959