Quiz master

1. Which is the largest island of the
Indian ocean?
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Andaman island
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Madagascar

2. Which country was called ‘Siam’
until 1939?
Loas
Cambodia
Philippines
Thailand

3. Which is the only country in South-
East Asia that was not occupied by any
European / Foreign powers?
Philippines
Malaysia
Burma
Thailand

4. Which city was called ‘Prayag’ in
ancient India?
Varanasi
Haridwar
Kedarnath
Allahabad

5. Who gave the city of Prayag a
new name of ‘Allahabad’ in 1575?
King Babur
King Jehangir
King Shahajahan
King Akbar

6. Allahabad is at the confluence of
which of these 2 rivers
Ganga & Bhaghirathi
Padma & Ganga
Ganga & Son
Ganga & Yamuna

7. Which country has the longest
coast line?
Indonesia
Philippines
Russia
Canada

8. Which country has the largest
area?
Canada
China
USA
Russia

9. Which country has lowest Infant
Mortality Rate (IMR)?
UK
Australia
USA
Singapore

10. Which country has the highest
Infant Mortality rate (IMR)?
Botswana
Uganda
Iraq
Angola

11.Which is the nearest star to
earth?
Notredamn
Proximal
Polestar
Proxima Centuari

12. How long does light takes to
reach Earth from Sun?
7 minutes
6 minutes
5 minutes
8 minutes

13. Our ‘Milky Way’ Galaxy belongs
to which group?
Galaxy 1
Group 1
Milky group
Local Group

14. Who was the first Astronaut to
walk first on the moon?
Frank Sterling
Robert Smith
Neil Fletcher
Neil Armstrong

15. Which country has the World’s
largest Democracy?
Australia
Iran
USA
India

16. Which is the most densely
populated state in India?
Andaman & Nicober islands
Uttar pradesh
Kerala
West Bengal

17. Which country has the largest
Islamic followers in the World?
Iran
Saudi Arabia
India
Indonesia

18. Pleural of OX is:
Oxx
Ox
Oxes
Oxen

19. The Vowels of English Grammar
are
A,B,C,D,U
A,C,E,C,U
A,S,W,Y,U
A,E,I,O,U

20. What is an Eagle’s nest called?
Eaty
Eaglet
Eagleton
Aerie

21. Which is the longest key on the
Computer keyboard?
Enter key
Alt key
Shift key
Space bar

22. Which fish has a spot like an
Eye to confuse the enemies?
Jelly fish
Lion fish
Sea horse
Butterfly fish

23. Which is the smallest butterfly?
South American morpho butterfly
Dragonfly
Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly
Western Pygmy blue butterfly

24. What does “E Pluribus Unum”
engraved on US coins & bills mean?
Solidarity
Peoples power
Democracy
From many one

25. Which planet’s moons are named
after William Shakespeare's plays?
Neptune
Mars
Jupiter
Uranus

26. Which is the World’s largest
city?
Shangai
Mumbai
Mexico city
Tokyo

27. Which city was the Capital of
British Raj till 1931 prior to Delhi ?
Nagpur
Madras
Bombay
Calcutta

28. Who was the Architect who designed
New-Delhi (Raj path, Parliament House,
Rastrapathi Bhawan)?
Sir. Anthony Martins Jr
Sir. Edmund Flair
Sir. Crawford Williams
Sir. Edwin Landseer Luteyens

29. Thomas cup & Uber cup is
associated with which game?
Polo
Tennis
Squash
Shuttle badminton

30. Which was the first mosque
built in India?
Great mosque
Haji ali mosque
Babri masjid
Might of Islam mosque near Qutub minar

31. Why was Qutub minar built?
As a symbol of power
Watch tower to overlook enemies
Astronomical observatory
To signify defeat of the last Hindu ruler at Delhi in 1199

32. Which is the Holy book for Silks?
Ramayana
Bhagavat Gita
Quran
Guru Grantha Sahib

33. What does ‘Bhutan’ mean in
Dzongkha language?
Kingdom of snow
Landlocked kingdom
Himalayan Kingdom
Land of Thunder Dragon

34. Who was the last Viceroy of
British raj?
Lord Robert Clive
Lord Irwin
Lord Cornowallis
Lord Mount Batten

35. Who was the Maharaja of Kashmir
who acceded to India in 1947?
Maharaja Veer Bahadur Singh
Prince Karan Singh
Maharaja Veer Pratap Singh
Maharaja Hari Singh

36. Who founded the Pakistan
People’s party (PPP) in 1967?
Sheikh Abdul Anwer
Mrs. Rashida Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Zulfiker Ali Bhutto

37. Who was the first women to be
elected as Prime Minister of a modern
Islamic country?
Sirmavo Bhandaranaike
Sheikh Hasina
Khalida Zia
Benazir Bhutto

38. Pakistani dictator President Md Zia-
ul-haq was born in which city of present
India in 1924?
Jaipur
Jaisalmer
Amritsar
Jallandar

39. Who played the first Cricket
Test match in 1877?
England & Trinidad
England & Canada
Australia & New Zealand
Australia & England

40. What is the other name for
Table tennis game?
Plow Plow
Ping Ding
Po Po
Ping Pong

41. Which of these is not a Grand
Slam event in tennis?
U.S. Open
French Open
Australian Open
Davis cup

42. Who has won Wimbledon Men’s
Singles title 5 times in a row?
Martina Navratilova
Boris Becker
Pete Sampras
Bjorn Borg

43. Who has won Wimbledon Men’s
singles for 7 times?
Boris Becker
Martina Navratilova
Bjorn Borg
Pete Sampras

44. Who has won Wimbledon Women’s
single for a maximum number of times?
Steffi Graf
Chris Evert Lyold
Venus Williams
Martina Navratilova

45. Who was the Astronaut who stayed
in the orbiting Apollo 11 & did not
accompany Neil Armstrong to land on
moon?
Steve Bucknor
Michael Edwards
Edwin .E. Aldrin Jr
Michel Allen Collins

