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General Knowledge Question

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Answer

The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was

Mujibur Rehman

The longest river in the world is the

Nile

The longest highway in the world is the

Trans-Canada

The longest highway in the world has a length of

About 8000 km

The highest mountain in the world is the

Mount Everest

The country that accounts for nearly one third of

the total teak production of the world is

Myanmar

The biggest desert in the world is the

Sahara desert

The largest coffee growing country in the world is

Brazil

The country also known as "country of copper" is

Zambia

10

The name given to the border which separates

Pakistan and Afghanistan is

Durand line

11 The river Volga flows out into the

Caspian sea

12 The coldest place on the earth is

Verkoyansk in Siberia

13

The country which ranks second in terms of land

area is

Canada

14 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is

Sicily

15 The river Jordan flows out into the

Dead sea

16 The biggest delta in the world is the

Ganges Delta

17 The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade

18 The Japanese call their country as

Nippon

19 The length of the English channel is

564 kilometres

20 The world's oldest known city is

Damascus

21

The city which is also known as the City of Canals

is

Venice

22 The country in which river Wangchu flows is

Myanmar

23 The biggest island of the world is

Greenland

24

The city which is the biggest centre for

manufacture of automobiles in the world is

Detroit, USA

25

The country which is the largest producer of

manganese in the world is

China & South Africa

26

The country which is the largest producer of

rubber in the world is

Malaysia

27

The country which is the largest producer of tin in

the world is

China

28

The river which carries maximum quantity of

water into the sea is the

Amazon River

29

The city which was once called the `Forbidden

City' was

Peking

30 The country called the Land of Rising Sun is

Japan

31 Mount Everest was named after

Sir George Everest

32 The volcano Vesuvius is located in

Italy

33

The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world

Cuba
is

34 The length of the Suez Canal is

162.5 kilometers

35 The lowest point on earth is

The coastal area of Dead

sea
36 The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of

Nepal

37 The largest ocean of the world is the

Pacific ocean

38 The largest bell in the world is the

Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin,

Moscow

39 The biggest stadium in the world is the

Strahov Stadium, Prague

40 The world's largest diamond producing country is

South Africa

41 Australia was discovered by

James Cook

42 The first Governor General of Pakistan is

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

43 Dublin is situated at the mouth of river

Liffey

44 The earlier name of New York city was

New Amsterdam

45 The Eiffel tower was built by

Alexander Eiffel

46 The Red Cross was founded by

Jean Henri Durant

47

The country which has highest population density

is

Monaco

48 The national flower of Britain is

Rose

49 Niagara Falls was discovered by

Louis Hennepin

50 The national flower of Italy is

Lily

51 The national flower of China is

Narcissus

52

The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located

Kathmandu
at

53 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is

Strait of Hormuz

54 The first Industrial Revolution took place in

England

55 World Environment Day is observed on

5th June

56 The first Republican President of America was

Abraham Lincoln

57 The country famous for Samba dance is

Brazil

58 The name of Alexander's horse was

Beucephalus

59 Singapore was founded by

Sir Thomas Stamford

Raffles

60 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was

Nelson

61 The earlier name of Sri Lanka was

Ceylon

62 The UNO was formed in the year

1945

63 UNO stands for

United Nations
Organization

64

The independence day of South Korea is

celebrated on

15th August

65

'Last Judgement' was the first painting of an

Italian painter named

Michelangelo

66 Paradise Regained was written by

John Milton

67 The first President of Egypt was

Mohammed Nequib

68 The first man to reach North Pole was

Rear Admiral Robert E.

