GK BYTES

1. 1st Indian to receive the Booker prize -- ARUNDHATI ROY for “GOD OF THE SMALL THINGS” in 1997.

2. BHASWATI BHATTACHARYA was the first Indian to speak as Orator at the Harvard University.

3. VIJAY KUMAR and YOGESHWAR DUTT won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna Award for 2012.

4. GOA will host 36th National Games.

5. MICHAEL CLARKE, the Australian captain won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne.

6. The source of Kaveri river lies in BRAHAMGIRI HILLS.

7. PUNJAB has the minimum percentage of population below poverty line.

8. CHANDARSEKHAR,former Prime Minister of India, was also called ‘Yuva Turk’ .

9. The biggest Hindu temple ANGKOR VAT(now changed to AKSHARDHAM,DELHI) is situated in COMBODIA.

10. Indian Navy Day is celebrated on 4TH DECEMBER.

>The National Emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.

>The four smaller animals at the bottom of national emblem are horse and bull (visible) and lion and elephant (not visible).

>The National Emblem was adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950.
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>Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below has been taken from the Mundaka Upanishad.

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