Quizzing World!!!: February 2013

Friday 22 February 2013

MCQ QUIZ 13

Q. Who called Gandhiji as 'Father of the Nation' for the first time?
A. Tagore
B. Sardar Patel
C. Netaji Bose
D. None of these

Q.Sodium metal is kept under
A. petrol
B. alcohol
C. water
D. kerosene

Q.What is the name of our galaxy
a.corona
b.sirius
c.constellation
d.milky way

Q. Who was the founder of Pakistan National Movement?
A. Iqbal
B. Jinnah
C. Rehmat Ali
D. Agha Khan

Q. Who was the prime minister of England when India got independence?
A. Winston Churchill
B. Ramsay Macdonald
C. Clement Atlee
D. Neville Chamberlain

Q. Name the leaders who formed Swaraj Party:
A. Motilal Nehru and C. Rajagopalachari
B. Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
C. Motilal Nehru and Chitharanjan Das
D. None of these

Q. Who founded 'Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha'?
A. Jotiba Phule
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. B. R. Ambedkar
D. P. Ananda Charlu

Q. Who started Bhoodan Movement ?
(a)    Nehru
(b)    Gandhiji
(c)    Vinoba Bhave
(d)    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q. Who established the Central Hindu School at Varanasi in 1898?
(a)    Madan Mohan Malavya
(b)    Annie Besant
(c)    Aurobindo Ghosh
(d)    V.D. Savarkar

Q. Who appointed a Famine Commission under Richard Strachy?
(a)    Mayo
(b)    Duffering
(c)    Lytton
(d)    Lansdwone

MCQ QUIZ 12

Q. 'I know this that when I am gone, he will speak my language'- Gandhiji made this statement on 15th January 1914 before AICC, intending
A. C. Rajagopalachari
B. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
C. Acharya Vinobha Bhave
D. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q. Who designed the national flag of India?
A. Gandhiji
B. A. O. Hume
C. Pingale Venkaiah
D. Tagore

Q.Discoverer of Cell was:
A. Robert Cook
B. Darvin
C. Einstein
D. Robert Hook

Q.Who suggested that the most of the mass of atom is located in nucleus ?
(A) Bohr
(B) Thomson
(C) Rutherford
(D) Avogadro

Q. Which of the following elements is non-radioactive?
(A) Uranium
(B) Thorium
(C) Plutonium
(D) Zirconium

Q.Color and state of Bromine is a
A. black solid
B. red liquid
C. colourless gas
D. highly inflammable gas

Q.Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) gas is used in which of the following domestic products?
A. Television
B. Refrigerator
C. Tube light
D. Cooking gas

Q.The recent atomic weight scale is based on —
(A) 1H1
(B) 1H2
(C) 6C12
(D) 8O16

Q.Non stick cooking utensils are coated with
A. Teflon
B. PVC
C. black paint
D. polystyrene

Q.The isotope of Uranium capable of sustaining chain reaction is —
(A) U 235
(B) U 238
(C) U 239
(D) None of these

MCQ QUIZ 11

Q. Which of the following is not an ore of Aluminium?
(A) Felsper
(B) Bauxite
(C) Cryolite
(D) Azurite

Q.Chemical formula of Water glass is ?
(A) Na2SiO3
(B) Al2O2
(C) NaAlO2
(D) CaSiO3

Q.Which of the following alloys is used for making magnets ?
(A) Duralumin
(B) Stainless Steel
(C) Alnico
(D) Magnelium

Q.Rubber is coagulated from latex by adding —
(A) Hydrochloric acid
(B) Acetic acid
(C) Sulphuric acid
(D) Carbonic acid

Q.Which of the following is a physical change?
(A) Oxidation
(B) Reduction
(C) Sublimation
(D) Decomposition

Q.Which of the following is commonly called a polyamide ?
(A) Rayon
(B) Orion
(C) Terylene
(D) Nylon

