Current Affairs & General Knowledge Quiz- 22

Current Affairs & General Knowledge Quiz- 22

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Q1. Who was sworn in as the 40th Chief Justice of India on 19 July 2013?

(a) Altamas Kabir       

(b) P Sathasivam

(c) RC Lahoti                

(d) SH Kapadia

Ans. (b) P Sathasivam

Q2. Hindi Divas celebrate in India on

(A) 14th September            

(B) 12th April

(C) 10th April                      

(D) 14th December

Ans. (A) 14th September

Q3. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in?

(A) 1930                

(B) 1928

(C) 1932                

(D) 1927

Ans. (B) 1928

Q4. Which is India's first artificial satellite?

(A) INSAT                    

(B) Aryabhata

(C) bhaskara               

(D) Rohini

Ans. (B) Aryabhata

Q5. The first IIT was established in1951 known as

(A) IIT Delhi                        

(B) IIT Kanpur

(C) IIT Kharagpur              

(D) IIT Madras

Ans. (C) IIT Kharagpur 

Q6. Rabindranath Tagore (first non-European) won noble prize in 1913 for the book

(A) Gitimalya                        

(B) Balak

(C) Manasi                            

(D) Gitanjali

Ans. (D) Gitanjali

Q7. Who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia recently?

(A) Julia Gillard                     

(B) Kevin Rudd

(C) Silvio Berlusconi         

(D) Anthony Albanese

Ans. (B) Kevin Rudd

Q8. 'Kuchipudi' is a classical dance from the state

(A) Tamil Nadu           

(B) Kerala

(C) Odisha                   

(D) Andhra Pradesh

Ans. (D) Andhra Pradesh

Q9. In which year was the capital of India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi

(A) 1918             

(B) 1907

(C) 1911             

(D) 1916

Ans. (C) 1911     

Q10. Which state is the largest producer of rice in India

(A) West Bengal                

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Punjab                          

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Ans. (A) West Bengal   

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