48) Basic General Knowledge Questions - Part 48

This section consists of 15 basic general knowledge questions.

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1. Who among the following is the current President of CII?

[A] K V Kamath
[B] Venu Srinivasan
[C] Sunil Mittal
[D]B Muthuraman



2. Who among the following was the First Indian Cricketer to bag 500 wickets in Test matches?

[A] Kapil Dev
[B] Srinath
[C] Anil Kumble
[D]Harbhajan Singh



3. Suez Canal joins Mediterranean Sea with which among the following seas?

[A] Red Sea
[B] Dead Sea
[C] Caspian Sea
[D]White Sea



4. Shahgarh Landscape, in Rajasthan is being considered for relocation / reintroduction of which among the following animals ?

[A]Panther
[B]Cheetah
[C]Tiger
[D]Lion



5. Who among the following has written "Autography of an unknown Indian" ?

[A] Amartya Sen
[B] Nirad C. Chaudhuri
[C] Arundhati Roy
[D]Amitav Ghosh




6. Who among the following was the first Indian to win an Olympic medal ?

[A] K D Jadhav
[B] P T Usha
[C] Leander paes
[D]Dhyan Chand



7. India played its first one day international with which country and in which year?

[A] England 1975
[B] Australia 1976
[C] New Zealand 1975
[D]England 1978



8. Under which among the following Governor Generals of India, the Public works department was started in 1848?

[A]Lord Dalhousie
[B]Lord William Bentinck
[C]Lord Wellesley
[D]Lord Viscount Canning



9. Mangal Singh Champia is famous in which among the following sports/ games?

[A] Archery
[B] Boxing
[C] Shooting
[D]Wrestling



10. Which among the following country is inside the European Union but Outside the Eurozone?

[A]Slovakia
[B]Slovenia
[C]Spain
[D]Denmark




11. The wildlife protection act protects which among the following species?

1. Mammals
2. Birds
3. Reptiles
4. Amphibians
5. Invertebrates

Choose the correct option:

[A]1 2
[B]1 2 3
[C]1 2 3 4
[D]1 2 3 4 5



12. Ian Fleming is known for creating which among the following famous characters?

[A]Spiderman
[B]James Bond
[C]Pink Panther
[D]Tom and Jerry



13. In ancient India, the term Nishka was related to which among the following?

[A]Crop
[B]Tax
[C]Currency
[D]Tool



14. Addu Atoll , which was recently making news, is located in which among the following countries?

[A]Mauritius
[B]Thailand
[C]Maldives
[D]Sri Lanka



15. Birth anniversary of which among the following leaders is observed as National Education Day?

[A]S Radhakrishnanan
[B]Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[C]Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[D]Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya