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(GK) General Studies: (Dance & Music, Language And Personalities In India)

GK India: Dance and Music

The initials A.R. in the name of the famous music composer A.R.Rehman stands for
(a) Abdur Rasool
(b) Anjaneyulu Ramakant
(c) Aravindan Raja
(d) Allah Rakha
Answer: Allah Rakha
Kathak is classical dance of
(a) Kerala
(b) North India
(c) Manipur
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: North India
With which one of the following dance form is Madhavi Mudgal associated?
(a) Bharat Natyam
(b) Kathakali
(c) Kathak
(d) Odissi
Answer: Odissi
Yamini Krishnamurti is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Kuchipudi
(b) Kathak
(c) Manipuri
(d) Bharatnatyam
Answer: Bharatnatyam
Birju Maharaj is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Kathak
(b) Bharatnatyam
(c) Manipuri
(d) Kuchipudi
Answer: Kathak
Sonal Mansingh is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Manipuri
(c) Kuchipudi
(d) Kathak
Answer: Manipuri
Amjad Ali Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Violin
(b) Tabla
(c) Flute
(d) Sarod
Answer: Sarod
Ali Akbar Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Flute
(b) Veena
(c) Sitar
(d) Sarod
Answer: Sarod
Alla Rakha Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Flute
(b) Sarod
(c) Sitar
(d) Tabla
Answer: Tabla
Zakir Hussain is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Sitar
(b) Veena
(c) Tabla
(d) Veena
Answer: Tabla
M. S. Gopala krishnan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Veena
(b) Tabla
(c) Violin
(d) Sarod
Answer: Violin
Bismillah Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Veena
(b) Shehnal
(c) Sitar
(d) Flute
Answer: Shehnal
Ravi Shankar is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Sitar
(b) Tabla
(c) Shehnal
(d) Veena
Answer: Sitar
Hari Prasad Chaurasia is famous for which Musical Instrument?
(a) Sitar
(b) Sarod
(c) Sitar
(d) Flute
Answer: Flute
Shubha Mudgal is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Carnatic
(b) Hindustani
(c) Thumri
(d) Dhrupad
Answer: Hindustani
Bheemsen Joshi is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Hindustani
(b) Thumri
(c) Carnatic
(d) Quwwali
Answer: Hindustani
Pandit Jasraj is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Dhrupad
(b) Quwwali
(c) Hindustani
(d) Thumri
Answer: Hindustani
M. S. Subbalakshmi is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Hindustani
(b) Carnatic
(c) Quwwali
(d) Dhrupad
Answer: Carnatic
Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?
(a) Thumri
(b) Dhrupad
(c) Quwwali
(d) Carnatic
Answer: Thumri
Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many minutes of music?
(a) 74 mins
(b) 90 mins
(c) 56 mins
(d) 60 mins
Answer: 74 mins
What type of musical instrument is a goombay?
(a) Symbols
(b) Drum
(c) Guitar
(d) Piano
Answer: Drum
Which is the International Dance?
(a) Romantic Dance
(b) Bibhu
(c) Odissi
(d) Chau
Answer: Chau
Samba dance is famous in
(a) Brazil
(b) Peru
(c) Argentina
(d) Mexico
Answer: Brazil
To which state does the Sattriya dance belong?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Manipur
(c) Assam
(d) Meghalaya
Answer: Assam
In music how many quavers equal a crotchet?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 4
Answer: 2
Country whose National Anthem has only music not words is
(a) India
(b) Bahrain
(c) Germany
(d) Spain
Answer: Bahrain
Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ?
(a) Assam
(b) Mizoram
(c) Kashmir
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Kashmir
Bharatnatyam is a dance form of
(a) Jandk
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Tamil Nadu
A Passion For Dance was wirtten by
(a) Rukmani Dev Arundale
(b) Dr. Padma Subramanyam
(c) Sonal Man Singh
(d) Yamini Krishnamurthy
Answer: Yamini Krishnamurthy
Dance patterns considered sacred to Lord Shiva are in
(a) Bharatanatyam and Kathakali
(b) Kathak and Bharatanatyam
(c) Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam
(d) Oddissi and Bharatanatyam
Answer: Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam
Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Kashmir
Answer: Kashmir
The Kagyat Dance is typical of
(a) Nagaland
(b) Tripura
(c) Manipur
(d) Sikkim
Answer: Sikkim
Which is the Rajasthani dance that is performed by women by carrying earthen pots on their heads?
(a) Raika
(b) Tera Tali
(c) Panihari
(d) Suisini
Answer: Panihari
Which of the following folk dances is performed by women in Punjab?
(a) Garbha
(b) Giddha
(c) Ghero
(d) Goncha
Answer: Giddha
Tamasha or Lalvani is the folk dance of which Indian State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Assam
