General Knowledge Section CLAT 2013

Sunday , May 1 2 , 2 01 3 , 1 7 :50 1 . Which sport is Sushil Kum ar related to? Wrest ling 2 . Which sport is Vijay Kum ar related to? Shoot ing 3 . Venezuelas President who passed away recently ? Hugo Chavez 4 . Carlos Slim is from which country ? Mexico 5.Nam e the first m an to land on the m oon. Neil Armst rong 6 . When is the International Wom ens Day celebrated? 8t h March 7 . Which y ear was declared to be the International Biodiv ersity Year? 2010 8. Miss World 2 01 2 ? Y u Wenxia (China) 9 . Last British Em peror to rule India? George VI 1 0. Bluetooth was nam ed after? Harald Bluet oot h Scandinavian King of Denmark 1 1 . What does P stand for in P. Chidam baram ? Palaniappan 1 2 . In which area of Hy derabad did the bom b blasts take place recently ? Dilsukhnagar 1 3 . Chandray aan 1 was launched on which v ehicle? PSLV C11 1 4 .Where are the next Sum m er Oly m pics and FIFA World Cup being organized? Brazil 1 5. Where was the Non Alignm ent Mov em ent m eeting held? Tehran 1 6 . Oscar Pistorius allegedly m urdered his girlfriend. Whats her nam e? Reeva St eenkamp 1 7 . Chairm an of the Fundam ental Rights Sub Com m ittee? J B Kriplani 1 8. New pope is from which country ? Argent ina 1 9 . What is current deficit rate of India? 5% 2 0. What is the form ula of potential energy ? U=mgh 2 1 . Vishwanathan Anand defeated Borus Gelfand . Which country is he from ? Israel 2 2 . Which y ear was Padm a Shri first giv en? 1954 2 3 . Where were the relics of Buddha transferred to? Sri Lanka 2 4 . What fiv e y ear plan cov ered 2 007 -1 2 ? 11t h 2 5. Env ironm ent Act was passed in which y ear? 1986 2 6 . When is World Literacy Day ? 8t h Sept ember 2 7 . Which Am erican State was prev iously known as New Am sterdam ? New Y ork 2 8. Who wrote Paradise Lost? John Milt on 2 9 . Who was the founder of the Red Cross Society ? Henry Dunant 3 0. Light Year is a m easure of? Dist ance 3 1 . Where are the Adm inistrativ e Headquarters of the EU? Brussels, Belgium 3 2 . How m any High Courts does India hav e? 24 3 3 . The Boundries of which states do not touch? Meghalay a and Manipur 3 4 . How m any m edals did India win at the Oly m pics? Six 3 5. In which y ear was Indias capital shifted to Delhi? 1911 3 6 . When di Kum bh Mela start this y ear? 14t h January 3 7 .Which riv er is the Baghlihar Dam on? Chenab 3 8. Which is the wealthiest Tem ple in India? Padmanabswamy Temple 3 9 . Kuchipudi is the nativ e dance form of which state? Andhra Pradesh 4 0. Which state is the POSCO steel plant in? Odisha 4 1 . Which actor was caught in controv ersy with his m ov ie Vishwaroopam ? Kamal Hassan 4 2 . What does the 1 1 7 th Am endm ent to the Constitution deal with? Reservat ion in promot ions for SC/STs 4 3 . In which country did Norm an Borlaung dev elop his ideas to im prov e food production ? Mexico 4 4 . Paleolithic Age is com m only known as? Old st one age 4 5. Nam e the first Shaka ruler of India. Maues

4 6 . Recently , Suprem e Court ordered the am bassador of which country not to leav e India? It aly 4 7 . The Leaning Tower of Pisa doesnt fall because? Because it s cent er of gravit y is not out side t he cent er of support . 4 8. Under which ruler, were the English granted the Diwani rights in Bengal and Bihar? Shah Alam II 4 9 . Which Indian State has the lowest sex ratio? Hary ana 50. Who founded the Nav jiv an Trust for peaceful struggle for Swaraj? Mahat ma Gandhi You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.