Miscellaneous quiz

Q1 Who was the first Indian cricketerto receive the Arjuna Award?
A Vijay Manjrekar
B Chandu Borde
C Ajit Wadekar
D Salim Durrani

Q2. Alpha is the first letter of Greek alphabets. Which is the last ?
(A) Beta
(B) Gamma
(C) Sigma
(D) Omega

Q3 Who is appointed as a new MD of the BHARTI AIRTEL?
A)Vishal Dua
B)Manoj Kohli
C)Gopal Vittal
D)Rahul Oberoi

Q4 Who was the first cricketer to be given run-out by the third umpire?
A Don Bradman
B Sachin Tendulkar
C Brian Lara
D Sanath Jayasuriya

Q5 What is the National Tree of India?
A Neem
B Bo-Tree (Peepal)
C Banyan (Bargad)
D Eucalyptus

Q6. ‘Freedom in Exile’ book is theautobiography of which Nobel Peace Prize winner ?
(A) Yasser Arafat
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Dalai Lama XIV
(D) Aung San Suu Kyi

Q7 The winner of Man Booker Prize for the year 2012 is
A Julian Barnes
B Howard Jacobson
C Hilary Mantel 
D Tom Macarthy

Q8 Which of the following king was an illiterate?
A) akbar
b)humayun
c) shahjahan
d) aurangzeb

Q9. In the most popular internet domain name ‘.com’ (dot-com), the ‘com’ is the short form for which word ?
(A) Common 
(B) Commercial
(C) Computer
(D) Communication

Q10. Kalahari desert related to which country ?
A) botswana
b) angola
c) sudan
d) korea

Q11. which language gautam buddha used in his first sermon ?
A) pali
b) sanskrit
c) hindi
d) urdu

Q12.what is the time taken to sing Indian National song ?
A) 52 sec
b) 45 sec
c) 60 sec
d) 65 sec


ANSWERS:
1) D                              7) C
2) D                              8) A
3) B                              9) B
4) B                              10)A
5) C                              11)A
6) C                              12)D