MCQ QUIZ 60

                                                   MCQ QUIZ 60

 
Q1. Which is the only continent through which all longitude lines passes ?
 
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Antarctica
(D) Australia

Q2. What name has been given to the first Boeing 747/700 jet, inducted into Indian Air Force, designed to work as the Indian President's office-in-the-sky ?
 
(A) Samrat
(B) Rajdoot
(C) Maharaja
(D) Badshah

Q3. Quinine, the anti-malaria drug, is made from the bark of which tree ?
 
(A) Cinchona
(B) Wintergreen
(C) Peppermint
(D) Eucalyptus

Q4. Near which city is the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History located ?
 
(A) Panaji (Goa)
(B) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
(C) Bharatpur (Rajasthan)
(D) Sultanpur (Haryana)

Q5. The novel 'Q & A', on which 8 Oscar awards winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' (2008) is based, was authored by which Indian civil servant ?
 
(A) Vikas Swarup
(B) Vikram Seth
(C) Amitav Ghosh
(D) Aravind Adiga

Q6. In 1913, at which American city did Lala Har Dayal found the 'Ghadar Party' ?
 
(A) Boston
(B) California
(C) Philadelphia
(D) San Francisco

Q7. 'Vinaya Pitaka', 'Sutta Pitaka' and 'Abhidhamma Pitaka' - collectively known as the 'Tripitaka' (three baskets) - are sacred texts of which religion ?
 
(A) Jainism
(B) Sikhism
(C) Buddhism
(D) Christianity

Q8. Kudremukh hills, name literally meaning Horse face, in Karnataka are famous for mines of which mineral ?
 
(A) Gold
(B) Lignite
(C) Bauxite
(D) Iron Ore

Q9. Which coastal city is known as the 'Queen of the Arabian Sea' ?
 
(A) Kochi (Kerala)
(B) Mangalore (Karnataka)
(C) Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)
(D) Marmagao (Goa)

Q10. In humans, how many chromosomes does a cell have ?
 
(A) 42 (21 pairs)
(B) 44 (22 pairs)
(C) 46 (23 pairs)
(D) 48 (24 pairs)