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General Knowledge Practice Set 3

 


51. Nobel Prize is an annual award given to people who have achieved excellence in Chemistry, Physics, peace, 

Medicine, Economics and ______________. 

(a) Cinema 

(b) Literature 

(c) Music 

(d) Mathematics 


52. Who was the first scientist to be awarded two Nobel Prizes? 

(a) Albert Einstein 

(b)Thomas Edison 

(c) Marie Curie

(d) Frank Templeton 


53. The Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award hosted ______________. 

(a) UK 

(b) USA 

(c) Greece 

(d) Australia 


54.The ‘Pulitzer prize’ which was established in 1917,is given in which of the following fields? 

(a) Mathematics 

(b) Journalism 

(c) Science 

(d) Agriculture 


55. In which of the following field, ‘Fields Medal’ is given ? 

(a) Physics 

(b) Mathematics 

(c) Architecture 

(d) Peace Mission 


56. The Norwegian Abel Prize is annually awarded in the field of ____________. 

(a) Space research 

(b) Chemistry 

(c) Mathematics 

(d) Physics 


57. The Pritzker Prize is awarded for the achievement in the field to_____________. 

(a) Literature 

(b) Music 

(c) Mathematics 

(d) Architecture 


58. Which award is called the Oscar of sports? 

(a) Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 

(b) Laureus World Sport Award 

(c) ESPN Awards 

(d) Stanley Cup 


59. Which of the following is also known as Asia’s Nobel Prize? 

(a) Ramon Magsaysay Award 

(b) Michelin Star 

(c) Pulitzer prize 

(d) The Aga Khan award 


60. The Magsaysay Award is given in the name of Ramon Magsaysay. He was the president of which country? 

(a) Myanmar 

(b) Malaysia 

(c) Philippines 

(d) Sweden


61. Golden Globe Awards are international awards associated with: 

(a) Music 

(b) Literature 

(c) Films 

(d) Science 


62. Cannes film festival is held in: 

(a) Italy 

(b) France 

(c) Germany 

(d) England 


63. Who is the author of the book, ‘A Suitable Boy’? 

(a) Vikram Seth 

(b) Aravind Adiga 

(c) Amartya Sen 

(d) Mahashweta Devi 


64. Who translated the book ‘The story of My Experiments with Truth’ written by M.K Gandhi from Gujarati to English ? 

(a) Mahadev Desai 

(b) J.B Kripalani 

(c) Mohanlal Pandya 

(d) Vinoba Bhave 


65. The White Tiger’ was written by -- 

(a) Amartya Sen 

(b) C.V Raman 

(c) Arvind Adiga 

(d) Vikram Seth 

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66. Who wrote ‘The Argumentative Indian’? 

(a) Amartya Sen 

(b) Chetan Bhagat 

(c) Arundhati roy 

(d) N.C Chaudhary 


67.Who is the author of the book named ‘Freedom is Exile? 

(a) Ayub Khan 

(b) Rajesh Pilot 

(c) Dalai Lama 

(d) S.S Gill 


68. The author of the book, ‘Unhappy India’ is: 

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru 

(b) Lala Lajpat Rai 

(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 

(d) Bipin Chandra Pal 

69. Which of the following was the author of the Book’ Gilimpses of World History? 

(a) Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel 

(b) Jawahar lal Nehru 

(c) J. B. Kriplani 

(d) Dadabhai Naoroji 


70. The famous book ‘Gitanjali’ was written in________________ language. 

(a) Assamese 

(b) Bengali 

(c) English 

(d) Marathi 


71.’ Anandamath’ , a book about the sanyasi rebellion is witten by: 

(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 

(b) Rabindranath Tagore 

(c) Lala Lajpat RAi 

(d) None of the above 


72. Which freedom fighter wrote the book, ‘The Indian Struggle’? 

(a) Bhagat singh 

(b) Chandra Shekhar Azad 

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose 

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru 


73. Who is the author of the books named ‘Wings of Fire’ and ‘Ignited Minds’? 

(a) Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam 

(b) R.K Narayan 

(c) Shashi Tharoor 

(d) Rajendra Prasad 


74. R.K Narayan is famous for his book_____________ . 

(a) The Room on the Roof 

(b) The Angry River 

(c) Malgudi days 

(d) Pax Indica 


75.The author of ‘The Monk who sold his Ferrari ‘is 

(a) Aravind Adiga 

(b) Robin Sharma 

(c) Monohar Malgonkar 

(d) Arundhati Roy


76. The famous work of Leo Tolstoy is : 

(a) The Merchant of Venice 

(b) War and Peace 

(c) To Kill a Mocking Bird 

(d) Great Expectation 


77. Who is the author of the book named ‘A Tale of Two cities’? 

(a) Vikram Seth 

(b) Charles Dickens 

(c) Ruskin Bond 

(d) J.K Rowling 


78. ‘The Diary of a young girl’ which depicts the conditions of the time of holocaust is written by: 