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra
Which of these dances are performed on the edge of brass plates ?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kuchipudi
(c) Kathakali
(d) Manipuri
Answer: Kuchipudi
Natya tarangini is a school for which Indian dance form?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kathakali
(c) Kuchipudi
(d) Oddissi
Answer: Kuchipudi
Karnataka is famous for the dance form
(a) Bharatanatyam
(b) Kathakali
(c) Yakshagana
(d) Kuchupudi
Answer: Yakshagana
Kuchipudi dance originated in -
(a) Karnataka
(b) Kerala
(c) Orissa
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Bharat Natyam is dance of
(a) Punjab
(b) Bihar
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Assam
Answer: Tamil Nadu
Bihu is dance of
(a) Bihar
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Assam
(d) Punjab
Answer: Assam
Bhangra is dance of
(a) Gujarat
(b) Punjab
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttarakhand
Answer: Punjab
Chhau is dance of
(a) Karnataka
(b) Bihar
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Gujarat
Answer: Bihar
Garhwali is dance of
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Karnataka
(d) Uttarakhand
Answer: Uttarakhand
Garba is dance of
(a) Gujarat
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: Gujarat
Hattari is dance of
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Kerala
Answer: Karnataka
Kathak is dance of
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Mizoram
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Kerala
Answer: Rajasthan
Kathakali is dance of
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Mizoram
Answer: Kerala
Kutchipudi is dance of
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Mizoram
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Khantumm is dance of
(a) Mizoram
(b) Kerala
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Meghalaya
Answer: Mizoram
Karma is dance of
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Goa
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Kerala
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Laho is dance of
(a) Kerala
(b) Manipur
(c) Goa
(d) Meghalaya
Answer: Meghalaya
Mohiniattam is dance of
(a) Goa
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Manipur
(d) Kerala
Answer: Kerala
Mando is dance of
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Goa
(d) Manipur
Answer: Goa
Manipuri is dance of
(a) Manipur
(b) Orissa
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Bihar
Answer: Manipur
Nati is dance of
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Jammu Kashmir
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
Nat-Natin is dance of
(a) Jammu Kashmir
(b) Karnataka
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
Answer: Bihar
Rauf is dance of
(a) Karnataka
(b) Assam
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Jammu Kashmir
Answer: Jammu Kashmir
Yakshagan is dance of
(a) Karnataka
(b) Punjab
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Assam
Answer: Karnataka
Lezin dance is popular in which State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Assam
Answer: Maharashtra
Gafa dance is popular in which State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Haryana
(d) J K
Answer: Maharashtra
Bala Saraswati is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kuchipudi
(c) Kathak
(d) Manipuri
Answer: Bharatnatyam
Sonal Mansingh is famous for which form of dance ?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Manipuri
(c) Kathak
(d) Kuchipudi
Answer: Bharatnatyam
Kathak, Nautanki, Jhora and Kajri are the important dances of
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Chattisgarh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Uttaranchal
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottam are the famous dances of
(a) Tamil Naidu
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Orrissa
Answer: Kerala
The dance in Himachal Pradesh, performed indoor, solo or duet, especially when life comes to a standstill during cold winter is
(a) Munzra
(b) Rouf
(c) Luddi Dance
(d) Giddha parhaun
Answer: Munzra
The dance performed by women to invoke rain in Bihar is
(a) Faguna or Fog
(b) Bihu
(c) Purbi
(d) Jata Jatin
Answer: Jata Jatin
Which is a post-harvest folk dance in Assam?
(a) Ojapali
(b) None of them
(c) Ankia Nat
(d) Bihu
Answer: Bihu
Which of the following dances belong to Meghalaya?
(a) Naga dance and Manipur
(b) None of them
(c) Wangala laho
(d) Chiraw and kullan
Answer: Wangala laho
Which of the following dances of India is based upon the principle of Natyashastra?
(a) Odissi
(b) None of them
(c) Bharatnatyam
(d) Both are correct
Answer: Both are correct

