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...]

KBC Questions and answers: September 6, 2011

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi

 Kaun Banega Crorepati quiz game show Q & A: 1. The middle name of which Chief Minister is "Damodardas"?  Answer: Narendra Modi (Gujarat Chief Minister). 2. According to the Puranas, which king was cursed that he would die of a serpent bite? Answer: Parikshit (grandson of Arjun). 3. What, in India, uses the slogan "Right of common man"? Answer: Aadhar. 4. Which battle was fought between Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori in 1191? Answer: Tarain. 5. What is the name of the indigenously developed short-range quick reaction, tactical missile which was tested for the first time in July, 2011? Answer: Prahaar. 6. Which team won the FIFA World cup in 2010? Answer: Spain. 7. Which actress is the producer of the 2011 film "Chalo Dilli"? Answer: Lara Dutta. 8. Whose birth anniversary is observed as "Sadbhavana Diwas" in India? Answer: Rajiv Gandhi. 9. Which country's first woman Chancellor is Angela Merkel? Answer: Germany 10. Which of these brands did JRD Tata launch in 1952 on the suggestion of Jawaharlal Nehru?  Answer: Lakme.  Quiz questions & answers: 1. What is the busiest Railway division in India? Answer: Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh). Other busiest Railway divisions are Chakradharpur (Jharkhand), Delhi, Mumbai and Allahabad. 2. Which Railway division division in India has least workload? Answer: Tinsukia (Assam). 3. Who was the first African-American woman to become a U.S. Army … [Read more...]