General Knowledge - 62

Q1.	Which city houses the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway (NER) ? (A) Hajipur (Bihar) (B) Allahabad (U.P.) (C) Gorakhpur (U.P.) (D) Jabalpur (M.P.) Answer :
Q2.	In which medium does the sound travel the fastest ? (A) Gas (B) Solid (C) Liquid (D) Plasma Answer :
Q3.	Who was the first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously ? (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (C) Vallabhbhai Patel (D) M.G.Ramachandran Answer :
Q4.	Which river is also known as 'Bengal's sorrow' ? (A) Damodar (B) Mahanadi (C) Hooghly (D) Gandak Answer :
Q5.	In which Indian city would you find the Rock Garden, a sculpture garden created by artist Nek Chand using waste especially rags and broken ceramics ? (A) Bengaluru (B) Chandigarh (C) Gandhinagar (D) Hyderabad Answer :
Q6.	Which Commission is inquiring into the demolition of Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on 6th December 1992 ? (A) Mandal Commission (B) Liberhan Commission (C) Sarkaria Commission (D) Mukherjee Commission Answer :
Q7.	With which sport are the 'Thomas Cup', 'Uber Cup' and 'Sudirman Cup' tournaments associated ? (A) Squash (B) Table Tennis (C) Lawn Tennis (D) Badminton Answer :
Q8.	Which among the following boundary line seprates Pakistan from Afghanistan ? (A) Curzon Line (B) MacMahon Line (C) Durand Line (D) Radcliffe Line Answer :
Q9.	The first Polio vaccine in form of 'injected dose' was developed by Jonas Salk in 1952. Later, who developed first Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in sixties ? (A) Edward Jenner (B) Louis Pasteur (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Albert Sabin Answer :
Q10.	Who coined commonly used phrases 'Big Brother', 'Doublethink', 'Newspeak' and 'Thought Police' in his famous novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' ? (A) E.M.Forster (B) Charles Dickens (C) Rudyard Kipling (D) George Orwell Answer :