General Knowledge (QUIZ – 2)

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1.      World Press Freedom Day
(1) May 3
(2) April 6
(3) March 8
(4) June 9

2.      “Love your mistakes but don't marry one.”
(1) Stalin
(2) Jorge Bose
(3) Vladimir Puttin
(4) Leonid Sukhorukov

3.      Cryptography means
(1) Study of secret writing
(2) Study of cause of insects
(3) Study of growing old
(4) Study of human beauty

4.      When the first National Policy on Children was formulated as a supremely important asset and made the state responsible for providing equal opportunities for growth and development of all children?
(1) In 1947
(2) In 1964
(3) In 1950
(4) In 1974

5.      World Hemophilia Day
(1) August 17
(2) March 17
(3) April 17
(4) June 17

6.      “All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.”
(1) Muhammad Ali
(2) Aristotle
(3) Steve Almond
(4) Robert Jackson

7.      Instructions and memory address are represented by
(1) Character code
(2) Binary word
(3) Binary codes
(4) Parity bit

8.      How many countries have adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
(1) 129
(2) 192
(3) 182
(4) 128

9.      How many seats have been reserved under government quota to be allocated for Haj 2012?
(1) The court was informed that 5050 seats
(2) The court was informed that 9800 seats
(3) The court was informed that 11000 seats
(4) The court was informed that 4750 seats

10.  Pi Day
(1) March 16
(2) March 14
(3) March 15
(4) March 13

11.  The Indian team includes 58 men and 23 women largest ever group of 81 athletes send to participate in how many major events of London Olympics 2012?
(1) 23
(2) 58
(3) 54
(4) 57

12.  “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” 
(1) James Michener
(2) Mark Twain
(3) William Wordsworth
(4) Karl Kraus

13.  Which carrier rocket set off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan on 22 July 2012 will set five satellites into Orbit these are the Russian satellites Canopus-B and MKA-PN1, a Belarusian BKA satellite, the Canadian ADS-1B and German TET-1 into orbit.

(1)   America's Soyuz-FG

(2)   British’s Soyuz-FG

(3)   India's Soyuz-FG

(4)   Russia's Soyuz-FG

14.  Scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, on 4 July 2012, discovered a new sub-atomic particle called
(1) Higgs Boson or Satyendra Nath’s Particle
(2) Peter Boson or God’s Particle
(3) Higgs Boson or Pitter’s Particle
(4) Higgs Boson or God’s Particle

15.  “The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.”
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) Subhas Bose
(4) Sardar Patel

16.  What is called as the "Roof of the World"?
(1) Indira Point
(2) Kanchenjunga
(3) Pamir Knot
(4) Indira Col

17.  The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihir are associated with the age of the
(1) Guptas
(2) Kushanas
(3) Mauryas
(4) Palas

18.  Who generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self government in modern India?
(1) Ripon
(2) Mayo
(3) Lytton
(4) Curzon

19.  Which Article of the Constitution of India abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form?
(1) Article 16
(2) Article 17
(3) Article 18
(4) Article 15

20.  The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by
(1) Muhammad Iqbal
(2) M. A. Jinnah
(3) Shaukat Ali
(4) Aga Khan