Multiple choice questions 110

1. Q 1.Which of these cricketers has not
taken a hat trick in his first test match?
a) Maurice Allom
b) Peter Petherick
c) Damien Fleming
d) Geof Griffin
ans. Gallerie Pigalle , Paris

2. Q 2.In 1930 which art gallery was the first
to exhibit Rabindranath Tagore’s
paintings?
a) Musee Do Louvre, Paris
b) National Gallery, London
c) Gallerie Pigalle , Paris
d) Pergamon Museum, Berlin
ans. Gallerie Pigalle , Paris

3. Q 3. Which was the first successful Mars
Mission ?
a) Mariner 4
b) Viking 1
c) Mars 1
d) Mariner 6
ans. Mariner 4

4. Q 4.11th December 1958 is a historic day
for Indian sports, who became the first
Indian to win an individual world title in
any sports that day?
a) Dr.Karni Singh
b) Wilson Jones
c) Ramanathan Krishnan
d) K D Jadav
ans. Wilson Jones

5. Q 5.Which was the first hill passenger
railway opened in India in 1881?
a) Nilgiri Mountain Railway
b) Kalka Shimla Railway
c) Matheran Hill Railway
d) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
ans.Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

6. Q 6.Which of these screen legends was a
chemistry lecturer before taking up
acting?
a) Shivaji Ganeshan
b) Gemini Ganeshan
c) N T Rama Raod
d) Dr.Rajkumar
ans. Gemini Ganeshan

7. Q 7.Which puranic character was the main
protagonist of the novel Yugandhar by
Shivaji Sawant?
a) Rama
b) Karna
c) Krishna
d) Bhisma
ans. Krishna

8. Q 8.From which seat was Gopinath
Munde elected twice in the Lok Sabha?
a) Bhiwandi
b) Baramati
c) Beed
d) Buldhana
ans. Beed

9. Q 9.Which of these places lies on the
coast of the Arabian sea?
a) Mahabalipuram
b) Kovalam
c) Paradip
d) Sundarbans
ans. Kovalam

10. Q10.Which one of the following constitutes the
major population of Kerala?
a) Telegus
b) Tamilians
c) Malayalis
d) Kannadigas
ans. Malayalis

11. Q 11. Which of the following shapes
would one get by rotating a compass 360
degrees?
a) triangle
b) rectangle
c) square
d) circle
ans. circle

12. Q 12. Which of these phrases means to be
affected by an evil eye?
a) Nazar Milana
b) Nazar Lagna
c) Nazar Pherna
d) Nezarana Dena
ans. Nazar Lagna

13. Q 13. Who was the first Indian
woman to win a pilot’s license?
a) Urmila K Parikh
b) Prem Mathur
c) Saudamini Deshmukh
d) Durba Banerjee
ans. Urmila K Parikh

14. Q 14. Which composer was also credited
with other names like Annasaheb, Ram
Chitalkar and Shyamoo?
a) S D Burman
b) Khemchand Prakash
c) Salil Chowdhury
d) C Ramachandra
ans. C Ramachandra

15. Q 15.Which candidate of the LS elections got her name
from an act under which her father was jailed during
the emergency?
a) Smriti Irani
b) Misa Bharti
c) Dimple Yadav
d) Priya Dutt
ans. Misa Bharti

16. Q 16.Who is the only Indian player to win two
bronze medals at the World Badminton
Championship?
a) Pullela Gopichand
b) Syed Modi
c) P V Sindhu
d) Saina Nehwal
ans. P V Sindhu

17. Q 17.The name of which of these leaders
includes a title he got upon graduation?
a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b) P V Narshimha Rao
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Giani Zail Singh
ans. Lal Bahadur Shastri

18. Q 18. According to the Ramayana which was
the only ornament of Sita that Laksmana
recognized, among the ones found by Sugriva?
a) Chudamani
b) Bracelet
c) Anklet
d) Earring
ans. Anklet

19. Q 19.Which of these rulers were
contemporaries of each other?
a) Ashoka and Samudragupta
b) Harshavardhana and Prithviraj Chauhan
c) Maharana Pratap and Akbar
d) Humayun and Shivaji
ans. Maharana Pratap and Akbar

20. Q 20. What is the most recognizable feature of
a male lion?
a) mane
b) color of tail
c) size of ear
d) color of nose
ans. mane

21. Q 21.Which word is said loudly by a chaser in a
game of kho kho when she tags another
chaser?
A) Hut
b) Choo
c) Kho
d) Aila
Ans. kho

