GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ
Mongolia
Nepal
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Arjun Singh, former Chief Minister of …………… passed away on March 4th, 2011.
Punjab
Madhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
H.R.F. Keating, noted British …………… passed away in March, 2011.
Writer
Cricketer
Film Critic
Playwright
Jyotrimoy Dey, shot dead in Powai, Mumbai in June, 2011 was a correspondent of
Mumbai Mirror
Mid-Day
The Times of India
The Hindu
Sukumar Azhikode, an eminent Malayalam writer who breathed his last on January 24th, 2012, was the erstwhile Chairman of
National Book Trust
AIIMS
Both of the above
None of the above
Ustad Shamim Ahmed Khan, a noted …………… and considered as one of the finest exponent of Hindustani instrumental music passed away on Feb 14th, 2012.
Sitar player
Lyricist
Sarangi player
None of the above
V.S. Acharya, a prominent politician and a senior BJP leader, who breathed his last in February, 2012 was the incumbent Higher Education Minister of
Andhra Pradesh
Goa
Karnataka
Bihar
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan, a noted academician, poet and film lyricist who passed away in February 2012, wrote under the pen name
Gulzar
Shahryar
Saki
Sayey
Kim Jong-il, who breathed his last in December, 2011 was the supreme leader of North Korea and belonged to
Korean Social Democratic Party
General Association of Korean Residents in Japan
Workers’ Party of Korea
Independents
Eminent Indian nuclear physicist P.K. Iyengar, who passed away on December 21st, 2011 was the former Chairman of
Atomic Energy Commission of India
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Department of Atomic Energy
All of the above
Homai Vyarawalla, who passed away on January 15th, 2012 was the first woman …………… of India.
Journalist
Professional Photographer
Photojournalist
None of the above
Vaclav Havel, who breathed his last on December 18th, 2011 was the …………… President of Czechoslovakia
First
Ninth
Second
Last
Eminent Hindi litterateur Kumar Vimal, who passed away recently, was the erstwhile Vice-Chancellor of
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Nalanda Open University
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University
None of the above
Mario de Miranda, who passed away recently, was an iconic
Economist
Cartoonist
Business analyst
Writer
Ustad Sultan Khan recently passed away. He was an expert
Tabla player
Sarangi player
Both (a) and (b)
none of these
Socrates, who expired on December 4, 2011 was a/an …………… footballer.
Argentinean
English
Germen
Brazilian
C. Achutan, who passed away in September, 2011 was the former presiding officer of
Securities Appellate Tribunal
Debt Recovery Tribunal
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
None of the above
Sri Lal Shukla, noted hindi writer, who passed away on October 28th, 2011 was recently conferred
Lohia Sammaan
Vyas Sammaan
Padma Bhushan
Jnanpith Award
Mr. Bhai Manohar Kotwal, who passed away in November, 2011 was one of the founders of
Hind Mazdoor Sabha
Forward Bloc
Hind Mazdoor Panchayat
Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat
T.K. Govinda Rao, who passed away recently, was a ?
Classical dancer
Veteran actor
Carnatic vocalist
None of the above
Muammar Gaddafi, an autocratic Libyan ruler who was killed recently, was in power since
1969
1978
1965
None of the above
Ramiz Alia, who died on October 7th, 2011 was the first ............... of Albania.
President
Prime Minister
Finance Minister
Secretary of State
Samir Khan, editor of ..............., Al-Qaeda’s English language magazine, was killed in a US drone attack in September, 2011.
Next
Inspire
BT Weekly
None of the above
D.U. Sastry, who passed recently, was predominantly a(an)
Industrial Economist
Sociologist
Criminologist
Senior Advocate
Jahangir Sabavala, who passed away on September 2nd, 2011 was an iconic
Music director
Lyricist
Painter
Sufi singer
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.
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