General Knowledge Quiz-5

1.    Which Disney characters sang ‘Hi ho, hi ho it’s off to work we go’?

The Seven Dwarves


2.    What delicious food is associated with Willy Wonka?

Chocolate


3.    What was unusual about the coat given to Joseph in the Bible?

It was a coat of many colours.


4.    Which was the last year with a number that read the same upside down as the right way up?

1961


5.    Which Disney movie shows baby animals being delivered by parachute to a circus?

Dumbo


6.    What colour is Postman Pat’s van?

Red


7.    If the plural word for dog is dogs, what is the plural word for sheep?

Sheep


8.    Which of the Seven Dwarves didn’t have a beard?

Dopey


9.    What comes between the Earth and the Sun in a solar eclipse?

The Moon


10.    What is pictured on the Blue Peter flag?

A boat


11.    What shape do you get if you cut a square in half from corner to corner?

A Right-angled triangle


12.    How many times is Happy Birthday sung before you sing the person’s name?

Three
13.    What did Mary Poppins use to fly?

Her umbrella


14.    Which Scottish lake is said to contain a monster?

Loch Ness


15.    Which of the three hands moves the slowest on a normal watch or clock: the minute hand, the second hand or the hour hand?

The minute hand


16.    Which superhero can Peter Parker turn into?

Spiderman


17.    How many of each animal did Moses take onto the Ark?

None – it was Noah!


18.    What do the letters ‘FA’ stand for in the ‘FA Cup’?

Football Association


19.    What colour medals do athletes win if they come second in an event at the Olympics?

Silver


20.    Which football team used to play at the Victoria Ground?

Stoke City




TIE BREAKER QUESTION (5 SECONDS)

WHAT YEAR WAS I BORN?

General Knowledge Quiz-4

1.    Which superhero was born on the planet Krypton just before it was destroyed?

Superman


2.    Which country won the football World Cup in 1966?

England


3.    Does rubber come from a tree, the sea or a bee?

A tree


4.    What was the old man doing in the rhyme It’s Raining It’s Pouring?

Snoring


5.    How many days are there in a leap year?

366


6.    What do cows drink?

Water


7.    Which of Hook’s hands was a hook in Peter Pan?

Left


8.    Where did this old man play ‘four’ in Nick Nack Paddywack?

On my door


9.    Which sport takes place in a square ring?

Boxing


10.    Who packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus?

Nellie the Elephant


11.    Constantinople is a very long word, spell IT.

I-T


12.    What kind of weapon can be found on the badge of Arsenal Football Club?

Cannon


13.    How many legs does a seahorse have?

None


14.    Who is buried in Tutankhamun’s tomb?

Tutankhamun


15.    Who was Kanga’s baby in Winnie the Pooh?

Baby Roo


16.    What two colours is the flag that is waved at the end of a motor race?

Black and white


17.    Which is the world’s most famous drink, with sales of over 300,000,000 every day?

Coca-Cola


18.    What colour are white rhinos?

Grey


19.    Which metal is the FA Cup made out of?

Silver


20.    Which cartoon character’s ears always point to the front no matter which way he is looking?

Mickey Mouse’s




TIE BREAKER QUESTION (5 SECONDS)

WHAT YEAR WAS I BORN?

General Knowledge Quiz-3

Geography

1.    What is the capital city of Australia? (Canberra)
2.    How many states are there in America? (50)
3.    What is the name of the main river in India? (River Ganges)
4.    Does China or the USA have the largest population? (China)
5.    Name the seven continents. (Europe, Asia, Australasia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Africa)

History

6.    Who is buried in the pyramids of Ancient Egypt? (pharaohs)
7.    In what year did the Battle of Hastings take place? (1066)
8.    How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she became queen? (25)
9.    In which season did the UEFA Champions League begin in its current format? (1992/1993)
10.    What was Henry VIII third wife called? (Jane Seymour)

Science

11.    Which two elements make up water? (hydrogen and oxygen)
12.    How many days does it take for the moon to orbit the earth? (28 days / a month)
13.    What are the function of roots in a plant? (absorb nutrients and anchor the plant)
14.    What part of the body protect the heart? (ribs)
15.    Name two food groups. (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins & minerals

General Knowledge

16.    Which two colours make green? (yellow and blue)
17.    What is the name of the imaginary line that goes around the centre of the Earth? (equator)
18.    What was the name of the man who first discovered America? (Christopher Columbus)
19.    On a computer keyboard, which letter is to the left of ‘W’? (Q)
20.    Who is the most successful British football team? (Liverpool FC)
21.    What is the plural of sheep? (sheep)
22.    What is the collective name for a group of lions? (pride)
23.    Who wrote Oliver Twist? (Charles Dickens)
24.    In what street does the Prime Minister live? (Downing Street)
25.    What do the letters RSPCA stand for? (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
26.    What do you call any four sided shape? (quadrilateral)
27.    What is the Indian Festival of Light called? (Diwali)
28.    What is the capital city of Scotland? (Edinburgh)
29.    What is the next number in the following sequence: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15? (21)
30.    Who wrote the Harry Potter books? (JK Rowling)


