SCIENCE QUIZ..!!

1.WHO WAS THE FIRST SCIENTIST TO USE COMPUTER LANGUAGE FOR HIS COMPUTER?-KONRAD ZUSE

2.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO USE SYMBOLS FOR MALE AND FEMALE? -CAROLUS LINNAEUS

3.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO BUILD CYCLOTRON MACHINE TO ACCELERATE ELECTRIC PARTICLES TO HIGH ENERGIES? -E.O.LAWRENCE

4.WHO EVOLVED THE TECHNIQUE TO PRODUCE THE FIRST TEST TUBE BABY? -PATRICK STEPTOE AND ROBERT EDWARDS.

5.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO OBSERVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF PLANET VENUS? -MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV

6.WHO BUILT THE FIRST NUCLEAR REACTOR,THE "ATOMIC PILE"? -ENRICO FERMI

7.WHO FIRST GAVE THE CONCEPT OF ATOM? -KANADA

8.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DETERMINE THE SIZE OF EARTH CORRECTLY? -ERATOSTHENES

9.WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO DRILL OUT OIL FROM BENEATH THE SURFACE OF EARTH?-EDWIN DRAKE

10.WHO BUILT THE FIRST ELECTRON MICROSCOPE? -MAX KNOLL AND ERNST RUSKA

11.WHO CLAIMED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT EARTH IS SPHERE AND THAT IT ROTATES AROUND ITS AXIS? -ARYABHATA

12.WHO DESIGNED AND BUILT THE FIRST PEDAL POWERED AIR CRAFT? -PAUL MACCREADY

13.WHO WAS THE FIRST HANG GLIDER PILOT?-OTTO LILIENTHAL

14.WHO FIRST TREATED ZERO AS A NUMBER AND SHOWED ITS MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS? -BRAHMAGUPTA

15.HE WAS THE FIRST TO DETECT RADIO WAVES? -HEINRICH HERTZ

16.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO SHOW THAT ICE AGES HAD ONCE INVADED EARTH? -LOUIS AGASSIZ

17.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO WORK OUT THE PRINCIPLES OF ROCKETRY?-KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY

18.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING DIVIDED BY ZERO IS AN INFINITE QUANTITY? -BHASKARA

19.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DISCOVER A NEW PLANET? -WILLIAM HERSCHEL

20.WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DETECT RADIO WAVES COMING FROM SPACE?-KARL G.JANSKY

21.WHICH WAS THE FIRST COMPUTER LANGUAGE? -PLANKALKUL

22.WHICH WAS THE FIRST MOLECULE  DISCOVERED? -HYDROXIDE

23.WHICH WAS THE FIRST COMPUTER THAT APPEARED TO BE INTELLIGENT? -ELIZA

24.WHO PRODUCED THE FIRST GENE USING OFF-THE-SHELF CHEMICALS? -HAR GOVIND KHORANA

25.WHO BUILT THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY ?-LORD KELVIN

MINISTERS OF TAMILNADU(2014)..!!

1) Who is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?

Selvi J Jayalalithaa

2)Who is the minister for Finance of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru O. Panneerselvam

3)Who is the minister for Electricity and Prohibition and Excise of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru. Natham R. Viswanathan

4)Who is the minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru K.P. Munusamy

5)Who is the minister for Housing and Urban Development of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru R. Vaithilingam

6)Who is the minister for Social Welfare and and Nutritious Noon Meal of Tamil Nadu?
Tmt B. Valarmathi

7)Who is the minister for Higher Education of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru P Palaniappan

8)Who is the minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru B.V.Ramanaa

9)Who is the minister for Agriculture of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru S Damodaran

10)Who is the minister for Cooperation of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru Sellur K Raju

11)Who is the minister for Forests of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru K.T Pachaimal

12)Who is the minister for Highways & Minor Ports of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru Edappadi K Palaniswami

