NOVEMBER GK, SCIENCE, SOCIAL, SPORTS, SPACE, CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. NOVEMBER MONTH
GK QUIZ

2. SOCIAL

3. •
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Who enjoys the
legislative powers
President
Prime minister
Council of Ministers
parliament
• ANS : d) parliament

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Who was the first
occupant of White
House
a) Washington
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) John Adams
d) None of the above
• ANS : d) parliament

5. “ The Boston Tea Party”
took place in
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a) 1776
b) 1774
c) 1773
d) 1770
• ANS : c) 1773

6. Two of the great
Mughals wrote their
own memories. They
were
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Babur and Humayum
Humayum and Jahangir
Babur and Jahangir
Jahangir and Shahjahan

7. Shivaji built his first fort at
a)
b)
c)
d)
Poona
Purandhar
Gopa
Raigarh
ANS: d) Raigarh

8. • Who was the first Indian
member of House of Lords
a)
b)
c)
d)
Madhavan Nair
S.P.Sinha
Motilal Nehru
None of these
ANS :b) S.P.Sinha

9. Gokhale found
a)
b)
c)
d)
Home Rule Movement
theosophical society
Servants of Indian Society
Arya samaj
ANS : c) Servants of Indian Society

10. What was the aim of “Swaraj Party”
a) To oppose the extremists
b) To support thr Pacifists
c) To support the Britishers
d) To oppose the Britishers in the
Parliament and in the Assembly
ANS ; d) To oppose the Britishers in
the Parliament and in the
Assembly

11. SCIENCE

12. • What is Therapeutics
a)
b)
c)
d)
The science and art of healing
Silk worm Breeding
Study of mind
Study of Viruses
ANS : a) The science and art of
healing

13. •
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Medha Patkar is associated with
a) Space Science
b) Atomic Science
c) Plant Breeding
d) Environmental issues
• ANS : d) Environmental issues

14. • AIDS is caused by
• a) Bacteria
b) Protozoa
c) Helminth
d) HIV virus
ANS : d) HIV virus

15. • How many bones are there in a
newly born infant
• a) 300
• b) 230
• c) 206
• d) 280
• ANS : a) 300

16. • The deficiency of vitamin B1 in
human beings causes
• a) Leucopenia
• b) Diphtheria
• c) Beri – Beri
• d) Poliomyelitis
• ANS : c) Beri – Beri

17. •
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Who defined the law of gravitation
a) Newton
b) Archimedes
c) Galileo
d) Faraday
• ANS : a) Newton

18. • Choose the correct
combination
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Typewriter : C. Parsons
Dynamite : Dunlop
Evolution : Darwin
Aero plane : Harvey
• ANS : c) Evolution : Darwin

19. CURRENT
AFFAIRS

20. • Which non-Test playing nation appointed
Mahendra Singh Dhoni as its cricket
Ambassador in June 2012?
A Nepal
B Canada
C Maldives
D singapore
E Afghanistan
Ans
Nepal

21. • Who was chosen as the partner of
Leander Paes in Men’s Doubles
tennis at the London Olympics?
• Somdev Devvarman
• Mahesh Bhupathi
• Rohan Bopanna
• Vishnu Vardhan
• Yuki Bhambri
• Ans Vishnu vardhan

22. The newly appointed Director General of
Geneva – based International Labour
Organisation is from which country?
 USA
 Cuba
 Italy
 India
 Britain
 Ans Britain


23. • Who among the following is the
husband of Queen Elizabeth , in
news for completing 60 years of
her rule in june 2012?
• Prince Philip
• Prince Edward
• Philip Winston
• Prince George
• Prince Andrew
• Ans Prince Philip

24. • Who among the following won the
common wealth short story prize
in June 2012?
• Emma Martin
• Andrea Mullaney
• Diana McCaulay
• Anushka Jasraj
• Ans Emma martin

25. • Which of the following was
declared as carcinogenic by the
World Health Organisation in June
2012?
• Methane
• Petrol fumes
• Diesel fumes
• Kerosene fumes
• Ans Diesel fumes

26. • Where was the 13th Indian
International Film Association
awards conferred in June 2012?
• Sydney
• London
• Toronto
• Singapore
• Ans Singapore

27. • MCA 21 is an electronic platform
used for e-filing of?
• Income Tax returns
• Corporate documents
• Passport application
• Land registration documents
Ans Corporate documents

28. • The International Union for
conservation of Nature has
marked 2012 as The International
Year of the
• Tiger
• Whale
• Rhino
• Elephant
• Rhino

38. • sports

39. • Which sport is played with the
heaviest ball
• ANS: Ten Pin Bowling

40. • How high is a basket ball hoop from the
ground
• ANS : 10 feet (3.05 meters)

41. • what’s the name of the white ball in
snooker?
• ANS: cue ball

42. • How many Olympic games have
been organizes till now?
• ANS :29

43. • Who was the first person to score
a perfect 10 in Olympicsgymnastics?

60. IDENTIFY
THE
PERSONALITY

61. • Who was called a man of
destiny

62. • Who is Balzac

63. • Who was Jules Verne

64. • Who is known as “Little
corporal”

65. • Who is said to be the second
Vivekananda of India
• ANS : S. RadhaKrishnan

66. • Who was kamal pasha

67. • Who is Edward White
• ANS: The First American Astronaut
to floatin space

68. • Who was Thomas Gregory
• ANS : Youngest person to swim
across the English channel

69. Famous
sayings

70. • Everyone thinks of changing the
world, but no one thinks of
changing himself
• Leo Tolstoy

71. • A person who never made a
mistake never tried anything new.
• Albert Einstein

72. • First they ignore you, then laugh
at you , then they fight you, then
you win.
• Mahatma Gandhi

73. • Forgive your enemies, but never
forget their names.
• John F. Kennedy

74. • The way is not in the sky. The
way is in the heart.
• Buddha

75. • God has given you one face, and
you make yourself another.
• William Shakespeare

76. • Character is like a tree and
reputation like a shadow. The
shadow is what we think of it, the
tree is the real thing.
• Abrahim Lincoln

77. • What we have once enjoyed we
can never lose. All that we love
deeply becomes a part of us.
• Helen Keller.