GK Sports

1. Who is the only Indian tennis player to reach the semifinal of Wimbledon Tennis Singles?
a) Vijay Amritraj
b) Leader Paes
c) Ramanathan Krishnan
d) Mahesh Bhupati

GK Sports 1

1. Who is the only Indian tennis player to reach the semifinal of Wimbledon Tennis Singles?
a) Vijay Amritraj
b) Leader Paes
c) Ramanathan Krishnan
d) Mahesh Bhupati

2. Which is the largest football stadium in the world?
a) Wembli
b) Maracana Municipal Stadium
c) Salt lake Stadium
d) None of these
3. Formula One is associated with
a) car racing
b) cycling
c) go carting
d) none of these
4. Who has won the maximum number of Tour de France championships?
a) Carlos Sastre
b) Lance Armstrong
c) Valentino Rossi
d) None of these
5. Tour de France is associated with
a) motor racing
b) cycling
c) swimming
d) football
6. The term googly is associated with
a) kabadi
b) cricket
c) baseball
d) football
7. All of the following cups and trophies are associated with lawn tennis, except
a) Asian Cup
b) Nation’s cup
c) Davis Cup
d) Dr Rajendra Prasad Cup
8. Who was the first Indian to score a century in Test cricket?
a) Lala Amarnath
b) Vijay Hazare
c) Vijay Merchant
d) CK Nayudu
9. Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest in
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1954
d) 1955
10. With which of the following games is Rangaswamy Cup associated?
a) Archery
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Hockey
11. The first Winter Olympics was held at
a) Innsbru (Australia)
b) Lake Placid (USA)
c) Chamonix (France)
d) Calgary (Alberta)
12. The name Chris Evert is associated with
a) Swimming
b) Skating
c) Tennis
d) Shooting
13. Which of the following cup/trophy is related to cricket?
a) Irani Trophy
b) Grand Prix
c) Derby Cup
d) Konica Cup

GK Sports 1

1. Who is the only Indian tennis player to reach the semifinal of Wimbledon Tennis Singles?
a) Vijay Amritraj
b) Leader Paes
c) Ramanathan Krishnan
d) Mahesh Bhupati

2. Which is the largest football stadium in the world?
a) Wembli
b) Maracana Municipal Stadium
c) Salt lake Stadium
d) None of these
3. Formula One is associated with
a) car racing
b) cycling
c) go carting
d) none of these
4. Who has won the maximum number of Tour de France championships?
a) Carlos Sastre
b) Lance Armstrong
c) Valentino Rossi
d) None of these
5. Tour de France is associated with
a) motor racing
b) cycling
c) swimming
d) football
6. The term googly is associated with
a) kabadi
b) cricket
c) baseball
d) football
7. All of the following cups and trophies are associated with lawn tennis, except
a) Asian Cup
b) Nation’s cup
c) Davis Cup
d) Dr Rajendra Prasad Cup
8. Who was the first Indian to score a century in Test cricket?
a) Lala Amarnath
b) Vijay Hazare
c) Vijay Merchant
d) CK Nayudu
9. Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest in
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1954
d) 1955
10. With which of the following games is Rangaswamy Cup associated?
a) Archery
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Hockey
11. The first Winter Olympics was held at
a) Innsbru (Australia)
b) Lake Placid (USA)
c) Chamonix (France)
d) Calgary (Alberta)
12. The name Chris Evert is associated with
a) Swimming
b) Skating
c) Tennis
d) Shooting
13. Which of the following cup/trophy is related to cricket?
a) Irani Trophy
b) Grand Prix
c) Derby Cup
d) Konica Cup

14. Which one of the following became an Olympic item for the first time in 1992?
a) Hockey
b) Badminton
c) Swimming
d) Football
15. Which of the following is the national game of America?
a) football
b) basket ball
c) baseball
d) volleyball
16. Which country has hosted the most number of Asian Games?
a) India
b) Thailand
c) China
d) Indonesia
17. The term ‘Steeplechase’ is associated with
a) boxing
b) polo
c) rowing
d) horse racing
18. Which one of the following games was known as Ping Pong is its early days?
a) table tennis
b) tennis
c) badminton
d) hand ball
19. The International Amateur Athletic Federation was formed in
a) 1900
b) 1912
c) 1928
d) 1930
20. Which is the world’s oldest lawn tennis tournament?
a) Wimbledon
b) US Open
c) Australian Open
d) French Open
21. Who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympics?
a) Nadia Comaneci
b) Olga Korbut
c) Larissa Latynina
d) Maria Filatova
22. Who was the first woman to win six gold medals in one Olympics?
a) Florence Griffith Joyner
b) S Wodars
c) E Ashford
d) Kristian Otto
23. The Old Trafford Stadium is in
a) Australia
b) New Zealand
c) South Africa
d) England
24. With which of the following sports/games is the diamond shaped ground associated?
a) Basket ball
b) Baseball
c) Volley ball
d) Football
25. What is the measurement of a polo ground?
a) 300 yards by 200 yards
b) 300 yards by 300 yards
c) 200 yards by 250 yards
d) 250 yards by 300 yards
 

GK Sports 1

1. Who is the only Indian tennis player to reach the semifinal of Wimbledon Tennis Singles?
a) Vijay Amritraj
b) Leader Paes
c) Ramanathan Krishnan
d) Mahesh Bhupati