13)Who is the minister for Food of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru R Kamaraj

14)Who is the minister for Milk and Dairy Development of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru V Moorthy

15)Who is the minister for Rural Industries of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru P. Mohan

16)Who is the minister for Public Works of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru K.V Ramalingam

17)Who is the minister for Animal Husbandry of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru T.K.M Chinnayya

18)Who is the minister for Industries of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru P. Thangamani

19)Who is the minister for Handlooms and Textiles of Tamil Nadu?
Dr. S. Sundararaj

20)Who is the minister for Khadi and Village Industries of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru P. Chendur Pandian

21)Who is the minister for Tourism of Tamil Nadu?
Tmt S Gokula Indira

22)Who is the minister for Environment of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru M. C. Sampath

23)Who is the minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru N Subramanian

24)Who is the minister for Transport of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru V Senthil Balaji

25)Who is the minister for Fisheries of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru K.A Jayapal

26)Who is the minister for School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare, Law, Courts and Prisons of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru K.C.Veeramani

27)Who is the minister for Information Technology of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru Mukkur N. Subramanian

28)Who is the minister for Information, Special Programme Implementation of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru K T Rajenthra Balaji

29)Who is the minister for Labour of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru S.T Chellapandian

30)Who is the minister for Health of Tamil Nadu?Dr.V.S.Vijay

31)Who is the minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru  M.Mohammedjan

32)Who is the minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru M.S.M Anandan

33)Who is the minister for Revenue of Tamil Nadu?
Thiru Thoppu N.D Venkatachalam

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE(PART 2)

1.THE SYNGAS OR SYNTHESIS GAS,IS A FUEL GAS MIXTURE CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF WHAT? -CARBON DIOXIDE AND HYDROGEN.

2.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATES ARE FIRST TO GET PLASTIC PHOTO IDENTITY CARD? -ASSAM AND NAGALAND.

3.MICHELLE BACHELET HAS BEEN RECENTLY(2014) SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF?-CHILE

4.PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE CLEAN ENERGY(PACE)WAS LAUNCHED TO INCREASE COLLABORATION ON ENERGY SECURITY AND CLEAN ENERGY BETWEEN? -   INDIA AND U.S.

5.IN WHICH YEAR,NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA WAS ESTABLISHED? -1891

6.WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES HAVE RECENTLY RECOMMENDED AN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW FOR MUSLIMS ON LINES OF SC/ST LAW? -AMITABH KUNDU COMMITTEE

7.WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS THE ONLY IRANIAN PORT WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO OCEAN? -CHABAHAR

8.FOR HOW MANY YEARS,HYDERABAD IS ENVISAGED AS THE COMMON CAPITAL FOR ANDHRA PRADESH AND TELANGANA AS PER ANDHRA PRADESH REORGANISATION ACT 2014? -10 YRS

9.NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE(NCGG) IS LOCATED AT? -            NEW DELHI

10.THE LARGEST SOLAR POWER PLANT IN INDIA TILL MARCH 2014 WAS LOCATED IN? -MADHYA PRADESH.

11.WHO WILL BE NAMED AS GOODWILL AMBASSODORS OF THE 2014 INCHEON ASIAN GAMES? -SUSHIL KUMAR

12.THE "SAINT HELENA ISLAND" LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS A DEPENDENCY OF? -BRITAIN

13.WHICH  STATE HAS THE HIGHEST NO OF PRIMATE SPECIES IN INDIA? -TRIPURA 

14.THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY APPELLATE BOARD OF INDIA COMES UNDER THE PURVIEW OF WHICH MINISTRY?-MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

15.RECENTLY,THE UNION GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED A NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN AWARENESS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF DENGUE DISEASE.NAME THE CAMPAIGN? U AND ME AGAINST DENGUE

16.WHICH IS THE LONGEST NATIONAL WATERWAYS OF INDIA? -ALLAHABAD TO HALDIA.

