Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. The trophies and cups awarded for cricket are
(a) McDowell’s Challenge cup and World cup
(b) Federation cup
(c) Moin-ud-Dowla cup and B. C. Gupta cup
(d) None of the above
2. Weight of an object put in a satellite orbiting in space around the earth is
(a) the same as on the earth
(b) slightly more than that on the earth
(c) less than that on the earth
(d) reduced to zero
3. Tomb of Vasco-da-Gama is situated at
(a) Chittorgarh (Rajasthan)
(b) Kochi (Kerala)
(c) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Durgapur (West Bengal)
4. Trans World Airlines is an International Airline of
(a) United Kingdom
(b) United States of America
(c) Russia
(d) Scandinavia
5. The third highest nation award given for distinguished service in any field is
(a) Padma Vibhushan
(b) Padma Bhushan
(c) Padma Shri
(d) Bharat Ratna
6. To which country did the first Secretary-General of the UN belong?
(a) Austria
(b) Sweden
(c) Burma
(d) Norway
7. The third crusade was led by
(a) Richard I of England
(b) Fredrick Barbarossa of Germany
(c) Philip II of France
(d) All of the above
8. UNO Day is on
(a) 20th July
(b) 24th October
(c) 14th November
(d) 12th February
9. The term used in billiards are
(a) blocking, held ball, holding, jump ball, pivot
(b) target, field, flight, ballsege
(c) auxiliary point system, rabbit punch, break, cut
(d) blank line, break, bolting, cannon, cue, hazard, in-oft
10. War of the Roses was
(a) civil war in England
(b) religious-cum-political war between the Lutherans Catholics in Germany
(c) war between Syrian and Roman forces
(d) None of the above
11. Walt Disney was
(a) the President of America during World War I
(b) the creator of cartoon films starring popular cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
(c) the British physician known for his discovery of Addison’s disease
(d) None of the above
12. Vir Chakra (a medal) is made up of
(a) bronze
(b) gold gilt
(c) standard silver
(d) None of the above
13. The three abundant elements in the earth’s crust are aluminium, oxygen and silicon. The correct order of their abundance is
(a) oxygen, aluminium, silicon
(b) aluminium, silicon, oxygen
(c) oxygen, silicon, aluminium
(d) silicon, oxygen, aluminium
14. To which of the following country Olympic Airways belong?
(a) France
(b) Greece
(c) Hong Kong
(d) Indonesia
15. To consider the large number of agenda items, General Assembly has how many main committees?
(a) Five
(b) Seven
(c) Nine
(d) Fifteen
16. Triple antigen provides immunity to children against all of the following disease, except
(a) diphtheria
(b) polio
(c) tetanus
(d) whooping cough
17. The world’s largest international organisation and a successor to the League of Nations is
(a) UNESCO
(b) UNO
(c) UNICEF
(d) None of the above
18. The term used to describe money that flows into a country to take advantage of high rates of interest is called
(a) hot money
(b) hard sector
(c) hard currency
(d) None of the above
19. Until December 1991 ____ were integral parts of the USSR & not independent countries, but had separate UN memberships.
(a) Belarus and Ukraine
(b) Czech Republic and Slovakia
(c) Tonga and Nauru
(d) None of the above
20. Velocity of wind is measured by
(a) speedometer
(b) tachometer
(c) anemometer
(d) audiometer