Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Quiz 1 With answers (12.05.2020)

From today i am posting 10 quiz questions with answers in my blog.

Quiz 1 With answers (12.05.2020)

1. The Story of My Life, an autobiography by Helen Keller is dedicated to which eminent person who helped direct her education and considered himself foremost a teacher of the deaf?
 Alexander Graham Bell

2. If India = Bharat and Japan = Nippon, Greece =   ?
 Hellas

3. It is called the Mehran in Pakistan and is the largest selling product of its type in the country. Its direct Indian equivalent is also the largest selling product of its kind in this country. What brand? Maruti 800 (both based on Suzuki Alto

4. The Lokayukta Act 1984 was the first of its kind in India. It was the brainchild of which Chief Minister who was inspired by the successful working of the Swedish ombudsman?
Ramakrishna Hegde

5. The attacks on Krishna as a child by Putana, Trinavarta and other demons so frightened Yashodha that she insisted that the entire village move from Gokul to a more auspicious place downstream on the banks of the Yamuna next to a tulsi forest at the base of Govardhan hill. What place was this? Vrindavan

6. In Czechoslovakia it is called “prozvonit”. In Spanish the practice is called “dar un toque” (to give a touch). What is the common English term in India for this telecom practice?
“Missed call”

7. Which river arises in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, flows through the city of Jammu and then crosses into Pakistan to join the Chenab?
TAWI

8. Who uttered the famous phrase “poyekhali!” meaning “Off we go!” before embarking on a momentous journey?
Yuri Gagarin (April 12, 1961)

9.  A European country has two elements in the Periodic Table named after it. Which two elements? Gallium and Francium

10. Which district of Tamil Nadu gets its name from Sanskrit meaning “black mountain” from the numerous black granite hillocks that dot its landscape?
  Krishnagiri

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