Current Affairs & Knowledge -8

 

 (1)Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's

A.     largest railway station
B.     highest railway station
C.     longest railway station
D.     None of the above

Answer: largest railway station
    
(2)FFC stands for

A.     Foreign Finance Corporation
B.     Film Finance Corporation
C.     Federation of Football Council
D.     None of the above

Answer: Film Finance Corporation

(3)India's Integrated Missiles Development Programme was started in ____ under Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

A.     1979-80
B.     1980-81
C.     1981-82
D.     1982-83

Answer: 1982-83

(4)For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

A.     Physics and Chemistry
B.     Physiology or Medicine
C.     Literature, Peace and Economics
D.     All of the above

Answer: All of the above
    

(5)Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of

A.     Asia
B.     Africa
C.     Europe
D.     Australia

Answer: Africa

(6)In cricket, a run taken when the ball passes the batsman without touching his bat or body is called

A.     leg bye
B.     bye
C.     bosie
D.     drive

Answer: bye   

(7)First Afghan War took place in

A.     1839
B.     1843
C.     1833
D.     1848

Answer: 1839

(8)Fastest shorthand writer was

A.     Dr. G. D. Bist
B.     J.R.D. Tata
C.     J.M. Tagore
D.     Khudada Khan

Answer: Dr. G. D. Bist

(9)India's first Technicolor film ____ in the early 1950s was produced by ____

A.     'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi
B.     'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sir Syed Ahmed
C.     'Mirza Ghalib', Sohrab Modi
D.     'Mirza Ghalib', Munshi Premchand

Answer: 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi    

(10)Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?

A.     USA
B.     Fiji
C.     India
D.     UK

Answer: Fiji
    
(11)Galileo was an Italian astronomer who

A.     developed the telescope
B.     discovered four satellites of Jupiter
C.     discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular     time measurement
D.     All of the above

Answer: All of the above

(12)INS Agrani (Petty Officers' School) is situated at

A.     Mumbai
B.     Jamnagar
C.     Coimbatore
D.     Lonavla

Answer: Coimbatore

(13)Garampani sanctuary is located at

A.     Junagarh, Gujarat
B.     Diphu, Assam
C.     Kohima, Nagaland
D.     Gangtok, Sikkim

Answer: Diphu, Assam

(14)Epsom (England) is the place associated with

A.     Horse racing
B.     Polo
C.     Shooting
D.     Snooker

Answer: Horse racing

(15)Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?

A.     Taoism
B.     Judaism
C.     Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)
D.     Shintoism

Answer: Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)