GK India: Languages

Konkani is a language of
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Goa
(d) Assam
Answer: Goa
Pashto is the language of which country?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) India
(d) Afghanistan
Answer: Afghanistan
Which language is used in Benin?
(a) French
(b) English
(c) Portuguese
(d) Burmese
Answer: French
In which country do people speak the language they call Nihongo?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) N Korea
(d) S Korea
Answer: Japan
Afrikaans language is mainly spoken in
(a) Western Africa
(b) Eastern Africa
(c) Southern Africa
(d) Northen Africa
Answer: Southern Africa
How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the World?
(a) 6000
(b) 1000
(c) 4000
(d) 9000
Answer: 9000
Approximately how many people speak chinese language?
(a) 1 Lakh
(b) 1 Thousand
(c) 1 Billion
(d) 1 Millon
Answer: 1 Billion
The Language with the richest vocabulary is
(a) Hindi
(b) German
(c) French
(d) English
Answer: English
English Language have more than??.words.
(a) 4,50,000
(b) 450
(c) 45000
(d) 4500
Answer: 4,50,000
The official languages of the United Nations are
(a) Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Japanese and Spanish
(b) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
(c) African, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish
(d) Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, English, French and German
Answer: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
The official working languages recognised by the UNO are
(a) Spanish and Arabic
(b) All of them
(c) Chinese and English
(d) French and Russian
Answer: All of them
Language of Nagaland is
(a) Bengali
(b) English
(c) Nagamese
(d) Assamese
Answer: English
Kannada is state language of which state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharastra
(c) Kerala
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Karnataka
Apart from Assamese which is also the official language of Assam?
(a) Telegu
(b) Hindi
(c) Bengali
(d) Kannada
Answer: Bengali
How many languages appear on the reverse of contemporary currency notes?
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 22
(d) 15
Answer: 15
In which language vande matram was written?
(a) Marathi
(b) Bengali
(c) Hindi
(d) Sanskrit
Answer: Bengali
Which language got highest Gnana Peeth Award - Literature?
(a) Marathi
(b) Kannada
(c) Hindi
(d) Telgu
Answer: Kannada
Tagin is a language of
(a) Orissa
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Tripura
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
Apotanji is a language of
(a) Kerala
(b) Sikkim
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
Merdukpen is a language of
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) West Bengal
(d) Haryana
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
Dadri is a language of
(a) Nagaland
(b) Sikkim
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Jammu Kashmir
Answer: Jammu Kashmir
Dogri is a language of
(a) Nagaland
(b) Jammu Kashmir
(c) Orissa
(d) West Bengal
Answer: Jammu Kashmir
Garo is a language of
(a) Bihar
(b) West Bengal
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Kerala
Answer: Meghalaya
Angami is a language of
(a) Goa
(b) Nagaland
(c) West Bengal
(d) Assam
Answer: Nagaland
Konyak is a language of
(a) Nagaland
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Nagaland
Lepcha is a language of
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Sikkim
(c) Nagaland
(d) Tripura
Answer: Sikkim
Limbu is a language of
(a) West Bengal
(b) Goa
(c) Orissa
(d) Sikkim
Answer: Sikkim
Kakborak is a language of
(a) Karnataka
(b) Orissa
(c) Tripura
(d) Kerala
Answer: Tripura
Apart from Assamese which is also the official language of Assam?
(a) Bengali
(b) Hindi
(c) English
(d) Khasi
Answer: Bengali
The Bodo language is spoken in which of the following States?
(a) Assam
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Mizoram
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Assam
The oldest Indian language is
(a) Telugu
(b) Punjabi
(c) Tamil
(d) Hindi
Answer: Tamil
Which is the most spoken among the North Munda Group of Languages?
(a) Sindhi
(b) Santhali
(c) Assamese
(d) Dogri
Answer: Santhali
The oldest Indian Language is
(a) Punjabi
(b) Tamil
(c) Hindu
(d) Telugu
Answer: Tamil
Modern Indo-Aryan languages are based on an ancient language called
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Tamil
(c) Hindi
(d) Kannada
Answer: Sanskrit
The language spoken in Lakshadweep islands is
(a) Tamil
(b) Gujarati
(c) Malayalam
(d) Marathi
Answer: Malayalam
The languages spoken in Sikkim are
(a) Nepali, Hindi, Lepcha, Bhutani
(b) Manipuri
(c) Marathi
(d) Bengali, Tripuri
Answer: Nepali, Hindi, Lepcha, Bhutani
The official language of the Government of India is
(a) Malayalam
(b) Marathi
(c) Hindi
(d) English
Answer: Hindi
What is the language mostly used in Madhya Pradesh?
(a) English
(b) Malayalam
(c) Hindi
(d) Marathi
Answer: Hindi
Which Academy promotes and develop literature in all the 22 languages of India?
(a) Sangeet Natak Academy
(b) None of them
(c) Lalit Kala Academy
(d) Sahitya Academy
Answer: Sahitya Academy
Which is the language used in Bihar?
(a) Hindi
(b) Bangla
(c) Marathi and English
(d) Urdu
Answer: Hindi
Which language is spoken in Karnataka?
(a) Hindi
(b) Kannada
(c) Marathi
(d) Malayalam
Answer: Kannada
