Daily General Knowledge Quiz: 20 December 2012

1. In which year The Finance Commission of India was established under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution by the President of India?
[Category: Financial GK]
[A]1947
[B]1949
[C]1950
[D]1951


2. Utkala Dibasa is celebrated on 1 April in which Indian State in the memory of the formation of the state as a separate province on 1 April 1936?
[Category: UPSC GK]
[A]Orissa
[B]Bihar
[C]Karnataka
[D]Andhra Pradesh


3. The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), founded on July 29, 1876 by Dr Mahendra Lal Sircar, is an autonomous Institute. In which city it is located?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Bangalore
[B]Hyderabad
[C]Kolkata
[D]Allahabad


4. Karnavati is the ancient name of which Indian city?
[Category: IAS GK]
[A]Gandhinagar
[B]Ahmedabad
[C]Nashik
[D]Meerut


5. In 2011 which playback singer was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history?
[Category: PCS GK]
[A]Lata Mangeshkar
[B]Sonu Nigam
[C]Asha Bhosle
[D]Madona