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...]
KBC Quiz questions: September 7, 2011
Name change: Parliament of India passed the Orissa (Alteration of Name) Bill to change the name of state of 'Orissa' to 'Odisha' and the Constitution (113th Amendment) Bill to change the 'Oriya' language name to 'Odia' (8th schedule). Kaun Banega Crorepati questions & answers: 1. In 1858, which freedom fighter attained martyrdom in Gwalior while fighting the British? Answer: Rani Lakshmi Bai. 2. Which Pakistani leader came to Mohali to watch India-Pakistan Semi-final (2011 World Cup) on invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh? Answer: Yousuf Raza Gilani. 3. Which leader has been Chief Minister of two states and also Governor of another state? Answer: N.D. Tiwari (Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Governor of Andhra Pradesh). 4. Which South-American country is a founding member of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)? Answer: Venezuela. 5. What was the name of the NSG action which dealt with perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks? Answer: Operation Black Tornado. This question value is 25 lakh in KBC 2011. 6. According to the Mahabharata, into which river Kunti float her son (Karna) by Surya? Answer: River Ashwanadi (Tributary of Ganga) - 50 lakh question in KBC 2011. 7. Who is the only cricketer to score more than 50 centuries in Test cricket? Answer: Sachin Tendulkar. Quiz questions & Current affairs: 1. Which bank is celebrating 106th foundation day in 2011? Answer: Bank of India. BOI was founded in 1906. 2. Only state in India to have a floating post … [Read more...]
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