Q. The first synthetic fibre made by man was —
(A) Rayon
(B) Nylon
(C) Polyester
(D) Terycott

Q.The most malleable metal is ___
(A) Silver
(B) Gold
(C) Aluminum
(D) Sodium

Q. Who led the Jhansi regiment of INA?
A. Captain Lakshmi
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Annie Besant
D. None of these

Q. Who urfurled the tricolour of India abroad for the first time at Stuttgart, Germany?
A. Madeleine Slade
B. Annie Besant
C. Madam Cama
D. None of these

MCQ QUIZ 10

Q. Which song was sung by Gandhiji and his followers during the Dandi March?
A. Raghupati Raghava Rajaram
B. Vaishnava Janato
C. Vande Matharam
D. Sare Jaham Se Achcha

Q. Who wrote 'Poverty and UnBritish rule in India'?
A. S. N. Banerjee
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Bhagat Singh

Q. Who among the following was not a defense counsel for the INA trial in Red Fort?
A. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Tej Bahadur Sapru
D. Bhula Bhai Desai

Q.What is the name of world's first Personal Supercomputer, which is upto 250 times faster than standard PCs ?
(A) Eka
(B) Tesla
(C) Param
(D) Deep Blue

Q.Phobos and Deimos are two moons (natural satellite) of which planet ?
(A) Mars
(B) Venus
(C) Mercury
(D) Jupiter

Q.Who created fictional character Harry Potter ?
(A) Ruskin Bond
(B) J.K.Rowling
(C) Enid Blyton
(D) R.K.Narayan

Q.In the Mahabharat, who killed Bhima's son Ghatotkacha ?
(A) Karna
(B) Dronacharya
(C) Ashwathama
(D) Shalya

Q.Which among the following is the motto of the Asian Games ?
(A) Ever Onward
(B) Friendship Through Sport
(C) Humanity - Equality - Destiny
(D) Swifter, Higher, Stronger

Q.Who wrote 'Ashtadhyayi', the earliest existing grammar of Sanskrit ?
(A) Charak
(B) Sushruta
(C) Patanjali
(D) Panini

Q.Milk is an example of ___
(A) Suspension
(B) True Solution
(C) Emulsion
(D) Gel

Thursday 21 February 2013

MCQ QUIZ 09

Q. When did Muslim League first make its demand for a separate Muslim nation of Pakistan?
A. 1906
B. 1935
C. 1930
D. 1940

Q. In which of the following cities, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose laid the foundation of 'IndianNational Army'?
A. Singapore
B. Rangoon
C. Tokyo
D. Taiwan

Q. One of the following was once an associate State of the Union of India and later became a full fledged State:
a) Jharkhand
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Arunanchal Pradesh

d) Sikkim

Q. Who among the following was the leader of Cabinet Mission?
a) Stafford Crippsb) Linlithgow
c) A.V. Alexander
d) Sir Pethick Lawrence

Q. In which one of the following battles did Nadir Shah defeat the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah?
a) Delhi
b) Karnal
c) Panipat

d) Kanpur

Q. Mahabashya was written by
a) Gargi
b) Manu
c) Bana
d) Patanjali

Q. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
a) Rashtra Jagrati
b) Tatva Bodhini
c) Bharat Vidhata
d) None of the above

Q. Sher Shah died while fighting in
a) Chausa
b) Kalinga
c) Kalinjard) None of the above

Q. Universal Blood Donor is
a) A group
b) B group
c) AB group
d) O group

Q. Alcoholic fermentation is brought by
a) Mushrooms
b) Amoeba
c) Virus
d) Yeast

MCQ QUIZ 08

Q. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which trequency band from satellite for internet on trains?
1 C Band
2 KU Band
3 S Band
4 3G Spectrum

Q. China recently objected to the participation of an Indian Company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. Which one among the following is that country?
1 Taiwan
2 South Korea
3 Sri Lanka
4 Vietnam

Q. Which Indian Bollywood actress was appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nation programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)?
1 Aishwarya Rai
2 Katrina Kaif
3 Kareena Kapoor
4 Vidya Balan

