Independence day Quiz Competition-2019-Prelims

DRDL stands for

Defence Research and Development Laboratary

Department of Research and Development Laboratory

Differential Research and Documentation Laboratary

None of the above

Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army ?

Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji

Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari

Gen. K.M. Cariappa

None of the above

Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the

Moon's gravitational pull

Earth's gravitational pull

Centripetal force due to the earth's rotation

Pressure of the atmosphere

Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of

Orissa

Tamil nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Kerala

India's first satellite is named after

Aryabhatta

Bhaskara II

Albert Einstein

How many players are there on each side in the game of Basketball?

The red blood cells are in the

Heart

Liver

Lymph nodes

Bone marrow

The SI unit of ___ is named after Andre Marie Ampere.

Power

Potential difference

Electric current

Energy

The national museum is located at

Mumbai

Lucknow

New Delhi

Pune

'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?

Order of Significance

Open Software

Operating System

Optical Sensor

What does the term PLC stand for?

Programmable Lift Computer

Program List Control

Programmable Logic Controller

Piezo Lamp Connector

'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?

Digital Transmission Protocol

DeskTop Publishing

Data Type Programming

Document Type Processing

Where is the Railway Staff College located?

Pune

Allahabad

Vadodara

Delhi

The headquarters of the National Power Training institute is located in

Pune

Bhopal

Faridabad

Lucknow

The Indian Institute of Science is located at

Kerala

Madras

Bangalore

New Delhi

Bagh', a village in Gwalior is famous for

Sculptures

Architecture

Cave Painting

All of the above

Siachen is a

Desert frontier zone between India and Pakistan

Frontier zone between China and India

Frontier zone between India and Myanmar

glacier frontier zone between India and Pakistan

Vijay Stambha' is situated in

Jaipur

Agra

Delhi

Chittor

The 'Char Minar' is in

Ahmedabad

Hyderabad

Delhi

Sikri

National Institute of Aeronautical Engineering is located at

Dehradun

Lucknow

Bangalore

Delhi

National Police Academy is located at

Bangalore

Hyderabad

Abu Road

Dehradun

Which is known as 'Garden City of India'?

Trivandram

Imphal

Simla

Bangalore

Indian Cancer Research institute is located at

New Delhi

Calcutta

Chennai

Mumbai

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at

Pune

Ahmedabad

Sriharikota

Thiruvananthapuram

National Science Centre is located at

Bangalore

Bombay

Kolkata

Delhi

Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?

M.L.Valsamma

P.T.Usha

Kamaljit Sandhu

K.Malleshwari

India won its first Olympic hockey gold in...?

1932

1928

1936

1948

The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is

3:5

2:3

2:4

3:4

'Kathakali' is a folk dance prevalent in which state?

Karnataka

Orissa

Kerala

Manipur

The National Song of India was composed by

Rabindranath Tagore

Bankim Chandra Chatterji

Iqbal

Jai Shankar Prasad

Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan SeAchha'?

Jaidev

Mohammad Iqbal

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Rabindranath Tagore

In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?

Onam

Rongali Bihu

Navratri

Pongal

Which is the highest gallantry award in India?

Param Vishishtat Seva Medal

Param Vir Chakra

Kirti Chakra

Vir Chakra

Who is the first Asian Winner of Nobel Prize?

C. V. Raman

Rajiv Gandhi

Rabindranath Tagore

Mother Teresa

The first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi's 'Khel Ratna' award is

Vishwanathan Anand

Leander Peas

Kapil Dev

Limba Ram

'Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for

Acts of gallantry in the presence of enemy

Gallantry by children

Outstanding contribution to literature

The most conspicuous bravery or self sacrifice on land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy

Arjuna Award is given for

Exceptional service in emergency

Bravery on battlefield

Outstanding performance in sports

Exceptional service in slum dwellers

Who among the following is not a recipient of 'Dada Saheb Phalke' Award?

Ramanand Sagar

Raj Kapoor

V. Shantaram

Ashok Kumar

Who among the following got the 'Bharat Ratna' award, before becoming the President of India?

R. Venkatramanan

Dr. Zakir Hussain

V. V. Giri

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of

Rajiv Gandhi

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Indira Gandhi

Acharya

The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is

Dr. J.C. Bose

Dr. C. V. Raman

Dr. Vickram Sarabhai

Dr. H. J. Bhabha

Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

Biro Brothers

Waterman Brothers

Bicc Brothers

Write Brothers

Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

Isaac Newton

Albert Einstein

Benjamin Franklin

Marie Curie

Who invented Gunpowder?

G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

Sir Frank Whittle

Roger Bacon

Leo H Baekeland

In which decade was the telephone invented?

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

Who invented Gramophone?

Michael Faraday

Fahrenheit

Sir Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Alva Edison

Who invented Electric Generator?

Sir Alexander Graham Bel

Michael Faraday

Alfred B. Nobel

Thomas Alva Edison

Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?

NORTH Brothers

Wright Brothers

South Brothers

West Brothers

What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

Reflecting telescope

Chronometer

Microscope

Spectacles

Who invented Bicycle?

Leo H Baekeland

Karl Benz

Evangelista Torricelli

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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