TIE BREAK QUESTION

How high is Mount Everest in feet? (29,029)

General Knowledge Quiz-111

1) What happened in London on April 29th 2011? (Prince William & Kate Middleton’s wedding)
2) Which football team won the Premier League this year? (Manchester City)
3) What is the capital city of Spain? (Madrid)
4) Which star sign are people born between July 23rd and August 22nd? (Leo)
5) Name David and Victoria Beckham’s four children. (Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz, Harper Seven)
6) In what year was Justin Bieber born? (1994)
7) Name the last country to win the football World Cup.  (Spain)
8) What is the name of the actor who plays Harry Potter? (Daniel Radcliffe)
9) In which Olympic sport does Zara Phillips compete? (horse riding)
10) What is President Obama’s first name? (Barrack)
11) Who is third in line to the British throne? (Prince Harry)
12) Which is the most popular sport throughout the World? (football)
13) How many hours are there in a week? (168)
14) Who had an encounter with the three bears? (Goldilocks)
15) Which tree do acorns come from? (oak)
16) How many years are there in a century? (100)
17) Which is the only vowel not on the top row of a computer keyboard? (A)
18) What colour are emeralds? (green)
19) Which sport takes place in a velodrome? (cycling)
20) In which sport might you do a ‘slam dunk’? (basketball)

General Knowledge Quiz-112

1) What is the longest river in the World? (River Nile)

2) Write the number 128 in Roman Numerals. (CXXVIII)

3) This year the Olympics are being held in London, the last Olympics were held in Beijing and the ones before that were held in Athens, what year were the Olympics held in Athens? (2004)

4) Where does the British Prime Minister live? (10 Downing Street)

5) How many days did it take Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong to reach the Moon after Apollo 11 had left the Earth’s orbit? (4 days)

6) What is the name of Shrek’s wife? (Princess Fiona)

7) How many sides does a dodecagon have? (12)

8) Which planet is known as the Red Planet? (Jupiter)

9) What is the object hit in a hockey or ice hockey game called? (puck)

10) What is the capital city of Spain? (Madrid)

11) Which river goes through Liverpool? (River Mersey)

12) What colour jersey is worn by the leader of the Tour de France? (yellow)

General Knowledge Quiz,

1.     Who won the X Factor 2010? (Matt Cardle)
2.     In tennis, what is it called when both players have 40 points? (deuce)
3.     What is the capital city of Austria? (Vienna)
4.     Which band are Marvin, Oritsé, Aston and JB in? (JLS)
5.     Who plays football at Pride Park? (Derby County)
6.     What is the Royal title of Prince William and Catherine Middleton? (Duke and Duchess of Cambridge)
7.     Who has just had a baby called Harper Seven? (David & Victoria Beckham)
8.     What sport does Phil ‘the Power’ Taylor play? (darts)
9.     Which is the closest planet to the Sun? (Mercury)
10.  What are GHD’s? (hair straightners)
11.  Name three Premiership football teams whose name begins with a ‘W’? (Wigan, West Brom, Wolves)
12.  Which city would you be in if you could see the Colosseum? (Rome)
13.  Which type of shoe is also something to do with a train station? (platform)
14.  What colour t-shirt does the leader of the Tour de France have to wear? (yellow)
15.  What country would you be in if you were in the city Bucharest? (Romania)
16.  What is Daniel Radcliffe famous for? (he plays Harry Potter in the films)
17.  Who is the manager of the English football team? (Fabio Capello)
18.  What do you call a baby elephant? (calf)
19.  Which English city does Cheryl Cole come from? (Newcastle)
20.  What sport would you be watching if you were at the Oval? (cricket)
21.  What is the name of the Prime Minister? (David Cameron)
22.  Name three members of Take That. (Robbie Williams, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Jason Orange, Gary Barlow)
23.  Which country won the Lady’s World Cup Final on Sunday? (Japan)
24.  What three colours are on the Icelandic flag? (red, white and blue)
25.  Who wore a dress made of meat to an awards ceremony? (Lady Gaga)
26.  What football team does Lionel Messi play for? (FC Barcelona)
27.  If you were travelling by Eurostar what type of transport would you be using? (train)
28.  Who sang ‘Never Say Never’? (Justin Bieber)
29.  What sport is Fernando Alonso famous for? (F1)
30.  How many stars are on the American flag? (50)

 

