GK Quiz-3

1.  During eleventh Antarctic Expedition in Nov. 1991/March 1992 ____ was installed.

A. SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging)

B. Second Permanent Station 'Maitree'

C. First permanent station 'Dakshin Gangotri'

D. None of the above

Answer: A

2. Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's

A. largest railway station

B. highest railway station

C. longest railway station

D. None of the above

Answer: A

3. Guwahati High Court is the judicature of

A. Nagaland

B. Arunachal Pradesh

C. Assam

D. All of the above

Answer: D

4. Entomology is the science that studies

A. Behavior of human beings

B. Insects

C. The origin and history of technical and scientific terms

D. The formation of rocks

Answer: B

5. From the following, choose the set in which names of Secretary-Generals of the UNO are arranged in correct chronological order?

A. U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie.

B. Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim.

C. Trygve Lie, U Thant , Dag Hammarskjoeld, Kurt Waldheim.

D. U Thant, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie, Kurt Waldheim.

Answer: B

6.  Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of

A. Asia 

B. Africa

C. Europe

D. Australia

Answer: B

7. Film and TV institute of India is located at

A. Pune (Maharashtra)

B. Rajkot (Gujarat)

C. Pimpri (Maharashtra)

D. Perambur (Tamilnadu)

Answer: A

8. Garampani sanctuary is located at

A. Junagarh, Gujarat

B. Diphu, Assam

C. Kohima, Nagaland

D. Gangtok, Sikkim

Answer: B

9. Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?

A. Taoism

B. Judaism

C. Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)

D. Shintoism

Answer: C

10. For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

A. Physics and Chemistry

B. Physiology or Medicine

C. Literature, Peace and Economics

D. All of the above

Answer: D

11. Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as

A. Labour Party

B. Nazi Party

C. Ku-Klux-Klan

D. Democratic Party

Answer: B

12. Friction can be reduced by changing from

A. sliding to rolling

B. rolling to sliding

C. potential energy to kinetic energy

D. dynamic to static

Answer: A

13. Who has been elected as the new President of FIFA?

A. Sheikh Salman

B. Prince Ali

C. Jerome Champagne

D. Gianni Infantino

Answer: D

14. Who has won 2016 Dubai ATP Tennis title?

A. Rafael Nadal

B. Nick Kyrgios

C. Stan Wawrinka

D. Marcos Baghdatis

Answer: C