Saturday, March 24, 2012

General Knowledge Questions 039

1. Identify the person below.



    Answer: Momofuku Ando (He founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and also is credited for the invention of instant noodles and cup noodles.)

2. This is the back side of which rare coin? And why have these coins been issued? It contains 50 % of Silver and sized at 44 millimeters. It was released by the Finance Minister before the 2012 Budget Speech.


    Answer: 150 Rs. Coin. 200 such coins have been issued to mark 150 years of India's Income Tax Department. On the right is Chanakya who laid the principles of good Governance through his book 'Arthashastra'. On the left is a honey bee sucking nectar out of the lotus plant signifying, governments should collect taxes like a honeybee, which sucks just the right amount of nectar from the flower (Lotus, which is our national flower), so that both of them can survive.


3. What is special about this edition of Monopoly?




    Answer: It is the Braille Edition of Monopoly


4.  India: Bharat Ratna :: United States: _______________? 


    Answer: Congressional Gold Medal/ Presidential Medal of Freedom (Both of them share the same status of highest civilian award according to the rankings in the order of Civilian Awards in US)


5. This term is derived from the Latin prefix, which means "in place of" and French term which means king. Which word are we talking about?


   Answer: Viceroy (Latin prefix vice- and French roi)

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