Which languages are spoken in Nagaland?
(a) Konyak, Naga
(b) None of them
(c) English
(d) Khasi and Garo
Answer: Konyak, Naga
Which languages of India belong to Dravidian family?
(a) Languages of Southern India
(b) Languages of Western India
(c) Languages of Northern India
(d) Languages of Eastern India
Answer: Languages of Southern India
Which of the following are the native languages of Manipur?
(a) Manipuri and English
(b) None of them
(c) Marathi and Hindi
(d) Manipuri
Answer: Manipuri and English
Which language gained most by the patronage given to scholars by Krishna Deva Rai?
(a) Telugu
(b) Kannada
(c) Tamil
(d) Sanskrit
Answer: Telugu
Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during the
(a) 2nd Century A. D.
(b) 5th-6th Century A. D.
(c) 6th -5th Century B. C.
(d) 2nd Century B. C.
Answer: 6th -5th Century B. C.
Of the 250 known alphabets in the history of language, how many are in use today?
(a) 26
(b) 45
(c) 35
(d) 50
Answer: 50
Which word has most definitions in english language?
(a) Set
(b) Game
(c) Language
(d) Fun
Answer: Set
Which state has the distinction of publishing newspapers in 18 principal languages?
(a) Kerala
(b) Orissa
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
Answer: Orissa
Which is the only scheduled language that does not have a daily news paper?
(a) Urdu
(b) Kashmiri
(c) Assamese
(d) Gujarati
Answer: Kashmiri
The language of the discourses of Gautama Buddha was
(a) Pali
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Bhojpuri
(d) Mahadhi
Answer: Pali
In which languages did Buddha preach ?
(a) Pali
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Prakrit
(d) Brahmi
Answer: Pali
Which of the following languages was adopted for preaching in Mahayana Buddhism ?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Brahmi
(c) Pali
(d) Prakrit
Answer: Sanskrit
The court language of Mughal was
(a) Arabic
(b) Urdu
(c) Hindi
(d) Persian
Answer: Persian
The languages of the Satavahana inscriptions was
|(a) Pali
(b) Telugu
(c) Tamil
(d) Prakrit
Answer: Prakrit
Which language was used in the literature of Sangam period ?
(a) Telugu
(b) Kannada
(c) Tamil
(d) Sanskrit
Answer: Tamil
Which of the following is the oldest Dravidian language ?
(a) Kannada
(b) Malayalam
(c) Telugu
(d) Tamil
Answer: Tamil
Which of the following languages is not an outstanding language of Dravidian group
(a) Assamese
(b) Telugu
(c) Kannada
(d) Malayalam
Answer: Assamese
The language used in China is
(a) Chinese, Arabic
(b) Chinese, Korean
(c) Chinese, French
(d) Chinese, English
Answer: Chinese, English
English is the official language of which of the following states ?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Nagaland
(c) Manipur
(d) Karnataka
Answer: Nagaland
The three languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution by the 71st amendment are
(a) Konkani, English, Manipuri
(b) Konkani, Nepali, Dogri
(c) Konkani, Nepali, Maithili
(d) Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali
Answer: Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali
How many languages are so far listed in the eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution ?
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 16
(d) 18
Answer: 18
Which article of Indian Constitution prescribes Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union ?
(a) 341
(b) 346
(c) 342
(d) 343
Answer: 343
Which language was added as the 15th official language to the 8th Schedule of the Constitution ?
(a) Sindhi
(b) Marathi
(c) Hindi
(d) Urdu
Answer: Sindhi
Urdu was adopted recently as a state language by
(a) U.P.
(b) Punjab
(c) JandK
(d) Bihar
Answer: U.P.
Konkani, a language recently included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution, is widely spoken in which State/Union Territory ?
(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Andaman and Nicobar
(c) Goa
(d) Pondicherry
Answer: Goa
Which language is not recognised in the 8th Schedule through it is called an official language of a state ?
(a) Sindhi
(b) Kashmiri
(c) Sanskrit
(d) English
Answer: English
Which language is spoken next to Hindi, in terms of number of people, in India ?
(a) Marathi
(b) Tamil
(c) Telugu
(d) Bengali
Answer: Telugu
To secure the enrichment of Hindi, the Cinstitution, among other things, directs the state to give primary importance to one of the languages included in the schedule for the purpose of drawing upon it. This language is
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Urdu
(c) Bengali
(d) Marathi
Answer: Sanskrit
Which of the following is not a language included in the Eighth schedule of the constitution of India ?
(a) Kashmiri
(b) Sindhi
(c) Sanskrit
(d) English
Answer: English
Which of the following languages are included in the Eight schedule of the Constitution of India ?
(a) English and Kashmiri
(b) Kashmiri and Gorkhari
(c) Sindhi and Kashmiri
(d) Sindhi and English
Answer: Sindhi and Kashmiri
Which of the following languages have been added to the Eight schedule of the constitution in 1992 ?
(a) Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali
(b) Dogri, Nepali and Manipuri
(c) Konkani, Manipuri and Sindhi
(d) Konkani, Manipuri and Dogri
Answer: Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali
The number of major languages recognized in the Indian Union as official languages, are
(a) 9
(b) 18
(c) 15
(d) 12
Answer: 18

