18 Current affairs and GK questions

 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...]

Kaun Banega Crorepati quiz game show questions and answers

 KBC 2011 Game show questions & answers: 1. To which God, is the Padmanabhaswamy temple, located in Thiruvananthapuram, dedicated? Answer: Lord Vishnu. 2. Who was Time Magazine's "Person of the year" in 2010? Answer: Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO) 3. Who became the Lokayukta of Karnataka in August, 2011? Answer: Justice Shivraj Patil. 4. Who was the first batsman to hit six sixers in one day international cricket? Answer: Herschelle Gibbs. 5. Whose first film as writer and director was the documentary titled "through the eyes of a painter"? Answer: M.F. Hussain – this is 25 lakh question in KBC 5. 6. What was the code name of the US Special Forces operations that resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden? Answer: Neptune Spear – this is 50 lakh question in KBC 2011. 7. Which of the following is depicted on the obverse of the Bharat Ratna medallion? Answer: Sun - this is 1 crore question in KBC 2011.  Quiz questions & answers: 1. At what place near Bangalore, shooting of Sholay was held? Answer: Ramanagaram. 2. Who is the President of European Central Bank (ECB)? Answer: Jean-Claude Trichet. 3. Name the first Singapore Prime Minister who ruled the country from 1959-1990? Answer: Lee Kuan Yew. 4. What is the full form of TOEFL? Answer: Test of English as a Foreign Language. 5. Who was the author of famous book "Art of War"? Answer: Sun Tzu.  … [Read more...]