Thursday 17 November 2011

World Knowledge


World Knowledge
1) Which of the following Saint known as Mahboob-ae-Dilli
Ans. Nizammuddin Aulia
2) The Coin Rupia was first issued by
Ans. Akbar
3) How many Central universities are there in India
Ans. 17
4)who was the first European to translate the Bhagwat Gita into English
Ans. Charles Wilkins
5) Tuzuk-i-baburi was a autabiography written by babur in which language
Ans. Turkish
6) Which mughal emperor was also known as Qalandar
Ans. Babur
7) In 2003, Indian Railways Has completed
Ans. 150 Years.
8) Which Indian Bank has the highest branches abroad
Ans. SBI
9) The first Premature dissolution at the lok sabha took place in the year
Ans. 1970
10) Tasleema's Nasreen's Autobiography
Ans. Dwekhandita
11) The Office of District collector was created by
Ans. Warren Hastings
12) What is the national sport of Greece
Ans. Soccer
13) Which indian hockey player has a road named after him in germany
Ans. Roop singh
14) In which year was men's hockey included in the Olympics
Ans. 1924
15) Who gave Kapil Dev the nickname Harayana Hurricane
Ans. Guinness Book of World Records.
16) Which cricketer, after his retirement from the game, served as India's High Commissioner in Australia
Ans. K. S. Duleepsinghji
17) Who was the only cricketer to feature on a currency note of his country
Ans. Sir Frank Worrell
18) In the history of Indian Cricket what 'first' does Faroukh Engineer have to his credit
Ans. He was the first Indian to play County cricket ( for Lancashire in 1968)
19) Who was the only player dismissed for duck in the 1983 World Cup cricket final
Ans. Kirti Azad (India)
20) Who was the first Hindu to play for the Pakistan national cricket team
Ans. Anil Dalpat (wicket-keeper)
21) Which Australian cricketer, is nicknamed Herby
Ans. Allan Border.
22) Who scored 99, 98 and 97 in three successive Test innings
Ans. Clem Hill (Australia), 1902,
23) What is the importance of 14 Dec 1960 in Sports
Ans. For the first time in cricket history a Test match was tied.
24) Who was the first victim of Kapil Dev in One day Internationals
Ans. Imran Khan of Pakistan (Quetta October 1, 1978 his first match)
25) Who claimed the first wicket in Test cricket
Ans. Allen Hill of England
26) She was initially named Jeevan by her father, but later changed the name. By what name is this singer better known now
Ans. Norah Jones
27) Which former Miss India created history by deciding not to take part in the Miss Universe competition
Ans. Nalini Vishwanathan
28) Which is the youngest and oldest of the new world religions
Ans. Sikhism and Hinduism
29) In the 1980 film Kalyug which modern day actress played the role of Rekha's son
Ans. Urmila Matondkar
30) Which is the national animal of Nepal
Ans. Cow
31) In which Indian state would you find the largest church of Asia
Ans. Goa
32) The country Suriname is in which continent
Ans. South America
33) Where was the Durand Cup football tournament first played
Ans. Shimla
34) JPY is the currency code of which country
Ans. Japan
35) Who was the captain of India in Sachin Tendulkar's debut Test
Ans. Krishnamachari Srikkanth
36) Which planet was discovered by William Herschel in 1781
Ans. Uranus
37) Which country is the world's largest producer of wheat
Ans. China
38) How do we better know a pugilist
Ans. Boxer
39) Who wrote the poem 'Venus and Adonis'
Ans. William Shakespeare
40) How is Sampooran Singh better known
Ans. Gulzar
41) A.S Dilip Kumar is the original name of which famous music director
Ans. A.R Rahman
42) Which company was founded in 1924 by a former cash register salesman Thomas Watson
Ans. IBM
43) Which Indian politician wrote 'Flight to Parliament'
Ans. Rajesh Pilot
44) Who among these was the first to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen
Ans. Phu Dorjee
45) In computers, which term is used to refer to a collection of databases
Ans. Databank
46) What type of a creature is a mamba
Ans. A snake
47) In which of these lakes are the Honeymoon Island and the Breakfast Island situated
Ans. Chilka Lake
48) Which Indian President received the Templeton Prize in 1975
Ans. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
49) Which was the first Indian film to be nominated for the Oscar
Ans. Mother India
50) Holi is celebrated in the month of ________ .