Peary

69 The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was

Guermica

70 The primary producer of newsprint in the world is

Canada

71 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was

Cap. Ronald Amundson

72 The person who is called the father of modern

G.Garibaldi

Italy is
73 World literacy day is celebrated on

8th September

74 The founder of modern Germany is

Bismarck

75

The country known as the land of the midnight

sun is

Norway

76 The place known as the Roof of the world is

Tibet

77 The founder of the Chinese Republic was

San Yat Sen

78 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was

Abdul Salam

79 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was

Margaret Thatcher

80 The first Secretary General of the UNO was

Trygve Lie

81 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was

Frederick Auguste
Bartholdi

82 The port of Baku is situated in

Azerbaijan

83 John F Kennedy was assassinated by

Lee Harvey Oswald

84 The largest river in France is

Loire

85

The Queen of England who married her brother-inCatherine of Aragon

law was

86

The first black person to be awarded the Nobel

Peace Prize was

Ralph Johnson Bunche

87

The first British University to admit women for

degree courses was

London University

88 The principal export of Jamaica is

Sugar

89 New York is popularly known as the city of

Skyscrapers

90 Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of

Cloves

91

The country known as the Land of White Elephant

is

Thailand

92 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea

93 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is

Bhutan

94 The highest waterfalls in the world is the

Salto Angel Falls,

Venezuela

95 The largest library in the world is the

United States Library of

Congress, Washington DC

96 The author of Harry Potter Books is

JK Rowling

97 Nickname of New York city is

Big Apple

98 What do you call a group of sheep?

A Flock of Sheep

99

In which sport do players take long and short

corners?

Hockey

10
Who was the youngest President of the USA?
0

Theodore Roosevelt

10
How many legs do butterflies have?
1

6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings

10
Who invented the Nintendo Wii?
2

Kashi Kabushiki

10
What year does the Nintendo Wii come out?
3

Late 2006

10
Who invented the Light Bulb?
4

Humphry Davy

10
Who invented the washing machine?
5

James King

10
Who invented the first electric washing machine?
6

Alva Fisher

10
Who invented the safety pin?
7

Walter Hunt

10
Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner?
8

Hubert Booth

10
Who won the Football World Cup in 2006?
9

Italy

11 Which country hosted the Football World Cup in

0 2006?

Germany

11 Who is the new Prime Minister of the United

0 Kingdom?

David Cameron

11
Who won Men's Singles title in French Open 2010? Rafael Nadal (Spain)
1
11 Who won Women's Singles title in French Open
2 2010?

Francesca Schiavone (Italy)

11 Who won Men's Doubles title in French Open

3 2010?

Daniel Nestor (Canada) &

Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)

11 Who won Women's Doubles title in French Open

4 2010?

Serena & Venus Williams

(USA)

11 What is the longest word in English in which each

5 letter is used at least two times?

Unprosperousness

11
What is the most popular breed of dog?
6

Retrievers

1.

Which strait separates the North and South

islands of New Zealand?

Cook Strait

2.

In which city is the Doges Palace?

Venice

3.

Who plays Johnny Depps uncle in the 1993 flm

Jim Carrey

Arizona Dream?
4.

Which New Zealand golfer won the 2000

Australian Masters in Melbourne?

Michael Campbell

5.

Which continent has the larger land mass: Africa

or North America?

Africa

6.

Aston, Aston, Rizzo, Stevenson, Gilvear: which

1980s group?

Gene Loves Jezebel

7.

What name is given to the art of preparing,

stuffng and mounting the skins of animals to make Taxidermy
lifelike models?

8.

Which artist was appointed court painter to

Charles IV of Spain in 1786?

Goya

9.

The name of which Roman god means shining

father' in Latin?

Jupiter

10 What is the name of the dog in Punch and Judy

.
shows?

Toby

11
What was the name of the Addams Family butler?
.

Lurch

12 Who directed the 1995 flm Heat, which starred Al

.
Pacino?

Michael Mann

13 Which theoretical temperature corresponds to

.
minus 273.15 degrees on the Celsius scale?

Absolute zero

14 Which seven-a-side ball game is played in a

.
swimming pool?

Water polo

15 Which Roman Catholic organization takes its name

Opus Dei
.
from the Latin for God's work?
16 Bamboozled is a flm by which controversial US
.
director?

Spike Lee

Which word meaning rebirth describes the period

17
in European history which began in the 14th
Renaissance
.
century?
18 Who starred opposite Pierce Brosnan in the
.
remake of The Thomas Crown Affair?

