Current affairs: 1. Indian Hockey team won the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy by defeating Pakistan in the final. 2. Who is the author of books "The White Tiger" & "Last Man in Tower"? Answer: Arvind Adiga. 3. Who owns the copyright for "Happy Birthday to you" song? Answer: Warner Chappell. 4. Who is the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? Answer: Bhuvan Chand Khanduri (BJP). 5. Which company is the title sponsor of 2011 Champions League T20 Cricket tournament? Answer: Nokia. 6. Who is the new IPL Chairman? Answer: Rajiv Shukla. N. Srinivasan will be the new BCCI chairman. History quiz: 1. National anthem was (Jana Gana Mana) first sung at? Answer: Calcutta session of Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911. 2. Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted as the Indian National anthem on? Answer: January 24, 1950. 3. Who translated National anthem into Hindi? Answer: Abid Ali. 4. Who translated National anthem (from Bengali) into English? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore. 5. Who composed the music for present Indian National anthem? Answer: Captain Ramsingh Thakur. 6. Vande Mataram poem was taken from which novel? Answer: Anandamath – written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882. 7. Which Indian won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore - first Asian to win Nobel prize. 8. Who was the first Municipal Commissioner of Bombay? Answer: Arthur … [Read more...]
Current affairs and GK questions: September 6
15 quiz questions with answers: 1. Who is the President of World Bank? Answer: Robert Zoellick. 2. Total number of species on earth? Answer: 87 lakh (65 lakh species on land and 22 lakh species in the ocean). 3. Which country is the largest producer of sugar? Answer: Brazil. India is the second largest producer and biggest consumer in the world. 4. Which state is the largest producer of tea in India? Answer: Assam (50%). 5. India is celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of whom in 2011? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore. 6. Who was honoured with Nobel Peace Prize in 2010? Answer: Liu Xiaobo - for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. 7. World's largest footwear producer? Answer: China. India is the second largest footwear producer. 8. Which country won the Davis Cup in 2010? Answer: Serbia – first time in history by defeating France in the finals. 9. Which Sea separates Asian countries like Saudi Arabia and Yemen and African countries like Egypt and Sudan? Answer: Red Sea. 10. What is the Capital of Somalia? Answer: Mogadishu. 11. What is the capital of Mongolia? Answer: Ulan Bator. 12. Which US President decoupled the dollar from the gold standard on August 15, 1971? Answer: Richard Nixon. 13. Who died after fasting for 115 days to save Ganga River near Haridwar from illegal mining? Answer: Swami Nigamananda. 14. Who died after fasting for 56 days for the formation of separate state … [Read more...]
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