General Awareness
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Questions
The highest literary award in India, the Jnanpith Award, carries a cash prize of
- Rs. 2 lakh
- Rs. 3 lakh
- Rs. 5 lakh
- Rs. 8 lakh
Which is the smallest country by area?
- Monaco
- Malta
- Vatican city
- Marshall Islands
'I Dare' is the autobiography of
- Nelson Mandela
- Kiran Bedi
- Phoolan Devi
- P.T. Usha
Cathay Pacific Airways is the airlines of
- France
- Hong Kong
- Poland
- Russia
Financial Times is a daily, published from
- Toronto
- New York
- London
- Beijing
Who said 'Gods help those who help themselves'?
- Abraham Lincoln
- Otto von Bismarck
- Goldsmith
- Aesop
Who among the following is the first space tourist?
- Laika
- Dennis Tito
- Yuri Gagarin
- Alan B Shepherd
Thalassophobia is fear of
- telling lies
- thunder
- travel
- sea
Which is the top daily newspaper in India?
- The Hindustan Times
- The Hindu
- Dainik Jagaran
- Malayala Manoram
Which is the third most spoken language of the world?
- Arabic
- Spanish
- Hindi
- German
Zloty is the currency of which of the following countries?
- Phillipines
- Poland
- Peru
- Romania
Color Television was invented by
- Micheal Faraday
- G.Marconi
- W K Roentgen
- John Logie Baird
Who earned the sobriquet of 'King Maker of India'?
- C.Rajagopalachary
- Kautilya
- Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Kamraj
Who was the first person to win 'Dada Saheb Phalke Award'?
- V. Shantaram
- Prithviraj Kapoor
- Naushad Ali
- Devika Rani Roerich
Which of the following countries is the chief exporter of coffee?
- USA
- China
- Brazil
- India
Quiranale House is the official residence of
- President of Italy
- President of France
- President of Mexico
- President of South Korea
Penny Postage system was designed by
- Malthus
- Sir Rowland Hill
- Maria Montessori
- Baden Powell
Empire State Building is located in
- London
- Washington
- New York
- Berlin
Knesset is the parliament of
- Israel
- Japan
- Sweden
- Jordon
Omakar Temple is located in
- Tamil Nadu
- Orissa
- Madhya Pradesh
- Madhurai
Napoleon Bonaparte was known as
- Fuhrer
- Man of Destiny
- Man of Blood
- Desert Fox
Humming bird is the National Emblem of
- Turkey
- Canada and Ukraine
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Sudan
Who among the following did not win the 'Man Booker Prize for fiction'?
- Salman Rushdie
- Arundhati Roy
- Kiran Desai
- Vikram Seth
Aspirin, the common medicine, was invented by
- Koller
- Leeuwenhock
- Dreser
- James Simpson
Where is Stratosphere Tower located?
- China
- USA
- Kuwait
- Russia