46. In which script is the Silk’s holy
book written?
Gulabi
Amritsari
Gurutej
Gurumukhi

47. Which of these planets do not
have Satellites (moons)?
Jupiter & Saturn
Neptune & Uranus
Earth & Mars
Mercury & Venus

48. Which planet in our solar system has
maximum number of moons?
Uranus
Jupiter
Pluto
Saturn

49. Who was the Pakistani leader
who lost the 1971 Indo-Pak war?
General Zia-ul-haq
General Iqbal Siddiqui
General Ayub Khan
General Muhammed Yahya khan

50. Who was the Indian Prime Minister
who won the 1971 Indo-Pak war?
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jawaharlal Nehru
Moraji Desai
Indira Gandhi

51. World’s tallest mountain Mount
Everest is named after-----
The shifting shadows of the hills
The sliding snow of the hills
The gusty winds on top
The Surveyor who calculated the height

52. Who is the Architect who
designed the city of Chandigarh?
Le Corbusier

53. Where is the FBI headquarters
located?
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Washington D.C.

54. Who is the Architect of WTC –
World Trade Center at New York?
Edward Fernandes
Antonio Francis
Albert Victor
Minoru Yamasaki

55. Who is the First elected
President of Democratic Russia?
Leonid Brezhnev
Michail Gorbochev
Vladamir Putin
Borris Yelsin

56. Which of these is the World
tallest building?
Jin Mao buildings, Shangai
Sears towers, Chicago
Petrona towers, Kuala lumpur
Taipei 101, Taipei

57. Which are the only three letters on
the keyboard which are in the same
alphabetical order?
X – Y - Z
M – N - O
A – B - C
J – K - L

58. What was the name of Sri Lanka
prior to 1972, until the constitution
changed it?
Galle
Battilicoa
Lanka
Ceylon

59. India & Sri Lanka is separated
by which of this waterway?
Park Strait
Pax Strait
Malabar Strait
Palk Strait

60. How many planets in our Solar
system have rings?
None
One
Five
Four

61. Which is the world’s largest
Cactus plant?
Spurge
Barrel Cactus
Christmas Cactus
Saguaro

tree?
Spruce tree
Baobab tree
Willow tree
Sequoia (Redwoods)

63. Tulip flowers gets its name from
:-
Russia
India
Denmark
Turkey

64. Which is the largest animal on
earth?
Tiger
Great White Shark
Elephant
Blue Whale

65. Pearls are got from:-
Sea Anemones
Coral reef
Crabs
Oysters

66. Which Prime Minister’s both parents
were also Prime Minister earlier?
Benazir Bhutto
Megawathi Sukarnoputri
Indira Gandhi
Chandrika Kumaratunga

67. Who was the first freely
(democratically) elected President of
Indonesia ?
Sukarno
Suharto
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Abdurrahman Wahid

68. Which of these countries was
occupied by Spain for a long time?
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Philippines

69. Which of these plants catches &
eats insects?
Trapping plant
Mars fly trap
Mercury fly trap
Venus fly trap

70. Which of these is the World’s
longest river?
Ganga
Volga
Amazon
Nile

71. Where was Mahatma Gandhi
assassinated?
Bombay
Calcutta
Chennai
Delhi

72. Which is the largest ocean?
Arctic ocean
Indian ocean
Atlantic ocean
Pacific ocean

73. On which coast is Chilka lake
located?
Lakshadweep coast
Andaman coast
West coast
East coast

74. Which religion worships Fire?
Bhaiism
Judaism
Christianity
Zoroastrianism

75. Which is the youngest amongst
these religions?
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Bahai

76. Where was Indira Gandhi
assassinated?
Chandigarh
Agra
Amritsar
New Delhi

77. Which of these Indian Prime
Minister’s died on foreign soil when in
office?
Indira Gandhi
Gulzari lal Nanda
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri

78. Where was Rajiv Gandhi
assassinated?
Madurai
Bangalore
Pondicherry
Sriperambudur

fresh water lake?
Lake Ontario
Chilka lake
Lake Sarovar
Lake Superior

80. Which of these lake does not
belong to Great Five lakes?
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
Lake Balkan

81. Which amongst the Great lakes
is entirely located in US?
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan

82. Which of these passes through
India?
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricon
Equator
Tropic of Cancer

83. How many Time-zones are
there?
23
22
12
24

84. Prime Meridian passes through…
Geenland
New york
Berlin
Greenwich

85. How many layers of Atmosphere
are described?
3
4
6
5

86. Which planet is easily recognizable
by its distinctive shimmering rings?
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn

87. Which planets largest moon is
called Titan due to its enormous size?
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn

88. Which planet has the largest
moon in the solar system?
Uranus’s moon
Saturn’s Titan
Earth’s moon
Jupiter’s Ganymede

89. Which was the first planet to be
discovered using the telescope?
Mercury
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus

90. What does Copernicus theory
state?
All heavenly bodies move around Proxima Centuari star
Pole star is at the center of the galaxy
Earth is at the center & sun moves around it
That Sun is in center & earth moves around it

91. The leaning tower of Pisa is
actually a :
War monument
Commemoration building
Church cemetery
Church bell tower

92. How many degrees does the
famous Leaning Tower of Pisa tilt?
19 degrees
22 degrees
15 degrees
10 degrees

93. Who gifted the Statue of Liberty to
the people of United States ?
The British
The Poles
The Italians
The French

94. From where will the Prime Minister
address the nation on 15th
of August?
South Block
Parliament House
Raj Path
Red fort

95. Who was the French architect
to design the Eiffel tower?
Anthony Shepard Eiffel
James Williams Eiffel
Fredrick Andrews
Alexander Gustave Eiffel

96. Why was Eiffel tower built in
1889 at Paris?
As a mark of Capitalistic supremacy
To celebrate victory over the Polish army
War monument
To celebrate Centennial of French Revolution