22. Q 22.During which of these election processes
is ink applied on the index finger?
a) nomination
b) voting
c) campaigning
d) counting
ans. voting

23. Q 23.The cinchona tree whose bark gives us
quinine to cure malaria, is native to which
continent?
a) Asia
b) north America
c) south America
d) Africa
ans. South america

24. Q 24.Which new university named after an
ancient center of learning in its vicinity, began
its academic session in 2014?
a) Vikramshila
b) Takshila
c) Nalanda
d) Pushpagiri
ans. Nalanda

25. Q 25.At the time of Jayadratha’s assassination
in Kurukshetra war, who covered the sun to
create an illusion of sunset?
a) Bhisma
b) Karna
c) Krishna
d) Arjuna
ans. Krishna

26. Q 26.Which of these fabrics is named after a
French dressmaker?
a) chiffon
b) linen
c) Crepe
d) Georgette
ans. georgette

27. Q 27.Which geographical feature of India is
named after the Sanskrit or Hindi word for
cardinal direction?
a) Deccan
b) Dooars
c) Daman
d) Doaba
ans. deccan

28. Q 28.Which of these is prepared by simmering
fruits in sugar water?
a) faluda
b) kulfi
c) kalakand
d) murabba
ans. murabba

29. Q 29.In 2014 which food company was
renamed Mondelez India food ltd?
a) Nestle India ltd
b) Cadbury India Ltd
c) Dabur India Ltd
d) Vadilal Industries
ans. Cadbury India Ltd

30. Q 30.In 1947,who represented the Sikh
community in the partition council to discuss the
issue of partition of India with the viceroy?
a) Sardar Hukum Singh
b) Master Tara Singh
c) Sardar Baldev Singh
d) Bhai Parmanand
ans. Sardar Baldev Singh

31. Q 31.Which of these Asian countries is not
landlocked?
a) Afghanistan
b) Mongolia
c) Laos
d) Cambodia
ans. cambodia

32. Q 32.Which disappeared on March
8,2014 was flying from which city to
Kualampur?
a) Sidney
b) Jakarta
c) Beijing
d) Dubai
ans. beijing

33. Q 33.Which of these organisms are responsible
for rabies and measles?
a) virus
b) amoeba
c) bacteria
d) fungus
ans. virus

34. Q 34. Pawan Chamling became the chief
minister of which state for the fifth time
in 2014?
a) Nagaland
b) Sikkim
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Mizoram
ans. Sikkim

35. Q 35.Which of these sportswomen would use
a shuttlecock in her chosen sport?
a) Ashwini Ponappa
b) Koneru Humpy
c) Depika Kumari
d) Depika Pallikal
ans. Ashwini Ponappa

36. Q 36.Which of these names of Lord Shiva was
not derived from a characteristic of his body?
a) Trinetra
b) Neelkanth
c) Mahadev
d) Jatadhari
ans. mahadev

37. Q 37.In the 2014 movie Queen what does
Kangana Ranaut set out to do alone?
a) pilgrimage
b) college picnic
c) wildlife safari
d) honeymoon
ans. honeymoon

38. Q 38.Which of these is a bank employee
likely to tally with the cheque and his
records while cashing a cheque?
a) photo
b) address
c ) signature
d) atm pin
ans. signature

39. Q 39.According to the Mahabharata, which of
these alternative names did Krishna get after
slaying a demon?
a) Vasudeva
b) Damodara
c) Madhusudhana
d) Giridhari
ans. madhusudhana

40. Q 40.What award at the FifaWorld cup have
Miroslav Klose, Ronaldo, Davor Suker and Oleg
Salenko among others all won?
a) Golden ball award
b) Golden shoe award
c) Yashim Award
d) Best Young Player Award
ans. Golden shoe award

41. Q 41.Which of these union cabinet
ministers never became the chief minister
of any state or union territory?
a) Sushma Swaraj
b) Rajnath Singh
c) D V Sadananda Gowda
d) Ram Vilas Paswan
ans. Ram Vilas Paswan

42. Q 42.Which poem ends with the line, Mujhe
todh lena banmali,us path par dena tum
phek,matrabhumi par seesh charhake, jis path
par javein veer anek?
a) Pushp ki abhilasha
b) Jo beet gayi so baat gayi
c) Jaade ki saanjh
d) pyare bharat desh
ans. Pushp ki abhilasha

