General Knowledge Quiz 540

General Knowledge

Which one of the following is the biggest shipping canal in the world
(a) The White Sea- Baltic Sea Canal
(b) Rhine-Main-Danube Canal
(c) Suez Canal
(d) Volga-Don Canal

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The age of tree, in years, can be ascertained by'
(a) Length of its root
(b) The number of its annular rings
(c) Its weight
(d) Its height

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First Buddhist Conference after the death of Buddha was presided over by
(a) Nagasen
(b) Ajatashatru
(c) Dharmasena
(d) Mahakashyapa

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Which Indian born film producer has won the Golden Camera Award in 1999 Cannes Film Festival
(a) Mani Kaul
(b) Shahji Karun
(c) Mira Nayar
(d) Murali Nayar

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Which one of the following historian's has said that "Din-I-Ilahi" was a religion
(a) Nizamuddin
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Abdul Qudir Badaoni
(d) Amir Khusaru

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"Karagam", a religious folkdance is associated with
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala

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"Teratali" is the folkdance of
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Rajasthan

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The first Speaker against whom a motion of non-confidence was moved in the Lok Sabha was
(a) Hukum Singh
(b) K.S. Hegde
(c) B.R. Jakhad
(d) G.V. Mavlankar

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The solar energy plays the most important role in the
(a) Nitrogen cycle
(b) Water cycle
(c) Carbon cycle
(d) Oxygen cycle

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Which hormone is known as 'fight or flight' hoemone
(a) Estrogen
(b) Oxytocin
(c) Insulin
(d) Adrenaline

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