General Knowledge Quiz-13

1. Which side of your plate should the fork be placed on if you are right-handed? (left)
2. What do we call a sheet of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain? (a glacier)
3. Which two countries compete in the Ashes? (England & Australia)
4. How many children does the Queen have? (four)
5. What is a young wolf called? (cub)
6. Who wrote “To be or not to be, that is the question”? (William Shakespeare)
7. What types of creatures live in schools and shoals? (whales)
8. What is the outside of a cricket ball made from? (leather)
9. Would you expect to find Eskimos in the north or south pole? (north)
10. Who has the most bones, an adult or a young child? (young child)
11. How many people should be on the field during a football match? (23)
12. What will the day after tomorrow be if yesterday was Monday? (Thursday)
13. What present is given on The Third Day of Christmas according to the song? (French hens)
14. Do fish and insects close their eyes to go to sleep? (no)
15. What did the Ancient Romans call the carts that were pulled by horses in races? (chariots)
16. How many neck bones does a giraffe have if a human has seven? (seven)
17. What happened in the summer of 1976, it snowed, the Thames dried up or there was a severe earthquake? (The Thames dried up)
18. Which queen rules England for 64 years? (Victoria)
19. What did Alexander Graham Bell invent that is in almost every home? (telephone)
20. What season is it in America when it is summer in Britain? (summer)
21. What do the spots on opposite sides of a dice always add up to? (seven)
22. How many different events must a competitor in the decathlon take part in? (10)
23. Are dolphins vegetarians? (no)
24. What colour flag should people wave if they wish to stop fighting in a battle? (white)
25. Which has ten arms, an octopus, a squid or an ant? (squid)
26. Which seems to come first, thunder or lightning? (lightning)
27. What kind of creature is a cabbage white? (butterfly)
28. What is somebody’s job if they have a green flashing light on the roof of their car? (doctor)
29. Who was the tallest of Robin Hood’s Merry Men? (Little John)
30. Which famous duck will be eighty years old in 2014? (Donald Duck)

General Knowledge Quiz-113

1. A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
2. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
3. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
4. A snail can sleep for three years.
5. All Polar bears are left-handed.
6. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
7. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
8. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
9. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
10. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
11. Butterflies taste with their feet.
12. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.
13. Cat's urine glows under a black light.
14. China has more English speakers than the United States.
15. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
16. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
17. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
18. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
19. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
21. I am. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
22. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.
23. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
24. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
25. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.
26. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
27. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
28. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
29. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
30. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
31. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
32. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
33. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
34. No word in the English language rhymes with month.
35. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
36. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
37. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers, they saw it as competition.
38. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
40. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
41. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
42. Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
43. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
44. Starfish haven't got brains.
45. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
46. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
47. The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime at night.
48. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
49. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
50. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
51. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
52. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
53. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
54. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
55. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
56. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
57. The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
58. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
59. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
60. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
61. The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
62. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
63. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
64. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
65. You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
66. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
67. You share your birthday with at least nine million other people in the world

General Knowledge Quiz-64

Q1. Which waterbody seprates the India from the island nation of Sri Lanka ?
(A) Bering Strait
(B) Palk Strait
(C) Strait of Gibraltar
(D) Strait of Magellan
Answer : (B) Palk Strait

Q2. The dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Hazarat Nizamuddin Aulia is located in which city ?
(A) Ajmer
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Srinagar
Answer : (B) Delhi

Q3. Who among the following is also known as 'Bhartiya Kokila' (The Nightingale of India) ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Lata Mangeshkar
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) M.S.Subbulakshmi
Answer : (C) Sarojini Naidu

Q4. Which mineral is mined at Khetri in Rajasthan ?
(A) Copper
(B) Lignite
(C) Bauxite
(D) Iron Ore
Answer : (A) Copper

Q5. Which foreign invader defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) ?
(A) Nadir Shah
(B) Mahmud Ghazni
(C) Ahmed Shah Abdali
(D) Muhammad Bin Qasim
Answer : (C) Ahmed Shah Abdali

Q6. In which village was Adi Shankaracharya born ?
(A) Tankara (Gujarat)
(B) Navadwip (W.Bengal)
(C) Tiruchuzhi (T.Nadu)
(D) Kalady (Kerala)
Answer : (D) Kalady (Kerala)

Q7. To which political party is the trade union All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) affiliated ?
(A) CPI
(B) CPI(M)
(C) Congress
(D) BJP
Answer : (A) CPI

Q8. Which medieval ruler authored Telugu work 'Amukta Malyada' ?
(A) Rajaraja Chola I
(B) Parakrama Pandiyan
(C) Krishna Deva Raya
(D) Narsimhavarman II
Answer : (C) Krishna Deva Raya

Q9. Tashkent city, where the Indian Prime Minister L.B.Shastri signed a peace agreement 'Tashkent Declaration' with Pakistani President Ayub Khan in 1966, is capital of which country ?
(A) Kazakhstan
(B) Kyrgyzstan
(C) Tajikistan
(D) Uzbekistan
Answer : (D) Uzbekistan