2. Which is the largest football stadium in the world?
a) Wembli
b) Maracana Municipal Stadium
c) Salt lake Stadium
d) None of these
3. Formula One is associated with
a) car racing
b) cycling
c) go carting
d) none of these
4. Who has won the maximum number of Tour de France championships?
a) Carlos Sastre
b) Lance Armstrong
c) Valentino Rossi
d) None of these
5. Tour de France is associated with
a) motor racing
b) cycling
c) swimming
d) football
6. The term googly is associated with
a) kabadi
b) cricket
c) baseball
d) football
7. All of the following cups and trophies are associated with lawn tennis, except
a) Asian Cup
b) Nation’s cup
c) Davis Cup
d) Dr Rajendra Prasad Cup
8. Who was the first Indian to score a century in Test cricket?
a) Lala Amarnath
b) Vijay Hazare
c) Vijay Merchant
d) CK Nayudu
9. Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest in
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1954
d) 1955
10. With which of the following games is Rangaswamy Cup associated?
a) Archery
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Hockey
11. The first Winter Olympics was held at
a) Innsbru (Australia)
b) Lake Placid (USA)
c) Chamonix (France)
d) Calgary (Alberta)
12. The name Chris Evert is associated with
a) Swimming
b) Skating
c) Tennis
d) Shooting
13. Which of the following cup/trophy is related to cricket?
a) Irani Trophy
b) Grand Prix
c) Derby Cup
d) Konica Cup

14. Which one of the following became an Olympic item for the first time in 1992?
a) Hockey
b) Badminton
c) Swimming
d) Football
15. Which of the following is the national game of America?
a) football
b) basket ball
c) baseball
d) volleyball
16. Which country has hosted the most number of Asian Games?
a) India
b) Thailand
c) China
d) Indonesia
17. The term ‘Steeplechase’ is associated with
a) boxing
b) polo
c) rowing
d) horse racing
18. Which one of the following games was known as Ping Pong is its early days?
a) table tennis
b) tennis
c) badminton
d) hand ball
19. The International Amateur Athletic Federation was formed in
a) 1900
b) 1912
c) 1928
d) 1930
20. Which is the world’s oldest lawn tennis tournament?
a) Wimbledon
b) US Open
c) Australian Open
d) French Open
21. Who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympics?
a) Nadia Comaneci
b) Olga Korbut
c) Larissa Latynina
d) Maria Filatova
22. Who was the first woman to win six gold medals in one Olympics?
a) Florence Griffith Joyner
b) S Wodars
c) E Ashford
d) Kristian Otto
23. The Old Trafford Stadium is in
a) Australia
b) New Zealand
c) South Africa
d) England
24. With which of the following sports/games is the diamond shaped ground associated?
a) Basket ball
b) Baseball
c) Volley ball
d) Football
25. What is the measurement of a polo ground?
a) 300 yards by 200 yards
b) 300 yards by 300 yards
c) 200 yards by 250 yards
d) 250 yards by 300 yards

Answers

1. Ramanathan Krishnan
2. Maracana Municipal Stadium
3. car racing
4. Lance Armstrong
5. cycling
6. cricket
7. Asian Cup
8. Lala Amarnath
9. 1952
10. Hockey
11. Chamonix (France)
12. Tennis
13. Irani Trophy
14. Badminton
15. baseball
16. Thailand
17. horse racing
18. horse racing
19. 1912
20. Wimbledon
21. Nadia Comaneci
22. Kristian Otto
23. England
24. Baseball
25. 300 yards by 200 yards
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General Knowledge Objective General Knowledge

Objective General Knowledge
Q. A "biological death" occurs/takes place when   1 there is no pulse and heartbeat   2 pupils show no reaction to light   3 all the body cells die after a few hours of clinical death   4 pupils are fixed and dilated     Ans: 3
Q. A bat is   1 a mammal   2 a reptile   3 an amphibian   4 an avian     Ans: 1
Q. A balanced diet contains   1 animal protein   2 macro and micro nutrients   3 food nutrients for growth and maintenance   4 butter and ghee     Ans: 3
Q. bacteria do not need sunlight to grow because   1 they lack chlorophyll and so they are incapable of making their own food   2 they hate sunlight   3 they use others kinds of light for their synthesis   4 they prepare their food without the help of sunlight     Ans: 4
Q. Who is the top run getter in Cricket World Cup 2011?   1 Kumar Sangakara   2 Sachin Tendulkar   3 TM Dilshan   4 Gautam Gambhir     Ans: 3
Q. India won the Cricket World Cup 1983 by defeating -   1 Australia   2 England   3 West Indies   4 South Africa     Ans: 3
Q. Which team posted highest team total in Cricket World Cup 2011?   1 South Africa   2 India   3 West Indies   4 Sri Lanka     Ans: 2
Q. Who made the fastest hundred in Cricket World Cup 2011?   1 Virat Kohli   2 Sachin Tendulkar   3 K. J. O Brein   4 Jack Kallis     Ans: 3
Q. Who has won the Australian Grand Prix this year?   1 Fernando Alonso   2 Sebastian Vettel   3 Lewis Hamilton   4 None of them     Ans: 2
Q. Who is the author of the book Patron of the Poor: Cast Politics and Policy Making in India?   1 Greg Lindsay   2 Narayan Lakshman   3 Khushwant Singh   4 Arundhuti Roy     Ans: 2

General Knowledge - Current Affairs Quiz July 2011

1. Who has been Appointed as Solicitor General of India ?
-Rohinton Fali Nariman

The Government has appointed Rohinton Fali Nariman, Senior Advocate as Solicitor General of India. The appointment is for three years w.e.f. 27th July, 2011. Born on 13th August, 1956, Rohinton Fali Nariman, studied at Shri Ram College of Commerce and at Faculty of Law in Delhi University as well as at the Harvard Law School. An expert in Comparative Constitutional Law and Civil Law, has practiced law for last 30 years with 500 Reported Supreme Court Judgements to his credit.

