General Knowledge Quiz – Set 135

1.In which year was Pulitzer Prize established?
a)1917
b)1918
c)1922
d)1928

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Answer a) 1917

2.Who wrote the famous book – ‘We the people’?
a)T.N.Kaul
b)J.R.D. Tata
c)Khushwant Singh
d)Nani Palkhivala

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Answer d)Nani Palkhivala

3.Ram Sewak Sharma is chairman of:
a) RBI
b) SEBI
c) National Development Council
d) TRAI

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Answer d) TRAI

4.Jude Felix is a famous Indian player in which of the fields?
a)Volleyball
b)Tennis
c)Football
d)Hockey

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Answer d)Hockey

5. Who is the Chairman of Forwards Market Commission(FMC)?
a) U.K.Sinha
b) Ramesh Abhishek
c) T.S.Subhramanian
d) Raghuram Rajan

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Answer b) Ramesh Abhishek

6.The ‘Cannes Award’ is given for excellence in which field?
a)Films
b)Journalism
c)Literature
d)Economics

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Answer a) Films

7. Father of Genetic Engineering___?
a)Thomas Edison
b)Peter-De-Cresenji
c)Paul Berg
d)R Mishra

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Answer c)Paul Berg

8.Father of Agronomy ___?
a)Thomas Edison
b)Peter-De-Cresenji
c)Edward Jenner
d)None of these

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Answer b)Peter-De-resenji

9.The headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organisation ?
a)Washington
b)Paris
c)Madrid
d)Rome

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Answer d) Rome

10.Amnesty International has its headquarters at ___?
a)Vienna
b)Geneva
c)London
d)New York

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Answer c) London

11.Headquarters of the World Health Organisation ___ ?
a)Vienna
b)Geneva
c)Paris
d)Jakarta

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Answer b) Geneva

12.Who has written the book ‘Kashmir – Behind the Vale’?
a)L. Ramdas
b)Lt. Gen. Dipendra Singh
c)M. J. Akbar
d)Lt. Gen. S. C. Sardeshpande

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Answer c) M. J. Akbar

13.International year of Natural Fibres ?
a)2012
b)2011
c)2010
d)2009

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Answer d) 2009

14.Writer of “Faces and Places” ?
a)Amitav Ghosh
b)Traun Vijay
c)Deepak Nayyar
d)Shiv Nadar

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Answer c) Deepak Nayyar

15.Indian Cancer Research Institute is located at____?
a) Kolkata
b) Chennai
c) Dehradun
d) Mumbai

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Answer d) Mumbai