GK India: Personalities of India

Leander Paes is related to which sport?
(a) Cricket
(b) Badminton
(c) Tennis
(d) Swimming
Answer: Tennis

Mahesh Bhupati is related to which sport?
(a) Swimming
(b) Badminton
(c) Cricket
(d) Tennis
Answer: Tennis

Prakash Padukone is related to which sport?
(a) atheletics
(b) Badminton
(c) Cricket
(d) Tennis
Answer: Badminton

Vijay Amritraaj is related to which sport?
(a) Cricket
(b) atheletics
(c) Badminton
(d) Tennis
Answer: Tennis

Anand Amritraaj is related to which sport?
(a) Tennis
(b) atheletics
(c) Cricket
(d) Badminton
Answer: Tennis

Vishwanathan Anand is related to which sport?
(a) Chess
(b) atheletics
(c) Cricket
(d) Badminton
Answer: Chess

Rudra Pratap Singh is associated with which sports?
(a) Cricket
(b) Chess
(c) Soccer
(d) Tennis
Answer: Cricket

The name Kunjarani Devi is associated with?
(a) Swimming
(b) Weight Lifting
(c) Target Shooting
(d) Athletics
Answer: Weight Lifting

Who among the following is not associated with billiards in India?
(a) Subash Agrawal
(b) Ashok Shandilya
(c) Mihir Sen
(d) Manoj Kothari
Answer: Mihir Sen

Dhyanchand is related to which sport?
(a) Kabaddi
(b) Wrestling
(c) Boxing
(d) Hockey
Answer: Hockey

Mithali Raj is related to which sport?
(a) Athletics
(b) Tennis
(c) Hockey
(d) Cricket
Answer: Cricket

J.J. Sobha is related to which sport?
(a) Cricket
(b) Hockey
(c) Tennis
(d) Athletics
Answer: Athletics

Narain Karthikayen is associated with
(a) Volleyball
(b) Golf
(c) Car Racing
(d) Football
Answer: Car Racing

Saina Nehwal is related with which among the following sports?
(a) Table Tennis
(b) Badminton
(c) Tennis
(d) Chess
Answer: Badminton

Middle name of Ajit Agarkar is
(a) Kannan
(b) Bhalchandra
(c) Kumar
(d) Singh
Answer: Bhalchandra

Middle name of Irfan Pathan is
(a) Kumar
(b) Bhalchandra
(c) Singh
(d) Khan
Answer: Khan

Middle name of Munaf Patel is
(a) Masan
(b) Mani
(c) Maran
(d) Musa
Answer: Musa

Middle name of Ramesh Powar is
(a) Rajesh
(b) Rajan
(c) Raja
(d) Rajaram
Answer: Rajaram

Middle name of Sourav Ganguly is
(a) Venkata
(b) Kumar
(c) Chandidas
(d) Chandya
Answer: Chandidas

Jaspal Rana is associated with which of the following games?
(a) Weightlifting
(b) Shooting
(c) Swimming
(d) Archery
Answer: Shooting

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is related to __.
(a) Arts
(b) Economics
(c) Music
(d) Cricket
Answer: Music

Abhinav Bindra is related to which sport?
(a) Shooting
(b) atheletics
(c) Cricket
(d) Badminton
Answer: Shooting

Amartya Sen is related to __.
(a) Arts
(b) Economics
(c) Music
(d) Sports
Answer: Economics

Who is called the Shakespear of India ?
(a) Kalidas
(b) Shakuntla
(c) Ravidas
(d) Meghdoot
Answer: Kalidas

Srinivasa Ramanujan is related to
(a) Physics
(b) Biology
(c) Chemistry
(d) Maths
Answer: Maths

Meghnad Saha is related to
(a) Maths
(b) Biology
(c) Chemistry
(d) Physics
Answer: Physics

Jagdish Chadra Bose is related to
(a) Physics
(b) Biology
(c) Maths
(d) Chemistry
Answer: Physics