Q10.On 26 March 2009, who became the first tourist to go into the space twice ?
(A) Dennis Tito
(B) Mark Shuttleworth
(C) Gregory Olsen
(D) Charles Simonyi
Answer : (D) Charles Simonyi

General Knowledge Quiz-63

Q1. Anamudi Peak, located in the Idukki district of Kerala, is the highest peak of which Indian mountain range ?
(A) Aravali
(B) Vindhyas
(C) Sahyadri (W.Ghats)
(D) Satpura
Answer : (C) Sahyadri (W.Ghats)

Q2. 'Kalidas' and 'Varahamihira' were the courtier of which ancient Indian ruler ?
(A) Harshavardhana
(B) Pulkeshin II
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Chandragupta Vikramaditaya
Answer : (D) Chandragupta Vikramaditaya

Q3. The insulin, a necessary harmone to absorb glucose (sugar) from the blood, is produced by which endocrine gland in human body ?
(A) Thyroid
(B) Adrenal
(C) Pancreas
(D) Pituitary
Answer : (C) Pancreas

Q4. 'Swaraj (self-rule) is my birthright and I shall have it !' slogan was given by which freedom fighter ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Bhagat Singh
Answer : (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q5. 'Peat', 'Bituminous', 'Lignite' and 'Anthrasite' are the varieties of which item ?
(A) Coal
(B) Iron
(C) Petrol
(D) Aluminium
Answer : (A) Coal

Q6. Which Asian country was formerly known as 'Persia' ?
(A) Iraq
(B) Iran
(C) Qatar
(D) Yemen
Answer : (B) Iran

Q7. Built across the Godavari river, Pochampad Dam is located in which state ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : (D) Andhra Pradesh

Q8. How many approximate days are there in the Hijri (Islamic) Calender, the lunar calendar based on year 622 AD when Prophet Muhammed emigrated to Madina ?
(A) 354 days
(B) 358 days
(C) 362 days
(D) 365 days
Answer : (A) 354 days

Q9. Which Indian lady writer won the Commonwealth Award for her first novel 'Difficult Daughters' ?
(A) Kiran Desai
(B) Manju Kapur
(C) Jhumpa Lahiri
(D) Arundhati Roy
Answer : (B) Manju Kapur

Q10.Among the following four official styles in the competitive swimming, which swimming style is the slowest ?
(A) Butterfly
(B) Backstroke
(C) Front Crawl (Freestyle)
(D) Breaststroke
Answer : (D) Breaststroke

General Knowledge Quiz-62

Q1. Which city houses the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway (NER) ?
(A) Hajipur (Bihar)
(B) Allahabad (U.P.)
(C) Gorakhpur (U.P.)
(D) Jabalpur (M.P.)
Answer : (C) Gorakhpur (U.P.)

Q2. In which medium does the sound travel the fastest ?
(A) Gas
(B) Solid
(C) Liquid
(D) Plasma
Answer : (B) Solid

Q3. Who was the first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) M.G.Ramachandran
Answer : (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri

Q4. Which river is also known as 'Bengal's sorrow' ?
(A) Damodar
(B) Mahanadi
(C) Hooghly
(D) Gandak
Answer : (A) Damodar

Q5. In which Indian city would you find the Rock Garden, a sculpture garden created by artist Nek Chand using waste especially rags and broken ceramics ?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Gandhinagar
(D) Hyderabad
Answer : (B) Chandigarh

Q6. Which Commission is inquiring into the demolition of Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on 6th December 1992 ?
(A) Mandal Commission
(B) Liberhan Commission
(C) Sarkaria Commission
(D) Mukherjee Commission
Answer : (B) Liberhan Commission

Q7. With which sport are the 'Thomas Cup', 'Uber Cup' and 'Sudirman Cup' tournaments associated ?
(A) Squash
(B) Table Tennis
(C) Lawn Tennis
(D) Badminton
Answer : (D) Badminton

Q8. Which among the following boundary line seprates Pakistan from Afghanistan ?
(A) Curzon Line
(B) MacMahon Line
(C) Durand Line
(D) Radcliffe Line
Answer : (C) Durand Line

Q9. The first Polio vaccine in form of 'injected dose' was developed by Jonas Salk in 1952. Later, who developed first Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in sixties ?
(A) Edward Jenner
(B) Louis Pasteur
(C) Alexander Fleming
(D) Albert Sabin
Answer : (D) Albert Sabin

Q10.Who coined commonly used phrases 'Big Brother', 'Doublethink', 'Newspeak' and 'Thought Police' in his famous novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' ?
(A) E.M.Forster
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) Rudyard Kipling
(D) George Orwell
Answer : (D) George Orwell

General Knowledge Quiz-61

Q1. 'Pattachitra' style of painting is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Orissa
(B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : (A) Orissa