Rene Russo

19 Of which French overseas region in South America

French Guiana
.
is Cayenne the capital?
In which year did David Koresh and the Branch
20
Davidians Christian cult hold a siege in Waco,
.
Texas?

1993

21
Who wrote Bleak House?
.

Charles Dickens

22 Which actors real name was Marion Michael

.
Morrison?

John Wayne

23
What would a costermonger sell?
.

Fruits & Vegetables

24 Which actress played the title role in the flm

.
adaptation of Bridget Joness Diary?

Renee Zellweger

25 George is an informal name for which feature of

.
an aircraft?

Automatic Pilot

26 Who wrote The Loneliness of the Long Distance

.
Runner?

Alan Sillitoe

27 How is Sarah Michelle Gellar better known to

.
millions?

Buffy

28
Ganymede is a satellite of which planet?
.

Jupiter

29 What nationality was the composer Wolfgang

.
Amadeus Mozart?

Austrian

30 For which element is Co the chemical symbol?

Cobalt

.
31 The German port of Hamburg lies near the mouth
.
of which major European river?

Elbe

32 In Arctic regions, what kind of features are

.
sastrugi?

Wind-formed patterns in
ice and snow

33
In the Americas, what is a mesa?
.

Flat-topped mountain

34 Which city was the frst in the world to have a

.
population of more than one million?

London (circa 1811)

35
The Taj Mahal is located near to which Indian city? 5 Agra
.
36 St Michaels Mount lies off the coast of which
.
English county?

Cornwall

37 To where would you have to travel in order to

.
stand by the Marsh of Decay?

Moon

38 What is the English name for the Bayern region of

.
Germany?

Bavaria

39 In Lord of the Rings, what was the name of

.
Gandalfs white horse?

Shadowfax

40 Which famous Nazi-hunter died in Vienna in 2005,

Simon Wiesenthal
.
aged 96?
41 The 1956 film 'Reach for the Sky' is based on
.
whose life story?

Douglas Bader

42
Who voiced Stinky Pete in the flm 'Toy Story 2'?
.

Kelsey Grammer

43 How many times did Bobby Jones win the US

.
Amateur Championship in golf?

Five

44 In which sport is the 'Conn Smythe Trophy'

Ice hockey

awarded?

45 Which female singer recorded the 2001 album

.
Read My Lips?

Sophie Ellis Bextor

46 Which singer recorded the 2000 album 'Holy

.
Wood' (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)?

Marilyn Manson

47 Which was the frst element to be created

.
artifcially?

Technetium

48 In which European capital city is the Institut

.
Pasteur based?

Paris

49
Acquired Immune
Which condition does the acronym AIDS stand for?
.
Defciency Syndrome
50
In computing, what does ISDN stand for?
.

Integrated Services Digital

Network

1. The largest museum in the world is the American Museum of Natural History.
2. The lowest mountain range in the world is the Buena Bhaile.
3. The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland.
4. The place known as the Garden of England is Kent.
5. The tallest tower in the world is the C. N. Tower, Toronto, Canada.
6. The country famous for its fish catch is Japan.
7. The old name of Taiwan was Farmosa.
8. Montreal is situated on the bank of River Ottawa.
9. The city of Bonn is situated in Germany.
10.The literal meaning of Renaissance is Revival.
11.Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus.
12.The title of Desert Fox was given to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

