General Knowledge - 66

Q1.	Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh is famous for which industry ? (A) Locks (B) Bicycle (C) Textile (D) Fireworks Answer :
Q2.	With which sport is the Duckworth-Lewis Method associated ? (A) Golf (B) Chess (C) Cricket (D) Hockey Answer :
Q3.	What is the normal heart rate of adults at rest ? (A) 68 beats per minute (B) 72 beats per minute (C) 76 beats per minute (D) 80 beats per minute Answer :
Q4.	Kailash Temple at Ellora in Maharahstra, the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture, was built by the rulers of which dynasty ? (A) Kadamba (B) Rashtrakuta (C) Chalukya (D) Satavahana Answer :
Q5.	'Sick man of Europe' is the nickname of which European country ? (A) Italy (B) Greece (C) Ireland (D) Turkey Answer :
Q6.	What is the interest rate at which banks borrow money from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) called ? (A) Repo Rate (B) Reverse Repo Rate (C) Call Money Rate (D) Prime Lending Rate (PLR) Answer :
Q7.	Which revolutionary shot dead Michael O'Dwyer, Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab at the time of Jalliawalan Bagh massacre and believed to be mastermind behind it, in London on 13 March 1940 ? (A) Bhagat Singh (B) Udham Singh (C) Chandrasekhar Azad (D) Khudi Ram Bose Answer :
Q8.	International Date Line, an imaginary line where date changes as one travels east or west across it, passes through which longitude (except some adjustments) ? (A) 45 degree (B) 90 degree (C) 135 degree (D) 180 degree Answer :
Q9.	What was the code name of rescue operation carried out by Indian armed forces in Maldives, on request from its president, to foil the attempted coup by insurgents in 1988 ? (A) Operation Vijay (B) Operation Shakti (C) Operation Cactus (D) Operation Bajrang Answer :
Q10.	Who wrote the famous essay 'Unto This Last', which was later translated into Gujarati by Mahatma Gandhi under the title of 'Sarvodaya' (well being of all) ? (A) John Ruskin (B) Leo Tolstoy (C) Maxim Gorki (D) Karl Marx Answer :