General Knowledge and Current Affairs : General Awareness

The group of nations known as G-8 started as G-7. Which among the following was not one of them ?

• Canada

• Italy

• Russia

• Russia

Emperor Akbar the Great, died in the year

• 1505

• 1605

• 1606

• 1606

Identify the main principle on which the parliamentary system operates ?

• Responsibility of executive to legislature

• Supremacy of democracy

• Rule of law

• Rule of law

Great tennis player Bjorn Borg belongs to which country?

• Italy

• Latvia

• USA

• USA

Which of the following is the national song of India?

• Vande Mataram

• Jana gana mana adhinayak ....

• Ye mera chaman, ye mera chaman

• Ye mera chaman, ye mera chaman

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory at Surat ?

• Akbar

• Shahjahan

• Jahangir

• Jahangir

Which country was known as sick man of Europe?

• Greece

• Latvia

• Turkey

• Turkey

In Malaysia, the word ‘bhumiputra’ refers to

• Malays

• Chinese

• Indians

• Indians

Which of the following trees has medicinal value ?

• pine

• teak

• oak

• oak

What was the name of Emperor Shahjahan before e became Emperor ?

• Kusrau

• Khurram

• Parvez

• Parvez