97. Who built the ‘ Taj Mahal’?
Akbar
Jehangir
Aurangzeb
Shah Jahan

98. Taj Mahal is on the bank of
which river?
Brahmaputra
Sutlej
Ganga
Yamuna

99. Shah Jahan’s wife Anjumand
Banu Begum died in 1631 due to:
Snake bite
Old age
Small pox
Post –partum bleeding

100. Which fruit is the King of
fruits?
Apple
Jack fruit
Strawberry
Mango

101. Who built the ‘Red Fort’ at
Delhi in the 16th
century?
Aurangzeb
Jehangir
Akbar
Shah Jahan

102. Who was the sculptor of
‘ Statue of Liberty’?
Walters Smile
Ian Goodman
Andrew Fredrick
Fredric - Auguste Bartholdi

103. Which river in the world
carries largest amount of water?
Ganga of India
Yellow river of China
Nile of Egypt
Amazon of Brazil

104. River Ganga is formed by the
joining of which of these two
headstreams:
Gumthi , Gandak & Kosi
Alaknanda & Padma
Son & Bhaghirathi
Bhaghirathi & Alaknanda

105. Which is the largest continent?
North America
Africa
Europe
Asia

106. Which is the largest ocean?
Arctic ocean
Atlantic ocean
Indian ocean
Pacific ocean

107. What is River Ganga called in
Bangladesh as is flows into it
River Trupti
River Swathi
River Meghna
River Padma

108. Which river carries the largest
amount of sediments to the ocean?
Nile of Egypt
Ganga of India
Volga river of Russia
Yellow river of China

109. Which is the deepest lake?
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Lake Baikal

110. Which scale is used to measure
Earthquake?
Smiths scale
Saffir Simpson’s scale
Allen’s scale
Richter’s scale

111. Which is the longest muscle in
the body?
Triceps
Biceps
Gluteus
Sartorius

112. Which is the longest bone in
our body?
Ulna
Radius
Tibia
Femur

113. Which is the largest organ of
the body?
Kidney
Brain
Heart
Skin

114. Which of these organs you can
live without?
Heart
Brain
Liver
Appendix & Tonsils

115. Which is the shortest muscle in
our body?
Serratus anterior
Scalenus anterior
Sartorius
Stapedius

116. Which is the hardest substance
in our body?
Muscles of the back
Cartilage
Bones
Enamel of teeth

117. Which is the smallest bone in
our body?
Lunate
Scapoid
Fibula
Stapes

118. How many teeth are present in
‘Milk Teeth’?
18
24
22
20

119. How many teeth are present in
adult set of teeth?
34
28
30
32

120. Which is the last teeth to
appear in an adult?
Canines
First molars
Second molars
Wisdom tooth

121. Which is the first teeth to
appear in a infant?
Third premolar
Incisors
Canines
First premolar

122. Which place receives maximum
rainfall in the world?
Rangoon
Tehran
Lhasa
Cherrpaunji

123. What deficiency causes night
blindness?
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Vitamin B
Vitamin A

124. Who discovered Antibiotic -
Penicillin?
Carl Landsteiner
Andy Flecther
Sir.Alexander Stephens
Sir. Alexander Fleming

125. Who was the first lady to win
the prestigious Nobel prize?
Marie Curie

126. Which of the following infectious
disease is eradicated from the world?
Diptheria
German measles
Poliomyelitis
Small pox

127. Who invented the first vaccine
against a disease?
Sir. Alexander Fleming
Andrew Phillips
Christopher
Edward Jenner

128.Which of the following does not
transmit AIDS infection?
Unprotected sex
Infected blood transfusion
Shared needles
Shaking hands

129. Which was the disease against
which the first vaccine was prepared ?
Diphteria
Brucellosis
German measles
Small pox

130. Who was the first lady to receive
the prestigious Nobel prize twice?
Madam Curie

131. Who is the father of Medicine?
Hippocrates

132. Where is the North-Eastern hill
University located?
Agartala
Aizwal
Kohima
Shillong

133. How long does it take for a
recently quit smoker to reach the same
risk for heart attack as that of a non-
smoker?
6 months
2 ½ years
1 year
15 years

134. What does the upper number in the
blood pressure recording denote?
Pulse rate
Heart rate
Diastolic pressure
Systolic pressure

135. Who identified the Blood
groups – A, B, AB and O in 1900?
Catherine Andrews
Stevenson
James Williams
Land Steiner

136. How many seconds are there in
a day?
36,000 seconds
2,400 seconds
3,600 seconds
86,400 seconds

137. Thomas Alva Edison invented
these:
Refrigerator & Electric heater
Vacuum cleaner & Air-conditioner
Telephone & Radio
Electric bulb & Gramophone

138.Who invented radio-telegraphy
in 1901?
Thomas Alwa Edison
John Logie Braid
Alexander Graham Bell
Guglielmo Marconi

139. Who detected the presence of
Rhesus (Rh) factor in human blood?
Alexander Atlantis
Edward Stevens
Hippocrates
Land Steiner

140. Which country has the
maximum time zones?
Russia
China
India
U.S.A.

141. Which is the most common
paper size used in modern office?
A1
A3
A2
A4

142. If one crosses the International
Date Line from West to East:
Adds 1 hour only
No change in time
One loses a day
One gains a day

143. Who invented Telephones in
1876?
Alexander Stephens
Phillips Andrews
Marconi

144. The loudness of sound is
measured as:
Microbells
Millibells
Decabell
Decibels

145. How many laws are in
Newton’s Law of Motion?
Five
Two
Four
Three

146. What is used to measure
Luminous intensity?
Canada
Brightens
Carriers
Candela

147. Which countries recognized
Taliban regime in Afghanistan?
Iran, Iraq & Turkey
Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq
Maldives, Indonesia
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan & U.A.E

148. Which is the most populated
country in the world?
Bangladesh
Indonesia
India
China

149. Who invented the Television?
James Starley
Gugliemo Marconi
John Logie Baird

150. Who was the first to sail
around the world?
Vasco-co-gama
Andrew Higgins
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan

151. Who wrote our National
anthem?
Lala Rajaput Rai
Satyendra Ghosh
Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
Rabindranath Tagore

152. Which country’s flag is not
rectangular?
Morocco
Angola
Cambodia
Nepal

153. Which countries flag has a
Hindu temple on it?
Mauritius
Fiji
Nepal
Cambodia

154. Which country’s flag has
writings on it?
Uganda
Qatar
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia

155. Which female astronaut has stayed
in space for longest duration?
Valentina Tereshkova
Sally Kristen Ride
Kalpana Chawla
Sunita Williams

156. Who was the first women to go
to Space?
Kalpana Chawla
Sally Kristen Ride
Svetlana Savitskaya

157. Who was the first American
woman to go to space?
Eileen Mary Collins
Anna Lee Fisher
Mary Louise Cleve
Sally Ride

158. Who was the first Indian to go
to space?
Deepak Sharma
Aniruddh Desai
Vinod Gupta
Rakesh Sharma

159. Who was the first American woman
to walk in Space (Extra Vehicular
Activity) EVA ?
Mary Louise Cleave
Eileen Marie Collins
Sally Krysten Ride
Kathryn. D. Sullivan

160. Who among these has received
honorary citizenship of Canada?
Nelson Mandela

161. Which of these virus strains
causes Bird-flu disease?
H2 SO4
H2 SO8
H0 N3
H5 N1

162. Who handed over Honk Kong
back to China in 1997?
Spain
Portugal
Japan
United Kingdom

163. Who handed over Macao back to
China after nearly four centuries in
1999?
France
United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal

164. Which country is named after a
Spanish Sailor who discovered it?
St. Kitts islands
Cuba
Panama
Columbia

165. The country Zaire is renamed
in 1997 as:
Botswana
Angola
Costa Rica
Congo

166. Which is the Sugar bowl of the
world?
South Africa
Mauritius
Panama
Cuba

167. Which is the first country in the
world to allow Homosexual marriages in
1989?
Singapore
Australia
USA
Denmark

168. Which is the only country in the
South American continent with borders
both Atlantic ocean & Pacific ocean?
Peru
Venezuela
Ecuador
Columbia

169. Which seas does the Suez canal
connects?
Indian ocean & Atlantic ocean
Mediterranean sea & Indian ocean
Red sea & Indian ocean
Mediterranean sea & Red sea

170. Suez canal belongs to which
country?
Algeria
Jordon
Israel
Egypt

171. Which country is called ‘Land
of the Midnight Sun’?
Tasmania
Canada
Russia
Iceland

172. Which American state is not on
the mainland?
Florida
Nebraska
Alaska
Hawaii

173. Which is the largest state
(area wise) of America?
Wyoming
Texas
California
Alaska

174. Which of these is a non-
member of United Nations?
North Korea
Venezuela
Bahamas
Switzerland

175. Which of these country is not a
Permanent member of Security Council?
China
Russia
UK
USA
Germany

176. Where is the International
Court of Justice located?
Oslo, Sweden
Geneva, Switzerland
New York, USA
Hague, Netherlands

177. Where is the Headquarters of
World Trade Organization (WTO)?
Singapore
London, UK
Washington DC, USA
Geneva, Switzerland

178. Which country is called as
‘Dutch East Indies’?
Philippines
Malaysia
Fiji
Indonesia

179. What was the ancient name of
present day Iraq?
Tigris
Euphrates
Ira
Mesapononia

180. Which of these island is called
as ‘Emerald Isle’?
Greenland
Australia
Sri Lanka
Ireland

181. Which is the World’s leader in
Diamond cutting industry?
Israel
South Korea
Italy
Belgium

182. What is the highest
denomination in Euros currency?
5000
200
1000
500

183. Which country is called ‘Land
of the Rising Sun’?
New-Zealand
Australia
Philippines
Japan

184. Which foreign Prime Minister’s
name is given for a road in Delhi?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Margret Thatcher
Sirimavo Bhandarnaike
Olof Palme

185. Which country receives maximum
number of tourists annually?
France

186. What is the Cycle racing oval
tracks called?
Cyclodrome
Pedaldrome
Cycling track
Velodrome

187. Who was the last man on the
moon?
Michael Allen Collins
Edward Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Eugene Cermon

188. Which country is the smallest
democracy in the world?
South Africa
Australia
United Kingdom
Republic of Naura

189. Who were the first people to climb
Mount Everest’s summit in 1953?
John Arthur & Benjamin Frank
Mac Milan & Edmund Frost
Scott Fisher & Collin Cole
Edmund Hillary & Tensing Norgay

190. Which religion has the largest
followers in the world?
Buddhists
Hindus
Muslims
Christians

191. Which language is spoken by the
largest number of people in the world?
Spanish
Hindi
English
Chinese

192. Which Pope issued a public apology
in 2005 for the past sins of the Roman
Catholic Church?
Pope Stanley V
Pope Andrews II
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope John Paul II

193. Where is the International Air
Transport Association head quarters
located?
Paris, France
New York, US
Honk Kong, China
Geneva, Switzerland

194. Which port city has the famous
statue of ‘Little Mermaid’?
Oslo, Norway
Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
Copenhagen, Denmark

195. Who was the first Pope
according to Catholic doctrine?
Pope John Paul I
Pope Benedict I
Saint Anthony
Saint Peters

196. Whose advocacy resulted in
the formation of Red Cross?
Abraham
Steve Fredrik
Edward Smith
Dunant.J.H

197. Who was the first Polish Pope
in the history of Papacy?
Pope John XX
Pope Edwards III
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope John Paul II

198. Who founded Scout movement?
Sir. Collin Clay
Sir. Edward Phillips
Sir. Anthony Steel
Sir. Robert Baden Powell

199. Where is FIFA’s Headquarters
located?
Madrid of Spain
Lisbon of Portugal
Berlin of Germany
Paris of France

200. Who founded Guide movement
for girls?
Margret Edison
Caroline Stephens
Mary Andrews Wellington
Sir. Robert Baden Powell & Agnes