43. Q 43.Which of these seeds can be classified as
Tilhan ?
a) millet
b) soya bean
c) barley
d) maize
ans. Soya bean

44. Q 44.If three sides of a square are 60cm each,
how many centimeters will the fourth side be?
a) 40
b) 50
c) 60
d) none of the above
ans. 60

45. Q 45.Which of these words means wife?
a) nakhrewali
b) matwali
c) gharwali
d) padoswali
ans. gharwali

46. Q 46.Who commanded the Hector ,the
first British trading ship to land at Surat?
a) Paul Canning
b) William Hawkins
c) Thomas Roe
d) James Lancaster
ans. William hawkins

47. Q 47.Which of these scientists has not won the
Nobel prize twice ?
a) John Bardeen
b) Frederick Sanger
c) Linus Pauling
d) Niels Bohr
ans. Niels bohr

48. Q 48.Who piloted the first commercial civil
aviation flight that took place in India, with the
first official airmail service in the world?
a) Neville Vincent
b) JRD Tata
c) Henri Pequet
d) Maurice Guillaux
ans. Henri pequet

49. Q 49.What was set up in India on the
recommendations of the Hilton Young
Commission?
a) State bank of India
b) Reserve Bank of India
c) Central Bureau of Investigation
d) New Delhi as India’s capital
ans. Reserve bank of india

50. Q 50. Who was the Mughal emperor when
Nadir Shah invaded India in 1739?
a) Alamgir II
b) Muhammad Ibrahim
c) Muhammad Shah
d) Farukh Siyar
ans. Muhammad shah

51. Q 51.The surface of which of these planets is
not solid?
a) mercury
b) Venus
c) mars
d) Jupiter
ans. jupiter

52. Q 52.The iconic Ambassador introduced by
Hindustan motors was modeled on which of
these British cars?
a) Morris Oxford
b) M G Midget
c) Hillman Minx
d) Wolseley
ans. morris oxford

53. Q 53. In the history of ODI matches which of
these teams has Zimbabwe defeated only
twice, once in 1983 and later in 2014?
a) Australia
b) New Zealand
c) Pakistan
d) Sri Lanka
ans. australia

54. Q 54.Who among these is a forth generation
mp from his family?
a) Jyotiraditya Scindia
b) Varun Gandhi
c) Supriya Sule
d) Poonam Mahajan
ans. Varun gandhi

55. Q 55.Which of these states has the longest
international border?
a) Assam
b) Nagaland
c) Mizoram
d) Arunachal Pradesh
ans :-Arunachal pradesh

56. Q 56.Which asura met his end when he was
tricked into placing his own hand on his head
and was burnt?
a) Narakasura
b) Bhashmasura
c) Banasura
d) Bakasura
ans. bhashmasura

57. Q 57.If you suffered from amnesia which
of these would you most likely do?
a) Start dieting
b) get angry
c) forget things
d) keep on dancing
ans:- forget things

58. Q 58.Which of these features are you
most likely to find in electronic
equipments?
a) Walk mode
b) Laugh mode
c) Stand mode
d) Sleep mode
ans sleep mode

59. Q 59.In which county was the
Chikungunia virus first detected in
the 1950s?
a) Nigeria
b) Angola
c) Mali
d) Tanzania
ans tanzania

60. Q 60.Who was reportedly independent India’s
first voter who also voted in the 2014
elections?
a) Hira Mani
b) Satyabhama Das
c) Kulbhushan Sharma
d) Shyam Saran Negi
ans. Shivam saran negi

61. Q 61.Which of these astronauts was not
among the three who made the flight during
1969 in Apollo 11?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Edwin Aldrin
c) Eugene Cernan
d) Michael Collins
ans. Eugene cernan

62. Q 62.Which asura had a boon that whenever a
drop of his blood fell on the ground, duplicates
of his would be formed?
a) Raktaja
b) Raktabija
c) Raktansha
d) Raktanga
ans. raktabiia

63. Q 63.Under whose captaincy did India win
most number of ODI matches?
a) Muhammad Azharuddin
b) Sourav Ganguly
c) M S Dhoni
d) Kapil Dev
ans. M s dhoni

64. Q 64.Which of these fruits is not rich in vitamin
C?
a) lemon
b) orange
c) kiwi
d) apple
ans. apple

65. Q 65.Which is the longest westward flowing
river of India?
a) Godavari
b) Narmada
c) Tapti
d) Mahi
ans. narmada

66. Q 66.Which of these holidays fell before the
other three in the year 2014?
a) Republic day
b) 3rd Sunday of January
c) holi
d) Buddha purnima
ans. 3rd Sunday of January

