Saankethika 09 Quiz Prelims

It was great handling a quiz for the first time.
Sorry to all my blog followers for not posting questions for the past few weeks.Ill have the finals of Saankethika 09 updated as soon as possible.





Saankethika 09 Quiz Prelims

Name_____________________ College____________________
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#No Negative marking
#Max Time Limit-15 Min
#Questions 16-20 are inbuilt tie breakers

1. Which country does Miss World 2009 Stephina Fernandes belong to?
a) Cuba b) Venezuela c) US d) UK

2. What is the name of the helicopter that led to the death of former Andhra Pradesh C.M Y.S.R?
a) BELL 430 b) Pawan Hans c) BELL 540 d) Sukhoi 30

3. Woman’s perfume S SQUARE is named after which famous actress?
a) Sushmitha Sen b)Shreya Saran c)Sharon Stone d)Shilpa Shetty

4. What is the name of the king with whom festival ‘ONAM’ is related to?
a)Hiranya Kashyap b)Sugriva c)Mahabali d)Vamana

5. Usain Bolt is an athlete who often makes amendments in 100 mts record What is the new timing he has set?
a) 9.58 b) 9.61 c) 9.59 d) 9.7

6. After a 13 year old association with MRF, Sachin Tendulkar has a new bat sponsor, which brand?
a)Puma b) Addidas c)Nike d)Britannia

7. Which company produces ‘REAL’ fruit juices?
a) Nestle b) Coke c) Pepsi Co d) Dabur

8. Which person founded both IIM-A and ISRO?
a)Vikram Sarabhai b)APJ Kalam c)Aryabhatta d)Satish Dhavan

9. Which Company sponsors the reality game”Khelo jeet lo jiyo” hosted by Soha Ali Khan?
a)Godrej b)Samsung c)LG d)Videocon

10. In Australian cricket what is a Nelson?
Getting out on a) 13 b) 78 c) 87 d) 113

11. Expand AVADI_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Name the Nuclear Submarine developed in INDIA? _________________________________________________________
13. With reference to the interiors of their aircrafts what is common to Air France, Lufthansa, Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines? ________________________________________________________
14. Which novel published in 2005 tells the story of a poor young waiter named Ram Mohammed Thomas? ________________________________
15. Kasturi & Sons are the parent company behind which famous newspaper?
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16. What does EID in EID PARRY stand for? ______________________________________________________
17. Which magazines ad line says” If women are not climbing the corporate ladders it is because they are taking the elevators”? _________________
18.Which MNC last week agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment for about 4 B$ in cash and stock? ________________________________________
19. If ipod is for Apple then what is for Microsoft (name of its music player)? __________________________________________________
20.If TATA Sons is the holding company in the TATA Group then what is the holding company for BIRLA?_________________________________