17.CHANDRA PRABHA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN UTTAR PRADESH IS HOME TO WHICH ENDANGERED SPECIES? -ASIATIC LION

18.THE "SIX DEGREE CHANNEL " LIES BETWEEN WHICH ISLAND?- NICOBAR AND SUMATRA.

19.WHICH BANK HAS BECOME COUNTRY'S  FIRST BANK TO SET UP THE PAYMENT GATEWAY? -STATE BANK OF INDIA(SBI).

20.THE "STRING OF PEARLS " IS A STRATEGY THAT INVOLVES ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF  MILITARY AND ECONOMIC POWER ALONG SEA LINES OF COMMUNICATION REFERS TO WHICH COUNTRY? -CHINA.

QUIZ ON INDIA..!!

1. What was originally constructed by the East India Company in 1696 and later re-built by Robert Clive in 1758?- Fort William (in Calcutta).

2. The Doddabetta Peak is the highest point in which mountain range?- Nilgiri mountains.

3. Name the rocket used by NASA and the first to be launched from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.-Nike-Apache.

4. Which British army engineer is also known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India?-

Sir Alexander Cunningham.

5. How is the Kempegowda Bus Station in Bangalore popularly known as?-Majestic.

6. Karkadann was a mythological creature believed to have lived in India. Which animal is the myth based on?-Indian Rhinoceros

7. Name the social reformer from Maharashtra, who wrote under the pen name ‘Lokhitawadi’, and campaigned against social ills like the dowry system, child marriage and the caste system.- Gopal Hari Deshmukh.

8. Which agreement was signed in September 1960 between Jawaharlal Nehru and Ayub Khan, the then President of Pakistan, and facilitated by the World Bank?-Indus Waters Treaty.

9. Who was the first Managing Director of the company now known as Maruti Suzuki India Limited?-Sanjay Gandhi.

10. Where in India would you find the Le Corbusier Centre, Sukhna Lake and Capitol Complex?-Chandigarh.

11. Which early Indian political and social leader was a cricket enthusiast and also the vice president of a cricket club in North London? He was also the first Asian to be a British Member of Parliament.-Dadabhai Naoroji.

12. An influential cricket tournament held in Bombay in pre-independence India, it’s origins lay in an annual match played between Bombay Gymkhana and the Zoroastrian Cricket Club. It ultimately comprised five teams referred to as ‘Europeans’, ‘Hindus’, ‘Muslims’, ‘Parsees’ and ‘The Rest’. Name the tournament.-Bombay Pentangular.

13. Three teams made their debut in the 1996 Cricket World Cup held in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Two of them were Kenya and The Netherlands. Which team was the third?-United Arab Emirates.

14. Which stadium hosted the first ever Ranji Trophy match? One of the participating teams was Mysore, who ended up losing the match.-M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.

15. Which Indian poet’s daughter is married to Indian politician George Fernandes?-

Humayun Kabir. His daughter is Leila Kabir.

17. What was the name of the sting operation conducted by Tehelka reporters Mathew Samuel and Aniruddha Bahal of Tehelka in 2001? -Operation West End.

18. Who first novel is The Golden Gate, a novel told through the medium of poetry, and consists of 590 stanzas?-Vikram Seth.

19. Connect – Rupa, Jiva, Gopala Bhatta, Raghunatha Dasa, Sanatana and Raghunatha Bhatta.

They are the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan, a group of devotional teachers known for their writings on Vaishnava practices.

20. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Sahitya Academy Award in 1956?-Amrita Pritam.

 21.Connect the following – a 1994 film starring Robin Williams, a supernatural drama series broadcasted by BBC and a charitable organization found by an Indian actor.-Being Human.

22. Who was the first Minister of Finance for India, a position in which he served from October 1946 till Independence Day?-Liaquat Ali Khan.