2. Which French tyre maker is all set to start production in Chennai unit?
Michelin
3. Which French cement gaint has been allowed to mine for limestone in Meghalaya’s East Khasi hills by Supreme Court?
Lafarge
4. The death of which film maker could be remembered as ‘Siddheswari’ won the national award for Best documentary film in 1989?
Mani Kaul
5. Which spiritual leader celebrated his 76th Birthday recently?
Dalai Lama
6. Which country is set to role out 1st phase of National internet in August at 8Mb for home users?
Iran
7. Approximately how much hectares of land in India is under organic certification as on March 2010?
4.4 million hectares
8. Who has been appointed as Manager of West Indies Under-19 cricket team?
Courtney Walsh
9. After battling with cancer which British actress died recently?
Anna Massey
10. Where has Posco planned Rs.52,000 crore project in India?
Orrisa, Jagatsinghpur
11. Which company is all set to acquire British online bookstore The Book Depository?
Amazon.com
12. Which Bharathanatyam exponent was conferred with Yagnaraman Lifetime Achievement Award?
Padma Subrahmanyam
13. Who has been appointed as CEO of Fortis Healthcare?
Aditya Vij
14. Who has been appointed as RBI Deputy Governor?
Harun Rashid Khan
15. Who has been appointed as BHEL’s Director of Finance?
P.K.Bajpai
16. Which social networking site has gained 2nd rank in USA?
LinkedIn
17. Who is been appointed as the CEO of Genpact?
Tiger Tyagarajan
18. Who is the VC and CEO of HDFC bank?
Keki Mistry
19. Who is the CEO of Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg
20. In which Indian city will the Nano Science and Technology be setup?
Bangalore (Devanahalli)
21. Who sealed his 2012 Olympics berth for the Archery Event?
Jayanta Talukdar
22. Which actor is all set to construct a temple for Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni?
Manoj Tiwari
23. Which part of Sudan is all set to celebrate its Independence Day on 8th July 2011,Saturday?
South Sudan
24. Which networking website now allows video calls and group chat?
Facebook
25. Who recently joined 400 wicket elite club in Test Cricket?
Harbhajan Singh
26. Where in India has Indian Institute of Management planned to open its 2nd campus?
Bangalore, Anekal
27. Who is to succeed defence secretary Pradeep Kumar?
Shashikant Sharma
28. Who won gold in 19th Asian Athletics Championship?
Mayookha
29. Which job-starved state in India has been granted Rs.1,000 crore job plan?
Jammu and Kashmir
30. Who has been appointed as CFO of Firssource Solutions Limited.?
Rajesh Subramaniam
31. Which Asian country becomes the first country to win the FIFA women’s world cup?
Japan
32. Who won the British Open Golf Championship 2011?
Darren Clarke
33. Who was the 400th wicket of Harbhajan Singh?
Carlton Baugh
34. Which countries reached the semi-finals of Copa America 2011?
Peru,Uruguay,Paraguay,Venezuela
35. Who won the MotoGP German Grand Prix 2011?
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team)
36. Which country won the Snooker World Cup 2011 after 15 years?
China
37. Who won the British Grand Prix 2011?
Alonso
38. The Mysore campus of Infosys has been renamed as?
Naryana Murthy Centre of Excellence
39. Which 2 Indian cricketers are nominated for all-time greatest Test team?
Sachin and Sehwag  
40. Who has been appointed as CEO of Sun TV Network?
K.Vijay Kumar
41. Which bank has entered into pact with SBI Mutual Fund?
Indian Bank
42. Who has been appointed as CEO of Aditya Brila Finance?
Rakesh Singh
43. Which bank has launched credit card with no pre-set limit on spending?
HDBC Bank
44. Airtel has inked deal with which company for IT solutions to African employees?
IBM
45. Which passenger jet with a capacity to fly about 250 people non-stop up to 16,000 km landed at the IGI airport?
Boeing 787 Dream-liner
46. Who has been appointed as Railway Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Dinesh Trivedi
47. Who has been appointed as Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Kishore Chandra Deo
48. Who takes over Ministry of Steel in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Beni Prasad Verma
49. Who has been appointed as Rural Development Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Jairam Ramesh
50. Which country has been included as 193rd member of United Nations?
Sundan
51. Which 3 telecom companies have shared their networks and rolled out Plan India 3G services?
Vodafone, Bharti and Idea
52. In which 2 Indian cities was Google Transit launched?
Chennai and Hyderabad
53. Which company is all set to launch iPad rival?
Amazon
54. At what percent did June 2011 inflation close?
9.44%
55. Which company recently unveiled smallest data center?
Intel
56. Who has been named as coach for Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of Australia’s tour?
Rumesh Ratnayake
57. Who has lent his voice for pop star Britney Spear’s new single “I Wanna Go”?
Sonu Nigam
58. Which latest communication satellite has been launched by ISRO?
GSAT-12
59. Which Finance company is all set to offer loans against gold ETF units?
Muthoot Finance
60. Name the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China’s biggest chip maker who quit recently.
David Wang
61. Who and at what age clinched the British Open Golf championship 2011?
Darren Clarke
62. Which IT company recently announced a 13-member executive council?
Infosys
63. Who has been elected as president of Mumbai Cricket Association?
Vilasrao Deshmukh
64. Who has been elected as chief of Empowered Committee of Goods and Services Tax?
Sushil Kumar Modi
65. Against whom did India win an International football friendly match?
Qatar, 2-1
66. Which shuttle undocked for the final time from International Space station, NASA?
Atlantis
67. Where and for which project has BHEL commissioned 525MW thermal set?
Maithon Right Bank thermal power project in Jharkhand
68. Which country won the women’s soccer World Cup 2011?
Japan
69. Which company is eyeing to open its IT centre in Gujarat?
Infosys
70. Which South American country has surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil reserves?
Venezuela
71. Which company bought .CO domain ahead of its 1st year anniversary of public launch?
Google and will be used as G.Co to launch shortcut URL
72. Which luxury hotels have been accorded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating?
ITC’s luxury hotels
73. Name the person who ignited China’s interest in the NBA and became one of Asia’s best-known athletes and is retired now.
Yao Ming
74. Which 2 countries are set to participate in the 2000th test in the history of Test Cricket?
India and England
75.  Who has been appointed as Andhra Pradesh  Director General of Police ?
V. Dinesh Reddy
IPS officer of 1977 batch V. Dinesh Reddy has been appointed the Director General of Police of Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Dinesh Reddy, currently the Director General of Vigilance and Enforcement.
76. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent for its India operations?
Arun Seth

