TNPSC, IAS,- IPS- UPSC GK Quiz for Prelim -2016

October Quiz

1. How many districts are there in India at present


580
640
490

2. Who founded the Bharatiya Janata Party


a.B. Vajpayee
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
K.P.Singh

3. Who is the first woman IAS officer in the country


auna George Malhotra
Ranjana Choudhary
Vandana Preyashi

4. Which state chief minister in India has distributed free laptops to students recently


Jammu and Kashmir
Gujarat
Tamil Nadu

5. Why is Neelima Mishra in the news recently


IaS officer who was humiliated abroad
Magsaysay awardee who was denied USa visa
First lady minister who was arrested

6. When was the Indian Postal Order started in India


1962
1952
1935

7. Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year


Daniel Shechtman
Thomas a. Steitz
Yves Chauvin

8. Who has been appointed as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister


Shivshankar Menon
Rajkumar Singh
Pulok Chatterjee
9. Where is the Institute of Mathematical Science located in India


Chennai
Kolkata
allahabad

10. What is the length of the coastline of the country


6514 km
7517 km
5898 km

answer: 1

answer: 2


answer: 3


answer: 4


answer: 5


answer: 6


answer: 7


answer: 8


answer: 9


answer: 10


GK Part-02
1. Which Gazal maestro passed away recently

2. What is the name of weather satellite launched in India on 12th Oct 2011

3. Name the Indo-French tropical satellite carried by PSLV-c18

4. Which two Indian sports persons is given the Lieutenant Colonel rank by the army

5. Which UK Based company is setting up investment banking operations in India teaming up with Motilal Oswal

6. Which is new variant of verito car launched by Mahindra targeting corporate professionals and businessmen

7. Name the event that will be organised by Nasscom in Mysore on October 15

8. Which company is set to buy 45% stake in West Bengal's Haldia Petrochemicals(HPL) project

9. Which company bagged a Rs.4,000 crore contract for setting up a thermal power plant in andhra Pradesh from singareni Collieries Company

10. Who won the Nobel Prize for Economics 2011

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Part -03
1. Who won the Japanese Grand Prix

a: Jenson Button 2. Who became Formula One's youngest double world champion after finishing third at Japanese Grand Prix

a: Sebastian Vettel 3. What is the new movie and also the 100th film of Jackie Chan

a: 1911 4. What is the name of the Taiwanese movie filmed which is based on true story of Seediq tribes in Taiwan

a: Warriors of the Rainbow:Seediq bale 5. When and where was the first Busan International Film festival was held

a: 1996 in Busan 6. Which asian film director was honoured by "asian Filmmaker of the Year award" in Busan International Film Festival 2011

a: Tsui Hark 7. What is the name of the new book released by Chetan Bhagat

a: Revolution 2020
1. Whose museum was inaugurated in austria recently

arnold schwarzenegger 2. Name the 3 women who shared the Nobel Peace Prize 2011. leymah gbowee , ellen johnson sirleaf , tawakkul karman 3. Who booked the finals berth in Champions League Twenty 20 cricket tournament 2011

royal challengers bangalore 4. Name the Lord Mayor of London who will be on a 5-day visit to India from October 10th 2011 to strengthen economic ties between India and the UK. michael bear 5. Name the 2 British banks which included in the list of 12 whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody's. llyods and rbs 6. Who won the Showjumping Open title on the opening day of the South India Equestrian championship

hrishika bassappa
Part -04

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