C V Raman is related to
(a) Physics
(b) Biology
(c) Maths
(d) Chemistry
Answer: Physics

C V Raman is related to
(a) Arts
(b) Science
(c) Music
(d) Sports
Answer: Science

Srinivasa Ramanujan is related to
(a) Music
(b) Arts
(c) Sports
(d) Maths
Answer: Maths

Meghnad Saha is related to
(a) Arts
(b) Science
(c) Music
(d) Sports
Answer: Science

Jagdish Chadra Bose is related to
(a) Music
(b) Arts
(c) Sports
(d) Science
Answer: Science

Pt Ravishankar is related to
(a) Sitar
(b) Guitar
(c) Tabla
(d) Bansuri (Flute)
Answer: Sitar

Ud Jakir Hussain is related to
(a) Guitar
(b) Tabla
(c) Sitar
(d) Bansuri (Flute)
Answer: Tabla

Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia is related to
(a) Tabla
(b) Guitar
(c) Bansuri (Flute)
(d) Sitar
Answer: Bansuri (Flute)

Ud Amjad Ali Khan is related to
(a) Bansuri (Flute)
(b) Santoor
(c) Sarod
(d) Sitar
Answer: Sarod

Ud Bismillah Khan is related to
(a) Shehnai
(b) Guitar
(c) Sitar
(d) Bansuri (Flute)
Answer: Shehnai

Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma is related to
(a) Santoor
(b) Guitar
(c) Sitar
(d) Bansuri (Flute)
Answer: Santoor

Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is related to
(a) Tabla
(b) Guitar
(c) Sitar
(d) Bansuri (Flute)
Answer: Guitar

Ud Allah Rakha is related to
(a) Tabla
(b) Guitar
(c) Sitar
(d) Bansuri (Flute)
Answer: Tabla

__ is son of Ud Allah Rakha.
(a) None
(b) Ud Jakir Hussain
(c) Ud Amjad Ali Khan
(d) Ud Bismillah Khan
Answer: Ud Jakir Hussain

Mirza Galib was
(a) Poet
(b) None
(c) Saint
(d) King
Answer: Poet

Tansen was
(a) None
(b) Musician
(c) Saint
(d) King
Answer: Musician

Amir Khusro was
(a) King
(b) None
(c) Poet
(d) Saint
Answer: Poet

Kaifi Azmi was
(a) Saint
(b) None
(c) King
(d) Poet
Answer: Poet

Sumitranandan Pant was
(a) Poet
(b) None
(c) Saint
(d) King
Answer: Poet

Jaishankar Prasad was
(a) Saint
(b) None
(c) King
(d) Poet
Answer: Poet

Ms. Medha Patkar is associated with the
(a) Sardar Sarovar Project
(b) Dabhol project
(c) Tehri project
(d) Enron project
Answer: Sardar Sarovar Project

Vidya pillai is related to which sports?
(a) Shooting
(b) Archery
(c) Snooker
(d) Billiards
Answer: Snooker

Vidya Pillai is related to which sport ?
(a) Hockey
(b) Billiards
(c) Snooker
(d) Golf
Answer: Snooker

The name, Dr. Raja Chelliah is associated with
(a) liberalization policy reforms
(b) tax reforms
(c) labour policy reforms
(d) foreign trade policy reforms
Answer: tax reforms

The Council of the Nine Gems is associated with
(a) Ballala Sena
(b) Devapala
(c) Harshavardhana
(d) Chandragupta II
Answer: Chandragupta II

The spiritual leader associated with the founding of Vijayanagara kingdom was
(a) Ramdas
(b) Appayya Dikshitar
(c) Purandaradas
(d) Vidyaranya
Answer: Vidyaranya

Which one of the following Saint's name is associated with Shivaji ?
(a) Ramanand
(b) Chaitanya
(c) Ram Das
(d) Tukaram
Answer: Tukaram

Srirangapattam is associated with
(a) Tipu Sultan
(b) Ahmed Shah Abdali
(c) Hyder Ali
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer: Tipu Sultan

Amir Khusrau's name is associated with the invention of
(a) Sitar
(b) Shehnai
(c) Sarod
(d) Tabla
Answer: Sitar

Adil Shahi is associated with
(a) None of these
(b) Bijapur
(c) Ahmadnagar
(d) Golconda
Answer: Bijapur

Ram Prasad Bismil was associated with
(a) Kakori Bomb case
(b) Kanpur Conspiracy case
(c) Alipore Bomb case
(d) Meerut Conspiracy case
Answer: Kakori Bomb case

Who was regarded as Nana Saheb?
(a) Baji Rao-I
(b) Balaji Baji Rao
(c) Balaji Vishawanath
(d) Madhav Rao
Answer: Balaji Baji Rao