List of Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners

Category includes

CL - Community Leadership
GS - Government Service
JLCCA - Journalism,Literature and the Creative Communicative Arts
PIU - Peace & international Understanding
EL - Emergent Leadership
PS - Public Service

Year Name Category
1958 Vinoba Bhave (CL)
1959 Chintaman Deshmukh (GS)
1961 Amitabha Chowdhury (JLCCA) 1962 Mother Teresa PIU
1963 Dara Khurody (CL)
1963 Verghese Kurien (CL)
1963 Tribhuvandas Patel (CL)
1964 Welthy Fisher (PIU)
1965 Jayaprakash Narayan (PS)
1966 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (CL)
1967 Satyajit Ray (JLCCA)
1971 M.Sambasivan Swaminathan (CL)
1974 M.S.Subbulakshmi (PS)
1975 Boobli George Verghese (JLCCA)
1976 Henning Holck-Larsen (PIU)
1976 Sombhu Mitra (JLCCA)
1977 Ela Ramesh Bhatt (CL)
1979 Mabelle Arole (CL)
1979 Rajanikant Arole (CL)
1981 Gour Kishore Ghosh (JLCCA)
1981 Pramod Karan Sethi (CL)
1982 Chandi Prasad Bhatt (CL)
1982 Manibhai Desai (PS)
1982 Arun Shourie (JLCCA)
1984 Rasipuram Lakshman (JLCCA)
1985 Muralidhar Amte (PS)
1989 Lakshmi Chand Jain (PS)
1992 Ravi Shankar (JLCCA)
1993 Banoo Jehangir Coyaji (PS)
1994 Kiran Bedi (GS)
1996 Pandurang Athavale (CL)
1996 Tirunellai Seshan (GS)
1997 Mahasweta Devi (JLCCA)
1997 Mahesh Chander Mehta (PS)
2000 Jockin Arputham (PIU)
2000 Aruna Roy (CL)
2001 Rajendra Singh (CL)
2002 Sandeep Pandey (EL)
2003 James Michael Lyngdoh (GS)
2003 Shantha Sinha (CL)
2004 Laxminarayan Ramdas (PIU)
2005 V Shantha (PS)
2006 Arvind Kejriwal (EL)
2007 Palagummi Sainath (JLCCA)