Q2. What is more popular name of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) ?
(A) Benelux
(B) Gamelan Council
(C) Peninsula Shield
(D) World Bank
Answer : (D) World Bank

Q3. Marina Beach, the India's longest and world's second longest beach, is located in which city ?
(A) Puri (Orissa)
(B) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
(C) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(D) Kozhikode (Kerala)
Answer : (C) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

Q4. 'Green', 'Black', 'White' and 'Oolong' are the varieties of which common day consumption item ?
(A) Rice
(B) Wheat
(C) Coffee
(D) Tea
Answer : (D) Tea

Q5. Who founded the political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) ?
(A) C.N.Annadurai
(B) V.Gopalaswamy
(C) M.G.Ramachandran
(D) N.T.Ramarao
Answer : (A) C.N.Annadurai

Q6. Who was the Governor General of India during the India's First War of Independence in 1857 ?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Canning
(C) Lord Northbrook
(D) Lord Auckland
Answer : (B) Lord Canning

Q7. Which former President of India authored the book 'Without Fear or Favour' ?
(A) V.V.Giri
(B) R.Venkataraman
(C) N.Sanjiva Reddy
(D) S.Radhakrishnan
Answer : (C) N.Sanjiva Reddy

Q8. Who is the only Indian bowler to have taken a wicket on the very first ball of his international cricket career ?
(A) Abid Ali
(B) Nilesh Kulkarni
(C) Narendra Hirwani
(D) Ravi Shastri
Answer : (B) Nilesh Kulkarni

Q9. In Indian Parliament, which among the following Bill can be introduced only in Lok Sabha ?
(A) Amending Bills
(B) Money and finance Bills
(C) Expiring Laws (Continuance) Bills
(D) Constitutional Amendment Bills
Answer : (B) Money and finance Bills

Q10.Which among the following is the India's first indigenously built submarine ?
(A) INS Vela
(B) INS Vagli
(C) INS Shankul
(D) INS Shalki
Answer : (D) INS Shalki

General Knowledge Quiz-60

Q1. Which Chinese city, also known as 'City of Goats', will host 16th Asian Games (XVI Asiad) in 2010 ?
(A) Beijing
(B) Shanghai
(C) Guangzhou
(D) Shenzhen
Answer : (C) Guangzhou

Q2. A qualitative or quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin leads to which disorder ?
(A) Anemia
(B) Adrenalitis
(C) Anorexia
(D) Aminoaciduria
Answer : (A) Anemia

Q3. On the banks of which river is the holy city Ayodhya located ?
(A) Gomti
(B) Ganga
(C) Saryu
(D) Yamuna
Answer : (C) Saryu

Q4. Which among the following is not obtained from plants ?
(A) Cork
(B) Hemp
(C) Linen
(D) Silk
Answer : (D) Silk

Q5. On 21 March 1950, who became the first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India ?
(A) T.Swaminathan
(B) S.P.Sen Verma
(C) S.L.Shakdhar
(D) Sukumar Sen
Answer : (D) Sukumar Sen

Q6. Which among the following National Park is located in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh ?
(A) Kanha National Park
(B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Kanchenjunga National Park
(D) Kanger Ghati National Park
Answer : (D) Kanger Ghati National Park

Q7. Whom did the tenth and last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh appoint his military deputy ?
(A) Ranjit Singh
(B) Hari Singh Nalwa
(C) Banda Bahadur
(D) Zorawar Singh
Answer : (C) Banda Bahadur

Q8. In 1784, who founded the Asiatic Society in Kolkata for inquiry into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia ?
(A) A.O.Hume
(B) William Jones
(C) C.F.Andrews
(D) Alfred Webb
Answer : (B) William Jones

Q9. Which city houses the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), an international organisation that coordinates the world-wide postal system ?
(A) Vienna (Austria)
(B) Berne (Switzerland)
(C) The Hague (Netherlands)
(D) Brussels (Belgium)
Answer : (B) Berne (Switzerland)

Q10.On 1 November 1952, at which atoll in the Pacific Ocean was the world's first Hydrogen Bomb test (code-named Mike) conducted ?
(A) Enewetak
(B) Pearl and Hermes
(C) Okinotorishima
(D) Bikini
Answer : (A) Enewetak

General Knowledge Quiz-59

Q1. In what shape is the medal of the Bharat Ratna award designed ?
(A) Lotus Petal
(B) Maple Leaf
(C) Peepul Leaf
(D) Banyan Leaf
Answer : (C) Peepul Leaf

Q2. Which blood group is the universal recipient ?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) AB
(D) O
Answer : (C) AB

Q3. Which city is served by Birsa Munda Airport ?
(A) Raipur (Chattisgarh)
(B) Ranchi (Jharkhand)
(C) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(D) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
Answer : (B) Ranchi (Jharkhand)