67. Q 67.In which of these places can you take part
in an elaborate Ganga Arti?
a) Ujjain
b) Vrindavan
c) Haridwar
d) Mathura
ans. Haridwar

68. Q 68.Complete this road safety slogan ___ ___
durgatna ghati.
a) nazre mili
b) seeti baji
c) savdhani hati
d) aankh lagi
ans. savdhani hati

69. Q 69.According to the Adi Parva who was born to
Rishi Parasara and Satyavati on an island in the
Yamuna?
a) Devavrata
b) Ved Vyasa
c) Durvasa
d) Kripacharya
ans. Ved vyasa

70. Q 70.According to Indian science and
technology what are Kamini, Purnima and
Zerlina?
a) artificial satellites
b) nuclear reactors
c) Ballistic missiles
d) supercomputers
ans. Nuclear reactors

71. Q 71.Which teenager ousted Rafael Nadal from
Wimbledon 2014?
a) Nick Kyrgios
b) Bernard Tomic
c) Jiri Wesely
d) Grigor Dimitrov
ans. Nick kyrgios

72. Q 72.Which county is named after a Latin word
for a metal?
a) Latvia
b) Poland
c) Argentina
d) France
ans. argentina

73. Q 73.Approved by the government of
India 2014 ONE RANK ONE PENSION is
applicable to which of these?
a) Delhi Police
b) University professors
c) ISRO Scientists
d) Armed forces
ans. Armed forces

74. Q 74.Due to illegal construction, some
residents of which of these housing societies in
Mumbai were asked to vacate their flats after a
notice from BMC?
a) Thums Up
b) Campa Cola
c) Limca
d) Coca-Cola
ans. Campa cola

75. Q 75.Which of these is not a feature of
facebook?
a) Like
b) Timeline
c) Poke
d) Retweet
ans. retweet

76. Q 76.What is your relation with your
grandmother’s granddaughter?
a) Chachi
b) Mother
c) Sister
d) Bua
ans. sister

77. Q 77. Which of these moents stands on
the land that originally belonged to the
Kachhwaha rajas of Amber?
a) Khajuraho Temple Complex
b) Taj mahal
c) Golden Temple Amritsar
d) Qutub Minar
ans. Taj mahal

78. Q 78.In 2014, which athlete got upgraded
to gold after Russia’s Tatyana Kotova was
disqualified for doping at the 2005 World
Athletics Final?
a) K M Beenamol
b) Anju Bobby George
c) Anuradha Biswal
d) Neelam Jaswant Singh
ans. Anju Bobby George

79. Q 79.Which of these personalities has
been often referred to as the ‘poorest
chief minister in India’ by many
newspapers?
a) Arvind Kejriwal
b) Manohar Parrikar
c) Manik Sarkar
d) Mamata Banerjee
ans. Manik sarkar

80. Q 80.Which ancient king got the title of
Ashwamedha-Parakramah after
performing the ‘Ashwamedha Yajna’?
a) Pulakesin II
b) Ajatashatru
c) Bindusara
d) Samudragupta
ans. samudragupta

81. 81.Fields medal is a prestigious
international honour given in which
subject?
a) Life Sciences
b) Mathematics
c) History
d) Astronomy
ans. mathematics

82. Q 82.Which politiciaan’s autobiography is
titled ‘One life is not enough’?
a) Natwar Singh
b) Mani Shankar Aiyer
c) Shashi Tharoor
d) Yashwant Sinha
ans. Natwar singh

83. Q 83.Which of these brand names
also means ‘one-billionth part of
something’?
a) Nano
b) Vista
c) Bolt
d) Sumo
ans. nano

84. Q 84.Which is the only film starring
both Salman Khan and Aamir Khan in
lead roles?
a) Partner
b) Saajan
c) Andaz Apna Apna
d) Raja Hindustani
ans. andaz apna apna

85. Q 85.What does the ‘B’ stand for in BSE
Sensex?
a) Business
b) Bharat
c) British
d) Bombay
ans. bombay

86. Q 86.Which of these units of currency is
also the name of a unit of weight?
a) Dollar
b) Pound
c) Europe
d) Rupee
ans. pound

87. Q 87.Which hill station was built on five
hills – Kathlog, Patreyn, Tehra, Bakrota
and Balun?
a) Chail
b) Darjeeling
c) Dalhousie
d) Shillong
ans. dalhousie

88. Q 88. Which was the first element to be
artifically produced?
a) Promethium
b) Technetium
c) Francium
d) Einsteinium
ans. technetium

