Today’s Questions from KBC 6 – Episode 52 – January 12 2013
GBBJ Question from 12/01/2013 (January 12)
What do we call a person “Who speaks less”?
A) Mitmai B) Mithvaii C) Mithbhashi D) Mithashi
Ans: C) Mithbhashi
5(80000): The largest organ of the body is
A: Large Intestine B: Skin C: Liver D: Stomach
Ans: B: Skin
6(1,60,000): During his tenure as Chief minister, who once said that he dreamt of turning Mumbai into a Shanghai ?
A) Vilasrao Deshmukh B) Ashok Chavan C) Sushil Kumar Shinde D) Sharad Pawar
Ans is A) Vilasrao Deshmukh
7(3,20,000): Which of the following are Cirrus, Stratus and Cumulus all types of?
A) CloudsB) Ocean Currents C) Winds D) Hurricanes
Ans is A) Clouds
8(6,40,000): Which of these sports events is named after a place?
A) Tennis B) Soccer C) Marathon D) Squash
Ans is C) Marathon
9(12,50,000): In 1610, who first observed the planet Saturn through a telescope?
A) Galileo Galilei B) Nicolaus Copernicus C) Giovanni Cassini D) Giordano Bruno
Ans is A) Galileo Galilei
10(25,00,000) Which of these politicians has been the Presidents of the Indian National Congress for the longest period?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Indira Gandhi C) Rajiv Gandhi D) Sonia Gandhi
Ans is D) Sonia Gandhi
11(50,00,000): In 1846, what was bought by Gulab Singh from the British for Rs 75 lakhs?
A) Simla B) Kumaon C) Kashmir D) Garhwal
Ans is C) Kashmir
12(1 Crore): What was the name of India’s first test tube baby developed using IVF technique by Dr Subhas Mukherjee?
A) Lakshmi B) Saraswati C) Kali D) Durga
Ans is D) Durga
Description
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Bengali: সà§à¦à¦¾à¦· মà§à¦–োপাধà§à¦¯à¦¾à¦¯à¦¼ Shubhash Mukhopaddhae) (January 16, 1931 – June 19, 1981) was a physician from Kolkata, India, who created the world’s second and India’s first child using in-vitro fertilisation, Durga who was born 67 days after the first IVF baby in United Kingdom.
He created history when he became the first physician in India (and second in the world after British physicians Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards) to perform the In vitro fertilization resulting in a test tube baby “Durga” (alias Kanupriya Agarwal) on October 3, 1978.
Question Worth Rs. 5 Crore :
13(5 crore) : Who is the first woman to successfully climb K2, the world’s second highest mountain peak ?
A. Junko Tabei B. Wanda Rutklewicz C. Tamae Watanabe D. Chantal Mauduit
Ans : B. Wanda Rutklewicz
FFF: Arrange these words in the correct order to form the slogan of the Pulse Polio campaign in India
A: Zindagi B: Ki C: Do D: Boond
Ans; CDAB
1(5000): Which of these idioms means ‘go ahead’?
A: Annkh dikhana B: Laal Peela Hona C: Dum Hilana D: Hari Jhandi Dikhana
Ans: D: Hari Jhandi Dikhana
2(10000): By adding which of these words with ‘kamal’ will you get the name of a vegetable?
A: Kheera B: Gajar C: Kakdi D: Mooli
Ans: C: Kakdi
3(20000): In which of these games does a player need to enter the opponent’s court to get them out?
A: Kho-Kho B: Kabaddi C: Boxing D: Judo
Ans: B: Kabaddi
