General Knowledge
General Knowledge
1) Which player has scored the most runs in a single Test innings?
A) Graham Gooch
B) Matthew Hayden
C) Brian Lara
D) Agarkar
2) The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
A) Sutlej and Beas
B) Jhelum and Chenab
C) Ravi and Chenab
D) Ganga and Yamuna
3) Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?
A) M.L.Valsamma
B) P.T.Usha
C) Kamaljit Sandhu
D) K.Malleshwari
4) Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
A) Mudrarakasam
B) Devi Chand Guptam
C) Mrichekakatika
D) Malavikagnimitra
8) Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the
A) Earth's gravitational pull
B) Moon's gravitational pull
C) Centripetal force due to the earth's rotation
D) Pressure of the atmosphere
A) Vikramaditya
B) Shudraka
C) Kalhana
D) Banabhatta
13) Which of the following place is famous for its gigantic rock-cut statue of Buddha?
A) Bamiyan
B) Borobudur
C) Anuradhapuram
D) Angor Vat
15) Who is the author of the book - 'Preparing for the Twenty - First Century'?
A) Larry Collins
B) V.S. Naipul
C) V.R. Krishna Iyer
D) Paul Kennedy
16) Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'
A) Albert Einstein
B) Michael Skube
C) George Gamow
D) Roger Penrose
17) Who did Shawn Michaels beat to win his first Intercontinental Title?
A) Bret Hart
B) Marty Jannetty
C) British Bulldog
D) Tito Santana
18) Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of
A) Orissa
B) Tamil nadu
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Kerala