Palakkad AJK General Knowledge quiz held for 11th and 12th standard students.

2. Prelims-2016

3. Prelims
• She was heading the oil Tanker “Sampurna Swarajya” on
rainy night when she saw a Boat “Durgamma” with 7
fisherman drifting off Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.They
had lost the food supplies and also any hope of survival.
She ordered her Tanker to rescue the fisher men amidst
25 feet high waves and heavy winds. For her brave act
she became the first woman in the world to receive the
Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the
International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

4. Answer
•Captain Radhika Menon
Ans-1

5. Prelims
•Dorjee Khandu,Nabam Tuki ,Gegong
Apang have all been Chief Ministers
of which state?
Q-2

6. Answer Ans-2
•Arunachal Pradesh

7. Prelims
•Abhinav Bindra will be the Flag bearer
at the Rio Olympics-2016.Who was the
flag bearer at London Olympics 2012
Q-3

8. Prelims
•Sushil Kumar
A-3

9. Prelims
•Why were Mohana Singh,Avani
Chaturvedi and Bhawana Kanth in
News recently?
Q-4

10. Prelims Ans

11. Prelims
•Who has written the following books
Q-5

12. Prelims
•Raghuram Rajan
Ans-
5

13. Prelims
Which Indian state
announced setting up of
Happiness Ministry?
Q-6

14. Prelims
• Madhya Pradesh
Ans

15. Prelims
•What is the Movie Mission 90 days
based on?
Q7

16. Prelims
•Assassination of former Indian prime
minister Rajiv Gandhi and the following
investigation.
•Mission 90 Days is a 2007 Malayalam
film by Major Ravi starring Mammooty.
It is Major Ravi's second directorial
venture and is based on the
Ans-7

17. Prelims
• International union of pure and Applied
Chemistry(IUPAC) has announced the proposed
names of four new elements.They are
Nihonium(Nh),Moscovium,Tennessine(Ts)
and____________?
• The fourth element has been named after a living
scientist.Name the scientist
Q-8

18. Prelims
• Element 118 has named Oganessian
in honour of Russian Nuclear
Physicict Yuri Oganessian
• His many achievements include the
discovery of superheavy elements
and significant advances in the
nuclear physics of superheavy
nuclei including experimental
evidence for the “island of
stability”.
Ans-
8

19. Prelims
• He was test cricketer who played 40 test
Matches and opened with Gavaskar in most
matches.He played for India for 12
years(1969-81) and scored 2084 runs.He was
recently in news for being appointed as
Chairman of National Institute of Fashion
Technology.Name him
Q-9

20. Prelims
•Chetan Chauhan
Ans

21. Prelims
•We have all heard of Central board of
certification certificates like U(unrestricted
Public exhibition,UA(parental guidance for
children below 12 years),A(Restricted to
adults)
•What is an S certificate
Q-10

22. Prelims Ans-
10
S:Only people associated with
Science(Engineers
,doctors,scientists)

23. Prelims
• Wheeler Island, is an island off the coast of Odisha, India, approximately 150
kilometres (93 mi) from the state capital Bhubaneshwar. The Integrated Test
Range maintaining a missile testing facility is located in the island.It is the
missile test facility for most missiles of India; Akash Missiles, Agni Missiles, Astra
Missile, BrahMos, Nirbhay, Prahaar Missile, Prithvi Missiles, Shaurya Missile,
Advanced Air Defence (AAD), and Prithvi Air Defence. Access to the test facility
is by ship, as there is no bridge or airport connecting the island to the mainland.
• In 2015 the Island was renamed after whom?
Q-11

24. Prelims
• Abdul Kalam Island
Ans-
11

25. Prelims
• It is a sweet that originated in Turkey made
by Mixing of Nuts and sometimes fruit
pieces in a sugar paste whose composition
is varied to give it a chewy consistency.In
modern times it made by mixing
Honey,Sugar ,Nuts and egg Albumen.What
are we talking about?
Q-12

26. Prelims
•Nougat
Ans-
12

27. Prelims
• He founded the Purti Power
power and Sugar limited in
Maharashtra and also controls
various industrial
establishment.He Served as
President of BJP from 2010-13.He
is now the Minister for
Road,Transport and Highways and
shipping.Identify him
Q-
13

28. Prelims
• Nitin Gadkari
Ans-
13

29. Prelims
When he died on April 28,2016,the obituary in one of the
English dailies was the “Man who influenced Malayalis to read
from Back to front?
Who are we talking about?
Q-14

30. Prelims
• VT Thomas also known as Toms
• The cartoonist who created Boban and Molly
Ans

31. Prelims Q 15
. Which Indian was crowned Mr.World 2016 in a
male Beauty pageant held recently,The first
asian to win the title?

32. Prelims
• Rohit Khandelwal
Ans-
15

33. Prelims Q 16
The Nobel peace Prize is awarded by a
committee appointed by Parliament of
which country?

34. Prelims
•Norway
Ans
16

35. Prelims Q-17
Name the Malayali Dramatist,Theatre director and poet who had
written over 26 Malayalam plays many adapted from Sanskrit
drama and Shakespeare like
Madhyamavyayogam ,Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiyam (1981,
1996), Shakuntalam (1982), Karnabharam (1984, 2001), Bhasa's Uru
Bhangam (1988),Swapnavasavadattam and Dootavakyam (1996)
who died in June this year

36. Prelims
• Kavalam Narayana Panicker
Ans-
17

37. Prelims
Q-18
The Film “The Man who knew
Infinity starring Dev Patel is
based on which famous Indian

38. Prelims
• Srinivasa Ramanujan
Ans-
18

39. Prelims Q-19
Which organizations Logo is being shown here

40. Prelims
• WADA
• World Anti doping agency
Ans

41. Prelims Q-20
Identify the Athlete

42. Prelims
•Neeraj Chopra
Ans-
20

43. Prelims Q-21
Which country’s natives have strict rules for Sur
names and can not put any other surnames.
The name of the males has to end in - Son
(Son)and name of daughter in dottir(Daughter).
So son of Olafur Ragnar Grimson will be Olaffson
and daughter as Olaffsdottir.They can either
take the Fathers name or Mother name to add
the suffix

44. Prelims
•ICELAND
Ans-21

45. Prelims
Who won the 2016 Dada
Saheb Phalke award?
He is known for acting in and directing
films with patriotic themes
Q-22

46. Prelims A-22
Manoj Kumar

47. Prelims
•Name the Author of the book Future
shock who passed away recently
Q-
23

48. Prelims A-23
Alvin Toffler

49. Prelims
•India launched in May the
country’s first space shuttle
protype called RLV TD?
•What does R in RLV TD stand for
Q-24

50. Prelims A-24
Reusable
Reusable Launch vehicle

51. Prelims
• After Bilateral talks,President Enrique Pena drove out for a meal
with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had dinner at restaurant
called Qunitonil .The dinner included Bean Tacos.
• Which country we are talking about
Q-25

52. Prelims
A-
25
Mexico

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