General Knowledge Quiz 2

• Posted on 13/11/2011
• in G.K
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Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured ‘Muga’ silk ?
 (A) Assam
 (B) Orissa
 (C) West Bengal
 (D) Karnataka
 
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Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called ‘Mahamana’ ?
 (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 (B) Jai Prakash Narain
 (C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
 (D) Madan Mohan Malaviya
 
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Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ?
 (A) Karnataka
 (B) Maharashtra
 (C) Tamil Nadu
 (D) Andhra Pradesh
 
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‘Anandmath’, ‘Durgeshnondini’ and ‘Kapalkundala’ novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?
 (A) Rabindranath Tagore
 (B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
 (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
 (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay
 
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Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ?
 (A) Beas
 (B) Chenab
 (C) Jhelum
 (D) Sutlej
 
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Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?
 (A) Kolkata
 (B) Bengaluru
 (C) Ahmedabad
 (D) Lucknow
 
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What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ?
 (A) Isobar
 (B) Isohel
 (C) Isotherm
 (D) Isohyet
 
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On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ?
 (A) France
 (B) Israel
 (C) Russia
 (D) Germany
 
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Which India born physicist invented the ‘Optical Fibre’ ?
 (A) C.V. Raman
 (B) Satyendra Nath Bose
 (C) Homi J. Bhabha
 (D) Narinder Singh Kapany
 
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Which Australian state was formerly known as “Van Diemen’s Land” ?
 (A) Victoria
 (B) Queensland
 (C) Tasmania
 (D) New South Wales
 
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