General Awareness Quiz - Set 5

1. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Engineering and Technology has been instituted by

a) Uttar Pradesh Government

b) Madhya Pradesh Government

c) Government of India

d) Visvabharathi 

2. Pulitzer Prize winners are selected by the Pulitzer Prize Board and announced by the President of India

a) New York University

b) Columbia University

c) Wesleyan University

d) Cambridge University 

3. A Biopsy is performed on a patient generally to detect one of the following. Which one?

a) Cancer

b) Tuberculosis

c) Appendicitis

d) Renal failure 

4. What is a “Golden Peacock”?

a) A Himalayan Bird

b) National Bird of India

c) National Film Award

d) International Film Award 

5. Sheremetyevo airport is in

a) London

b) Paris

c) Rome

d) Moscow 

6. The Rashtriya Indian Military College is located at

a) Agra

b) Dehra Dun

c) Khadakvasla

d) Cochin 

7. Which state is called the spice garden of India?

a) Kerala

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Karnataka 

8. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold cup Trophy is associated with

a) Basketball

b) Tennis

c) Hockey

d) Football 

9. Who invented Television?

a) Sir Isaac Newton

b) Thomas Alva Edison

c) Alexander Garham Bell

d) J.L. Baird 

10. Which of the following Planets is the brightest?

a) Mercury

b) Mars

c) Jupiter

d) Venus 

Answers: 

1. b) Madhya Pradesh Government

2. b) Columbia University

3. a) Cancer

4. c) National Film Award

5. d) Moscow

6. b) Dehra Dun

7. a) Kerala

8. c) Hockey

9. d) J.L. Baird

10. d) Venus 

Thanks.