YATRA..

a journey towards excellence

QUIZENT
No. Of Questions: 35 ( No negative marks applicable )
Duration: 30 Minutes

1) Which mathematician was responsible for the introduction of

logarithms?
John Napier
2) What do Monica Seles, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and Andre Agassi
have in common?
They are all Tennis players.
3) What number, when squared, is one-third of its cube?
Three(3)
4) Which company introduced the ZOO-ZOO concept?
Vodafone
5) What does the letter ‘C’ means in Roman numerals?
Hundred(100)
6) WAV file format is associated with what type of files?
a) Video b) Sound c)Image d)Word Document

7) Which chemical element has the shortest name - 3 letters? Tin

8) “Understanding comes with Time” is slogan of what?
Time Magazine
9) Which Asian team will be out of the next FIFA Football WorldCup for
the first
time after a gap of 20 years?
(a) Saudi Arabia (b) South Korea (c)Japan (d)Iran

10) Consider the following statements:

1. Clear sky appears blue due to poor scattering of blue wavelength of
visible light.
2. Red part of light shows more scattering than blue light in the
atmosphere.

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3. In the absence of atmosphere, there would be no scattering of light and
sky will look black. Which of the statements give above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only (c) 3 only (d) 1,2 and 3
11) The Longest Railway Platform in the world is
a. Eastern Perth Railway Platform

b. Dunedin Railway Station, Dunedin, New Zealand

c. Kharagpur Railway Station, India

12)

- Guess whose signature is this…… Bill Gates/William

Henry Gates

(clue: One of the directors of Berkshire Hathway Inc., US)

13) Name the world famous creation from the artist of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Monalisa

14) The most famous Cartoon character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe
Shuster is

a) Batman b)Superman c)Spider man

15) What is the study of Birds eggs called?

a. Oncology b. Oology c. Otology

16) Which is the fastest land animal?

a.Cheetah b. Leopard c. Panther

17) What is the full name of Sachin? Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

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18) a) Julian Assange - 1) Berkshire Hathway Inc.(d)

b) Mark Zuckerberg - 2) Wikipedia.(c)

c) Jimmy Wales - 3) Infosys.(e)

d) Warren E Buffet - 4) Wikileaks.(a)

e) Narayana Moorthy - 5)Facebook.(b)

19) The famous Indian temple with highest ever Rajagopuram

a) Srivilliputhur b) Tiruvarangam c) Srirangapatnam

20) One gallon is equal to __________ litres. About 4.5

21) What is the total number of medals India has won in CWG 2010 ?
101

22) Name the atom bomb dropped over Hiroshima during the second
world war.

Little Boy

23) Expand CII.

Confederation Of Indian Industry

24) Who is the Director of SlumDog Millionaire ?

a) David Lynche b) Danny Boyle c)David Cronenberg

25) Which company has the tag line “Nothing Like Anything”?

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Micromax

26) Name the chief Minister who died in helicopter crash in September
2009.

Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy

27) Over which Indian monument is it forbidden to fly ?

Taj Mahal

28)John is the father of Joy. John is the ________ of Joy’s father.

name

29) Which city is called as “Loom City Of India”?

Erode

30) What is the fuel used in rockets ?

A) Liquid Carbon (B) Liquid Hydrogen (C) Liquid Petroleum

Gas (D) Benzene

31) Man Booker Prize winner Arvind Adiga from India won the prize for
which of his publication?

a) The God of Small Things b) The White Tiger c) The White Trigger

32) Which of the following is the world fastest car?

a) Ferrari 250 GTO b) Bugatti Veyron c)Mclaren F1

33) Which famous Indian wrote the book “The Discovery of India”?

Jawaharlal Nehru

34)

- With whom is this symbol connected to ……….

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Adolf Hitler (Nazi Party)

35) The famous cartoon characters Tom and Jerry are created by……

a) William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

b) Stan lee and Steve Didko

c) Warner Bros.

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