General Knowledge - Prelims PYP Part 4 - 2008

Welcome to your General Knowledge – Prelims PYP Part 4 – 2008

1.

2008,General Knowledge

Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writing relating to which one of the following?

(a) Historical monuments in India

(b) Regional dance in India

(c) Himalayan expeditions

(d) Wildlife in India

2.

2008,General Knowledge

Starting with the Australian Open Lawn Tennis tournament, which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the other three major Lawn Tennis Touraments?

(a) French Open- US Open-Wimbledon

(b) French Open- Wimbledon-US open

(c) Wimbledon- US Open- French Open

(d) Wimbledon-French Open –US Open

3.

2008,General Knowledge

Who among the following scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son ?

(a) Max Planck

(b) Albert Einstein

(c) William Henry Bragg

(d) Enrico Fermi

4.

2008,General Knowledge

Which two countries follow China and India in the decreasing order of their populations?

(a) Brazil and USA

(b) USA and Indonesia

(c) Canada and Malaysia

(d) Russia and Nigeria

5.

2008,General Knowledge

Who among the following has been the Captain of the Indian team in Cricket Test Matches for the maximum number of times?

(a) Sunil Gavaskar

(b) Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

(c) Saurav Ganguly

(d) Mohammad Azharuddin

6.

2008,General Knowledge

Nobel Prize winning scientist James D. Wastson is known for his work in which area ?

(a) Metallurgy

(b) Meteorology

(c) Environment protection

(d) Genetics

7.

2008,General Knowledge

The term “prisoner's Dilemma” is associated with which one of the following ?

(a) A technique in glass manufacture

(b) A term used in shipping industry

(c) A situation under the Game Theory

(d) Name of a supercomputer

8.

2008,General Knowledge

What does Baudhayan theorem (Baudhayan Sulva Sautra) related to?

(a) Lengths of sides of a right-angled triangle

(b) Calculation of the value of pi

(c) Logarithmic calculations

(d) Normal distribution curve

9.

2008,General Knowledge

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. Francis Collins : Mapping human genome
2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine
3. Jimmy Wals : Wikipedia
Select the answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 1,2 and 3

10.

2008,General Knowledge

Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute is being established in which State?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Kerala

(d) Orissa