Q. A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of -
1 Anita Kapur
2 N. Rangacharya
3 Y. B. Reddy
4 C. Rangarajan

Q. World Trade Organization (WTO) has ranked India as the _____ largest player in the global service trade.
1 Fifth
2 Fourth
3 Seventh
4 Sixth

Q. Name the astronaut of Indian American origin who took over the command of International Space Station on September 2012.
1 Rakesh Sharma
2 Kalpana Chawla
3 Sunita Williams
4 Tessy Thomas

Q. The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research reported that the water in and around the the deserted Union Carbide plant is contaminated and not fit for consumption. Where is this Union Carbide plant located?
1 Indore
2 Raipur
3 Jabbalpur
4 Bhopal

Q. Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the following countries?
1 India
2 Thailand
3 China
4 Japan

Q. Government had constituted a panel for suggesting de-control of sugar industry. This panel submitted its report in October 2012 under the Chairmanship of -
1 Anand Sinha
2 C. Rangarajan
3 M. Rafeeq Ahmed
4 Deepak Parekh

Q. Among the following who was not the President of India?
1 Zakir Husain
2 C. Rajagopalachari
3 V.V. Giri
4 N. Sanjeeva Reddy

MCQ QUIZ 07

Q. As per the Constitution, which among the following is not a fundamental right granted to the citizens of India ?
(A) Right to Equality
(B) Right to Freedom
(C) Right Against Exploitation
(D) Right to Property

Q. Which Indian freedom fighter and educationist founded the Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, an educational trust, in Mumbai on 7 November 1938 ?
(A) K.M. Munshi
(B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Dhondo Keshav Karve

Q. In ancient times, which city was known as 'Pragjyotishpur' ?
(A) Patna (Bihar)
(B) Ujjain (M.P.)
(C) Kannauj (U.P.)
(D) Guwahati (Assam)

Q. Whose birthday on 14th November is celebrated as the Children's Day in India ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) S. Radhakrishnan
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) M. Visvesarayya

Q. 'Kyat' is the official currency of which Asian country ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Myanmar
(C) Bhutan
(D) Sri Lanka

Q. The Buddhist text 'Milinda Panha' (Questions of Milinda) contains the discussions about Buddhism between Indo-Greek King Milind (Menander) and which Buddhist monk ?
(A) Nagasena
(B) Ashvaghosha
(C) Bodhidharama
(D) Nagarjuna

Q. At which session, under the Presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, did Indian National Congress (INC) declare 'Poorna Swaraj' (complete independence) as its goal ?
(A) Surat (1907)
(B) Belgaum (1924)
(C) Lahore (1929)
(D) Tripuri (1939)

Q. Which among the following Public Sector Enterprises, under the Department of Atomic Energy, is located at Jaduguda in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand ?
(A) Indian Rare Earths Ltd.
(B) Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.
(C) Electronics Corporation of India Ltd.
(D) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.

Q. Which is the only non-metal element that exists in liquid form at room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?
(A) Carbon
(B) Bromine
(C) Sulphur
(D) Selenium

Q. Where was India's first submarine base 'Virbahu' commissioned in 1971 ?
(A) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
(B) Kochi (Kerala)
(C) Visakhapatnam (A.P.)
(D) Port Blair (A.& N.Islands)