201. Who was the first women
Pilipino president?
Mary Phillips
Edwina Williams
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Corazon Aquino

202. Who was called as ‘Indian
Express’ in a sport?
Zahid khan
Javagal Srinath
Kapil dev
Leander Peas & Mahesh Bhupathi

203. Where was Lord Buddha born?
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Saranath, India
Gaya, India
Lumbini, Nepal

204.Which of these does not lead to
a bank cheque being dishonored?
Amount in figures does not match figure in words
Illegible writing
Insufficient funds in the account
Signature with a red pen

205. Who was the first man to win
Tennis Grand Slam?
Boris Becker 1989
Pete Sampras 1998
Bjorn Borg 1986
Don Budge 1938

206. Who was the first women to
win Tennis Grand Slam?
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graff
Margret Smith Court
Maureen Connolly

207. Who is the only Tennis player
to win the Grand Slam twice?
Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras
Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver

208. The famous liquor ‘Vodka’ originated
from which of these countries?
Norway
Iceland
Bulgaria
Russia

209. Which is the only country in
Asia & Europe?
Belarus
Israel
Turkey
Russia

210. Which African country is called
“Nation of Thousand Hills”?
Nigeria
Zaire
South Africa
Rwanda

211. Which country is world leader
in export of Petroleum products?
Libya
Iraq
Venezuela
Saudi Arabia

212. Which of these countries has
‘Tamil’, a South Indian language as their
National language?
Indonesia
Cambodia
Thailand
Singapore

213.Who was the first President of
South Africa after Apartheid was
abolished?
Nelson Mandela

214. How many years was Nelson
Mandela imprisoned by the Racist
Apartheid rule?
30 years
22 years
25 years
27 years

215. Which country is the world’s
leader in gold production?
France
USA
Spain
South Africa

216. Who was the President of Sri Lanka
when Rajiv Gandhi sent Indian Peace
Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in 1987 ?
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Ratnasiri Wickramasinghe
Ramasinghe Premadasa
Junious Jayawardane

217. Which port city is called as
‘Beauty on the Sea’?
Melbourne, Australia
Belfast, Ireland
London, UK
Stockholm, Sweden

218. Who is the only Pope to have
visited a Mosque in Syria?
Pope Joseph XXII
Pope Andrews III
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope John Paul II

219. Which country was called ‘Formosa’
meaning ‘Beautiful’ in Portugal, coined
by Portugal sailors in 16th
century?
Trinidad
St. Kitts
Sri Lanka
Taiwan

220. What separates UK from
mainland Europe?
Baltic sea
Bay of Biscay
Ireland
English Channel

221. Which is the highest point on
earth from (MSL) mean sea level?
Mount Kanchenjunga
Mount K2
Mount Nanga Parbat
Mount Everest

222. Which is the World’s oldest
capital city?
Moscow
London
Delhi
Damascus

223. What does DVD mean?
Digital Compact Disc
Digital Video Deo
Digital Video Disc
Digital Versatile Disc

224. In which country is Mount
Everest situated?
Bhutan
China
India
Nepal

225. Which is the second tallest
mountain in the world after Mt.Everest?
Rakaposhi
Kanchenjunga
Annapurna
K2

226. In 1998, which was the first nation
to have mobile cellular subscriptions
outnumber fixed lines?
Austria
Germany
Australia
Finland

226. What is caused by deficiency of
Vitamin – D?
Growth retardation
Malnutrition
Scurvy
Rickets

228. What is the other name for Mount.
K-2, the world’s II highest peak?
Mount Karakorum
Mount Annapurna
Mount Edwin
Mount Godwin Austin

229. Which is the world’s largest
manufacturer of mobile phones?
Sony – Ericson, Japan
Samsung, South Korea
Motorola, US
Nokia, Finland

230. What is caused by deficiency of
Vitamin – C?
Growth retardation
Mental retardation
Rickets
Scurvy

231. How many pairs of ribs do we
have?
16
14
10
12

232. How many vertebra do we have?
34
30
28
33

233. What is the other name for
Leprosy ?
Smiths syndrome
St. Thomas disease
Robertson’s disease
Hansen’s disease

234. In which year United Nations
declared that Small pox is eradicated
from the world?
1983
1977
1989
1979

235. Where was the last reported
case of Small pox?
Indonesia
India
Bangladesh
Somalia

236. Who succeeded in world’s first
test-tube baby in 1978 ?
Stephens & Albert Victor
Goodman & Gilman
Fredrick & Angelina
Steptoe & Edwards

237. When does the day begin in 24
hour format?
1200 hours
0500 hours
Mid noon
Midnight

238. Which is the largest bird’s egg?
Pelicans
Kingfisher bird
Penguin
Ostrich

239. Which of these birds can fly
backwards or stay still in air?
Kiwi
Love birds
Flamingos
Humming bird

Office complex?
Cathay-Pacific airline head office
British Airways headquarters
Microsoft headquarters
The Pentagon

241. Where is the World’s largest
parking lot covering an area of 67 acres?
Singapore’s Changi airport
Wembley stadium
The White House
The Pentagon

242. Which is the largest planet in
our solar system?
Pluto
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter

243. Which is the first bank in the world
to have ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) ?

244. Who is the Architect of the World’s
largest office complex – Pentagon (29
acres) built during second World War?
Richard Thomas
Edward Steve
Catherine Paul
George Edwin Berg storm

245. Which is the highest peak on the
Moon even exceeding Mt Everest?
Mare Tranquillitis
Oceanus Procellurum
Maria
Leibnitz mountains

245. Which was the first artificial
object to land on the lunar surface?
Eagle
Apollo - 9
Luna -1
Luna - 2

247. How long does it take for light
from moon to reach earth surface?
5 seconds
3 minutes
1 minutes
1.3 seconds

248. What does NASA stand for?

249. Which Indian navy ship was
drowned by the Pakistani forces in 1971
Indo-Pak war?
INS Godhavari
INS Vikrant
INS Virat
INS Kukri

