Saturday, December 18, 2010

Who authored Sanskrit play the 'Mudrarakshasa' ?

Q. Ban Ki-moon, present Secretary-General, is the second Asian to hold the post of Secretary General of United Nations. Who was the first Asian ?
  1 Kurt Waldheim
  2 U.Thant
  3 Trygve Lie
  4 Kofi Annan
    Ans:2 

Q. Who authored Sanskrit play the 'Mudrarakshasa' ? 
  1 Kalidas
  2 Banabhatta
  3 Vishakhadatta
  4 Bhavabhuti
    Ans:4 

Q. Which is the oldest mountain range in India ? 
  1 Aravali
  2 Himalayas
  3 Sahyadri
  4 Vindhyas
    Ans:1 

Q. What is the official residence of the US President ? 
  1 The Kremlin
  2 Elysee Palace
  3 Buckingham Palace
  4 White House
    Ans:4 

Q. The multipurpose Sardar Sarovar Project is being built across which river ? 
  1 Tapti
  2 Narmada
  3 Sabarmati
  4 Godavari
    Ans:2 

Q. In 305 BC, which Maurya ruler defeated Alexander's general Seleucus Nicator and received the territories of Kabul and Balochistan ?
  1 Bindusara
  2 Ashok the Great
  3 Chandragupta Maurya
  4 Dasharatha Maurya
    Ans:3 

Q. In 1989, who became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India ? 
  1 Leila Seth
  2 M.S. Fatima Beevi
  3 Cornelia Sorabji
  4 Anna Chandy
    Ans:2 

Q. What were Indians a thousand years ago
  1 Most advanced nation
  2 Very large in numbers
  3 A noble country
  4 All of the above
    Ans:4 

Q. Who were called the Kings of Wisdom?
  1 The kings of China
  2 The kings of India
  3 Both
  4 Neither
    Ans:2 

Q. Why Indian kings were called the kings of wisdom?
  1 Because of their interest in yoga
  2 Because of their interest in Poetry
  3 Because of their interest in sciences
  4 Because of all the above
    Ans:3

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