* General Knowledge Questions and Answers

1. Who has taken over as the Director of Operations at the Bangalore based National Cricket Academy in place of his predecessor Dave Whatmore who joined IPL team Kolkata Knight Raiders recently?
(a) Kapil Dev
(b) Madan Lal
(c) Sanjay Manjrekar
(d) Sandeep Patil
(e) Karsan Ghavri

2. Of which two sports have actors Mohanlal and Mammootty become goodwill ambassadors in Kerala recently?
(a) Football & Boat racing
(b) Judo & Table Tennis
(c) Basketball & Cricket
(d) Athletics & Volleyball
(e) Wrestling & Weightlifting
3. Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra will be the new face to promote guns made by which company?
(a) Mouser
(b) Walther
(c) Uzi
(d) Colt
(e) Smith & Wesson

4. Mahela Jayawardene hit his sixth Test double century in the first Test of the series between India and Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad recently. Who holds the record of exceeding the score of 200 runs in an inning for the highest number of times in Test Cricket till date?

(a) Don Bradman
(b) Brian Lara
(c) Wally Hammond
(d) Marvan Atapattu
(e) Javed Miandad
5. Who won the Shanghai Masters Tennis tournament organised recently?
(a) Andy Murray
(b) Nikolay Davydenko
(c) Rafael Nadal
(d) Roger Federer
(e) Novak Djokovic
6. Sachin Tendulkar has the second longest One Day International (ODI) career currently. Who holds the record for the longest ODI career spanning 20 years and 272 days?
(a) Allan Border
(b) Kapil Dev
(c) Javed Miandad
(d) Brian Lara
(e) Andrew Flintoff
7. China beat India in the final to win the Asia Cup Hockey Championship for Women in Bangkok recently. Which Indian player was declared the player of the tournament?
(a) Suraj Lata Devi
(b) Subhadra Pradhan
(c) Mamta Kharab
(d) Madhu Yadav
(e) S. Omana Kumari
8. Who won the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Abuja, Nigeria recently?
(a) Netherlands
(b) Switzerland
(c) Brazil
(d) Portugal
(e) Mexico
9. Which of the following statements about the Federation Cup Women’s Tennis Team tournament organised recently is incorrect?
(a) The final was played at Reggio Calabria
(b) Russia was the losing finalist
(c) The final was played on clay court
(d) The losing finalist was unable to win a single match in the final
(e) Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were members of the winning team
10. Which of the following statements about the schedule of the 2011 World Cup announced recently are correct?
I. India and Pakistan are in the same group
II. Bangladesh will host two quarter-finals while India and Sri Lanka will host one quarter-final each
III. Opening ceremony of the World Cup will be organised in Dhaka
(a) I only
(b) I and II only
(c) I and III only
(d) II and III only
(e) I, II and III
11. Which of the following was selected as the official broadcaster of 2010 Commonwealth Games recently?
(a) Satellite Information Service Live
(b) International Games Broadcast Services
(c) Nimbus Sports International
(d) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(e) Big Productions
12. Which well known former Olympic gold medallist is Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games?
(a) Daley Thompson
(b) Sebastian Coe
(c) Steve Overt
(d) Robin Cousins
(e) Eric Heiden
13. Virender Sehwag was in news recently for missing his triple century in the India-Sri Lanka series by less than 10 runs. Who is the only batsman to have scored three triple centuries in Test Cricket?
(a) Allan Border
(b) Donald Bradman
(c) Brian Lara
(d) Both (2) & (3)
(e) None of the above
14. Virender Sehwag was in news recently for his score of 293 runs in the first inning of the third test match between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Who has scored the highest number of double centuries in tests for India?
(a) Virender Sehwag
(b) Rahul Dravid
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Sunil Gavaskar
(e) Both (1) and (3)
15. Which former Test Cricketer of Australia is the Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA) that looks after the interest of cricketers of Test playing countries?
(a) Allan Border
(b) Tim May
(c) Kim Hughes
(d) Tom Moody
(e) David Boon
Answers to the above questions
1.  D    2.  D    3.  B    4.  A    5.  B    6.  C    7.  B    8.  B    9.  B    10.  D    11.  A    12.  B    13.  E    14.  A    15.  B

Agricultural Research Centres in india

Institutions - 45
1.     Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack
2.     Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora
3     Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
4.     Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry
5.     Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow
6.     Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore
7.     Central Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur
8.     Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore
9.     Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi
10.     Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore
11.     Central Institute of Sub Tropical Horticulture, Lucknow
12.     Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar
13.     Central Institute of Arid Horticulture, Bikaner
14.     Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi
15.     Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla
16.     Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Trivandrum
17.     Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargod
18.     Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair
19.     Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut
20.     Central Soil and Water Conservation Research & Training Institute, Dehradun
21.     Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal
22.     Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal
23.     ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region including Centre of Makhana, Patna
24.     Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad
25.     Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur
26.     ICAR Research Complex Goa
27.     ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Barapani
28.     National Institue of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, Maharashtra
29.     Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
30.     Central Institute on Post harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana
31.     Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi
32.     Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai
33.     National Institute of Research on Jute & Allied Fibre Technology, Kolkata
34.     Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute, New Delhi
35.     Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan
36.     Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom
37.     Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hissar
38.     National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore
39.     Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar
40.     Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi
41.     Central Institute Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai
42.     Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore
43.     Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin
44.     Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubneshwar
45.     National Academy of Agricultural Research & Management, Hyderabad

National Research Centres - 17
1.     National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi
2.     National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, New Delhi
3.     National Research Centre for Litchi, Muzaffarpur
4.     National Research Centre for Citrus, Nagpur
5.     National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune
6.     National Research Centre for Banana, Trichi
7.     National Research Centre Seed Spices, Ajmer
8.     National Research Centre for Pomegranate, Solapur
9.     National Research Centre on Orchids, Pakyong, Sikkim
10.     National Research Centre Agroforestry, Jhansi
11.     National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner
12.     National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar
13.     National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad
14.     National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati
15.     National Research Centre on Yak, West Kemang
16.     National Research Centre on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland
17.     National Centre for Agril. Economics & Policy Research, New Delhi

# பூமியைப் பற்றி .....


    * பூமியின் வயது 4 .6 பில்லியன் வருடங்கள்.

    * பூமியின் நிலப்பரப்பு 29 %.

    * பூமியின் நீர்ப்பரப்பு 71 % .

    * பூமியின் கன அளவு 1.083 X 1024  க.மீ.

    * பூமியின் எடை 5.976 X 1024 கி.கி.

# முக்கிய தலைவர்களின் சமாதி இடங்கள்

மகாத்மா காந்தி சமாதி - ராஜ்காட்
ஜவஹர்லால் நேரு சமாதி - சாந்திவன்
அம்பேத்கர் சமாதி - சைத்ரபூமி
இந்திராகாந்தி சமாதி - சக்திஸ்தல்
ஜெயில்சிங் சமாதி - ஏக்தாஸ்தல்
ராஜீவ்காந்தி சமாதி - வீர் பூமி
மொரார்ஜி தேசாய் சமாதி - அபய்காட்
குல்சாரிலால் நந்தா சமாதி - நாராயண்காட்
ஜகஜீவன்ராம் சமாதி - சமதா ஸ்தல்
லால்பகதூர் சாஸ்திரி சமாதி - விஜய்காட்

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