250. What is NASA?
National Administration & Space Agency
National Aero planes & Space Administration
National Aviation & Space Agency
National Aeronautics & Space Administration

251. What was the name of the first
Computer invented in 1951?
CLARA
UNIVAC
ADVAC
ENIAC

252. Who founded DMK (Dravida
Munetra Khazagam) ,a regional party in
Tamilnadu ?
Jayalalitha Jayaraman
M.G.Ramachandran
Kamaraj.K.
Anna Dorai

253. What is boxer Muhammed Ali’s
name prior to him converting to Islam?
Steven Richards Jr
Adrian Stevens
Robert Anderson
Cascius Marcellus Clay

254. After which war, did Emperor
Ashoka embrace Buddhism?
Shivalik war
Panipat war
Pataliputra war
Kalinga war

255. Who was the prime minister of
Great Britain, whose government
granted Independence to India in 1947?
John Pym
Sir. Albert Victor
Winston Churchill
Richard Clement Atlee

256. Who gifted ‘Segaon’ village to
Mahatma Gandhi which was renamed as
Sevagram?
Prince of Gwalior
His Highness of Rantambore
Jemshtji Navabji Tata
Jamanlal Bajaj

257. Who was the Chief Minister for a
record number of five consecutive
times?
Buddhadeb Battacharya
Jyothi Basu

258. Who was the youngest
Wimbledon Men’s champion?
John McEnroe
Pete Sampras
Bjorn Borg
Boris Becker

259. From which country was Annie
Besant (social reformer) from?
Denmark
France
England
Ireland

260. Which cricket captain has captioned
for maximum number of tests?
Brian Lara
Vivian Richards
Sunil Gavaskar
Allan Border

261. From which country did Subash
Chandra Bose requested help to fight
the British & get Indian independence?
Cambodia
Korea
Thailand
Japan

262. Who was the Roman senator
famous as a conspirator against Julius
Caesar?
Mark Philliposes
Stevenson Alley
Anthony
Mark Junius Brutus

263. Which Indian Physicist along with
Albert Einstein was involved in research
on Bosons?
Satish Dawan
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Ravindra Bose
Sathyendra Bose

264. Who is considered as ‘Father
of Modern Tourism’?
Thomas Augustus
James Anderson
Andrew Stephens
Thomas Cook

265. Who discovered the sea-route from
Europe to India via Cape of good hope?
Fredrick Richards
Christopher Colombus
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco-co-gama

266. Who was the first Indian
women to win an Olympic medal?
P.T.Usha
Karnam Malleshwari

267. Who is the first women chief
minister of India?
Kamala Bai
Sarojini Naidu
Indira Gandhi
Sucheta Kripalani

268. Who is called Father of India’s
‘White Revolution’, a synonym of co-
operative milk sector?
Vinoda Bhave
Baba Amte
Dr. Subramanya Swamy
Dr. Varghese Kurian

269. Who painted ‘Mono Lisa’ &
‘The Last Supper’?
Stephenson
Picasso
Michael Angelo
Leonardo – de - Vinci

270. Who amongst the 12 Apostles
betrayed Jesus Christ?
James the Great
Thaddeaus
Peter
Thomas
Judas Iscariot

271. What is the Earth’s ‘Escape
Velocity’?
20.0 kilometers / second

desert?
California desert
Thar desert
Arabian desert
Sahara desert

273. What is study of Earthquakes
called?
Geology
Oceanography
Geography
Seismography

274. Which is the only inactive
volcano in the continent of Europe?
Mount Caspian
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Alps
Mount Vesuvius

275. What is the much talked about
‘FERA’?
Foreigners Entry Regulating Act
Fundamental Release Act
Foreigners Entry & Release Act
Foreign Exchange Regulations Act

276. What is the now infamous ‘MISA’
of the 1977 National Emergency?
Management of Internal Society Act
Maintenance of Security Advisers
Maintenance of Social Administration
Maintenance of Internal Security Act

277. What is the infamous ‘TADA’
which was scrapped recently?
Terrorist and Dangerous Activity
Training command & Distribution agency
Training and Directory Act
Terrorists And Disruptive Act

278. Which National leader has named
his daughter as ‘MISA’ as she was born
during National Emergency of 1977?
Michael Fernandes
Jayaprakash Narain
Lal Krishna Advani
Laloo Prasad Yadav

279. Which member of U.S. House of
Representatives flew to Space onboard
Columbia in 1986?
Smith Alfred Peterson
Bob Dale
Edward Kennedy
Bill Nelson

280. Who started the religion Jainism?
Jain Munis
Jain Rishis
Baghavan Buddha
Baghavan Mahaveer

281. Who was the first Indian women
to win a bronze in the Olympics?
Vandana Vincent
Bobby George
P.T.Usha
Karnam Malleshwari

282. What was Rajiv Gandhi’s profession
prior to becoming the Prime Minister?
Helicopter Pilot
Pilot in the Indian Air Force
Test Pilot
Commercial Airline Pilot

283. Who is the world’s richest private
individual with assets of over $63 billion?
Michael Jackson
Michael Schumacher
Lee Iacocca
Bill Gates

284. Who founded ‘Servants of India
Society’ in 1905?
Bala Ganghadhara Tilak
Lala Rajput Rai
Bipin Chandra Pal
Gopal Krishna Gokhale

285. Who founded ‘Rotary International’
in 1905?
Edward Harris
Smithson
Harington Williams
Paul Harris

286. Edmund Hillary, who conquered
Mount Everest in 1953 belonged to
which country?
Spain
France
Britain
New-Zealand

287. In which city did ‘Jack the ripper’
committed serial murder of prostitutes
in 1888, & was not traced?
Los Angeles
New York
Paris
London

288. From what illness did Mohammed
Ali Jinnah, the creator of Pakistan die?
Alzheimer's disease
Typhoid
Cancer of lungs
Pulmonary Tuberculosis

289. Who was the youngest
American President @ 46 years age?
Theodore Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

