General quiz

Which of the following is not a kharif crop?
A.jute
B.maize
c.mustard

The great Victoria Desert is located in
A. Canada
B.West Africa
C.Australia
D.North America

Which country hosted the first Asian Games?
a.India
b.Indonesia
c.Iran
d.Malaysia

The National Flag of India is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron [kesaria] at the top, white in the middle & dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. The ratio of width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3. In the centre of the white band of the Indian National Flag, there is a navy blue wheel which represents the chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter comes close to the width of the white band & it has twenty four spokes. The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July 1947.

UNO: United Nations Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization
WHO: World Health Organization
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Rajiv Gandhi's birthday is celebrated as Sadbhawana Diwas on 20th August.

May 21, the death anniversary of ex-prime minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi is also observed as Anti Terrorism Day in India.

Ravi Shastri once hit spinner Tilak Raj for 6 sixes in an over in a First Class match.

Sri Lanka got the status of Test playing country in 1981, and beat India in the 1979 World Cup. Before this they were champion of ICC non-test playing countries.

The Battle of Plassey, 23 June 1757, was a decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, establishing Company rule in South Asia which expanded over much of the Indies for the next 190 years. The battle took place at Palashi, Bengal, on the river banks of the Bhagirathi River, about 150 km north of Calcutta, near Murshidabad, then capital of undivided Bengal. The belligerents were Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, and the British East India Company.

The Hungarian brothers, Laszlo and George Biro, made the first ball point pen in 1894. It followed the first workable fountain pen which was invented by L.E. Waterman in 1884.

Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?
a.Biro Brothers
b.Waterman Brothers
c.Bicc Brothers
d.Write Brothers