Q4. Which is the only breed of dog that can't bark ?
(A) Basenji
(B) Dalmatian
(C) German Shepherd
(D) Chihuahua
Answer : (A) Basenji

Q5. In which Indian state is the Rumtek Monastery, a famous Tibetan Buddhist monastery, located ?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Sikkim
Answer : (D) Sikkim

Q6. For improving civic sanitation, who founded the Sulabh International in 1970 ?
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Anna Hazare
(C) Swami Agnivesh
(D) Bindeshwar Pathak
Answer : (D) Bindeshwar Pathak

Q7. Which Indian lady writer won the 2006 Booker Prize for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss' ?
(A) Anita Desai
(B) Kiran Desai
(C) Arundhati Roy
(D) Jhumpa Lahiri
Answer : (B) Kiran Desai

Q8. Which country is popularly known as the 'Cockpit of Europe' ?
(A) France
(B) Germany
(C) Belgium
(D) Norway
Answer : (C) Belgium

Q9. Who was the first Indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in One Day International (ODI) cricket ?
(A) Chetan Sharma
(B) Irfan Pathan
(C) Harbhajan Singh
(D) Kapil Dev
Answer : (A) Chetan Sharma

Q10. In which city is the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) located ?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Bengaluru
Answer : (B) Hyderabad

General Knowledge Quiz-58

Q1. By invention of which explosive did Alfred Bernhard Nobel amass enormous wealth, later used by him to institute Nobel Prizes ?
(A) TNT
(B) RDX
(C) HMX
(D) Dynamite

Answer : (D) Dynamite

Q2. 'Clouded' and 'Snow' are the species of which Indian mammal ?
(A) Yak
(B) Lion
(C) Deer
(D) Leopard

Answer : (D) Leopard

Q3. In 1687, who propounded the Law of Gavity ?
(A) Charles Darwin
(B) Issac Newton
(C) Albert Einstein
(D) Gregor Mendel

Answer : (B) Issac Newton

Q4. 'Gift of the Nile' is the nickname of which African country ?
(A) Sudan
(B) Egypt
(C) Uganda
(D) Tanzania

Answer : (B) Egypt

Q5. Encephalitis disease affects which part of the body ?
(A) Brain
(B) Lungs
(C) Liver
(D) Kidney

Answer : (A) Brain

Q6. Which mineral is mined at Golkonda in Andhra Pradesh ?
(A) Gold
(B) Silver
(C) Diamond
(D) Copper

Answer : (C) Diamond

Q7. Which among the following is not a computer Operating System ?
(A) Unix
(B) Windows XP
(C) Visual Basic
(D) Linux

Answer : (C) Visual Basic

Q8. 'Golden Girl' book is the autobiography of which Indian woman athlete ?
(A) P.T.Usha
(B) Shiny Abraham
(C) Jyotirmay Sikdar
(D) M.D.Valsamma

Answer : (A) P.T.Usha

Q9. 'Raja', 'Rani', 'Rocket' and 'Roarer' falls, collectively known as Jog Falls or Gersoppa Falls, are formed by which river in Karnataka ?
(A) Netravati
(B) Dandavathi
(C) Vrishabhavati
(D) Sharavathi

Answer : (D) Sharavathi

Q10.On 8 January 2009, at which place in Kerala did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh commission the Asia's biggest Naval Academy ?
(A) Ezhimala (Kerala)
(B) Karwar (Karnataka)
(C) Visakhapatnam (A.P.)
(D) Okha (Gujarat)

Answer : (A) Ezhimala (Kerala)

General Knowledge Quiz-57

Q1. Native to the island of Java in Indonesia, which among the following is a wax-resist dyeing technique used on textile ?
(A) Chikan
(B) Batik
(C) Phulkari
(D) Chain Stitch

Answer : (B) Batik

Q2. In which city, situated at the confluence of sacred rivers Ganga and Gandak, is the biggest cattle fair of Asia held on Kartik Purnima ?
(A) Junagarh (Gujarat)
(B) Pushkar (Rajasthan)
(C) Sonepur (Bihar)
(D) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

Answer : (C) Sonepur (Bihar)

Q3. In 1969, under whose Prime Ministership were 14 private banks nationalised ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Morarji Desai

Answer : (A) Indira Gandhi

Q4. 'Baton' is used in which athletic event ?
(A) Long Jump
(B) Triple Jump
(C) 3000 m steeplechase
(D) 4 x 400 m Relay

Answer : (D) 4 x 400 m Relay

Q5. Due to which physical property does the water drop take round (spherical) shape ?
(A) Viscosity
(B) Surface Tension
(C) Polarization
(D) Buoyancy

Answer : (B) Surface Tension

Q6. Which chariot-shaped temple, built by King Narasimha Deva I of Ganga dynasty in 13th century, is also known as the 'Black Pagoda' ?
(A) Sun Temple, Konark
(B) Jagannath Temple, Puri
(C) Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar
(D) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

