Thursday, May 29, 2014

Sports autobiographies

Name                                                                                     Book
Yuvraj Singh                                                                           The test of my life
Mary Kom                                                                               Unbreakable
Saina Nehwal                                                                          Playing to win
Sunil Gavaskar                                                                        Sunny Days
Adam Gilchrist                                                                        True Colors
Ricky Ponting                                                                          At the close of play
Lance Armstrong                                                                     It's not about the bike
Michael Jordan                                                                        For the love of the Game                                      

General Quiz #1 for competitive exams



1: Training camps for terrorists, fighting in the name of Jihad, are located in

a) Kargil, Drass Sector
b) China occupied Kashimir
c) POK and Pakistan
d) Ladakh

2: Sushma Swaraj's constituency has a famous land mark in the form of a pillar known as Heliodorous Pillar. It is also known by what name?
a) Ashoka Pillar
b) Garuda Pillar
c) Panchsheel
d) Iron pillar

3: League of Nations was founded in
a) 1919
b) 1917
c) 1920
d) 1923

4: By what name, Ganga is known as in Bangladesh after it meets with Brahmaputra?
1) Mandakini
2) Hoogly
3) Padma
4) Alaknanda

5: Which river divides the Deccan plateau from states of northern India?
1) Kaveri
2) Krishna
3) Godavari
4) Narmada


6: Tehri dam is built on which river?
1) Mandakini
2) Bhagirathi
3) Nandakini
4) Alaknanda


7: First IIM was build in 1961 at
1) Ahemdabad
2) Indore
3) Bangalore
4) Calcutta

8: Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ? 
(A) Victoria
(B) Queensland
(C) Tasmania
(D) New South Wales


9: Which among the following National Park is located in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) Kanha National Park
(B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Kanchenjunga National Park
(D) Kanger Ghati National Park

10: 'The Four Noble Truths' and 'Noble Eightfold Path' are the cornerstones of which religion ? 
(A) Jainism
(B) Sikhism
(C) Buddhism
(D) Christianity


Answers:
10)Buddhism
9) Kanger Ghati
8) Tasmania
7) Calcutta
6) Bhagirathi
5) Narmada
4) Padma
3) 1920
2) Garuda pillar
1) PoK and Pakistan