GK-1

1) Name of the ATS Mumbai Chief and NSG Commando from Bangalore who has died on 26th Nov, at Terrorist attack.
-ATS Chief: Hemant Karkare
-NSG Commando: Sundeep Unnilrishanan
2) Name of terrorist who was captured on 26th Nov, 2008 in Mumbai
- Azmal Amir Kasav
3) Who said “ Give me matter I will make a new world”
- Immanuel Kant
4) Who got prestigious Man Booker award recently for which and for which book?
- Arvind Adiga (The white Tiger)
5) Which is the country whose map is depicted on its flag.
- Cyprus (West Asia)
6) Generally flags are rectangular but there is the country whose flags is square.
- Switzerland

7) Who is the Prime minister of Pakistan?
- Yousaf Raza Gillani
8) Newly appointed Chief minister of Maharastra.
- Ashok Chavan (Congress)
9) Name of the Chief minister of Kerala who is in the news because of his comment on
Martyr Unnikrishanan of Banagalore.
- V.S.Achuthanandan (said, "If it had not been (Major) Sandeep's house, not even a dog would have gone there"
10) What is the capital city of India?
- Delhi (no its not right. its New Delhi)
11) Most Popular god of Vedic era in India.
- Indra
12) Which is the movie received the Best movie award at Cannes in 2008 and Oscar 2008.
- The Class (a French movie) – Cannes 2008
- No land for old man (English) – Oscar 2008

13) Which state / UT has the highest per capita Income and how much..
- Chandigarh – Rs 99,700 (National Per capita income Rs. 45,000)
14) Full form of HTML and CHAT.
- HTML-HyperText Markup Language
- CHAT-Conversational Hypertext Access Technology

15) Ozone layer is known as life blanket for the earth as its saves as from Ultraviolet Rays.
Chemical formula of Ozone.
- O3
16) What is the most abundant element on the crust of the earth (Crust is upper part of the earth)
- Oxygen
17) Google is derived from the word googol, what do you mean by Googol.
- 10 followed my 100 zeros
18) BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China but SAARC stands for.
- South Asian association for Regional cooperation – Head quarter – Katmandu (Nepal)
19) Cyclone is China is known as.
- Typoon
20) What is the south most point of India and where is it located?
- India point (Nicobar Island)
21) What is the original name of Santa Claus?
- Saint Nicholas
22) A Indian origin woman has become Lord mayor of England .
Name her.
-Manjula Sood (Leicester)

23) What are colors of rainbow / light.
- VIBGYOR (violet, Indigo, blue, Green, Yellow, Orage and Red)
24) Barack Obama has appointed Indian origin lady as one of his advisers.
- Sonal Shah
25) What is the rank of India In Hunger list out of 88 countries surveyed?
- 66th (high Hunger – children malnutrition, lower weight of children below 5 years of age and low intake of protein in diet)
26) The biggest and the smallest bones of our body.
- The Biggest – femur (thigh Bone) and Smallest – Stapes –(ear bone)
27) The Smallest country of the world and its area and Population.
- Vatican City (Near Rome, Italy) Area 0.44 Sq Km, Population - 824
28) Name of a country in which all 5 vowels are there. (One word)
- Mozambique (located at Eastern side of South Africa)
29) (5/5/5) 5 divided by 5 divided by 5 =?
- .1 (5* 1/5 *1/5)
30) What are the three numbers if you multiply or add will give you the same result.
- 1, 2, 3 (1+ 2+3=6 and 1*2*3=6)
31) Byte is a unit of computer’s memory. How many bytes equals to one MG (mega byte).
= 1024 * 1024 (1024 bytes = 1 kilo byte, 1024 kilo bye = 1 Mega byte)
32) India celebrates her republic day on 26th January of every year as our constitution was adopted on 26th January 1950, why they have selected 26th January to adopt it though it was ready on 26th November 1949.
- Indian has celebrated first Independence Day on 26th Jan 1930 , to make the day memorable 26th January was chosen .
33) Who is the Chairman of ISRO? In news because of the launch of Chandrayaan –1
- G. Madhavan Nair
34) In which year the state Karnataka reorganized as a State by adding coorg and some part of AP and some parts of south Maharastra, when was it renamed as Karnataka?
- 1st November 1956, Renamed as Karnataka in 1973, old name state of Mysore)
35) Name the language, which if spelled from forward or backward gives the same name.
- Malayalam
36) SEBI has allowed Currency trading recently, the Exchange where it can be traded.
- NSE, BSE and MCX