23. Which organization’s seal depicts a tiger and a palm tree? It was based on the image depicted in the ‘Mohur’, a gold coin minted in pre-independence India.-Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

24. Which business group owns ‘Go Air’? -They also Bombay Dyeing and Britannia Industries.-Wadia group.

25. Which company founded by R.P.Goenka can trace back it’s origins to a demonstration conducted in 1879 by P W Fleury & Co.?-CESC (Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation).

26. Who was the author of Akbarnama, the chronicles of the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar?-Abul Fazl.

27. ‘Mula Sangh’ and ‘Kashtha Sangh’ are two branches of which sect and religion?-Digambara sect, Jainism.

28. What is the meaning of the word ‘Sur’, a Pashtun tribe found in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India? Sher Shah Suri, who founded the Suri empire, was a member of this tribe.-The color red.

29. How is the Gangaridai (Nation of Ganges), an ancient state founded around 300BC, known as today? -Bengal (also Bangladesh).

30. Which Greek author wrote the book ‘Indica’, which provided an account of his travels through various parts of modern day India?-Megasthenes.

31. Who wrote ‘Great Tang Records on the Western Regions’, a narrative which describes in detail his journey across Asia, including India?Hieun Tsang.

32. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a series of letters to Indira Gandhi while in prison, which was later published as ‘Glimpses of World History’. Which prison was he in? Naini Central Prison.

33. Which ancient city is believed to have been called Kukkutarma, a Dravidian name meaning ‘city of the cockerel’? Mohenjo-Daro.

34. Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

35. Which ancient Indian city’s name is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘military establishment’?Cuttack

36. Name the famous Indian cinematographer who won two Film fare Awards, for Mother India in 1958 and Duniya in 1970.-Faredoon Irani.

37. What is located in Hyderabad and considered to be the largest integrated film city in the world? -Ramoji Film City.

38. Which movie was distributed abroad as ‘Calcutta – The Cruel City’?-Do Bigha Zamin.

39. In which movie did Mithun Chakraborty make his debut as an actor?-Mrigaya.

40. Noted film critic Roger Ebert, the first person to win the Pulitzer for Criticism, chose a 1999 Indian movie for his 2005 Overlooked Film Festival. Which movie?-Taal.

PICTURE QUIZ...!!

   1.FIND THE PERSONALITY:

   CLUES:1.WORLD'S  TOP BILLIONAIRE.

                2.BORN ON OCTOBER 28,1955.

                3.WAS THE FORMER CEO OF MICROSOFT.

ANSWER: BILL GATES

2.FIND THE SCIENTIST:

CLUES:1.DANISH COMPUTER SCIENTIST.

              2.WAS AWARDED Dr.DOBBS EXCELLENCE
                  IN  PROGRAMMING.

              3.FOUNDER OF C++.

ANSWER: BJARNE STROUSTRUP

 3.FIND THE SCIENTIST:

CLUES:1.BORN ON  SEPTEMBER 9,1941.

             2.WAS AWARDED WITH 
               "TURING AWARD".

             3.FOUNDER OF C.

ANSWER: DENNIS RITCHIE

 4.FIND THE FAMOUS PERSONALITY..!!

CLUES: 1.BORN ON MARCH 26,1973.
  
              2.CEO OF GOOGLE.

              3.FOUNDER OF GOOGLE.

ANSWER:LARRY PAGE

5.FIND THE SCIENTIST:

CLUES:1.BORN ON MAY 19,1955.

             2.CANADIAN COMPUTER
                SCIENTIST.

             3.FOUNDER OF  JAVA.

ANSWER: JAMES GOSLING

6.FIND THE  SCIENTIST:

CLUES: 1.BORN ON DECEMBER 2,1963.

              2.INDIAN AMERICAN SCIENTIST.

              3.FOUNDER OF EMAIL.

ANSWER: V.A.SHIVA AYYADURAI

7.FIND THE PERSONALITY:

CLUES: 1.BORN ON  24 JULY,1945.

              2.INDIAN BUSINESS
                 TYCOON.

