MCQ QUIZ 41

                                                         MCQ QUIZ 41

Q1. In humans, which dark brown pigment is responsible for the skin colour ?
 
(A) Melanin
(B) Bilirubin
(C) Carotene
(D) Hemoglobin

Q2. For the popularization of science, which agency of United Nations (UN) awards the Kalinga Prize ?
 
(A) UNIDO
(B) UNESCO
(C) UNICEF
(D) UNHRC

Q3. What does the Pisciculture refers to ?
 
(A) Beekeeping
(B) Fish Farming
(C) Silk Farming
(D) Dairy Farming

Q4. Which battle lead to the disintegration of Vijayanagar empire of south India ?
 
(A) Battle of Plassey (1757)
(B) Battle of Buxar (1764)
(C) Battle of Talikota (1565)
(D) Battle of Seringapatam (1799)

Q5. Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film 'Smile Pinki' (2008) ?
 
(A) Danny Boyle
(B) Megan Mylan
(C) Andrew Stanton
(D) Gus Van Sant

Q6. Who authored the book 'A Brief History of Time' ?
 
(A) Jack Welch
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Deepak Chopra
(D) Stephan Hawking

Q7. Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury poisoning ?
 
(A) Argyria
(B) Minamata
(C) Itai-itai
(D) Devon colic 

Q8. 'Lawsons Bay Beach' and 'Ramakrishna Beach' are located in which port city on the Bay of Bengal ?
 
(A) Paradip (Orissa)
(B) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(C) Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)
(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) 

Q9. How do we better know nineteenth century spiritual guru Gadadhar Chatterjee ?
 
(A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(B) Ramakrishna Paramhans
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Vivekanand 

Q10. Who created the first Portable Computer ?
 
(A) Adam Osborne
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Steve Jobs
(D) Tim Berners-Lee