Answer : (A) Sun Temple, Konark

Q7. How many Schedules (lists that categorizes bureaucratic activity and policy of the government) does the Constitution of India have ?
(A) Eight
(B) Twelve
(C) Fifteen
(D) Eighteen

Answer : (B) Twelve

Q8. Which country was formerly known as 'Dutch Guyana' ?
(A) Benin
(B) Belize
(C) Malawi
(D) Suriname

Answer : (D) Suriname

Q9. Who authored the 'Buddhacharita', a Sanskrit narrative on the life of Gautam Buddha ?
(A) Kalhana
(B) Banabhatta
(C) Bhavabhuti
(D) Ashvagosh

Answer : (D) Ashvagosh

Q10.In which European city are the headquarters of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) located ?
(A) Brussels (Belgium)
(B) Vienna (Austria)
(C) Paris (France)
(D) Geneva (Switzerland)

Answer : (C) Paris (France)

General Knowledge Quiz-56

Q1. Which Maurya ruler sent his son Mahindra and daughter Sanghamitra to Tamraparni (present name Sri Lanka) for propogation of Buddhism ?
(A) Ashok
(B) Dasarath Maurya
(C) Bindusara
(D) Chandragupta Maurya

Q2. Which gas, abundantly produced in swamps and marshes by the action of bacteria on dead vegetation, is commonly referred as 'Marsh Gas' ?
(A) Ethane
(B) Methane
(C) Butane
(D) Propane

Q3. With reference to Radio broadcasting, what is the full form of `FM' ?
(A) Free Music
(B) Free Mobile
(C) Frequency Modulation
(D) Frequency Multiplication

Q4. In 1916, who founded Home Rule League in Poona (Pune) ?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Mahdev Govind Ranade
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q5. By which process liquid Vegetable Oil is converted to solid Vanaspati Ghee ?
(A) Galvanisation
(B) Volcanisation
(C) Pasteurisation
(D) Hydrogenation

Q6. In 1991, who became the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India ?
(A) Ruma Pal
(B) Leila Seth
(C) Anna Chandy
(D) M. Fateema Bivi

Q7. In which movement did social activist Sunderlal Bahuguna play a prominent role ?
(A) Bhoodan Movement
(B) Narmada Bachao Andolan
(C) Chipko Movement
(D) Sampoorna Kranti

Q8. Which Indian city hosted the first Afro-Asian Games in 2003 ?
(A) Chennai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Hyderabad

Q9. Who invented Hovercraft ?
(A) Karl Benz
(B) David Bushnell
(C) Christopher Cockerell
(D) Etienne Oehmichen

Q10.Who created Mahatma Gandhi's favorite bhajan 'Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye' ?
(A) Narsi Mehta
(B) Sant Tukaram
(C) Goswami Tulsidas
(D) Sant Gyaneshwar

Answers :
Q1.     (A) Ashok
Q2.     (B) Methane
Q3.     (C) Frequency Modulation
Q4.     (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q5.     (D) Hydrogenation
Q6.     (B) Leila Seth
Q7.     (C) Chipko Movement
Q8.     (D) Hyderabad
Q9.     (C) Christopher Cockerell
Q10.   (A) Narsi Mehta

General Knowledge Quiz-55

Q1. Which city, founded by Udasi Sikhs Guru Ram Rai, is capital of Uttarakhand ?
(A) Almora
(B) Dehradun
(C) Haridwar
(D) Roorkee

Q2. In addition to five permanemt members, how many non-permanent members does UN Security Council have ?
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10

Q3. At which of the following Indus valley civilization site would you come across world's earliest known dock ?
(A) Ropar (Punjab)
(B) Banawali (Haryana)
(C) Kalibangan (Rajasthan)
(D) Lothal (Gujarat)

Q4. Who created the fictional character 'Swami' in his debut novel 'Swami and Friends' ?
(A) Ruskin Bond
(B) R.K.Narayan
(C) Rudyard Kipling
(D) Rabindranath Tagore

Q5. Which ocean is popularly known as the 'Herring Pond' ?
(A) Arctic Ocean
(B) Indian Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean

Q6. In 1925, who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur ?
(A) M.S.Golwalkar
(B) Keshava Baliram Hedgewar
(C) Lala Har Dayal
(D) Vir Savarkar

Q7. Galena is the principal ore of which element ?
(A) Lead
(B) Iron
(C) Mercury
(D) Aluminium

Q8. Idukki Dam in Kerala is built across which river ?
(A) Kaveri
(B) Vaigai
(C) Pamba
(D) Periyar

Q9. By what Indian name is the fighter aircraft 'Jaguar', jointly developed by Britain and France, inducted into Indian Air Force (IAF) fleet ?
(A) Baaz
(B) Vajra
(C) Shamsher
(D) Gajraj

