General Knowledge - 86

Q1.	Due to its criss-crossing canals, which Kerala town is also called 'The Venice of the East' ? (A) Idukki (B) Palakkad (C) Alappuzha (D) Ernakulam Answer :
Q2.	The increased level of the bilirubin in the blood leads to which disease ? (A) Malaria (B) Dengue (C) Jaundice (D) Diabetes Answer :
Q3.	How many members of the Rajya Sabha retire every second year ? (A) one third (B) two third (C) one fourth (D) one fifth Answer :
Q4.	'Dhopkhel' is a famous traditional game of which Indian state ? (A) Assam (B) Rajasthan (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Maharashtra Answer :
Q5.	'Vinson Masiff' is the highest mountain peak of which continent ? (A) Africa (B) Europe (C) Antarctica (D) Australia Answer :
Q6.	In which Indian city would you be in if you were reading newspapers in the 'Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library' ? (A) Patna (Bihar) (B) Aligarh (U.P.) (C) Hyderabad (A.P.) (D) Bhopal (M.P.) Answer :
Q7.	Based on his experiments with pea plants, which Austrian monk discovered the Laws of Heredity ? (A) Louis Pasteur (B) Gregor Mendel (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Edward Jenner Answer :
Q8.	Which city houses the headquarters of the 'Amnesty International', a world-wide human rights organisation ? (A) Paris (B) London (C) Tokyo (D) New York Answer :
Q9.	Being constucted under National Highways Development Project (NHDP), at which place would the North-South Corridor and the East-West Corridor meet ? (A) Agra (Uttar Pradesh) (B) Nagpur (Maharashtra) (C) Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) (D) Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) Answer :
Q10.	To encourage Muslims to join independence movement, which Mecca (Saudi Arabia) born Indian freedom fighter established an Urdu weekly newspaper 'Al-Hilal' in 1912 ? (A) Badruddin Tyabji (B) Hakim Ajmal Khan (C) Maulana Mohammad Ali (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Answer :