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10 General Knowledge questions

Author: Geetanav Ojha, Kochi

1. Pravda is a famous Russian newspaper published from all the major centres of Russia. What
does Pravda mean in Russian?

2. The famous word inscription on the Ashoka pillar is the phrase ‘Satyameva Jayate’. The
question is which Hindu scripture is the phrase taken from?

3. In Hindu mythology, who is the famous husband of Riddhi and Siddhi?

 
4. For which sporting legend was the term ‘He floats like a butterfly but stings like a bee’
coined?

5. A cricket ball is generally made up of leather. Can you tell what the interior of a cricket ball is
called?

6. Rita Faria was the first Indian to don this coveted title. Which title am I talking about?

7. Which company’s logo depicts a dog named Nipper lending his ears to a gramophone? (Work
out the answer!)

8. ‘Water Drip Effect’. It is not a term associated with hydrodynamics or for that matter science.
It is actually a cricketing term. What is water drip effect?

9. Which insect causes the disease sleeping sickness?

10. Which is the only Asian country to share its name with a river?

Quiz Answers:

1. Truth

2. Mundaka Upanishad

3. Lord Ganesha
 

4. Mohammed Ali

5. Quilt

6. Miss World

7. HMV (His Master’s Voice)

8. Water drip effect is a term to describe a situation when the players run to congratulate a
bowler before the umpire has given his decision. Aussies!!

9. Tsetse fly

10. Jordan

10 General knowledge questions:

1. The city of Mysore is associated with which Indian mythological character?

 
The demon, Mahishasura

2. Lumbini, the place where Gautama Buddha was born is located in which country?

Nepal

3. In which country would you find tribal people called Maoris?

New Zealand

4. ‘A Tale of 2 Cities’ is a famous novel by Charles Dickens. Which are the 2 cities?

London and Paris

5. Who was the British Prime Minister when India got independence?

 
 

Clement Atlee

6. What is the Parsi New Year celebrated as?

Navroz or Jamshedi Navroz

7. Before the United Nations came into being, which organisation served as a body of various
Countries?

League of Nations

8. The multinational telecom company ‘Nokia’ is native to which country?

Finland

9. Which book contains a compilation of Kabir’s verses?

 

Beejak

10. Who is regarded as the father of Carnatic Music?

Purandara Dasa

Compiled by: Pratibha Shenoy (Bangalore)

Current affairs and quiz questions for KBC 4:

1. Who is the first Indian woman shooter to win gold medal at the World Championships?
 

Answer: Tejaswini Sawant. She won gold medal in 50 m rifle prone event. She even equalled
the world record in the event.

2. Who directed the top two all-time box-office hit movies?

Answer: James Cameron (Avatar & Titanic). Avatar collected $ 273 crore while Titanic
collected $ 183 crore.

3. Which Indian cricketer scored highest number of triple centuries?

Answer: Virender Sehwag. No other Indian cricketer scored even a single triple century.

4. Who is the only bowler to take 800 wickets in test cricket history?

Answer: Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

 
 

5. Who is the director of 3 idiots which is the biggest box office hit in the Indian movie history?

Answer: Rajkumar Hirani

(KBC tip: You should have complete idea on recent Bollywood movies, casting and technicians.
South Indians face problems in facing Bollywood questions.)

6. In the movie Ghajini, hero suffers from which psychological illness?

Answer: Anterograde Amnesia.

7. Which Purana contains Lalitha Sahasranamam?

Answer: Brahmanda Purana.

8. What are the two new teams in the 2011 Indian Premier League (IPL)?
 

Answer: Pune & Kochi.

9. Which stadium will host 2011 ICC Cricket world cup final?

Answer: Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. PCA ground in Mohali will host one semi-final.

10. Who was the first cricketer to receive Arjuna Award?

Answer: Saleem Durani in 1961.

11. When were EVMs (electronic voting machine) used for the first time in an Indian election?

Answer: Parur assembly by-election (Kerala) in 1982 and in Shadnagar assembly (Andhra
Pradesh) in 1983. But, according to Election commission of India website, EVM was first
used in 16 segments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi in 1998 Assembly elections.

 
 

12. Who was the first Asian to win Nobel Prize?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore in 1913 (Literature). Tagore was not only the first Indian but he
was the first Asian to receive Nobel prize.

15 quiz questions on India:

1. Where was the Indian Mutiny of 1857 ended?

Answer: The First War of Indian Independence was ended in Gwalior on 20 June 1858. It was
started in Meerut on 10 May 1857.

2. National anthem of India “Jana Gana Mana” was sung for the first time at?

Answer: The Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress 27 December 1911. It was written
in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore.

 
 

3. In which language, “Vande Mataram” song was written?

Answer: In Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji.

4. The word “Satyameva Jayate” in the national Emblem was taken from which Upanishad?

Answer: Mundaka Upanishad. The emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of
Ashoka

5. What is the National Aquatic Animal of India?

Answer: River Dolphin

6. Who translated “Vandemataram” into English?

Answer: Sri Aurobindo

 

7. National fruit of India?

Answer: Mango (Mangifera indica)

8. Scientific name of the National Flower of India?

Answer: Nelumbo Nucipera Gaertn (Lotus)

9. Scientific name of the national bird of India?

Answer: Pavo cristatus (The Indian peacock)

10. When was the design of the National Flag adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India?

 
Answer: 22 July 1947

11. Total number of districts in India?

Answer: 626

12. Who was the first Chief justice of India to act as the President of India?

Answer: Justice M. Hidayatullah