General Knowledge Quiz 35 |

1. Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ?

New South Wales
Tasmania
Victoria
Queensland

2. On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ?

Germany
Russia
France
Israel

3. Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?

Lucknow
Ahmedabad
Kolkata
Bengaluru

4. 'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?

Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Rabindranath Tagore
Sharat Chandra Chatterjee

5. Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ?

Madan Mohan Malaviya
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Jai Prakash Narain

6. Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ?

Narinder Singh Kapany
Homi J. Bhabha
C.V. Raman
Satyendra Nath Bose

7. What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ?

Isohyet
Isotherm
Isobar
Isohel

8. Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ?

Sutlej
Jhelum
Beas
Chenab

9. Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ?

Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Maharashtra

10. Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?

Karnataka
West Bengal
Assam
Orissa