Ans. Phalguna
51) Which city is the headquarters of the SAARC
Ans. Kathmandu
52) Which U.S president won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906
Ans. Theodore Roosevelt
53) Which animal is given or lent to other countries by the Chinese government as a mark of friendship
Ans. Panda
54) What is the more popular name of the Alsatian breed of dogs
Ans. German Shepherd
55) Which is used to refer to data transfer rates in modem
Ans. Cps
56) On which island were the extinct bird dodo found
Ans. Mauritius
57) Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Pravin Amre what have in common
Ans. Century on Test debut
58) In the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore's 'Gitanjali', which famous poet wrote the introduction
Ans. W.B. Yeats
59) 'Tarkash' is a collection of Urdu poetry by which famous lyricist
Ans. Javed Akhtar
60) Which former US president devised the name 'United Nations'
Ans. Franklin D. Roosevelt
61) Which Indian won a Grammy award in the 2002 Grammy Awards
Ans. Pandit Ravi Shankar
62) Aristotle was the teacher of which famous emperor
Ans. Alexander the Great
63) In 1980, the Indian government issued a stamp to honour which hockey legend
Ans. Dhyan Chand
64) Which of these actors played a negative role in Steven Spielberg's 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Ans. Amrish Puri
65) Who is the only cricketer to have played Test cricket for both England and India
Ans. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
66) How is Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi better known Ans. Johnny Walker
67) Which of these games is also called 'Ping-Pong'
Ans. Table tennis
68) Who has won the Nobel Prize twice
Ans. Marie Curie
69) Who played the role of the young Raj Kapoor in the film 'Awara'
Ans. Shashi Kapoor
70) Which of these computer languages was developed from an earlier language BCPL
Ans. C
71) Which country was ruled by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Ans. Turkey
72) By what name is the software program Multiplan now known
Ans. MS Excel
73) By what name is actor R.K. Tuli better known
Ans. Rajendra Kumar
74) In 1640, which city was founded by Francis Day
Ans. Madras
75) In computers, what is the full form of OMR
Ans. Optical Mark Reading
76) Which famous director is the nephew of Dev Anand
Ans. Shekhar Kapur
77) In computers, which of these terms is used to refer to a temporary memory for data
Ans. Buffer
78) Who used the screen name 'Baby Rani' as a child actress
Ans. Nargis
79) Who was the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate
Ans. Ibrahim Lodi
80) Who was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel
Ans. Mihir Sen
81) Who was the first Indian to participate in the Wimbledon tennis tournament
Ans. Sardar Nihal Singh
82) Which is the most used metal in the world
Ans. Iron
83) Who was the first Roman Catholic president of USA
Ans. John F. Kennedy
84) Name the first artificial satellite launched by man.
Ans. Sputnik 1
85) In Germany, who among these was known as Kaiser
Ans. Emperor
86) Which of these cities is both in Europe and Asia
Istanbul
87) Which is the longest river in Asia
Yangtze
88) Which Indian actresses acted in the film 'City of Joy'
Ans. Shabana Azmi
89) Which game was once known as battledore
Ans. Badminton
90) In which continent is the Gibson Desert
Ans. Australia
91) Which is the hardest naturally occurring substance known to man
Ans. Diamond
92) What was the name of the first personal computer
Ans. Altair
93) Which planet was discovered by the American astronomer Clyde W.Tombaugh
Ans. Pluto
94) Which of these elements was discovered by Pierre Curie, Marie Curie and G. Bemont
Ans. Radium
95) What do we call a device for connecting computer network that has the facilities of both a bridge and a router
Ans. Brouter
96) After which Prime Minister was Connaught Place renamed
Ans. Rajiv Gandhi
97) Which hill station of India became an autonomous state in 1970
Ans. Meghalaya
98) Which city became the capital of Punjab immediately after Independence
Ans. Shimla
99) Who was given the title of 'Kavi Priya' by Akbar
Ans. Birbal
100) Which term is used to describe a computer having the characteristics of both digital and analog computers
Ans. Hybrid computer
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