General Knowledge - मैग्सेसे पुरस्कार 2011

नीलिमा और हरीश ने जीता मैग्सेसे पुरस्कार

मनीला। एशिया के नोबेल पुरस्कार के रूप में प्रतिष्ठित मैग्सेसे पुरस्कार को जीतने में इस बार दो भारतीयों हरीश हंडे और नीलिमा मिश्रा ने कामयाबी हासिल की है। इसकी घोषणा बुधवार को हुई। नीलिमा (39) को यह पुरस्कार "महाराष्ट्र में ग्रामीणों के साथ मिलकर अथक परिश्रम करने पर दिया गया है। नीलिमा ने ग्रामीणों को उनकी आकांक्षाओं और उनकी कठिनाइयों दोनों को सामूहिक प्रयास से सफलतापूर्वक निपटने के लिए उन्हें एकजुट किया है। साथ ही नीलिमा ने उनकी जीवन की दशा में सुधार के लिए उनमें आत्मविश्वास के भाव को तीव्र किया है।" हरीश (44) को यह पुरस्कार "एक सामाजिक उद्यम के जरिए गरीबों तक सौर ऊर्जा की प्रौद्योगिकी पहुंचाने के लिए उनके भावुक एवं व्यावहारिक प्रयासों के लिए दिया गया है। यह उद्यम भारत के वृहद ग्रामीण आबादी के लिए एक विशिष्ट रूप से निर्मित, सस्ता और टिकाऊ बिजली का प्रबंध करता है।" इस पुरस्कार की घोषणा रेमन मैग्सेसे अवार्ड फाउंडेशन की ओर से की गई। ज्ञात हो कि पुणे विश्वविद्यालय से नैदानिक मनोविज्ञान में स्नातकोत्तर मिश्रा ने महाराष्ट्र के बहादरपुर के गांव में भगिनी निवेदिता ग्रामीण विज्ञान निकेतन की स्थापना की है। मैसाच्यूसेट्स विश्वविद्यालय से ऊर्जा अभियांत्रिकी में पीएचडी हंडे ख़डगपुर स्थित भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (आईआईटी) से पढ़ाई कर चुके हैं। वह बेंगलुरू में सेल्को सोलर लाइट प्राइवेट लिमिटेड के सह-संस्थापक और इसके प्रबंध निदेशक हैं। इनके अलावा मैग्सेसे पुरस्कार से सम्मानित होने वालों में फिलिपींस के "अल्टरनेटिव इंडिगेनस डेवलपमेंट फाउंडेशन", इंडोनेशिया के हसनानी जुएनी, कम्बोडिया के कौल पन्हा और इंडोनिशया के ही ट्रि मुमपुनी शामिल हैं। उल्लेखनीय है कि मैग्सेसे पुरस्कार की स्थापना वर्ष 1957 में हुई। यह पुरस्कार फिलिपींस के तीसरे राष्ट्रपति रमन मैगसेसे की याद में एशिया के संगठनों अथवा व्यक्तियों को प्रतिवर्ष दिया जाता है। छह विजेताओं को 31 अगस्त को मनीला में आयोजित एक समारोह में एक प्रमाणपत्र, राष्ट्रपति की तस्वीर युक्त एक पदक और नकद राशि प्रदान की जाएगी।
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1.	British Governor General of Bengal	Warren Hastings
2.	Governor General of Independent India	Lord Mountbatten
3.	Commander-in-chief of Free India	General Roy Bucher
4.	Cosmonaut	Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
5.	Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India	Babar
6.	Field Marshal	S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
7.	Indian Governor General of Indian Union	C. Rajagopalachari
8.	Indian I.C.S. Officer	Satyendra Nath Tagore
9.	Indian Member of Viceroy's Executive Council	Sri S.P. Sinha
10.	Indian to swim across English Channel	Mihir Sen
11.	Indian woman to swim across-English Channel	Miss Arati Saha
12.	Man to climb Mount Everest	Tenzing Norgay
13.	Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen	Phu Dorjee
14.	Man to climb Mount Everest twice	Nwang Gombu
15.	Nobel Prize winner	Rabindra Nath Tagore
16.	President of Indian National Congress	W. C. Banerjee
17.	President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18.	Talkie Film	Alam Ara (1931)
19.	Test Tube Baby (Documented)	Indira
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21.	Woman Minister of Indian Union	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
22.	Woman Chief Minister of State	Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
23.	Woman Governor	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
24.	Woman President of Indian National Congress	Dr. Annie Besant
25.	Woman Prime Minister	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
26.	Woman Speaker of a State Assembly	Mrs. Shanno Devi
27.	Prime Minister of India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
28.	Muslim President of Indian Union	Dr. Zakir Hussain
29.	Speaker of Lok Sabha	G. V. Mavlankar
30.	Woman to climb mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
31.	Woman Judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
32.	Woman Chief Justice of a High Court	Smt. Leela Seth
33.	Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen)	Kalpana Chawla
34.	The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics	Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
35.	The First Indian World Chess Champion	Vishwanathan Anand
36.	India's first paperless Newspaper	The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
37.	India's First woman Merchant Navy Officer	Sonali Banerjee
38.	The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha	G. M. C. Balyogi
39.	The first Vice-President of India to die in harness	Krishna Kant
40.	The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century	Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing  against England)
41.	The first woman Air Vice-Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
42.	The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor	Ms. Kiran Bedi
43.	The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident	Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)
44.	The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India	K. J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)
45.	The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament	Sania Mirza (2003)
46.	The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship	Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
47.	The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD	Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
48.	The highest individual test scorer of India	Virendra Sehwag ( 309 runs in the  first test in Multan against Pakistan)
49.	The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times	Rahul Drgvid (playing test against Pakistan in Pakistan in. April 2004)
50.	The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S.	Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)
51.	The first Sikh Prime Minister of India	Dr. Manmohan Singh
52.	The first woman Director General of Police of a State	Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal)
53.	The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief	MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime branch chief of Mumbai police)
54.	The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army	Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune)
55.	The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming	Bula Chaudhury
56.	The first woman to become Indian Air Force's first woman Air Marshal	Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay
57.	The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years	Dharmendra Yadav (Mainpuri : Samajwadi Party MP)
58.	India's first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title	Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad)
59.	The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon	Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.)
60.	The first wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km.	Budhia (May 2006)
61.	The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro (Chennai Metro Police)	Letika Saran
62.	The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole	Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006)
63.	The first sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship	Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
64.	The first person of Indian origin to win the Miss Great Britain title	Preeti Desai (2006)
65.	The first woman President of the Republic of India	Pratibha Patil

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Gereral Knowledge, Current GK- जीडीपी मामले में यह हैं भारत के 5 सबसे अमीर राज्य

जीडीपी मामले में यह हैं भारत के 5 सबसे अमीर राज्य

यह राज्य न केवल भारतीय जीडीपी में एक बड़ी हिस्सेदारी रखते हैं बल्कि देश का अधिकतर रेवेन्यू इन्ही राज्यों से आता है। यह राज्य प्राकृतिक संसाधनों के साथ औद्योगिक क्षेत्र में भी कहीं आगे हैं जीडीपी के मामले में भारत का सबसे अमीर राज्य हैं-



महाराष्ट्र- यह भारत का सबसे रईस राज्य हैं और दूसरा सबसे बड़ा शहरी राज्य। यह भारत का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा जनसंख्या और क्षेत्रफल के लिहाज से तीसरा सबसे बड़ा राज्य है। देश के कुल रेवेन्यू का 40 फीसदी महाराष्ट्र से आता है जबकि 15 फीसदी इंडस्ट्रीयल आउटपुट में महाराष्ट्र का योगदान है। महाराष्ट्र की जीडीपी 8,451 अरब रुपए की है जबकि प्रति व्यक्ति आय 69,627 रुपए है।



