Mixed General Knowledge Quiz

'Jiyo, Utho, Badho, Jeeto' was the official slogan of the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi. The lyricist was Mehboob (part of the lyricist duo Salim-Mehboob), though commonly misattributed to Javed Akhtar.

Nobel Prizes are traditionally awarded on December 10th every year, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. This ceremony takes place in Stockholm, Sweden (except for the Peace Prize which is awarded in Oslo, Norway).

Tamil is widely considered the oldest of the Dravidian languages with a continuous literary tradition spanning over 2,000 years. While Sanskrit is ancient, it's an Indo-Aryan language, and the earliest Tamil literature (Sangam literature) dates back to 300 BCE.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was the key figure in Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II), India's 1998 nuclear tests. As DRDO chief and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, he played a crucial role alongside Dr. R. Chidambaram in coordinating the nuclear weapons program.

San Francisco is called the 'City of Golden Gates' due to the famous Golden Gate Bridge, which spans the Golden Gate Strait. Shanghai is a major Chinese port, Paris is the 'City of Light,' and Baghdad is the 'City of Peace.'

Cryptology is the scientific study of secret codes and ciphers, including both cryptography (making codes) and cryptanalysis (breaking them). 'Cytography' is not a recognized term, and 'Secretology' is not the standard academic term.

In field hockey, a '16-yard hit' is a free hit awarded to the defending team when the ball crosses the end line after last being touched by an attacker. Polo, baseball, and badminton do not use this terminology.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the UN, has 15 judges elected to nine-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. Judges represent different legal systems of the world.

Myopia, commonly called nearsightedness or short-sightedness, is difficulty seeing distant objects clearly while close objects remain clear. Long-sightedness is hyperopia. Color blindness and night blindness are different visual conditions.

Fresh water makes up only about 2.5-3% of all water on Earth, with most of that trapped in glaciers and ice caps. The 2.7% figure correctly represents this small proportion of usable fresh water relative to total planetary water.

In the 2010 film 'My Name Is Khan' (MNIK), Kajol portrayed the character Mandira, a single mother who marries the protagonist played by Shah Rukh Khan. This was one of her most acclaimed performances.

Hemoglobin is the iron-containing protein in red blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to body tissues and returning carbon dioxide. While it contains iron, its primary function is oxygen transport, not iron utilization per se. Bacteria destruction and anemia prevention are not its direct functions.

December 22nd is the Southern Hemisphere's summer solstice, when it experiences the longest day and shortest night. Among the options, Melbourne (Australia) is the only Southern Hemisphere city, so it has the longest day and shortest night on this date. Northern Hemisphere cities like Moscow, Honolulu, and Madrid have their winter solstice with short days.

The first three letters of the English alphabet in order are A, B, and C. This is a basic alphabetical sequence question. Option 'AAA' repeats only the first letter, 'BBB' only the second, and 'CCC' only the third.

Cricket is played using multiple essential equipment: a bat for hitting, a ball for bowling, and players to participate. The question asks what the game is played 'with', which encompasses all these elements together. Individual options (bat, ball, players) are each correct but incomplete.

New Delhi is the capital of India. The other options are incorrect: USA and Russia are countries, not cities, and Africa is a continent. The question is straightforward Indian geography.

The question appears incomplete with just '1+1=' shown. However, given the options and that option C is marked as correct with '2', this tests basic arithmetic. 1 plus 1 equals 2. Option A (1) would be correct for subtraction, option B (11) would be concatenation not addition, and option D (1+1) just restates the question.

Rishi Kapoor's nickname in Bollywood was 'Chintu'. This was a well-known nickname used affectionately by family and colleagues. 'Chichi' is Govinda's nickname, 'Duggu' is Hrithik Roshan's, and 'Pappu' is a generic nickname often used in film references.

Operation Shakti (1998) was India's series of nuclear tests at Pokhran. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, as Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister and DRDO chief, was the key scientific figure alongside Dr R Chidambaram. Major General Prithvi Raj was associated with the army's role in the tests. Vajpayee was PM, Fernandes was Defence Minister - both political leaders, not the technical architect.