Current Affairs - (SET-5)

General Knowledge for all types of Competitive Exams

Q1. Chris Hughes is one of the co-founders of which company?

Q2. Who is regarded as ‘Father of Indian Archaeology’?

Q3. Which is the largest archipelago in the world?

Q4. Who won the first Nobel Prize for literature?

Q5. Which country is also known as ‘Land of Maple Leaf’?

Q6. What does the Greek name ‘Alexander’ means?

Q7. ‘Blue Revolution’ is a term associated with what activity?

Q8. AFP is a news agency of which country?

Q9. By what name is the Gold Coast presently known?

Q10. Who is credited with the discovery of Uranium?

Q11. Which famous writer had the pen name Boz?

Q12.Napoleon was a military leader of which country?

Q13. Who became the first Indian to make a fifty while batting at No. 9 spot against Australia on Indian soil?

Q14. What does IUCN stand for?

Q15.  Who famously said “Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today”?

Q16. Which fruit has been termed as the most nutritious fruit by scientists?

Q17. Who is the only heavyweight boxer who never lost a match in his entire career?

Q18. Which is the fastest orbiting planet in our solar system?

Q19. Who is the author of the famous book ‘Da Vinci Code’?

Q20. Compilation of whose early poems has been named as Departmental Ditties?

Q21. Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist belongs to which country?

Q22. In which part of the body is the hammer located?

Q23. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the solar system, is a natural moon of which planet?

Q24. How is the social activist, Murlidhar Devidas, who made a rehabilitation centre in Anandvan better known as?

Q25. Who is the largest single shareholder in Tata Sons?

ANSWER

Ans1. Face book

Ans2. Alexander Cunningham

Ans3. Malay Archipelago (by land area)

Ans4. Sully Prodhomme

Ans5. Canada

Ans6. Protector of Men

Ans7. Aquaculture

Ans8. France

Ans9. Ghana

Ans10. Martin Heinrich Klaproth

Ans11. Charles Dickens

Ans12. France

Ans13. Praveen Kumar

Ans14. International Union for Conservation of Nature

Ans15. Benjamin Franklin

Ans16. Avocado

Ans18. Rocky Marciano

Ans18. Mercury

Ans19. Dan Brown

Ans20. Rudyard Kipling

Ans21. USA

Ans22. Ear

Ans23. Jupiter

Ans24. Baba Amte

Ans25. Pallonji Mistry