उत्तर प्रदेश- यह भारत का सबसे ज्यादा जनसंख्या वाला राज्य है इस राज्य में छोटे स्तर पर कई इंडस्ट्रीज काम कर रही हैं जिनसे बड़ी संख्या में सरकार को रेवेन्यू मिलता है। सर्विस सेक्टर का भी बड़ा योगदान है लेकिन सबसे ज्यादा रेवेन्यू टूरिज्म सेक्टर से आता है यूपी की कुल जीडीपी 4,874 अरब रुपए है इस राज्य में प्रति व्यक्ति आय 21,670 रुपए है।



आंन्ध्र प्रदेश- यह भारत का चौथा सबसे बड़ा राज्य है इस राज्य को सबसे ज्यादा रेवेन्यू अपने सर्विस सेक्टर से मिलता है मिनरल वेल्थ के मामले में आन्ध्र प्रदेश भारत में दूसरे स्थान पर है। इस राज्य की कुल जीडीपी 4,456 अरब रुपए है जबकि प्रति व्यक्ति आय 47,824 रुपए।



तमिलनाडू- यह भारत का सबसे ज्यादा साक्षर राज्य है इस राज्य में औद्योगिकीकरण बड़ी तेजी से बढ़ा है। कई बड़ी कार कंपनियों के प्लांट तमिलना्डू में है जिसमें निसान, फोर्ड, बीएमड्ब्लूय आदि प्रमुख है तमिलनाडू की कुल जीडीपी 4,350 अरब रुपए है और प्रति व्यक्ति आय 59,947 रुपए।



गुजरात- यह भारत का सबसे तेजी से विकास करने वाला राज्य हैं यहां कई तरह के उद्योग फल फूल रहे हैं दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी जामनगर रिफाइनरी इसी राज्य में है। देश में सूरत हीरा व्यापार का सबसे बड़ा केन्द्र है। गुजरात की जीडीपी 4,025 अरब रुपए की है जबकि प्रति व्यक्ति आय 59,947 रुपए।

