Quiz-8

According to 2001 census, which state has the highest literacy rate

?(A) Goa

(B) Mizoram(C) Tripura(D) Kerala

On account of its numerous temples, which city is also known as the 'Cathedral City of India' ? 

(A) Madurai (Tamil Nadu)(B) Haridwar (Uttarakhand)(C) Bhubaneswar (Orissa)

(D) Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh

In which city would you come across Sidi Bashir Mosque, famous

for its Shaking Minarets (Jhulta Minar) ?

(A) Agra (Uttar Pradesh)(B) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

(C) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)(D) Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir)

Paradip port, a major port on the Bay of Bengal, is located in which

Indian state ? (A) Orissa

(B) West Bengal(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Andhra Pradesh

Where was the 'Project Tiger', the tiger protection programme, launched on 1 April 1973 ? 

(A) Simlipal National Park (Orissa)(B) Kanha National Park (Madhya

Pradesh)(C) Ranthambhore National Park

(Rajasthan)(D) Corbett National Park

(Uttarakhand)

In addition to main Bombay Bench, where are the three other benches of Bombay High Court located ? (A) Pune, Nasik and Aurangabad

(B) Panaji (Goa), Pune and Nagpur(C) Aurangabad, Nagpur and Pune(D) Panaji (Goa), Aurangabad and

Nagpur

Kaziranga National Park, famous for hosting two-thirds of world's

Indian Rhinoceroses (Great One-horned Rhinoceroses), is located in

which Indian state ? (A) Assam

(B) Meghalaya(C) Manipur

(D) West Bengal

Which city hosted the first Asian Games in 1951 ? (A) Tokyo (Japan)

(B) Jakarta (Indonesia)(C) New Delhi (India)

(D) Manila (Philippines)

In addition to seven of the world's leading industrialized nations -

USA, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada, which country is the 8th member of G8

group of nations ?(A) China(B) Brazil(C) India

(D) Russia

Where did the All India Muslim League adopt the Pakistan

resolution, the demand for separate sovereign state for Muslims, on 23

March 1940 ?(A) Dhaka(B) Lahore(C) Aligarh

(D) Lucknow

Pyongyang is the capital city of which Asian country ? 

(A) Thailand(B) North Korea(C) South Korea(D) Indonesia

Which was the first Indian company to list on the Nasdaq in 1999 ? 

(A) Wipro(B) Infosys

(C) Satyam Computers(D) Tech Mahindra

‘Land of Thunderbolt' is the nickname of which Asian country ? 

(A) Nepal(B) Bhutan

(C) Thailand(D) Myanmar

In which city of Punjab is the Rail Coach Factory, the passenger

coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, located ? 

(A) Amritsar(B) Ludhiana(C) Jalandhar

(D) Kapurthala

Which European city houses the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the

United Nations (FAO), a specialized agency that leads international efforts to defeat

hunger ? (A) Rome (Italy)

(B) Vienna (Austria)(C) Paris (France)

(D) Brussels (Belgium)

At which town in Gujarat has Tata Group set up its Nano car project ? 

(A) Kalol(B) Mundra(C) Nadiad

(D) Sanand

With which athletic event is the 'Tour de France' competition

associated ? (A) Marathon

(B) 50 km walk(C) 10,000 m race(D) Bicycle race

Due to its criss-crossing canals, which Kerala town is also called

'The Venice of the East' ? (A) Idukki

(B) Palakkad(C) Alappuzha(D) Ernakulam

Dilli Chalo' slogan was given by which Indian freedom fighter ? 

(A) Mahatma Gandhi(B) Subhas Chandra Bose(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Which Indian city is also called Prayag