OCTOBER QUIZ, SOCIAL., SCIENCE, SPORTS,CURRENT AFFAIRS, WATCH AND CATCH

1. OCTOBER MONTH
GK QUIZ

2. SOCIAL

3. Gautham Buddha attained Nirvana
at
a) Bodh Gaya
 b) Kushi Nagar
 c) Lumbini
 d) sarnath

 ANS : A) BODH GAYA

4. What proportion of geographical land
area is under actual forest cover in
india
a) one –third
 b) one – fourth
 c) one - fifths
 d) two –fifths

 ANS :
C) ONE - FIFTHS

5. The Buddhist sculpture and art is
found at




a) Mahabalipuram
b) Kanchi
c) Vijayanagar
d) Amravathi
 ANS : B) KANCHI

6. Akber’s mausoleum is situated at




a) New Delhi
b) Agra
c) Sikandra
d) Sasaram
 ANS:
C) SIKANDRA

7. The well – known painting “ Bani
Thani” belongs to




a) Jaipur School
b) kangra School
c) Bundi School
d) Kishangarh School
 ANS: D) KISHANGARH SCHOOL

8. Who is the first Indian to win the grand
master’s title




a) Vishwananthan Anand
b) Ravi Kumar
c) D.V. Prasad
d) S.V. Natarajan
 ANS:
A) VISHWANANTHAN ANAND

9. How many major ports are there at
present in India
a) 5
 b) 10
 c) 12
 d) 13

 ANS : d) 13

10. The term “Fiscal Crisis” in India
currently refers primarily to
a) phenomenal increase in external
indebtedness
 b) increase in non-developmental
government expenditure
 c) increase in public dept
 d) recurring deficit on current account in the
government budget

 ANS: A) PHENOMENAL INCREASE IN
EXTERNAL INDEBTEDNESS

11. SCIENCE

12. Snake bite first affect the
a) brain
 b) blood circulation
 c) nervous system
 d) lungs


ANS : B) BLOOD CIRCULATION

13. What is tissue culture
a) preparation of fragments of the cells of
organism for biochemical examination
 b) Japanese culture
 c) Name given to a special type of surgery
 d) None of the above

 ANS : A) PREPARATION OF FRAGMENTS
OF THE CELLS OF ORGANISM FOR
BIOCHEMICAL EXAMINATION

14. Which of the following pairs is NOT
correct
a) Seismograph - earthquake
 b) Anemometer – speed of the wind
 c) Hygrometer – water vapour content of the
atmosphere
 d) Lactometer – Specific gravity of liquids

 ANS : D) LACTOMETER – SPECIFIC
GRAVITY OF LIQUIDS

15. Radio waves travel with a speed
of
a) 3 X 10 6 m/s
 b) 3 X 10 7 m/s
 c) 3 X 10 8 m/s
 d) 3 X 10 9 m/s

 ANS : c) 3 X 10 8
m/s

16. Black hole is
a) a hole in the moon
 b) a magnetic dark cavity
 c) name of the star
 d) a dying star

 ANS : B) A MAGNETIC DARK CAVITY

17. Which one of the following is an
element
a) Sapphire
 b) Ruby
 c) Emerald
 d) Diamond

 ANS: D) DIAMOND

18. Which one of the following plants can
fix nitrogen from air
a) Maize
 b) Rice
 c) Pea
 d) Wheat

 ANS : C) PEA

19. Cell theory was proposed by




a) Micheal
b) Schwan
c) Shelton
d) None
 ANS: B) SCHWAN

20. The chemical name for urea is




a) Aneurin
b) Chloroethene
c) carbamide
d) None
 ANS: C) CARBAMIDE

21. Insulin was discovered by




a) Chandi
b) Walkesman
c) F.Bonting
d) Ronald Rore
 ANS :
C) F.BONTING

22. Ozone layer of atmosphere
absorbs




a) Ultraviolet rays
b) Infrared rays
c) All radiations of light
d) Cosmic rays
 ANS: A) ULTRAVIOLET RAYS

23. A good source of Vitamin A is




a) Carrot
b) Potato
c) Rice
d) Tomato
 ANS: A) CARROT

24. SPORTS

25. Who won the wimbledon men’s
single championship in 2012
a) Rfael Nadal
 b) Roger Federer
 c) Novak Djokovic
 d) Pete Sanpras

 ANS : b) Roger Federer

26. The common wealth games were
earlier called




a) British colonies sports festival
b) British empire sports festival
c) Royal colonial games
d) None of these
 ANS; B) BRITISH EMPIRE SPORTS
FESTIVAL