Rajasthan General Knowledge राजस्थान - भौगोलिक और आर्थिक परिप्रेक्ष्य

राजस्थान की चोहरी इसे एक पतंगाकार आकृति प्रदान करता है। राज्य २३ ^० से ३० ^० अक्षांश और ६९ ^० से ७८ ^० देशान्तर के बीच स्थित है। इसके उत्तर में पाकिस्तान, पंजाब और हरियाणा, दक्षिण में मध्यप्रदेश और गुजरात, पूर्व में उत्तर प्रदेश और मध्यप्रदेश एवं पश्चिम में पाकिस्तान है।
सिरोही से अलवर की ओर जाती हुई ४८० कि.मी. लम्बी अरावली पर्वत श्रृंखला प्राकृतिक दृष्टि से राज्य को दो भागों में विभाजित करती है। राजस्थान का पूर्वी सम्भाग शुरु से ही उपजाऊ रहा है। इस भाग में वर्षा का औसत ५० से.मी. से ९० से.मी. तक है। राजस्थान के निर्माण के पश्चात् चम्बल और माही नदी पर बड़े-बड़े बांध और विद्युत गृह बने हैं, जिनसे राजस्थान को सिंचाई और बिजली की सुविधाएं उपलब्ध हुई है। अन्य नदियों पर भी मध्यम श्रेणी के बांध बने हैं। जिनसे हजारों हैक्टर सिंचाई होती है। इस भाग में ताम्बा, जस्ता, अभ्रक, पन्ना, घीया पत्थर और अन्य खनिज पदार्थों के विशाल भण्डार पाये जाते हैं।
राज्य का पश्चिमी संभाग देश के सबसे बड़े रेगिस्तान "थारपाकर' का भाग है। इस भाग में वर्षा का औसत १२ से.मी. से ३० से.मी. तक है। इस भाग में लूनी, बांड़ी आदि नदियां हैं, जो वर्षा के कुछ दिनों को छोड़कर प्राय: सूखी रहती हैं। देश की स्वतंत्रता से पूर्व बीकानेर राज्य गंगानहर द्वारा पंजाब की नदियों से पानी प्राप्त करता था। स्वतंत्रता के बाद राजस्थान इण्डस बेसिन से रावी और व्यास नदियों से ५२.६ प्रतिशत पानी का भागीदार बन गया। उक्त नदियों का पानी राजस्थान में लाने के लिए सन् १९५८ में राजस्थान नहर (अब इंदिरा गांधी नहर) की विशाल परियोजना शुरु की गई। यह परियोजना सन् २००५ तक सम्पूर्ण होगी। इस परियोजना पर ३००० करोड़ रु. व्यय होने का अनुमान है। इस समय इस पर १६०० करोड़ रु. व्यय हो चुके हैं। अब तक ६४९ कि.मी. लम्बी मुख्य नहर पूरी हो चुकी है। नहर की वितरिका प्रणाली लगभग ९००० कि.मी. होगी, इनमें से ६००० कि.मी. वितरिकाएं बन चुकी है। इस समय १० लाख हैक्टेयर भूमि परियोजना के सिंचाई क्षेत्र में आ गई है। परियोजना के पूरी होने के बाद क्षेत्र की कुल १५.७९ लाख हैक्टेयर भूमि सिंचाई से लाभान्वित होगी, जिससे ३५ लाख टन खाद्यान्न, ३ लाख टन वाणिज्यिक फसलें एवं ६० लाख टन घास उत्पन्न होगी। परियोजना क्षेत्र में कुल ५ लाख परिवार बसेंगे। जोधपुर, बीकानेर, चुरु एवं बाड़मेर जिलों के नगर और कई गांवों को नहर से विभिन्न "लिफ्ट परियोजनाओं' से पहुंचाये गये पीने का पानी उपलब्ध होगा। इस प्रकार राजस्थान के रेगिस्तान का एक बड़ा भाग शस्य श्यामला भूमि में बदल जायेगा। सूरतगढ़ में यह नजारा इस समय भी देखा जा सकता है।
इण्डस बेसिन की नदियों पर बनाई जाने वाली जल-विद्युत योजनाओं में भी राजस्थान भागीदार है। इसे इस समय भाखरा-नांगल और अन्य योजनाओं के कृषि एवं औद्योगिक विकास में भरपूर सहायता मिलती है। राजस्थान नहर परियोजना के अलावा इस भाग में जवाई नदी पर निर्मित एक बांध है, जिससे न केवल विस्तृत क्षेत्र में सिंचाई होती है, वरन् जोधपुर नगर को पेय जल भी प्राप्त होता है। यह सम्भाग अभी तक औद्योगिक दृष्टि से पिछड़ा हुआ है। पर इस क्षेत्र में ज्यो-ज्यों बिजली और पानी की सुविधाएं बढ़ती जायेंगी औद्योगिक विकास भी गति पकड़ लेगा। इस बाग में लिग्नाइट, फुलर्सअर्थ, टंगस्टन, बैण्टोनाइट, जिप्सम, संगमरमर आदि खनिज पदार्थ प्रचुर मात्रा में पाये जाते हैं। जैसलमेर क्षेत्र में तेल मिलने की अच्छी सम्भावनाएं हैं। हाल ही की खुदाई से पता चला है कि इस क्षेत्र में उच्च कि की गैस प्रचुर मात्रा में उपलब्ध है। अब वह दिन दूर नहीं है जबकि राजस्थान का यह भाग भी समृद्धिशाली बन जाएगा।
राज्य का क्षेत्रफल ३.४२ लाख वर्ग कि.मी. है जो भारत के क्षेत्रफल का १०.४० प्रतिशत है। यह भारत का सबसे बड़ा राज्य है। वर्ष १९९६-९७ में राज्य में गांवों की संख्या ३७८८९ और नगरों तथा कस्बों की संख्या २२२ थी। राज्य में ३२ जिला परिषदें, २३५ पंचायत समितियां और ९१२५ ग्राम पंचायतें हैं। नगर निगम २ और सभी श्रेणी की नगरपालिकाएं १८० हैं।
सन् १९९१ की जनगणना के अनुसार राज्य की जनसंख्या ४.३९ करोड़ थी। जनसंखाय घनत्व प्रति वर्ग कि.मी. १२६ है। इसमें पुरुषों की संख्या २.३० करोड़ और महिलाओं की संख्या २.०९ करोड़ थी। राज्य में दशक वृद्धि दर २८.४४ प्रतिशत थी, जबकि भारत में यह दर २३.५६ प्रतिशत थी। राज्य में साक्षरता ३८.८१ प्रतिशत थी. जबकि भारत की साक्षरता तो केवल २०.८ प्रतिशत थी जो देश के अन्य राज्यों में सबसे कम थी। राज्य में अनुसूचित जाति एवं अनुसूचित जनजाति राज्य की कुल जनसंख्या का क्रमश: १७.२९ प्रतिशत और १२.४४ प्रतिशत है।
१९९६-९७ के अन्त में प्राथमिक विद्यालय ३३८९, उच्च प्राथमिक विद्यालय १२,६९२, माध्यमिक विद्यालय ३५०१ और वरिष्ठ माध्यमिक विद्यालय १४०४ थे। उच्च शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में विश्वविद्यालय ६, "डीम्ड' विश्वविद्यालय ४, कला वाणिज्य और विज्ञान महाविद्यालय २३१, इंजीनियकिंरग कॉलेज ७, मेडिकल कॉलेज ६, आयुर्वेद महाविद्यालय ५ और पोलीटेक्निक २४ हैं। राज्य में हॉस्पिटल २९, डिस्पेंसरियां २७८, प्राथमिक स्वास्थ्य केन्द्र १६१६, सामुदायिक स्वास्थ्य केन्द्र २६१, शहरी सहायता केन्द्र १३, उपकेन्द्र ९४००, मातृ एवं शिशु कल्याण केन्द्र ११८ एवं अन्तरोगी शैय्या में ३६७०२ हैं। आयुर्वेद औषधालयो की संख्या ३५७१ और होम्योपैथी चिकित्सालयों की संख्या १४६८ और भ्रमणशील पशु चिकित्सालयों की संख्या ५३ है।
राज्य में पशुधन की संख्या ६ करोड़ से अधिक है। राज्य के सभी नगर एवं ३७,२७४ गांव सुरक्षित पेय जल योजना के अन्तर्गत आ चुके हैं। राज्य में सड़कों की कुल लम्बाई १,३८,००० कि.मी. थी और वाहनों की संख्या १९.८ लाख थी। इनमें कारों और जीपों की संख्या १,६० लाख थी।
१९९६-९७ में राज्य का सकल घरेलू उत्पाद स्थिर कीमतों पर लगभग १२४२० करोड़ रु. और सुद्ध घरेलू उत्पाद ११,०२१ करोड़ रु का था। राज्य में प्रति व्यक्ति आय २,२३२ रु. थी। उक्त वर्ष राज्य में खाद्यान्न उत्पाद १२७०२ लाख टन था और तिलहन तथा कपास का उत्पादन क्रमश: ४० लाख टन और १२.९५ लाख गांठें थी। राज्य में फसलों के अन्तर्गत कुल १७५ लाख हैक्टेयर क्षेत्र था। इसका २९ प्रतिशत सिंचित क्षेत्र था।
राज्य में १९९६ में शक्कर का उत्पादन ३१ हजार टन, वनस्पति घी का ३० हजार टन, नमक का ११ लाख टन, सीमेन्ट का ६६ लाख टन, सूती कपडे का ४५७ लाख मीटर और पोलिएस्टर धागे का उत्पादन ११५०० टन हुआ। प्रदेश में १९९६ में सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र में १०.१० लाख और निजी क्षेत्र में २.५६ लाख व्यक्ति कार्यरत थे। राज्य में बैंकों की कुल शाखाएं ३२१७ थीं, जिनमें क्षेत्रीय ग्रामीण बैंकों की १०७० शाखाएं शामिल हैं।