MCQ QUIZ 06

Q. The first Asian Games were held at

A. New Delhi in 1950
B. Bangkok in 1952
C. Singapore in 1952
D. Kuala Lumpur in 1952

Q. Gondwana hills are located in

A. Punjab
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Nagaland

Q. Black Pagoda is in

A. Egypt
B. Konark
C. Madurai
D. Japan

Q. Shat-al-Arab demarcates the boundaries of:

A. Syria and Turkey
B. Iraq and Saudi Arabia
C. Iran and Afghanistan
D. Iraq and Iran

Q. The sea territory of India extends up to

A. 4 nautical miles
B. 12 nautical miles
C. 200 nautical miles
D. None of the above

Q. The oldest mountains are

A. Himalayas
B. Aravalis
C. Satpura
D. Vindhyas

Q. Which of the following is a dance- drama ?

A. Kathakali
B. Bharatnatyam
C. Odissi
D. Manipuri

Q. The 'Karakoram' Highway connects :

A. India– Pakistan
B. India– China
C. China– Tibet
D. Pakistan– China

Q. In which of the following continents is Atacama desert located?

A. North America
B. South America
C. Asia
D. Africa

Q. Which is the first 'Polio Free' district in India?

a.) Hosdurg
b.) Bilaspur
c.) Madhurai
d.)Pathanamthitta
D. Africa

MCQ QUIZ 05

Q. The telephone was invented by
A.John Logie Baird
B.Alexander Graham Bell
C.Thomas Elva Edison
D.James Watt

Q. The velocity of light was first measured by

A.Einstein
B.Newton
C.Romer
D.Galileo

Q. Heavy water is —

(A) Tritium oxide
(B) Deuterium oxide
(C) Rain water
(D) Water at 4°C

Q. The chemial name of Uria is —

(A) Aneurin
(B) Chloroetane
(C) Carbamide
(D) None of these

Q. At which place Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon ?

A. Sarnath
B. Lumbini
C. Bodh Gaya
D. Vaishali

Q. Which party was in power in U.K. when India became independent

A. Labour
B. Conservative
C. Liberal
D. None of these

Q. The country which is the second largest tea producer after India is :

A. Russia
B. USA
C. China
D. Sri Lanka

Q. Who was the Prime Minister of U.K. at the time of India’s Independence ?

A. Lord Attlee
B. Winston Churchill
C. Lord Mountbatten
D. Harold Wilson

Q. Which of the following statements about the Panama Canal is in correct ?

A. Over half of the shipping is domestic traffic between the east and west coasts of the USA
B. The canal has improved the trade of the Caribbean countries
C. The route's greatest disadvantage is that it is seriously affected by fog making shipping dangerous
D. Goods handled are mainly oil, cotton, coffee, ores and manufactured goods

Q.Who is authorised to decide over a dispute regarding disqualification of a member of Parliament ?

A. Election Commissioner
B. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C. President of India
D. A committee set up by the Parliament

MCQ QUIZ 04

Q. Who was called Lokmanya?

A. Jayaprakash Narayan
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Madan Mohan Malavya
D. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Q. Who advised Gandhiji to make a visit to the whole country before entering into Indian Politics?

A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Feroz Shah Mehta
C. Gopala Krishna Gokhale
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q. The viceroy who resigned after the Ilbert Bill controversy

A. Dufferin
B. Lytton
C. Ripon
D. Canning

Q. The only Keralite to become the president of INC

A. R. Shanmukham Shetty
B. K. Kelappan
C. C. Shankaran Nair
D. A. K. Antony

Q. Name the leader who is known as 'Mahanama'.

A. Madan Mohan Malavya
B. Jayaprakash Narayan
C. Acharya Vinobha Bhave
D. Swami Vivekanda

Q. The two elements that are frequently used for making transistors are —

(A) Boron and Aluminium
(B) Silicon and Germenium
(C) Iridium and Tungsten
(D) Niobium and Columbium

Q.Who invented the Doctor’s thermometer?

A.Fahrenheit
B.Edison
C.Galileo
D.None of these

Q. Robert Koch worked on

A.Tuberculosis
B.Cholera
C.Malaria
D.Diabetes

Q. Which of the following gas is not known as green house gas ?

(A) Methane
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Nitrous oxide
(D) CFC

Q. Caustic Soda is —

(A) Nacl
(B) Na2CO3
(C) NaOH
(D) NaHCO3

MCQ QUIZ 03

Q. Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of —

(A) Proton
(B) Electron
(C) Neutron
(D) (A) & (b)

Q. How many lungs are present in the human body?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) none of these

Q. Diamond is harder than graphite because of —

(A) Difference of layers of atoms
(B) Tetrahedral structure of diamonds
(C) Difference of crystaline structures
(D) None of these

