General Knowledge Quiz Questions with Answers

1. 83rd Oscar Award declared in February 2011 for the best feature film went to the film—
The King’s Speech

2. The Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011 has been conferred to—
Koul Panha

3. Who was awarded the UNESCO—Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Award for 2011 ?
Ahmad Zeidabadi



4. Which Hindi author has been selected for the K. K. Birla Vyas Samman 2010 for his poetry
collection “Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega” ?
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari

5. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in the year 2010 ?
Liu Xiaobo

6. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was—
Rabindra Nath Tagore

7. Who was awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize 2008 ?
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

8. Julictte Binoche has begged best actress award in 63rd International Film Festival of Cannes for the film—
Certified Copy

9. Who has been awarded the Best Younger Player Award in FIFA World Cup Football 2010 ?
Andres Iniesta

10. Which Indian Scientist has had the distinction of receiving not only the Nobel Prize, but also Bharat Ratna ?
Dr. C. V. Raman

11. With what game is the name of Cara Black associated ?
Lawn Tennis

12. India successfully launched its first moon mission Chandrayaan-1 ?
22nd Oct., 2008

13. Which scientist received Shantiswarup Bhatanagar Award 2009 for Mathematical Sciences ?
Dr. Mitali Mukherjee

14. India’s newly built and tested missile ‘Astra’ is meant for—
Air to air strike

15. Who has been appointed the first woman Prime Minister of Tobago ?
Kamla Prasad Bissessar

16. Who among the heading the SEBI’s Committee on Corporate governance?
Narayan Murthy

17. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India’s GDP growth rate for 2010-11 at—
9•5%

18. The person who headed U. N. Weapons Inspectors in Iraq was—
Hans Blix

19. Who won the Miss Universe 2010 ?
Jinena Navarrete

20. In a historic judgement the Supreme Court asked the government to link all the rivers by—
2012

21. Which company recently hit the business headlines for striking a historic natural gas discovery near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh ?
Reliance Industries

22. Who became the first Indian women to cross Gobi Desert in July 2011 ?
Sucheta Kadethanker

23. How many states in the country have been chosen for a pilot project to introduce a new multipurpose national Identity Card ?
13

24. Which country along with India has begun its first ever joint co-ordinated patrols in the Andaman Sea to check poaching, smuggling and drug trafficking in the region ?
Indonesia

25. With the admission of two new members into the European Union on January 1, 2007, the membership of the organisation has now risen to—
27

26. The famous Akshardham Temple is situated in the city of—
Gandhi Nagar

27. With the admission of one new nations into the SAARC countries, the membership of the organisation has now risen to—
8

28. Which International Telecom Company uses the baseline ‘Intelligence Everywhere’ ?
Motorola

29. The multinational company which has launched ‘Bio Colour Television’ in Indian market?
Samsung

30. ‘Power’ a new variety of petrol has been introduced in the market by—
HPCL

31. Who is the new President of the European Council ?
Herman Van Rompuy

32. Who was awarded the 83rd Oscar Award for the Best Director on 27th February, 2011?
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)

33. Name the magazine which has been circulated on the board of Indian Airlines after replacing ‘Swagat.’
Darpan

37. Government of India formed a new South-Western Command of the Indian land army. With this the number of commands will be raised to—
7

35. Which position did Sachin Tendulkar achieve in the ICC ranking in August 2011 ?
Third

36. ‘India’s Gateway to the World’ the famous slogan is of—
VSNL

37. ‘Vision India 2020’ is a book written by—
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

38. The company which sponsored the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the century is—
Electrolux

39. The centre is planning to set up the National Institute of Animal Welfare in the state of—
Haryana

40. Britain’s Virgin Atlantic has ended codeshare agreement with—
Air India

41. Who has been appointed as Chairman of ICC?
Sharad Pawar

42. Laura Chinchilla is—
First Woman President of Costa Rica

43. Where was the COP-15 Summit held in December 2009 ?
Copenhagen

44. Who has been appointed the as Director General of National Investigation Agency in February 2010 ?
S. C. Sinha

45. Who is the Chief Justice of India ?
Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia

46. The theme for the 24th National Science Day 2010 was—
Science and Technology Challenge of the 21st Century—National Perspective

47. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India ?
S. Y. Qureshi

48. The first World Hindi Day was celebrated for the time on—
10th January, 2007

49. Who is the newly elected President of CIC ?
A. N. Tiwari

50. Who is newly appointed President of FICCI ?
Harsh Mariwala

51. Who became the first woman Prime Minister of Thailand ?
Yingluck Shinawatra

52. The Nobel Laureate who is fighting to liberate the people of Myanmar is—
Aung San Suukyi

53. "India House" is located in—
London

54. Who was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day function on January 26, 2011 in New Delhi ?
Susilo Babang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia

55. Who was the first Prime Minister of England ?
Robert Walpole

56. Name the inventor of ATM who died recently—
John Shepherd Barron

57. What is Fahrenheit 9/11 ?
U S Film-maker Michael Moore’s film which bagged top prize in May 2004 at the Canves Film Festival

58. What is "NMD" ?
National Missile Defence Space based anti ballistic missile system being set up by the US

59. Who was the first Caliph ?
Abu Bakr

60. Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution ?
Rousseau

61. D-Day is the day when—
Allied troops landed in Normandy

62. The first airline to allow flyers to surf the net was—
Singapore Airlines

63. World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on—
2nd December

64. Fabianism is closely related to—
Democratic Socialism

65. The Bandung Conference was a major milestone in the history of—
The Non-Aligned Movement

66. Former Soviet President Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev had become popular for his policy of—
Perestroika

67. Who is popularly known as 'Missile Man of India' ?
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

68. The abbreviation TRAI stands for—
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

69. ‘Ramadorai Sujatha’ who was recently in news is a—
Mathematician

70. Who said, " Man is a Social Animal" ?
Aristotle

71. The Government of India in a bid to attract foreign investments into India has appointed the Investment Commission which is headed by—
Ratan Tata

72. 'Red Revolution' in China took place in—
1949

73. Who was ruling over Pakistan at the time when Bangladesh became independent ?
Yahya Khan

74. The present Chairman of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal is—
Justice N. P. Singh

75. The first unified theatre commanded by the Indian Defence Forces has been set at—
Andaman Nicobar Islands

76. What is the full form of CMP ?

Common Minimum Programme

77. The motto of CNBC India is—
Profit from it

78. Which country has recently announced of having built the world’s highest elevated railway line ?
China

79. Who was awarded the 2009 Vyas Samman ?
Amar Kant

80. ‘Daughters of Shame’ is a book written by—
Jasvinder Sanghera