GK Quiz

1.Which of the following terms is not used in the game of cricket?
1) Leg bye 2) Kidney Punch   3) Overthrow 4) Timed out  5) None of these


2.The first ever ‘World Economic Forum on India’ to be organized in Gurgaon will be participated by
1) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former British premier Gordon Brown
2) Federal Minister of Pakistan Farzana Raja and former cricketer Imran Khan
3) Only 1) 4) Only 2)   5) Both 1) and 2)

3.Travel solution provider major Thomas Cook (India) has partnered with which of the following companies to provide travel card?
1) Visa Card  2) MasterCard Worldwide  3) OneDebit
   4) National Payment Corporation of India (RuPay)  5) None of these
4.Which of the following is a film directed by late Yash Chopra, the last film directed by him?
1) Ek Tha Tiger 2) Dhoom 3  3) Jab Tak Hai Jaan
4) Veer-Zaara 5) None of these

5.Who is the founder of the cultural organisation Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Among Youth (SPIC MACAY)?
1) Rashmi Malik 2) Kiran Seth   3) Shubha Mudgal
4) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan    5) None of these

6.Who has taken over as Director General of Central Public Works Department (CPWD) recently?
1) Sushil Kumar Mittal 2) Daya Shankar Prasad
3) Har Prahad 4) Rakesh Misra    5) None of these

7.French Ambassador to India Francois Richier given the second highest French civilian award, 'Officer Dan Ordre Arts et des Lettres' to which of the following Bollywood stars?
1) Amitabh Bachchan 2) Aamir Khan
3) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 4) Priyanka Chopra
5) None of these

8.Who among the following has been appointed as the new CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange?
1) Madhu Kannan 2) Ashish Kumar  3) Ashish Rukhaiyar
4) Ravi Narain    5) None of these

9.Kailashpati Mishra who died recently was
1) a former governor of Gujarat
2) a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party
3) a bureaucrat 4) Both 1) and 2)   5) All 1), 2) and 3)

10.Name the Oscar award winning director who has directed the film ‘Life of Pie’ based on Yann Martel’s Booker Prize winning novel of the same name.
1) Jackie Chan 2) Kaige Chen   3) Ang Lee   4) Xiaogang Feng 5) None of these

Answer
1-2   2-5  3-2  4-3  5-2  6-4  7-3,8-2,9-5 10-1