Q. The first occupant of 'Viceregal Palace'?

A. Reading
B. Irwin
C. Chelmsford
D. Wellington

Q. Why Gandhi opted very little cloth for dressing?

A. To show his solidarity to poor people
B. Due to humid weather
C. As per the direction of congress party
D. None of these

Q. Who wrote 'Sare Jaham Se Achcha'?

A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
C. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
D. Subramanya Bharati

Q. Who was the president of INC when resolution for Poorna Swaraj was passed in the Lahore Session in 1929?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Lala Lajpath Rai
C. Motilal Nehru
D. Chitaranjan Das

Q. Who was known as the 'Saint of Pavnar'?

A. Gandhiji
B. Vinobha Bhave
C. V. D Paluskar
D. Jamnalal Bajaj

Q. Who established the 'Indian Trade Union Federation' in 1929?

A. N. G. Renga
B. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
C. E. M. S Namboothirippad
D. N. M. Joshi

Q. The viceroy who formed safety value theory

A. Canning
B. Mayo
C. Curzon
D. Dufferin

MCQ QUIZ 02

Q. What is the smallest prime number?

a. 2
b. 144
c. 1
d. 3

Q. The metallic constituents of hard water are —

(A) Magnesium, Calcium and tin
(B) Iron, tin and calcium
(C) Calcium, magnesium and iron
(D) Magnesium, tin and iron

Q. CaSo4 is named as

a. Calcium carbonate
b. Calcium hydroxide
c. Calcium oxide
d. Calcium sulphate

Q. Bell Metal is an alloy of —

(A) Brass and Nickel
(B) Zinc and Copper
(C) Tin and Copper
(D) Nickel and Copper

Q. Who called Gandhiji as 'Half Naked Fakir'?

A. Lord Wavell
B. Winston Churchill
C. Clement Atlee
D. Lord Mountbatten

Q. Which of the following elements is obtained from sea weeds ?

(A) Argon
(B) Sulphur
(C) Vanadium
(D) Iodine

Q. Disease caused by HIV virus is

(A) mumps
(B) plague
(C) AIDS
(D) tuberculosis

Q. Which of the following ores does not contain iron?
(A) Haematite
(B) Magnetite
(C) Limonite
(D) Cassiterite

Q. What is the temperature of boiling water?

(A) 100ºC
(B) 32ºC
(C) 180ºF
(D) 32ºF

Q. The gas usually causing explosions in coal mines is —
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Carbon monoxide
(C) Air
(D) Methane

MCQ QUIZ 01

Q. Who was the first general secretary of INC?

A. W. C. Banerjee
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. A. O. Hume
D. None of these

Q. Who was known as 'Kappalotiya Tamilan'?

A. Veeraraghavachari
B. Chempaka Raman Pillai
C. C. N. Annadurai
D. V. O. Chidambaran Pillai

Q. Who wrote the famous Tamil Patriotic Song 'Odivilayadu Pappa..'?

A. G. S. Iyer
B. V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
C. Subramanya Bharati
D. Rajaji

Q. Who started the dialy 'The Hindu' in 1878?

A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. G. Subramanya Iyer
C. V. D. Savarkar
D. None of these

Q. What makes almost 99% of the visible Universe?

a. Quasars
b. Nitrogen
c. Plasma
d. Solids

Q. The Ideal gas law is a combination of Boyle’s law, Charle’s law and Avogadro’s law .What is the Ideal gas law?

a. PV=NRT
b. PE=mgh
c. F=ma
d. V=IR

Q. What is the exact value of the `Pi’?

a. 3
b. 22/7
c. Impossible to calculate
d. 3.14

Q. The element found in the surface of the Moon is —

(A) Tin
(B) Tungsten
(C) Tantalum
(D) Titanium

Find the odd one ?
(A) Marble
(B) Chalk
(C) Lime Stone
(D) Slaked Lime

An element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially is —
(A) Thorium
(B) Radium
(C) Plutonium
(D) Uranium

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