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Sunday, September 13, 2009

TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. What is the expansion ( Full Form ) of YAHOO?

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Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

2. What is the expansion ( Full Form ) of ADIDAS?

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ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports

3. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?

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Satellite Television Asian Region

4. What is expansion of "ICICI?"

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Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India

5. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot -

India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

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That match was abandoned after people heard

the news of Indira Gandhi being killed.

6. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems

for two different countries?

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Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different

countries one is our 's National anthem and another one is for

Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar* *Bangla )

7. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?

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Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.

8. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?

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Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa

9. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?

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South Korea

10. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?

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Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR ,

as it was known during the cold war)

11. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?

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Geoffrey Boycott

12. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned

from international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?

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John Traicos

13. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by

only one country (other than Vatican )?

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Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa ..

14. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

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Polo

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