13.The largest airport in the world is the King Khalid International Airport, Saudi
Arabia.
14.The city in Russia which faced an earthquake in the year 1988 was Armenia.
Later on it became a separate country.
15.The largest bay in the world is Hudson Bay, Canada.
16.The largest church in the world is Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City, Rome.
17.The largest peninsula in the world is Arabia.
18.The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Mexico.
19.The tallest statue in the world is the Motherland, Volgograd Russia.
20.The largest railway tunnel in the world is the Oshimizu Tunnel, Japan.
21.The world's loneliest island is the Tristan da cunha.
22.The word 'Quiz' was coined by Jim Daly Irishman.
23.The original meaning of 'Quiz' was Trick.
24.The busiest shopping centre of London is Oxford Street.
25.The residence of the Queen in London is Buckingham Palace.
26.Adolf Hitler was born in Austria.
27.The country whose National Anthem has only music but no words is Bahrain.
28.The largest cinema in the world is the Fox theatre, Detroit, USA.
29.The country where there are no Cinema theatres is Saudi Arabia.
30.The world's tallest office building is the Sears Tower, Chicago.
31.In the year 1811, Paraguay became independent from Spain.
32.The cross word puzzle was invented by Arthur Wynne.
33.The city which was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire was Persepolis.
34.WHO stands for World Health Organization.
35.WHO (World Health Organization) is located at Geneva.
36.FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization.
37.FAO is located at Rome and London.

38.UNIDO stands for United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

39.UNIDO is located at Vienna.
40.WMO stands for World Meteorological Organization.
41.WMO is located at Geneva.
42.International Civil Aviation Organization is located at Montreal.
43.The Angel Falls is located in Venezuela.
44.The Victoria Falls is located in Rhodesia.

General Knowledge Facts

45.Ice Cream was discovered by Gerald Tisyum.
46.The number regarded as lucky number in Italy is thirteen.
47.Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means Fear of cats.
48.The aero planes were used in war for the first time by Italians. (14 Oct.1911)
49.Slavery in America was abolished by Abraham Lincoln.
50.The Headquarters of textile manufacturing in England is Manchester.
51.The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson River is Manhattan.
52.The founder of plastic industry was Leo Hendrik Baekeland.
53.The country where military service is compulsory for women is Israel.
54.The country which has more than 10,000 golf courses is USA.
55.The famous painting 'Mona Lisa' is displayed at Louvre museum, Paris.
56.The earlier name for tomato was Love apple.
57.The first President of USA was George Washington.
58.The famous words 'Veni Vidi Vici' were said by Julius Caesar.
59.The practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was introduced by Joseph
Lister.
60.The number of countries which participated in the first Olympic Games held
at Athens was nine.
61.Mercury is also known as Quick Silver.

62.Disneyland is located in California, USA.

63.The country which built the first powerful long range rockets is Germany.
64.Sewing Machine was invented by Isaac M. Singer.
65.Adding Machine was invented by Aldrin.
66.The national emblem of Spain is Eagle.
67.Archimedes was born in Sicily.
68.The total area of Vatican City is 0.272 square kilometers.
69.The largest temple in the world is Angkor Wat in Kampuchea.
70.The largest dome in the world is Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, USA.
71.The largest strait in the world is Tartar Strait.
72.The Mohenjo-Daro ruins are found in Larkand District of Sind, Pakistan.
73.The largest city of Africa is Cairo.
74.The founder of KODAK Company was Eastman.
75.The 'Cape of Good Hope' is located in South Africa.
76.The Heathrow Airport is located in London.
77.The neon lamp was invented by Georges Claude.
78.The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega.
79.The place known as the land of Lincoln is Illinois.
80.The US state Utah is also known as Beehive state.
81.The Kalahari Desert is located in Africa.
82.The Patagonian desert is located in Argentina.
83.The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir George Cayley.
84.The most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu.
85.The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together form the Island of
Hispaniola.
86.The largest auto producer in the USA is General Motors.
87.The largest auto producing nation is Japan.

88.The famous 'General Motors' company was founded by William Durant.

89.The country that brings out the FIAT is Italy.
90.The first actor to win an Oscar was Emil Jannings.
91.The first animated colour cartoon of full feature length was Snow White and
Seven Dwarfs.
92.The first demonstration of a motion picture was held at Paris.
93.The first country to issue stamps was Britain.
94.The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of the silent movies is
Tom Mix.
95.The Pentagon is located at Washington DC.
96.The world's largest car manufacturing company is Toyota Motors, JAPAN.
97.The world's biggest manufacturer of bicycles is Hero Cycles, India.
98.The world's oldest underground railway is at London.
99.The White House was painted white to hide fire damage.
100.

