General knowledge Quiz

1. Jantar Mantar stone astronomical observatory was recently included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Jantar Mantar is situated at?

(a) Jaipur
(b) Goa
(c) Agra
(d) New Delhi

The Correct option is – Jaipur

2. Commonwealth Games 2014 will be held at

(a) London
(b) Rio de Janerio
(c) Melbourne
(d) Glasgow

The Correct option is – (d) Glasgow

3. The Railway Budget 2010 – 2011 added a provision to run a train across the country to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. What is the name of the train?

(a) Maitri Express
(b) Bharath Tirth
(c) Sanskriti Express
(d) Janmabhoomi Express

The Correct option is – (c) Sanskriti Express

4. Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature was awarded to whom?

(a) Liu Xiaobo
(b) Mario Vargas Liosa
(c) Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
(d) Akira Suzuki

The Correct option is – (b) Mario Vargas Liosa

5. Ezhuthachan Award 2010 (Ezhuthachan Puraskaram) was awarded to

(a) Sugathakumari
(b) M. Leelavathi
(c) O. N. V. Kurup
(d) Sukumar Azhikode

The Correct option is –(b) M. Leelavathi

6. Recently G-20 Summit was held in……..

(a) Vienna
(b) London
(c) Pittsburgh
(d) Toronto

The Correct option is – (d) Toronto

7. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India?

(a) Navin Chawla
(b) S. Y. Quraishi
(c) N. Gopalaswami
(d) B.B Tandon

The Correct option is – (b) S. Y. Quraishi

8. David Warren who passed away recently was related with

(a) Commonwealth Games
(b) Holly wood
(c) Black Box in Aero planes
(d) Bhopal Disaster

The Correct option is – (c) Black Box in Aero planes

9. Orange Prize 2010 was won by whom?

(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Hillari Mantel
(c) Barbara Kingsolver
(d) Ashwin Sanghi

The Correct option is – (c) Barbara Kingsolver

10.  Who is the founder of ‘Face Book’ which is currently the No.1 social networking website in India?

(a) Bill Gates
(b) Martin Cooper
(c) Orkut Buyukkokten
(d) Mark Zuckerberg

The Correct option is –(d) Mark Zuckerberg