290. Who played the lead role of
‘Gandhi’ in the film ‘Gandhi’?
Siddharth rai
Roshan Seth
Richard Attenburrough
Ben Kinsley

291. Who was called as ‘Frontier
Gandhi’ ?
Solomon West Ridgeway Bandaraniake
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Nelson Mandela
Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan

292. Which Secretary of State (US)
is known for his ‘Shuttle Diplomacy’
William P. Rogers
Condaleeza Rice
Collin Powell
Henry Kissinger

293. Which Bacteriologist discovered
tuberculosis bacilli & got Nobel prize in 1905?
Ferdinand J.Cohn
Louis Pasteur
Antoni von Leeuwenhoek
Robert Koch

294. Who discovered Bacteria?
Ferdinand J. Cohn
Robert Koch
Louis Pasteur
Antonio von Leeuwenhoek

295. Who was the only First Lady
to be elected to US senate?
Nancy Regan
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Barbara Bush
Hilary Rodham Clinton

296. What is the source of ‘Dead Sea’?
River Euphrates
River Tigris
River Israel
River Jordan

297. What is the Maiden name of
Princess Diana?
Diana Charles
Diana Stephens
Diana Edwards Stephens
Diana Frances Spencer

298. In which city did Princess Diana
die in a car crash in August 1997?
Madrid
Rome
Oslo
Paris

299. Who is the creator of Cartoon
characters – Phantom (1934) & Mandrake
the magician (1936)?
Art Spiegelman
Garry Trudeau
Charles Schultz
Lee Falk

300. Who is the first Astronaut in
space?
John. N. Glenn
Alan B. Shepard
Yuri Gagrin

301. Who is the first astronaut to
orbit the earth?
Allan B. Shepard
Yuri Gagrin
Valentina Terehkova
John N. Glenn

302. Who is the first speaker of Lok
-Sabha of Independent India?
Neelam Sanjeev Reddy
Sardar Hukum singh
Anathasayanam Ayengar
Ganesh Vasudeo Mavalankar

303. Who was called as ‘Nightingale
of India’ ?
Indira Gandhi
Kasturba Gandhi
Kamala Nehru
Sarojini Naidu

304. From which country did Sister
Nivedita, disciple of Swamy Vivekananda
come from?
Germany
France
England
Ireland

become a minister in India?
Suchta Kripalini
Sarojini Naidu
Indira Gandhi
Pandit. Vijaylakshmi

306. Who was called as ‘Iron Man of
India’?
Bhagat Singh
Maulana Abdul Azad
Lokamanya Balagangadhar Tilak
Sardar Vallabhai Patel

307. Who was called as ‘Punjab
Kesari’?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ranveer Singh
Bhagat Singh
Lala Rajput Rai

308. Who said the slogan ‘Jai Jawan
– Jai Kisan’?
Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri

309. Who is the founder of ‘Brahma
Samaj’?
Bala Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Chandra Pal
Lala Rajput Rai
Raja Ram Mohan Roy

310. Who is the first Indian to go to
Space along with Russians in 1984?
Squadron Leader. L.K.Katre
Group Commander. O.P. Sharma
Wing Commander. Gopinath Sharma
Squadron Leader. Rakesh Sharma

walk in space?
Sally Kristen Ride
Anna L. Fisher
Valentina Tereshokova
Svetlana Savitskaya

312. Who sung a special recital of
devotional songs for Silver Jubilee
celebrations of United Nations in 1970?
Shobha Mudgal
Asha Bhonsle
Lata Mangeshkar
M.S. Subbalakshmi

313. Who is the first Asian to
receive the Nobel Prize in 1913?
C.V.Raman
Mother Therasa
Oe Kenzaburo
Rabindranath Tagore

314. Who said ‘Swaraj is my
Birthright’ to the British?
Bhagat Singh
Subash Chandra Bose
Mahatma Gandhi

315. From which country did
Mother Teresa come to India?
Latvia
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia

316. Which athlete is nicknamed as
‘Payoli Express’?
Reeth Abraham
Vandana
Bobby George
Usha.P.T

317. Who established Ramakrishna
Mission at Belur Math, Calcutta?
Swami Advaitananda
Swami Vishveshwarananda
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Swami Vivekananda

318. On whose birth anniversary is
Teacher’s day celebrated on September
5th
every year?
Babu Rajendra Prasad
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sarapalli Rajgopalachari

319. On whose birth anniversary is
Children’s day celebrated on November
14th
?
Indira Gandhi
Bala Gangadar Tilak
Jawaharlal Nehru

320. Which hobby is called as ‘ King
of hobbies & hobby of the Kings’?
Vintage car collection
Antique collection
Coin collection
Philately

321. Who was called as ‘Deenabadhu’?
Bipinchandra pal
Lala Rajput Rai
Mahatma Gandhi
Andrews.C.N.

322. Which country is called ‘The
land of Golden Pagoda’?
Japan
Cambodia
Thailand
Myanmar

323. Who was called as
‘Deshbandhu’?
Bhagat Singh
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Chittaranjan Das

324. What was the profession of
Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa?
Engineer
Freedom fighter
Businessman
Lawyer

325. What was the city of Istanbul
formerly called?
Ismir
Ankara
Kagitane
Constantinople

326. Which island were called as
Van-Diemen’s island?
The Ellice islands
Falkland islands
Pleasant islands
Tasmania

327. Which country is called ‘The
land of midnight sun’?
Iceland
North pole
Antartica
Norway

328. What was the name of the
Ashram of Gandhiji in South Africa?
Sathyam Shivam Sundaram
Satyameva jayate
Sathyagraha mandir
Tolstoy farm

329. What is the hobby of collecting
currency –bills and coins called?
Numerotely
Moneytely
Philately
Numismatics

330. What is the name of Santa-
Claus's rein deer called?
Savanna
Remo
Ricky
Rudolf

331. Who was the co-founder of the
famous Microsoft Corporation along
with Bill Gates in 1975?
Anderson Allen
Scott McNealy
Steve Ballmer
Paul Allen

