general knowledge Online Quiz - 3716

Chirayu Amin took over as interim IPL chairman in 2010 after Lalit Modi's suspension during the IPL controversy. Amin was the BCCI vice-president and served until the appointment of a new chairman.

The 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Championships were held in Delhi as a test event for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. This helped organizers assess venues and logistics before the main games.

Crocodiles cannot stick their tongues out because their tongues are attached to the roof of their mouths by a membrane. This adaptation helps them hold onto prey and keeps the tongue in place during underwater attacks.

Iron is the most widely used metal globally, primarily in the form of steel. It's essential for construction, infrastructure, machinery, and countless applications due to its strength, abundance, and relatively low cost.

Flies (Order Diptera) are the only major insect group with exactly one pair of wings - their hind wings have evolved into halteres, which are knob-like structures used for balance and stability during flight.

Mahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer Services) was a sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This was part of their global branding strategy after rebranding following the 2009 accounting scandal.

New York City's nickname 'The Big Apple' originated in the 1920s among jazz musicians, who called performing gigs 'the big time' or 'the big apple.' A 1970s tourism campaign popularized it globally.

Hayabusa was a Japanese space probe launched by JAXA to study the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa. In 2010, it successfully returned samples from the asteroid's surface to Earth - a historic first.

Pascal Lamy served as Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 2005 to 2013. During his tenure, he oversaw the Doha Round of trade negotiations and dealt with major global trade disputes.

The Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) in Ahmedabad is India's premier institute for plasma physics research. It was inspected by the ITER mission before India joined the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project.

The G-20 is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from major economies. Pakistan is not a member of the G-20.

'Abhor' is a verb meaning to regard with disgust and hatred, to loathe or detest something intensely. 'Detest' (C) is a synonym meaning to hate or dislike intensely. 'Like' (B) is an antonym, while 'leave' (A) and 'sympathy' (D) are unrelated in meaning.

'Abject' means something that is hopeless, wretched, or completely miserable and degraded. 'Defeated' (D) is the closest match among the options - abject circumstances are those of utter defeat and hopelessness. 'Enjoy' (A), 'happy' (B), and 'win' (C) are all antonyms of abject.

'Abstruse' means something that is difficult to understand, obscure, or hard to penetrate mentally. 'Hard to understand' (B) directly captures this definition. 'Unclear' (D) is close but less precise - something can be unclear for various reasons, but abstruse specifically refers to mental difficulty in comprehension. 'Impersonal' (A) and 'honor' (C) are unrelated.

The word abysmal means extremely deep, bottomless, or profound, deriving from the root abyss. Therefore, bottomless is the correct synonym among the choices.

'ACERBIC' (note the spelling, not 'accerbic') means sharp or biting in tone or manner, sour or severe. 'Severe' (B) captures this meaning. 'Sweet' (A) is an antonym. 'Old saying' (C) would be 'adage' and 'ugly' (D) is unrelated. The word appears misspelled in the question, but the intended meaning and answer are clear.

'Adroit' means skillful, clever, or dexterous in using the hands or mind. 'Clever' (C) is the correct synonym. 'Gauche' (A) means awkward or clumsy - an antonym. 'Shobby' (B) is a misspelling of 'shabby' meaning worn or dreary, not related to adroit. 'Left' (D) is the opposite of right, unrelated.

'Affectation' refers to artificial behavior, speech, or writing intended to impress others - it's pretense or insincerity. 'Artificial behaviour' (D) is the correct definition. 'Sympathy' (A), 'dislike' (B), and 'happiness' (C) are unrelated to affectation's meaning.