The largest oil producing nation in Africa is Nigeria.

101.

The longest river in Russia and Europe is Volga River.

102.

The first Emperor of Germany was Wilhelm.

103.

The last French Monarch was Louis Napoleon III.

104.

"History is Bunk" was said by Henry Ford.

105.

The term 'astrology' literally means Star Speech.

106.

Togo is situated in Africa.

107.

Coal is also known as Black Diamond.

108.

The first Boxer to win 3 gold medals in Olympics was Laszlo Papp.

109.
The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis
Khan.
110.
The first cross word puzzle in the world was published in 1924 by
London Sunday Express.
111.

The lightest known metal is Lithium.

112.

The Atacama Desert is located in North Chile.

113.

The oil used to preserve timber is Creosote oil.

114.

The founder of USA was George Washington.

115.

The first talkie feature film in USA was 'The Jazz Singer'.

116.

The chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous oxide.

117.

The US state North Carolina is also known as Tar Heel state.

118.

The US state Tennesse is also known as Volunteer state.

119.

The US state Indiana is also known as Hoosier state.

120.

The US state Kentucky is also known as Blue Grass state.

121.

The US state known as 'Pine Free State' is Vermont.

122.

The US state known as 'Mountain State' is West Virginia.

123.

The US state known as 'Land of 1000 Lakes' is Minnesota.

124.
The popular detective character created by Agatha Christie is Hercule
Poirot.
125.

The Pakistani President who died in an air crash was Zia-ul-Huq.

126.

Yoghurt means Fermented milk.

127.

Yankee is the nickname of American.

128.

The International court of Justice is located in Hague, Holland.

129.

The headquarters of World Bank is located at Washington DC.

130.

Victoria Falls was discovered by David Livingstone.

131.
The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by
Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.
132.

The oldest residential university of Britain is the Oxford University.

133.
The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in
London is called Big Ben.
134.

Prado Museum is located in Madrid.

135.

The number of keys in an ordinary piano is Eighty eight.

136.

'Man is a Tool Making Animal' was said by Benjamin Franklin.

137.

The term 'anesthesia' was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

138.

The first man to reach Antarctica was Fabian Gottlieb.

139.

The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in Tanzania.

140.

The invention that is considered to have built America is Dynamite.

141.
Words that contains all the vowels: Authentication, Remuneration,
Education, Automobile, Miscellaneous and many more. that contains all the
vowels: authentication, remuneration, education, automobile, miscellaneous
and many more. >
142.
Words that contain all the vowels in order: Facetious and Abstemious.
that contain all the vowels in order: facetious and abstemious. >
143.
Words that contain all the vowels in reverse order: Uncomplimentary,
Unproprietary, Unoriental and Subcontinental. that contain all the vowels in
reverse order: uncomplimentary, unproprietary, unoriental and
subcontinental. >
144.
Words with no vowel in them: Myth, Fly, Sky, Dry, Cry, Rhythm, Crypt.
with no vowel in them: myth, fly, sky, dry, cry, rhythm, crypt. >
145.

Which country declares independence on 18th Feb 2008? - Kosovo.

146.
Who was the founder of the kindergarten education system? - German
educator Friedrich Froebel
147.

What is the scientific name of Vitamin C? - Ascorbic Acid

148.

What is the full form of GPRS? - General Packet Radio Service

149.
Which was the first university established in the world? - Nalanda
University
150.
What is full form of CEO, CFO & CIO titles? Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Information Officer.

Technology related Questions:

1. Solar power generates electricity from what source?
2. Did the Apple iPhone first become available in 2005, 2006 or 2007?
3. In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for?