Owner of Wipro is
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Juhi Chawla
(c) Azim Premji
(d) Anil Ambani
Answer: Azim Premji

Rahul Bose belongs to
(a) Reliance
(b) Bollywood
(c) Cricket
(d) Soccer
Answer: Bollywood

Do or Die is quoted by
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) M.K. Gandhi
Answer: M.K. Gandhi

Which Indian won Nobel Prize in Economics in year 1998?
(a) Azim Premji
(b) Amartya Kumar Sen
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) Narayan Murthy
Answer: Amartya Kumar Sen

S Chandrashekar won Nobel Prize(Physics) in which year?
(a) 1983
(b) 1927
(c) 1985
(d) 1945
Answer: 1983

Mother Teresa won Nobel Prize in year..
(a) 2000
(b) 1983
(c) 1996
(d) 1979
Answer: 1979

Sonal Mansingh is one of the leading exponent of
(a) Garbaa Classical Dance Form of Gujarat
(b) Odissi A Classical Dance Form of Orissa
(c) Bhangraa Classical Dance Form of Punjab
(d) Kathakalia Classical Dance Form of Kerala
Answer: Odissi A Classical Dance Form of Orissa

The first Indian woman to have won prestigious Booker Prize of Britain
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Anita Desai
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Kamla Das
Answer: Arundhati Roy

The founder of arya samaj was
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Dayanand Saraswathi
Answer: Dayanand Saraswathi

Smt. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on
(a) 21st May
(b) 31st October
(c) 31st August
(d) 31st July
Answer: 31st October

Who is the CEO of Microsoft?
(a) Warren Buffet
(b) Steve Jobs
(c) Steve Ballmer
(d) Bill Gates
Answer: Steve Ballmer

Vikram Seth is
(a) Poet
(b) Sportsmen
(c) Industrialist
(d) Saint
Answer: Poet

Mahatma Gandhi shares his birthday with which another revolutionary fighter?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishna Gosle
Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri

Who is the man behind formation of Maruti Udyog?
(a) Jagdish Khattar
(b) None of These
(c) Sanjay Gandhi
(d) Rahul Gandhi
Answer: Sanjay Gandhi

Which noted film-maker is popularly known as Basuda?
(a) T.R.Basu
(b) Basu Chatterjee
(c) B.R.Chopra
(d) Basu Bhattacharya
Answer: Basu Bhattacharya

Hari Krishna Goswami is popularly known in Hindi cinema as
(a) Ashok Kumar
(b) Kishore Kumar
(c) Manoj Kumar
(d) Rajendra Kumar
Answer: Manoj Kumar

Which famous actor had anchored the popular TV show Hum Log on the Doordarshan channel in the 1980s?
(a) Utpal Dutt
(b) Ashok Kumar
(c) Dr Sreeram Lagoo
(d) Dilip Kumar
Answer: Ashok Kumar

Who made the film Earth 1947?
(a) Shekhar Kapoor
(b) Deepa Mehta
(c) Mira Nair
(d) Kalpana Lajmi
Answer: Deepa Mehta

Which was the first film of Madhuri Dixit?
(a) Abodh
(b) Tezaab
(c) Swati
(d) Hifazat
Answer: Abodh

What is the middle name of Barack Obama?
(a) Williams
(b) Johny
(c) Hussain
(d) Muhammad
Answer: Hussain

Who among the following is not the recipient of the first Bharat Ratna Award instituted in 1954?
(a) Dr C.V.Raman
(b) Dr B.R.Ambedkar
(c) Dr S.Radhakrishnan
(d) C.Rajagopalachari
Answer: Dr B.R.Ambedkar

Who is the chairman of Bharati Airtel?
(a) A.R .Jindal
(b) Vijay Mallya
(c) Sunil Mittal
(d) Lakshmi Mittal
Answer: Sunil Mittal

Who is the chairman of Reliance communications?
(a) Anil Ambani
(b) Tina Ambani
(c) Mukesh Ambani
(d) Nita Ambani
Answer: Anil Ambani

By what name do we now know the artist who was given the name Geetali at birth?
(a) Anoushka Shankar
(b) Anaida
(c) Shreya Ghosal
(d) Norah Jones
Answer: Norah Jones

Who established Rajshri Pictures?
(a) Kamal Bharjatya
(b) Rajkumar Bharjatya
(c) Sooraj Bharjatya
(d) Tarachand Bharjatya
Answer: Tarachand Bharjatya

What is the origonal name of Akshay Kumar ?
(a) Rahul Benrji
(b) Kunal Bagla
(c) Rajiv Bhatia
(d) atul Sharma
Answer: Rajiv Bhatia

