Q1.	For the first time, Cricket has been included in Asian Games to be held in 2010. Which format ? (A) Twenty-20 (B) One Day Intl. (ODI) (C) Test Match (D) both Twenty-20 & One day Intl. (ODI) Answer :
Q2.	Nagarjunasagar Dam in Andhra Pradesh is built across which river ? (A) Krishna (B) Kaveri (C) Mahanadi (D) Godavari Answer :
Q3.	Which country is also known as the 'Rainbow Nation' ? (A) Australia (B) United Kingdom (C) Switzerland (D) South Africa Answer :
Q4.	In which city would you come across Sidi Bashir Mosque, famous for its Shaking Minarets (Jhulta Minar) ? (A) Agra (Uttar Pradesh) (B) Ahmedabad (Gujarat) (C) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) (D) Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir) Answer :
Q5.	The weapon based Dravidian martial art 'Silambam' is native of which south Indian state ? (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Karnataka (D) Andhra Pradesh Answer :
Q6.	Who is generally considered as the inventor of the 'Periodic Table', a tabular method of displaying the chemical elements ? (A) Gregor Mendel (B) James Chadwick (C) Dmitri Mendeleev (D) Ernest Rutherford Answer :
Q7.	Which Indian lady writer authored Onasis award winning play 'Harvest', highlighting the controversial issue of organ trading in poverty-stricken areas ? (A) Kiran Desai (B) Jhumpa Lahiri (C) Manjula Padmanabhan (D) Arundhati Roy Answer :
Q8.	Which mineral is found at Aluva and Chavara in Kerala, Manavalakurichi in Tamil Nadu and Chatrapur in Orissa ? (A) Copper (B) Lignite (C) Bauxite (D) Thorium Answer :
Q9.	Who was the first person to calculate the height of the Mount Everest ? (A) Andrew Waugh (B) George Everest (C) Nain Singh Rawat (D) Radhanath Sikdar Answer :
Q10.	Which African country was formerly known as 'Abyssinia' ? (A) Namibia (B) Lesotho (C) Ethiopia (D) Botswana Answer :

General Knowledge - 100

General Knowledge - 100

Q1.	Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ? (A) Assam (B) Orissa (C) West Bengal (D) Karnataka Answer :
Q2.	Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ? (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Jai Prakash Narain (C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (D) Madan Mohan Malaviya Answer :
Q3.	Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ? (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh Answer :
Q4.	'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay Answer :
Q5.	Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ? (A) Beas (B) Chenab (C) Jhelum (D) Sutlej Answer :
Q6.	Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ? (A) Kolkata (B) Bengaluru (C) Ahmedabad (D) Lucknow Answer :
Q7.	What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ? (A) Isobar (B) Isohel (C) Isotherm (D) Isohyet Answer :
Q8.	On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ? (A) France (B) Israel (C) Russia (D) Germany Answer :
Q9.	Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ? (A) C.V. Raman (B) Satyendra Nath Bose (C) Homi J. Bhabha (D) Narinder Singh Kapany Answer :
Q10.	Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ? (A) Victoria (B) Queensland (C) Tasmania (D) New South Wales Answer :