4. True or false? Nintendo was founded after the year 1900.

5. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after which American astronomer?
6. Is the wavelength of infrared light too long or short to be seen by humans?
7. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what?
8. True or false? Gold is not a good conductor of electricity?
9. The technologically advanced humanoid robot ASIMO is made by which car company?
10. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.
11. In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for?
12. Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games?
13. What is the Earths primary source of energy?
14. IBM is a well known computer and information technology company, what does IBM stand for?
15. Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?
16. What science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?
17. True or false? In computing, keyboards are used as input devices.
18. What does the abbreviation WWW stand for?
19. Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what?
20. True or false? DNA is an abbreviation for Deoxyribonucleic acid.
Technology Quiz Answers

1. The Sun

2. 2007

3. Central Processing
Unit

4. False - 1889

5. Edwin Hubble

6. Long

7. Web browsers

8. False

9. Honda

10. True

11. Read Only Memory

12. CDs

13. The Sun

14. International
Business Machines

15. Paul Allen

16. Isaac Asimov

17. True

18. World Wide Web

19. The Apple iPod

20. True

Science Quiz
1. Researchers working on the accurate calculation of the distance of Milky
Way to the nearest galaxy found the exact distance to our nearest galaxy,
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). What is the exact distance?
a) 163000 light years
b) 175000 light years
c) 183000 light years
d) 150000 light years
Answer: (a) 163000 light years
2. Which country ranked first on list of countries which distribute spam all
over the world, according to new report of SophosLabs?
a) China
b) India
c) US
d) Spain
Answer: (c) US
3. Which research centre announced that it was developing the largest
magnet of the world? This largest magnet would weigh 50000 tons.
a) CERN, Geneva
b) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
c) NASA, US
d) Neutrino Observatory, India
Answer: (b) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
4. According to the study conducted by University of Minnesota in the first
week of March 2013, which species of Africa would decline to almost
extinction over the period of coming 20-40 years if conservation measures
were not undertaken?
a) Elephants
b) Wild Cat
c) Wild Lizard
d) Wild Lion
Answer: (d) Wild Lion
5. Which compost plant became first in India to receive carbon credits worth
25 lakh rupees from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change?

a) Okhla Compost Plant

b) ROTOPALA Composting Plant
c) Mumbai Compost Plant
d) Kanpur Composting Plant
Answer: (a) Okhla Compost Plant

Science and Technology Quiz

Q51. Who is known as the father of electricity
(a) Alexander Graham Bell
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Michael faraday
(d) None of the Above
Answer :
Q52. Which scientist formulated 'the theory of evolution'
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Isaac Newton
(c) Aristotle
(d) Alexander Fleming
Answer :
Q53. Who invented telescope
(a) Galileo Galilei
(b) Hans Lipperhey
(c) Copernicus
(d) None of the above
Answer :
Q54. When the nobel prizes were first awarded
(a) 1900
(b) 1901
(c) 1907
(d) 1896
Answer :
Q55. Who is the first woman to win a nobel prize
(a) Marie Curie
(b) Irene Joliot-Curie
(c) Gertrude B. Elion
(d) Rosalyn Yalow
Answer :
Q56. Nobel Prize except the Peace Prize is awarded in
(a) Oslo
(b) Stockholm
(c) London
(d) Zurich

Answer :
Q57. Who is known as the father of evolution
(a) Gregor Mendel
(b) Otto Hahn
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Sigmund Freud
Answer :
Q58. Who has formulated the Periodic Table for chemical element
(a) Dmitri Mendeleev
(b) Georges Cuvier
(c) Pierre Curie
(d) Alfred Wegener
Answer :
Q59. Albert Einstein received Nobel Prize in the year
(a) 1912
(b) 1915
(c) 1918
(d) 1921
Answer :
Q60. Who is known as the inventor of Hydrogen bomb
(a) Enrico Fermi
(b) George Gamow
(c) Edward Teller
(d) Hans Bethe
Answer :
Q61. What was the code name of the first nuclear test conducted by USA on
16th July, 1945
(a) Hurricane
(b) Trinity
(c) RDS-1
(d) None of the above
Answer :
Q62. How many US patents are in the name of Thomas Alva Edison
(a) 176
(b) 435
(c) 822
(d) 1093
Answer :
Q63. Who first developed the polio vaccines
(a) Jonas Salk
(b) Alexander Fleming
(c) Edward Jenner
(d) Howard Florey