Which of the following has Nelson Mandela won?
(a) Padmashri
(b) Padma Vibhushan
(c) Bharath Ratna
(d) Ramon Magasesay
Answer: Bharath Ratna

Who is the founder of CNN?
(a) None of These
(b) Ted Turner
(c) Alen Turnur
(d) Ted Burner
Answer: Ted Turner

Who is the director of the Oscar wining movie Elizabeth?
(a) Steven Spilberg
(b) Meera Nayar
(c) Deepa Mehta
(d) Shekhar Kapoor
Answer: Shekhar Kapoor

Who was the first Indian scientist to become an Member of Parliament?
(a) Homi Bhabha
(b) Araybhatt
(c) Meghnad Saha
(d) Abdul Kalam
Answer: Meghnad Saha

Who is called the Mozart of Asia?
(a) O.P. Nayyar
(b) A.R. Rahman
(c) R.D. Burman
(d) Preetam Chakrabarty
Answer: A.R. Rahman

Childhood name of Swami Vivekanand
(a) Narendra
(b) Mahendra
(c) Jitendra
(d) Ashoke
Answer: Narendra

Which of the following pairs are not siblings?
(a) Lata Mangeshkar-Asha Bhosle
(b) Julia Roberts-Eric Roberts
(c) Miley Cyrus-Noah Cyrus
(d) Rabindranath Tagore-Rathindranath Tagore
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore-Rathindranath Tagore

Who was given the name Priyadarshini by Rabindranath Thakur?
(a) Sister Nivedita
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Lady Ranu Mukherjee
(d) Victoria Okampo
Answer: Indira Gandhi

What was the earlier name of music director A.R. Rehman?
(a) Dilip Kumar
(b) Dev Kumar
(c) Raj Kumar
(d) Manoj Kumar
Answer: Dilip Kumar

Naresh Goyal owns
(a) Spice Jet
(b) Jet Airways
(c) Deccan Airlines
(d) Kingfisher Airlines
Answer: Jet Airways

Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam is a legendary exponent of
(a) Kathakali
(b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Bharatnatyam
(d) Kathak
Answer: Bharatnatyam

Who among the following persons bought the sword of Tipu Sultan in London and brought it back to India ?
(a) Vijay Mallya
(b) Aditya Birla
(c) Ratan Tata
(d) Mukesh Ambani
Answer: Vijay Mallya

Kiran Majoomdar is related to.
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) Polition
(c) Biocon
(d) Pepsico
Answer: Biocon

Who amongst the following has alunched a new venture named blogeverywhere.com?
(a) Azim Premji
(b) Sabeer Bhatia
(c) Bill Gates
(d) Narayan Murthy
Answer: Sabeer Bhatia

How is Satyadev Dubey well known?
(a) A Renowned Economist
(b) A Renowned Hindi Poet
(c) A Well Known Environmentalist
(d) Playwright and Director
Answer: Playwright and Director

Who is the founder of Satyam computers?
(a) D.Subbarow
(b) Muruga Raju
(c) Ramalinga Raju
(d) A.N.Moothi
Answer: Ramalinga Raju

First woman speaker of Loksabha was
(a) phoolan devi
(b) Meira Kumar
(c) Jyoti
(d) Sushma Swaraj
Answer: Meira Kumar

Name the father daughter duo after Whom two seperate squares in Moscow are named?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi
(b) Rajiv Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi
(c) Michael Jackson and Princess Jackson
(d) Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi

K.S. Ranjit Singhji was
(a) First Field Marshal
(b) First Indian test Cricketer
(c) First Bar-at-law
(d) First Air marshal
Answer: First Indian test Cricketer

The first Indian actress to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha was
(a) Jaya Prada
(b) None of them
(c) Nargis Dutt
(d) Hema Malini
Answer: Nargis Dutt

The first Indian to be awarded the Oscar for lifetime achievements in Cinema in 1992 was
(a) Amitabh Bachchan
(b) Satyajit Ray
(c) Bhanu Athaiya
(d) Dilip Kumar
Answer: Satyajit Ray

Who is the first Indian sound enginner to get oscar?
(a) A R rahman
(b) none
(c) Satyajith Ray
(d) Rasool Pukkutty
Answer: Rasool Pukkutty

What is the name of the chief minister (in India) who died as a result of plane crash in october 2009?
(a) T Subramanium
(b) Ashok Chavan
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) Y S R Reddy
Answer: Y S R Reddy

Who was the first woman president of the UN General Asswembly?
(a) Aruna Asif Ali
(b) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Virginia Woolf
Answer: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

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