              3.FORMER CHAIRMAN OF 
                 WIPRO.
ANSWER: AZIM HASHIM PREMJI.

 8.FIND THE FOUNDER:

CLUES: 1.BORN ON 26 DECEMBER,1791.

              2.WAS A MATHEMATICIAN,
                 PHILOSOPHER.

              3.FATHER OF COMPUTER.

ANSWER: CHARLES BABBAGE.

 9.FIND THE PERSONALITY:

CLUES:1.BORN ON NOVEMBER 19,1976.

             2.AMERICAN WEB DEVELOPER.

             3.FOUNDER OF TWITTER.

ANSWER: JACK DORSEY.

 10.FIND THE PERSONALITY:

CLUES:1.BORN ON MAY 14,1984.
              2.AMERICAN COMPUTER                                        PROGRAMMER.
              3.FOUNDER OF 
               FACEBOOK.


ANSWER:MARK ELLIOT ZUCKERBERG

KNOW THE CAPITALS..!!

1.CAPITAL OF AFGHANISTAN- KABUL

2.CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA - CANBERRA

3.CAPITAL OF BRAZIL- BRASILIA

4.CAPITAL OF BOLIVIA-SUCRE

5.CAPITAL OF BRITAIN- LONDON

6.CAPITAL OF FRANCE- PARIS

7.CAPITAL OF GEORGIA- ATLANTA

8.CAPITAL OF GERMANY-BERLIN

9.CAPITAL OF HOLLAND-AMSTERDAM

10.CAPITAL OF HAWAII- HONULULU

11.CAPITAL OF HONDURAS- TEGUCIGALPA

12.CAPITAL OF INDIA- NEW DELHI

13.CAPITAL OF JAPAN- TOKYO

14.CAPITAL OF JAMAICA- KINGSTON

15.CAPITAL OF KANSAS -TOPEKA

16.CAPITAL OF SOUTH KOREA -SEOUL

17.CAPITAL OF NORTH KOREA- PYONGYANG

18.CAPITAL OF KENYA- NAIROBI

19.CAPITAL OF LOUISIANA -BATAN ROUGE

20.CAPITAL OF MALAYSIA -KUALA LUMPUR

21.CAPITAL OF OHIO- COLUMBUS

22.CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN- ISLAMABAD

23.CAPITAL OF RUSSIA- MOSCOW

24.CAPITAL OF SOUTH AFRICA- CAPE TOWN

25.CAPITAL OF VIETNAM -HANOI

26.CAPITAL OF ZIMBABWE -HARARE

27.CAPITAL OF ZAMBIA -LUSAKA

28.CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND -WILLINGTON

29.CAPITAL OF CANADA -OTTAWA

30.CAPITAL OF NEWYORK -ALBANY

CINEMA QUIZ...!!

1.NAME THE HERO OF TWILIGHT? -ROBERT PATTINSON

2.NAME THE ACTRESS OF TWILIGHT? -KRIESTEN STEWART

3.WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF LORD OF RINGS AND KINGKONG? -PETER JACKSON

4.NAME THE DIRECTOR OF FINDING NEMO? -ANDREW STANTON

5.WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF 'LIFE OF PIE'? -ANG LEE

6.WHO DIRECTED 'SPIDER MAN' ?-STAN LEE,STEVE DITKO

7.WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF 'JURRASIC PARK' ?-STEVEN SPIELBERG

8.WHO DIRECTED 'SUPERMAN' ?-JERRY SIEGAL,JOE SHUSTER

9.'AVATAR' WAS DIRECTED BY? -JAMES CAMERON

10.DIRECTOR OF 'HOME ALONE'? -CHRIS COLUMBUS

11.WHO DIRECTED 'DA VINCI CODE'? -DAN BROWN

12.NAME THE DIRECTOR OF 'KUNG FU PANDA'? -JOHN WAYNE,STEVENSON,MART OSBORNE