Answer :
Q64. Edward Jenner is famous for the invention of
(a) Penicillin
(b) Smallpox vaccine
(c) Measles vaccine
(d) None of the above
Answer :
Q65. Which gas is also known as laughing gas
(a) Nitrogen
(b) Nitrous Oxide
(c) Chlorine
(d) Methane
Answer :
Q66. Which gas contains in largest volume in our atmosphere
(a) Oxygen
(b) Carbon
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Argon
Answer :
Q67. Which one is the largest organ in a human body
(a) Skin
(b) Liver
(c) Kidney
(d) Lung
Answer :
Q68. Which blood goup is known as 'universal recipients' group
(a) AB Group
(b) A Group
(c) B Group
(d) O Group
Answer :
Q69. Which blood goup is known as 'universal donors' group
(a) AB Group
(b) A Group
(c) B Group
(d) O Group
Answer :
Q70. Who is known as the inventor of steam engine
(a) William Murdoch
(b) James Watt
(c) Graham Bell
(d) Michael Faraday

Answer :
Q71. What is the SI unit of electric current
(a) Volt
(b) Watt
(c) Ampere
(d) Ohm
Answer :
Q72. Which vitamin is produced by the sunlight
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D
Answer :
Q73. Total number of chambers in a human heart
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 2
Answer :
Q74. The hardest substance available in the world is
(a) Platinum
(b) Gold
(c) Diamond
(d) Iron
Answer :
Q75. Which type of instrument is used to measure moisture in the
atmosphere
(a) Barometer
(b) Hydrometer
(c) Hygrometer
(d) None of the above
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Corporate Quiz:
1. The World Bank in the month of March 2013 barred which company from
doing any business with it or the projects funded by it for a period of six
months?
a) Punj Lloyd Group
b) Lanco Infratech Limited

c) Larsen & Toubro

d) IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Ltd
Answer: (c) Larsen & Toubro
2. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 6 March 2013 cleared
the investment proposal of which Malaysian budget carrier to launch the new
airline along with Tata Group and Arun Bhatia's Telestra Tradeplace?
a) Cebu Pacific
b) AirAsia
c) JetStar
d) Tiger Airways
Answer: (b) AirAsia
3. Which confectionary giant was slapped with a notice demanding 250 crore
Rupees by the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence on the
grounds of excise duty evasion?
a) Cadbury India Ltd
b) Wrigley India
c) Lotte India
d) Perk India Ltd
Answer: (a) Cadbury India Ltd
4. Which telecom company in the month of March 2013 launched high
quality voice service for its subscribers in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria
in the African sub-continent?
a) Vodafone
b) Reliance
c) Idea Cellular
d) Bharti Airtel
Answer: (d) Bharti Airtel
5. Microsoft launched the new version of which software for the businesses
running in India? This software will facilitate sharing the data seamlessly
across the computers and mobiles with the help of cloud computing
technology.
a) MS Office 2009
b) MS Office 365
c) MS Office 2013
d) MS Office 2010
Answer: (b) MS Office 365

1. What date was D-Day?

2. How many of King Henry VIII's wives were called Catherine?
3. Which country was General Franco a dictator of?
4. What famous wall, built by a Roman Emperor, lies between Scotland and
England?
5. During which year did Fidel Castro gain power over Cuba?
6. What is the name of the city where John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
7. Which war first introduced the use of tanks?
8. During which year did Sir Winston Churchill step into power over Great
Britain?
9. Since retiring from service, where is the QE2 docked on a permanent basis?
10. What was the Nazi symbol called?
11. What were Norsemen better known as?
12. During which year did the RMS Titanic sink?
13. Who was the first president of America?
14. During which year did Adolf Hitler die?
15. During which year did Christopher Columbus discover the Bahamas?

Answers:
1. 6th June, 1944
2. Three
3. Spain
4. Hadrian's Wall
5. 1959
6. Dallas, Texas

7. World War I
8. 1940
9. Dubai
10. The swastika
11. Vikings
12. 1912
13. George Washington
14. 1945
15. 1492

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