Q10.On 12 April 2009, at which Malaysian city did India win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament by defeating hosts Malaysia ?
(A) Ipoh
(B) Klang
(C) Kuching
(D) Kuala Lumpur

Answers :
Q1.     (B) Dehradun
Q2.     (D) 10
Q3.     (D) Lothal (Gujarat)
Q4.     (B) R.K.Narayan
Q5.     (C) Atlantic Ocean
Q6.     (B) Keshava Baliram Hedgewar
Q7.     (A) Lead
Q8.     (D) Periyar
Q9.     (C) Shamsher
Q10.   (A) Ipoh

General Knowledge Quiz-54

Q1. In which city is the Lotus Temple, the Bahai house of worship, located ?
(A) Mumbai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Chennai
(D) Kolkata

Q2. On the banks of which river, did Mahatma Gandhi establish Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad ?
(A) Narmada
(B) Godavari
(C) Sabarmati
(D) Krishna

Q3. What element is added to steel (which is iron with a little carbon) to make stainless steel ?
(A) Sulphur
(B) Phosphorus
(C) Silicon
(D) Chromium

Q4. In 1206, who founded the Mamluk Dynasty, also called Slave Dynasty, in India ?
(A) Balban
(B) Aram Shah
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Qutbuddin Aybak

Q5. What was the code name of five nuclear tests conducted by India in May 1998, near Pokhran in Rajasthan ?
(A) Operation Shakti
(B) Operation Vijay
(C) Operation Cactus
(D) Operation Ashwamedh

Q6. 'Thang-Ta' martial art is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Kerala
(C) Manipur
(D) Maharashtra

Q7. 'The Argumentative Indian' book was authored by which Indian ecomonist ?
(A) Amartya Sen
(B) Jagdish Bhagwati
(C) Manmohan Singh
(D) Nani Palkhivala

Q8. In 1990, which district of Kerala became the first fully literate district of India ?
(A) Kozhikode
(B) Palakkad
(C) Ernakulam
(D) Thrissur

Q9. In humans, which portion of brain controls hunger, thirst and body temprature ?
(A) Thalamus
(B) Hypothalamus
(C) Hippocampus
(D) Medulla

Q10.Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence ?
(A) Stanley Baldwin
(B) Clement Attlee
(C) Winston Churchill
(D) Neville Chamberlain

Answers :
Q1.     (B) New Delhi
Q2.     (C) Sabarmati
Q3.     (D) Chromium
Q4.     (D) Qutbuddin Aybak
Q5.     (A) Operation Shakti
Q6.     (C) Manipur
Q7.     (A) Amartya Sen
Q8.     (C) Ernakulam
Q9.     (B) Hypothalamus
Q10.   (B) Clement Attlee

General Knowledge Quiz-53

Q1. Citrus fruits are considered a rich source of which vitamin ?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D

Q2. Which close associate of Mahatma Gandhi was popularly known as 'Deenbandhu' ?
(A) C.F.Andrews
(B) Vinoba Bhave
(C) Jamnalal Bajaj
(D) Vallabhbhai Patel

Q3. Which is the first Indian state to have electrified all of its villages ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Gujarat

Q4. Which bamboo eating member of bear family is the symbol of World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) ?
(A) Red Panda
(B) Giant Panda
(C) Rhinoceros
(D) Cheetah

Q5. Who wrote the novel 'Train to Pakistan' ?
(A) R.K.Narayan
(B) Mulk Raj Anand
(C) Khushwant Singh
(D) Dharamvir Bharti

Q6. On which date, the arrival date of Mahatma Gandhi in India from South Africa, is the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrated ?
(A) 9 January
(B) 12 January
(C) 15 January
(D) 30 January

Q7. For red colour, compounds of which element are commonly used in fireworks ?
(A) Barium
(B) Sodium
(C) Manganese
(D) Strontium

Q8. On 9 February 2009, in which High Court did the first e-Court of India start functioning on a pilot basis ?
(A) Delhi High Court, New Delhi
(B) Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru
(C) Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad
(D) Bombay High Court, Mumbai

Q9. In which city is the Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) located ?
(A) Shimla (H.P.)
(B) Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
(C) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(D) Jabalpur (M.P.)

Q10.Who is the only person to be honoured with both 'Bharat Ratna' and 'Nishan-e-Pakistan', the highest civilian awards of India and Pakistan respectively ?
(A) Mohammed Iqbal
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Morarji Desai

Answers :
Q1.     (C) Vitamin C
Q2.     (A) C.F.Andrews
Q3.     (B) Haryana
Q4.     (B) Giant Panda
Q5.     (C) Khushwant Singh
Q6.     (A) 9 January
Q7.     (D) Strontium
Q8.     (C) Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad
Q9.     (D) Jabalpur (M.P.)
Q10.   (D) Morarji Desai