89. 89.Which of these women leaders has
been elected to the Lok Sabha for the
most number of times?
a) Mamata Banerjee
b) Sumitra Mahajan
c) Maneka Gandhi
d) Vijaya Raje Scindia
ans. susmitra mahajan

90. Q 90.Where will the 2018 Commonwealth
games be held?
a) India
b) Wales
c) Australia
d) Canada
ans. australia

91. Q 91.Written by their daughhter, ‘Strictly
Personal’ is a biography of which couple?
a) Sunil Dutt and Nargis
b) Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi
c) Bill and Hillary Clinton
d) Manmohan Singh and Gursharan Kaur
ans. Manmohan Singh and Gursharan Kaur

92. Q 92.Which part of the eye is stored in eye
banks for transplant?
a) Cornea
b) Iris
c) Pupil
d) Retina
ans. cornea

93. Q 93.Who is the founder of Patna’s
famous Super 30 institute that coaches
economically backward students for IIT
JEE?
a) Nitish Kumar
b) Anand Kumar
c) Sushil Kumar
d) Anurag Anand
ans. Anand kumar

94. Q 94.If you travel west from Kanyakumari,
which continent would you first reach?
a) Australia
b) South America
c) Antartica
d) Africa
ans. africa

95. Q 95.In a story written by Lewis Carroll,
where does Alice land up while chasing
the white rabbit?
a) Highland
b) Disneyland
c) Wonderland
d) Thailand
ans. wonderland

96. Q 96.In the notes printed by RBI after 1948,
which language in the language panel was
substituted with Oriya?
a) Sindhi
b) Nepali
c) Pashto
d) Burmese
ans. burmes

97. KBC QUIZ QUESTIONS

98. Q 97.Which planet has the
longest day among all planets
in the solar system?
a) Neptune
b) Saturn
c) Venus
d) Jupiter
Ans. venus

99. Q 98.Which of these pairs of Mughals
were siblings?
a) Hamida Bano – Akbar
b) Jahanara – Aurangzeb
c) Noorjahan – Jahangir
d) Mumtaz – Khurram
ans. Jahanara – Aurangzeb

100. Q 99.Which cricketer has scored 10000 runs in
both tests and ODIs and taken more than 500
wickets in international cricket?
a) Sourav Ganguly
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Sanath Jayasuriya
d) Jacques Kallis
ans. Jacques Kallis

101. Q 100.What is the format of the world
Kabaddi League broadcast on Sony Six?
a) circular
b) hexagonal
c) rectangular
d) triangular
ans. circular

102. Q 101.Who was the first among these
to become a chief minister?
a) Rajinder Kaur Battal
b) Sushma Swaraj
c) Rabri Devi
d) Jayalalita
ans. javalalita

103. Q 102.Which of these derives its name
fro. a river in the Democratic republic of
Congo?
a) Chikungunia virus
b) Lassa fever
c) Ebola virus
d) Salmonella bacteria
ans. Ebola virus

104. Q 103.Which road connects Rastrapati
Bhawan to India gate and National
stadium in New Delhi?
a) Janpath
b) Race course road
c) Parliament street
d) Rajpath
ans. rajpath

105. 104.With reference to fashion and
clothing what are loafers and sneakers
types of?
a) belts
b) shoes
c) t-shirts
d) sunglasses
ans. shoes

106. Q 105.According to Indian epics, who
among these did not meet his death at
the hands of another?
a) Vidura
b) Kumbhakarna
c) Shravan Kumar
d) Putana
ans. Vidura

107. Q 106.Where were the IIFA awards held in
2014?
a) Toronto, Canada
b) Tampa, USA
c) Las Vegas, USA
d) Macau, China
ans. Tampa,usa

108. Q 107.Whom did Amit Shah replace as
president of the Bharatia Janata Party in
2014?
a) Nitin Gadkari
b) Lal Krishna Advani
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Rajnath Singh
ans. Rajnath singh

109. Q 108.Which territory held a referendum
for independence from the United
Kingdom on 18th September 2014?
a) England
b) Northern Ireland
c) Scotland
d) Wales
ans. scotland

110. Q 109.Which international cricketer has a
first name that means peak?
a) Dravid
b) Dhoni
c) Dhawan
d) Dinda
ans. dhawan

111. Q 110. According to a Hindi proverb which
of these also has ears?
a) Chhat
b) Baranda
c) Kothri
d) Deewar
ans. deewar