Ques : Guru Shikhar is the highest peak of which mountain range ?
A. Vindhya
B. Satpura
C. Nilgiri
D. Aravali
Ans :D. Aravali
Ques : Which of these industrialists served as the treasurer of the Indian National congress for many years till his death in 1942 ?
A. G D Birla
B. Jamnalal Bajaj
C. Neville Wadia
D. Walchand Hirachand
Ans : B. Jamnalal Bajaj
Description: Jamanalal was named president of Gandhi Seva Sangha, a group of workers who dedicated their time to constructive work. He was later elected a member of the Congress Working Committee and as the treasurer of Congress in 1933. he was chosen as the treasurer of the All India Spinners Association. He was also the president of the All India Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (literary convention) that promoted Hindi as the single language to unite all Indians. He was instrumental in publishing Hindi magazines and books. He initiated the Gandhi Hindi Pustak Bhandar (bookshop) in Bombay and started the Sasta Sahitya Mandal (publishing house).
Ques: Which traveler's last journey was to the kingdom of Mali ?
a) Fa Hien
b) Ibn Batla
c) Megasthenes
d) Marco polo
Ques: Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in T20 Internationals ?
a) Saeed Ajmal
b) Lasith Malinga
c) Darly Tuffey
d) Brett Lee
Ans is d) Brett Lee
Ques : Jakhrana, Barbadi, Osmanabadi, Jamunapari are different species of which animal?
A. Horse
B. Donkey
C. Goat
D. Camel
Ans : C. Goat
Ques : 23 Sep 2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the first non-stop flight across the Mediterranean Sea by which aviator ?
A. Charles Lindbergh
B. Amelia Earhary
C. Manfred Von Richthofen
D. Roland Garros
Ans : D. Roland Garros
Description: Roland Garros (French pronunciation was an early French aviator and a fighter pilot during World War I.Garros was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion, and studied at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and HEC Paris. He started his aviation career in 1909 flying Alberto Santos-Dumont's Demoiselle monoplane, an aircraft that only flew well with a small lightweight pilot.
Ques : In the Ramayana, what form did Ravan take in Panchavati to lure sita ?
A. Yaksha
B. Golden Deer
C. Hunter
D. Sanyasi
Ans : D. Sanyasi
Ques : With which to science, with which of these would you associate 'amplitude' ?
A. Gravitational
B. Density of Substance
C. Salinity of Water
D. Sound Waves
Ans : D. Sound Waves
Ques: Who was the first Gujarati author to win the Jnanpath Award ?
a. Suresh Joshi
b. Pannalal Patel
c. Uma Shankar Joshi
d. Rajendra Shah
Ans is C Uma Shankar Joshi
Description: Umashankar Jethalal Joshi was an eminent poet, scholar and writer. He received the Jnanpith Award in 1967 for his contribution to Indian, especially Gujarati literature.
Umashankar Joshi was born in small village named Bamna, taluka Idar in District of Sabarkantha of Gujarat. He was brahmin from the caste named Trivedi Mewada Brahmin Barishi.
Ques: Which of these cricketers did Dennis Lillee reject in 1987 at the MRF Pace Foundation training camp for fast bowlers ?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Sourav Ganguly
c) Rahul Dravid
D) V V S Laxman
Ans is a) Sachin Tendulkar
Ques: The maximum part of a chicken egg is composed of what ?
a) Water
b) Protein
c) Fat
d) Cholesterol
Ans is a) Water
Description: Egg white consists primarily of about 90% water into which is dissolved 10% proteins (including albumins, mucoproteins, and globulins). Unlike the yolk, which is high in lipids (fats), egg white contains almost no fat, and the carbohydrate content is less than 1%.
Ques: Which of these terms means 'sapphire' in the Thai language ?
a) Phuket
b) Phailin
c) Mahasen
d) Siam
Ans is b) Phailin
Ques: In 1954, what was transplanted in Richard Herrick from his identical twin Ronald, the first successful instance of such a transplant ?
A) Cornea
B) Kidney
C) Bone Marro
D) Heart Valve
Ans is B) Kidney
Description: The first kidney transplants between living patients were undertaken in 1954 in Boston and Paris. The Boston transplantation, performed on December 23, 1954, at Brigham Hospital was performed by Joseph Murray, J. Hartwell Harrison, John P. Merrill and others. The procedure was done between identical twins Ronald and Richard Herrick to eliminate any problems of an immune reaction. For this and later work, Dr. Murray received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1990. The recipient, Richard Herrick, died eight years after the transplantation
Ques: Who was the first woman Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ?
a) Najma Neptullah
b) Pramila Dandawate
c) Pratibha Patil
d) Violet Alva
Ans is d) Violet Alva
Description: Violet Hari Alva (April 24, 1908 - November 20, 1969) was an Indian lawyer and politician and Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha. She was the first woman lawyer to appear before a High Court in India and the first to preside over the Rajya Sabha. She was married to Indian journalist, lawyer and freedom fighter, Joachim Alva.
Ques: Who was the leader of the first Indian Antarctica Expedition ?
a) Syed Zahoor Qasim
b) V K Raina
c) Harsh K Gupta
d) C P Vohra
Ans is a) Syed Zahoor Qasim
Description: Syed Zahoor Qasim (born December 31, 1926 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a leading Indian marine biologist. Qasim helped lead India's exploration to Antarctica and guided the other seven expeditions from 1981 to 1988. He was a Member of the Planning Commission of India from 1991 to 1996.
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