General Knowledge Quiz Questions with Answers

No.	Question	Answer
01	The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was	Mujibur Rehman
02	The longest river in the world is the	Nile
03	The longest highway in the world is the	Trans-Canada
04	The longest highway in the world has a length of	About 8000 km
05	The highest mountain in the world is the	Everest
06	The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is	Myanmar
07	The biggest desert in the world is the	Sahara desert
08	The largest coffee growing country in the world is	Brazil
09	The country also known as "country of Copper" is	Zambia
10	The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is	Durand line
11	The river Volga flows out into the	Capsian sea
12	The coldest place on the earth is	Verkoyansk in Siberia
13	The country which ranks second in terms of land area is	Canada
14	The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is	Sicily
15	The river Jordan flows out into the	Dead sea
16	The biggest delta in the world is the	Sunderbans
17	The capital city that stands on the river Danube is	Belgrade
18	The Japanese call their country as	Nippon
19	The length of the English channel is	564 kilometres
20	The world's oldest known city is	Damascus
21	The city which is also known as the City of Canals is	Venice
22	The country in which river Wangchu flows is	Myanmar
23	The biggest island of the world is	Greenland
24	The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is	Detroit, USA
25	The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is	USA
26	The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is	Malaysia
27	The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is	Malaysia
28	The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the	Mississippi
29	The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was	Peking
30	The country called the Land of Rising Sun is	Japan
31	Mount Everest was named after	Sir George Everest
32	The volcano Vesuvius is located in	Italy
33	The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is	Cuba
34	The length of the Suez Canal is	162.5 kilometers
35	The lowest point on earth is	The coastal area of Dead sea
36	The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of	Nepal
37	The largest ocean of the world is the	Pacific ocean
38	The largest bell in the world is the	Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
39	The biggest stadium in the world is the	Strahov Stadium, Prague
40	The world's largest diamond producing country is	South Africa
41	Australia was discovered by	James Cook
42	The first Governor General of Pakistan is	Mohammed Ali Jinnah
43	Dublin is situated at the mouth of river	Liffey
44	The earlier name of New York city was	New Amsterdam
45	The Eifel tower was built by	Alexander Eiffel
46	The Red Cross was founded by	Jean Henri Durant
47	The country which has the greatest population density is	Monaco
48	The national flower of Britain is	Rose
49	Niagara Falls was discovered by	Louis Hennepin
50	The national flower of Italy is	Lily
51	The national flower of China is	Narcissus
52	The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at	Kathmandu
53	The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is	Strait of Hormuz
54	The first Industrial Revolution took place in	England
55	World Environment Day is observed on	5th June
56	The first Republican President of America was	Abraham Lincoln
57	The country famous for Samba dance is	Brazil
58	The name of Alexander's horse was	Beucephalus
59	Singapore was founded by	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
60	The famous British one-eyed Admiral was	Nelson
61	The earlier name of Sri Lanka was	Ceylon
62	The UNO was formed in the year	1945
63	UNO stands for	United Nations Organization
64	The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on	15th August
65	`Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named	Michelangelo
66	Paradise Regained was written by	John Milton
67	The first President of Egypt was	Mohammed Nequib
68	The first man to reach North Pole was	Rear Peary
69	The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was	Guermica
70	The primary producer of newsprint in the world is	Canada
71	The first explorer to reach the South Pole was	Cap. Ronald Amundson
72	The person who is called the father of modern Italy is	G.Garibaldi
73	World literacy day is celebrated on	8th September
74	The founder of modern Germany is	Bismarck
75	The country known as the land of the midnight sun is	Norway
76	The place known as the Roof of the world is	Tibet
77	The founder of the Chinese Republic was	San Yat Sen
78	The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was	Abdul Salam
79	The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was	Margaret Thatcher
80	The first Secretary General of the UNO was	Trygve Lie
81	The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was	Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
82	The port of Banku is situated in	Azerbaijan
83	John F Kennedy was assassinated by	Lee Harry Oswald
84	The largest river in France is	Lore
85	The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was	Catherine of Aragon
86	The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was	Ralph Johnson Bunche
87	The first British University to admit women for degree courses was	London University
88	The principal export of Jamaica is	Sugar
89	New York is popularly known as the city of	Skyscrapers
90	Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of	Cloves
91	The country known as the Land of White Elephant is	Thailand
92	The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is	Korea
93	The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is	Bhutan
94	The highest waterfalls in the world is the	Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela
95	The largest library in the world is the	United States Library of Congress, Washington DC