Meritus HDFC Bank SCholarship programme – answers to online quiz questions

1. Din-E-Illahi was a religion founded by which emperor
Ashoka
Shah Jahan
Akbar *

2. In the English language what are distinct part of speech which describes an action, an event, or a state?
Noun
Verb  *
Pronoun

3. 022 is the STD code of which Indian city?
Mumbai *
Chennai
Kolkata

4. Who was the last actor to play the role of Devdas on Screen?
Dilip Kumar
P.C.Barua
Shahrukh Khan

5. Who is the youngest ever Member of Parliament of India?
Sachin Pilot
Milind Deora  *
Rahul Gandhi

6. Which State is often called as ‘God’s own country’
Kerala  *
Karnataka
Goa

7. Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged in 1964 to form which country?
Tanzania *
Zanyanika
Zaire

8. In a pack of cards, which one is a copyright?
King
Queen
Ace of Spade   *

9. What is the name of the system which visually tracks the path of the ball and display a record of its actual path as graphic image.
Hawk eye *
Black Spot
Wagon wheel

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10. On which street in Mumbai is the Bombay Stock Exchange located?
Dalal Street   *
Marine Drive
Nariman Street

Answers

1. When you hit a home run in baseball what distance do you run to traverse all the bases?
180 feet
270 feet
360 feet   *

2. Epiphytic and parasitic plants grow on which of the following?
humans
rocks
Plants  *

3. Which was India’s first talkie film?
Alam Ara  *
Raja Harishchandra
Anarkali

4. All land-dwelling living things depend upon which of the following as the initial source of energy?
sunlight  *
chlorophyll
green plants

5. The fermented molasses left over from the sugar-refining process is used in the manufacture of which spirit?
Whisky
Rum   *
Vodka

http://www.fundazone.com/2009/03/hdfc-round-1-meritus-answers-and-questions-ivr-online/

6. What is the full form of the abbreviation GMT?
German Mean Time
Greenland Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time  *

7. She was the first winner of the Asian Women’s amateur Table Tennis title but is better known for her professional life. Who?
Kiran Bedi *
Shobha De
Mayawati

8. Expand RSS, as in the Hindu nationalist organization.
Rashtriya Sanskritik Sangh
Rashtriya Shiksha Sangh
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh  *

9. Narayan Murty is the Head of which company?
Infosys *
Wipro
Satyam

http://www.fundazone.com/2009/03/answers-to-hdfc-round-1-meritus-test/

10. For which field did Amarthya Sen win his Nobel Prize?
Economics  *
Chemistry
Medicine

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