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Monday, July 14, 2008

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The General Awareness questions for the day are given below.
1. Who was the author of ‘Raghuvamsa’?
(1) Kannadasan
(2) Kalidasa
(3) Sivadas
(4) Shankaracharya


2. Who said “Some books are to be tasted others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”?
(1) Francis Bacon
(2) H G Wells
(3) John Steinbeck
(4) Isaac Asimov


3. How many moons (satellites) does the planet Saturn have?
(1) Twelve
(2) Ten
(3) Eight
(4) Twenty one


4. Which country is called the ‘Land of cakes’?
(1) Britain
(2) Spain
(3) France
(4) Scotland


5. Which is the birth place of Hitler?
(1) Prussia
(2) Hungary
(3) Austria
(4) France


6. One of the following countries has compulsory military service for women?
(1) Phillippines
(2) Israel
(3) Finland
(4) New Zealand


7. Which is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
(1) Omega
(2) Sigma
(3) Zeta
(4) Chi


8. What is the other name for River Ganges?
(1) Sapthanadhi
(2) Bhageerathi
(3) Savithri
(4) Bhadravathi


9. In which year did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany?
(1) 1919
(2) 1929
(3) 1933
(4) 1939


10. Which is the largest flightless bird?
(1) Ostrich
(2) Dodo
(3) Albatross
(4) Peahen

Answer Key
(1) 2
(6) 2
(2) 1
(7) 1
(3) 2
(8) 2
(4) 4
(9) 3
(5) 3
(10) 2

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