(a) Anne Frank 

(b) Malcolm Gladwell 

(c) Toni Morrison 

(d) H.G .Wells 


79. Alice in Wonderland is a fiction novel written by____. 

(a) Alexandre Dumas 

(b) Anna Sewall 

(c) Rudyard Kipling 

(d) Lewis Carroll 


80. When is the National Youth Day observed ? 

(a) 25 June 

(b) 27 September 

(c) 5 March 

(d) 12 January 

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81. When is ‘World Cancer Day’ observed? 

(a) 10 May 

(b) 4 February 

(c) 7 January 

(d) 23 April 


82. The international Mother Language Day is celebrated every year to promote the awareness of language and cultural diversity all across the world on which date? 

(a) 20 February 

(b) 19 February 

(c) 23 February 

(d) 21 February 


83. World Health day is celebrated every year on 

(a) 7 October 

(b) 7 March 

(c) 7 December 

(d) 7 April 


84.’World Red Cross Day’ is celebrated on: 

(a) 8 May 

(b) 8 June 

(c) 9 May 

(d) 11 May 


85. The day on which India successfully tested nuclear bombs in Pokhran on 11 May , 1998. This date is annually 

celebrated as : 

(a) National Science Day 

(b) Nuclear Power Day 

(c) National Technology Day 

(d) Pokhran Day 


86 . ‘World No Tobacco Day’ is observed every year by WHO on _____________ to make tobacco users aware of the 

opportunity to lead a healthier life. 

(a) 15 May 

(b) 31 May 

(c) 28 May 

(d) 25 May 


87. Which among the following days is observed on June 8? 

(a) World Environment Day 

(b) World Ocean Day 

(c) World Population Day 

(d) World Hepatitis Day 


88. The first International day of Yoga was observed around the world in the which year? 

(a) 2015 

(b) 2016 

(c) 2014 

(d) 2017 


89. Every year on ________________ ‘International Youth Day’ is observed . 

(a) 12 August 

(b) 27 August 

(c) 11 May 

(d) 1 July 


90. In India , Teacher’s Day is celebrated on_______________ . 

(a) 14 November 

(b) 30 January 

(c) 5 September 

(d) 10 October


91. World Ozone Day is observed on____________. 

(a) 21 April 

(b) 16 September 

(c) 25 September 

(d) 5 June 


92. World Peace Day established in 1981 by the UN General Assembly is celebrated annually on: 

(a) 21 September 

(b) 7 February 

(c) 17 October 

(d) 29 August 


93. Which Day is observed as the ‘World Postal Day’? 

(a) 10 December 

(b) 29 August 

(c) 1 October 

(d) 9 October 


94. United Nations Officially came into existence on 24 October in which year? 

(a) 1947 

(b) 1939 

(c) 1918 

(d) 1945 


95. ‘United Nations,’ name was given by whom? 

(a) Clement Atlee 

(b) Joseph Stalin 

(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt 

(d) Winston Churchill 


96. ‘National Unity Day’ Or ‘Ekta Diwas’ is observed every year to mark the birth anniversary of whom? 

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru 

(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azard 

(c) B.R Ambedkar 

(d) Vallabhbhai Patel 


97. When is Indian Navy Day celebrated ? 

(a) 8 October 

(b) 4 December 

(c) 15 January 

(d) 1Febuarya 

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98. Kargil Vijay Diwas is commemorated on: 

(a) 30 June 

(b) 24 June 

(c) 26 July 

(d) 28 July 


99. The ‘National Mathematics’ Day is celebrated on the Birth Anniversary of ______________ on ’22 December’? 

(a) Aryabhatta 

(b) Bhaskara II 

(c) Srinivasa Ramanujan 

(d) P.C Mahalanobis 


100. Farmers’ Day celebrated every year on the birthday of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh is on 

(a) 25December 

(b) 23 December 

(c) 7 December 

(d) 22 Decmeber



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