13 GK bits and KBC 2011 questions

Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee

 Kaun Banega Crorepati Q&A – September 15, 2011: 1. What act was passed in 1956 by the Indian Parliament to protect sexually exploited women? Answer: SITA – Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act. 2. Which National Park was initially established in 1936 as Hailey National Park? Answer: Corbett. 3. Which car is the subject of book "Small wonder" published in 2010? Answer: Tata Nano. 4. Which shooter was honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in August 2011? Answer: Gagan Narang. 5. Pranab Mukherjee presented his first union budget as Finance Minister in which Prime Minister's cabinet? Answer: Indira Gandhi. 6. In 1909, who translated the "Vande Mataram" into English which was published in the weekly "Karmayogin"? Answer: Sri Aurobindo.  General knowledge questions & answers: 1. Who discovered Thorium? Answer: The Swedish chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius in 1828. 2. Which country has the maximum representation of women in Parliament? Answer: Rwanda. 3. What is the name of the nano remote sensing satellite built by IIT Kanpur students? Answer: Jugnu. 4. What is India's largest brackish water lake? Answer: Chilika (Orissa). 5. Who was the world's richest man in 1937? Answer: Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad. 6. SEBI was established in which year? Answer: April 12, 1988. 7. The term "Silicon Valley: was first used by? Answer: Microelectronic News (1971).  … [Read more...]

Sports quiz: US Open Tennis quiz

 2011 US Open winners: Men's singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – he defeated Rafael Nadal (Spain) in the final. Women's singles: Samantha Stosur (Australia) – she defeated Serena Williams (USA) in the final. Women's doubles: Lisa Raymond & Liezel Huber (USA). Men's doubles: Jurgen Melzer (Austria) and Philipp Petzschner (Germany).  Tennis quiz: 1. Who was the first Tennis player to win all four Grand Slam singles titles? Answer: Fred Perry. 2. Who won the most number of US Open men singles titles? Answer: John McEnroe. 3. Who won the most number of US Open women singles titles? Answer: Martina Navratilova. 4. Longest Tennis match in the history of US open Men's singles? Answer: Stefan Edberg Vs Michael Chang (1992). 5. Longest Tennis match in the history of US open women's singles? Answer: Samantha Stosur Vs Nadia Petrova (2011). 6. Longest Tennis match in the history of Professional Tennis? Answer: John Isner Vs Nicolas Mahut (2010 Wimbledon). 7. Oldest Tennis Grand Slam women's doubles champion? Answer: Lisa Raymond (USA). 38-year old Lisa Raymond won the 2011 US Women's doubles and broke the record of Billie Jean King. 8. Who played in most singles finals at US open? Answer: Bill Tilden. Pete Sampras played in most finals in open era. 9. Who played in most successive singles finals? Answer: Ivan Lendil. He reached the finals of US open from 1982-89. 10. Who reached semi-finals in most successive tournaments at US … [Read more...]