Kaun Banega Crorepati on August 30, 2011

Mayawati - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

 KBC 2011 quiz questions & answers: 1. Which Indian was awarded the "Bangladesh Freedom Honour" in 2011? Answer: Indira Gandhi. 2. Which was the last Hindi film to get an Oscar nomination in the "Best foreign language film" category? Answer: Water. This is 25 lakh question in KBC 2011. 3. Which Tennis player became the world no.1 on WTA singles rankings in 2010 but is yet to win a Grand Slam singles title? Answer: Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark). 4. Which of these actresses began her acting career with Satyajit Ray's film "Apur Sansar"? Answer: Sharmila Tagore. 5. What is common between Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati, Naveen Patnaik & Jayalalita?  Answer: All are unmarried. Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is also unmarried. 6. Who was the 400th Test victim of Harbhajan Singh? Answer: Carlton Baugh. 7. Who was the last Nawab of Awadh? Answer: Wajid Ali Shah. 8. Who has been the youngest politician to become Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? Answer: Mayawati. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (Assam) was the youngest Chief Minister in India. He became Assam CM in 1985 at the age of 32. 9. According to Mahabharata, who trained Arjuna in music and dance? Answer: Chitrasen.  … [Read more...]

KBC Quiz questions & answers: August 29, 2011

 Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC 5) questions: 1. Who was appointed the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha in December, 2009? Answer: Sushma Swaraj. 2. According to the interim report of the 2011 census, which Indian Union territory (UT) has the smallest population? Answer: Lakshadweep. 3. Which of these cricket coaches was the first captain of his country's ODI team? Answer: Duncan Fletcher (Zimbabwe) - current coach of Indian cricket team.  General knowledge & Current affairs: 1. Who is the author of the book "A tale of two cities"? Answer: Charles Dickens. 2. Who created the detective "Sherlock Holmes"? Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle. 3. What is the tallest building in the world? Answer: Burj Khalifa (Dubai). 4. Who is Nepal's new Prime Minister? Answer: Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai. 5. Who is Singapore's new President? Answer: Tony Tan. 6. Who is the Prime minister of the Tibetan government in exile? Answer: Loksang Sangay. 7. Who was the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championship in Athletics? Answer: Anju Bobby George. This Kerala woman athlete won the bronze medal in Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. 8. Headquarters of International Criminal Court (ICC) is located at? Answer: The Hague (Netherlands). 9. Who is the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)? Answer: K. Radhakrishnan. 10. Who is the world's oldest person? Answer: Beese … [Read more...]