27. The normal length of a football
ground must be




a) 110 m
b) 90 m
c) 100 m
d) 120 m
 Ans:
b) 90 m

28. “Play the game in the spirit of game “
was said by




a) Samaranch
b) Coubertin
c) Pt. Nehru
d) None of these
 ANS: c) Pt. Nehru

29. The term “stone walling” is
associated with
a) Tennis
 b) Badminton
 c) Hockey
 d) Cricket

 ANS: d) Cricket

30. Howmany gold medals did India win
in the 16th asian games




a) 14
b) 4
c) 7
d) 16
 ANS: a) 14

31. Who started the ancient Olympic
games




a) The Egyptians
b) The Greeks
c) The Indians
d) The Romans
 ANS : b) The Greeks

32. “Scratch” is a term associated
with




a) Basket Ball
b) Baseball
c) Football
d) Billiards
 ANS : d) Billiards

33. Current Affairs

34. Who is the Highest-Paid
Celebrity in world According to
‘Forbes’ August 2013?
a) Madonna
 b) Tom cruse
 c) Amitabh bachchan
 d) Katrina kaif

 Ans . a) Madonna

35. In August 2013 who wins
International Children’s Peace
Prize?
 a) APJ Abdul Kalam
 b) Silvio Berlusconi
 c) Malala Yousafzai
 d) Angela Merkel
 Ans . c) Malala Yousafzai

36. Who is the first Recipient of
‘Mahathir Award’ for Global
Peace in August 2013?
 a) Howard Stern
 b) Nelson Mandela
 c) Malala Yousafzai
 d) John Boehner
 Ans.
b) Nelson Mandela

37. Name the recently launched
programming language of
Google
 a) Google Plus
 b) Dart
 c) Buzz
 d) Google Tree
 Ans . b) Dart

38. Siri is personal assistant
software launched for which
phones.
 a) Blackberry
 b) I Phone 4S
 c) Android-based
 d) None of the above
 Ans . b) I Phone 4S

39. India becomes ‘Authorizing
Nation’ for which product?
 a) Leather products
 b) Wooden products
 c) Electronic /IT products
 d) Fiber products
 Ans . Electronic /IT products

40. When is ‘Hindi Diwas’
celebrated?
 a) October 12th
 b) October 19th
 c) September 14th
 d) September 7th
 Ans.
c) September 14th

41. When the Cabinet approved the
methodology for auctioning coal
blocks?
 a) 07 September
 b) 24 September
 c) 14 September
 d) 27 September
 Ans . 24 September

42. SPACE

43. Who is known as the father of
modern rocketry
 a) k.e. Tsiolkovsky
 b) Hermann oberth
 c) Robert goddard
 d) Waang lee
 a) k.e. Tsiolkovsky

44. Who made and tested the world’s
first liquid propellant rocket
 A) Frederick Tsander
 B) Hermann Oberth
 C) Robert goddard
 D) Sergei Korolev
 ANS :Robert goddard

45. Who designed V 2 rocket for hitler
during WWII
 A) W.Dornberger
 B) Werner Von Braun
 C) Karl Gottrupp
 D) Hermann Oberth
 Werner Von Braun

46. Which was the first Indian
exclusive defence satellite was
successfully launched on 29
August 2013?
 a) GSET-4
 b) GSAT-6
 c) GSAT–7
 d) MIG-47
 Ans.
c) GSAT–7

47. WATCH
AND CATCH

48.  He was a genius not likely to be dublicated in the
times to come.
 He always emphasized right thinking and respect for
all religions.
 He discarded any type of indulgence in politics.
 He was the second president of the Indian Republic.
 In recognition of his true devotion towards the field of
teaching, his birthday is observed as Teacher’s Day.
 Who is he?
 When was this genius born?
 ANS: Dr. Radha Krishnan
& 5/9/1888

49.  He was a biologist and physicist.
 He proved that plants and metals have
feelings.
 He can rightly be called the inventor of
wireless telegraphy.
 He also invented the cressograph to
measure the rate of growth of plants.
 Who is he?
 Name the institute he established in
kolkatta?
 ANS: J.C. Bose and Bose institute

50.  At the age of 11, he stammered badly and
had to repeat a word many times.
 He became one of the greatest and
wealthiest lawers of India.
 ANS:Nani palkiwala

51.  When he was 6 years old, his mother
presented him a gift box.
 It contained the game of chess.
 He became the youngest national
championship of chess at the age of 16.
 He was also the first grandmaster from
india.
 He is known as the one-man chess
revolution.
 ANS : Vishwanathan Anand

52.  He was a pioneer aviator and built one of
the largest industrial houses of India.
 He had the honour of being India’s first
pilot, waschairman of the Tata and Sons
for 50 years, launched Air India
International as India’s first international
airline and received Bharat Ratna in 1992.
 He was a passionate proponent of
liberalisation.
 ANS : J.R.D. Tata

53.  He is the largest steel marker in the world,
producing, more than 100 million tonnes
annually.
 The CEO and founder, he has blased
through this decade making a number of
gigantioc acquisitions, the largest being
that of the Franco- Belgian amalgam,
Arcelor.
 ANS: L.N. Mittal

54. A writer and scholar who
achieved success despite being
deaf
 blind and virtually mute.
 ANS: Hellen Keller

55.  Born in 1265 in Florence, Italy, he was the
author of one of the world’s greatest
poems, the Divine Comedy.
 He was one of the first great poets to write
in the ordinary 5 languages of the people
rather than in latin.
 ANS :Dante Alighieri

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