332. Who was the first to make the first
non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight aboard
‘Spirit of St Louis’ in 1927?
Charles Stevens
Charles Williams
Charles Willis
Charles Lindbergh

333. From what is ‘Satyameva Jayate’
engraved on our National Emblem
derived ?
Ramayana
Mahabharatha
Bhaghavat Gita
Mandoka Upanishad

334. What was done very secretly in
‘Manhattan Project?
First nuclear testing in Pacific ocean
Nuclear submarines
Improve Manhattan skyline
Atom bomb

335. What was the nickname of the
nuclear bomb which was dropped on
Hiroshima in 1945?
Innocent destroyer
Arrow pointer
Daisy cutter
Little boy

336. Which is the only city in the world
that is situated in two continents?
Bucharest
Sofia
Athens
Istanbul

337. What is the Arabic meaning of the
terrorist organization ‘Al Qaeda’?
The Hunter
The Gang
The Terror
The Base

338. What was the name of the bomber
which dropped the atomic bomb on
Hiroshima on August 6th
1945?
Victory Forever
Ambitious Boy
Little Fighter
Enola Gay

339. Where did the US test the first
nuclear bomb in 1945?
San Diego desert
Atlantic ocean
Pacific ocean
Alamogordo, New Mexico desert

340. Who was the Pakistani nuclear
scientist involved in transferring secret
nuclear weapons to Iran & North Korea?
Abdul Hakim Khan
Ahmed Khan
Sallaluddin Khan
Abdul Qader Khan

341. How many spokes are there in
the Ashok Chakra?
18
20
22
24

342. When & where was the Jana-
gana-mana first sung?
Republic day parade, 1948
Parliament house, 1947
Indian National Congress meeting, Belgaum, 1924
Indian National Congress meeting, Calcutta, 1911

343. What is the stipulated playing
time of Jana-gana-mana?
50 seconds
1 minute 30 seconds
1minute
52 seconds

344. Which Indian state sends the
maximum number (80) of Lok-sabha
members?
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh

346. In which Indian city was television
transmission first started in 1959?
Madras
Calcutta
Bombay
Delhi

345. Which was the first country in the
world to issue a postal stamp in 1840?
Spain
France
USA
Great Britain

347. Which Indian state has the highest
number of members (324) in its Vidhana
Sabha?
Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Rajastan
Utter Pradesh

348. Which Indian state has the lowest
number of members (32) in its Vidhana
Sabha?
Nagaland
Goa
Tripura
Sikkim

349. According to the Constitution, from
which community the President
nominates 2 members to Lok-sabha to
make the tally of 545?
Aboriginal group
Hill tribes of North East states
Muslims
Anglo-Indian

350. Which is the largest Union
territory in Indian Union?
Lakshadweep
Pondicherry
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Andaman & Nicobar islands

351. Which state sends maximum
members of 31 to Rajya sabha?
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh

352. Who is the only sportsman to have
reveived the Prestigious awards:- Padma
Shree, Padma Bhushan & Arjuna Awards?
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Gundappa Vishwanath
Ramesh Krishnan
Ramanathan Krishnan

353. Where is the Head quarters of
C.R.P.F located?
Kanpur Cantonment
Agra Cantonment
Chandigarh Cantonment
New Delhi

354. Where is the ISRO
headquarters located ?
Bombay
Thumba
Sriharikota
Bangalore

355. What is the Space research center
of Thumba near Trivandrum called?
Bhaskara space center
Aryabhatta space center
Satish Dawan space center
Vikram Sarabhai space center

356. Where is the Master Control
Facility for India’s satellite programme
located?
Bangalore, Karnataka
Bombay, Maharashtra
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
Hassan, Karnataka

357. Which is India’s largest ‘Biosphere
Reserves’ covering 5.52 million hectares
& declared so in 1986?
Western ghats
Chilika lake
Sunderbans
Nilgiris

358. Where is the Head quarters of
Coast Guards located?
Bombay
Vishakhapatnam
Cochin
New Delhi

359. What is the first South Pole-
Station constructed by India?
Maitri
Friendship Villa
Dakshinayana
Dakshina Gangotri

360. Who is the India’s largest employer
with more than 1.6 million employees?
Indian Telephone Industries
Coast Guards
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Indian Railways

361. What is the India’s domestic
airline called?
Indian Lines
Air India
Indian Airlines
Indian

362. Who won the Booker prize for the
book ‘The God of small things’ in 1997?
Kuldip Nayar
R.K.Narayan
Manil Suri
Arundathi Roy

363. For which book written by Salman
Rushdie, did Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran
issued Fatwa (death warrant) against
him in 1989?
Devils desire
Verses of the Devils
Satans & Devils
Satanic Verses

364. Which is the first Permanent Station
built by India in South Pole about 70
kilometers from the first station?
Peace Headquarters
Friendship Villa
Dakshina Gangotri
Maitri

365. Where is Sri Harikota, India’s Space
programme’s launch pad is located?
Raipur, Chattisgarh
Bombay
East Coast, Kerala
West Coast, Andhra Pradesh

366. Which is India’s oldest existing
Newspaper to date?
Hindustan Times in English
Deccan Chronicle in Hindi
Indian Express in English
Bombay Samachar in Guajarati

367. Which is India’s first
newspaper started in 1780?
Sun-rise
The Bengal Review
Indian Times
Bengali Gazette

368. Which is India’s first language
newspaper published in 1818?
Hindi Vishwa
Bengali Surya
Bengali Sangarsh
Dig Darshan

369. Who is called as ‘Grand old
man of India’ ?
Lala Rajput Rai
Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
Mahatma Gandhi
Dadabhai Navaroji

370. Which British general gave orders
to fire at the people in
Jallianwallahbagh @ Amritsar in 1919?
General David
General Albert Victor
General Reading
General Dyer

371. Where was Mahatma Gandhi
elected as President of Indian National
Congress in 1924?
Calcutta
Delhi
Bombay
Belgaum

372. Who was the Congress President
during Indian Independence – 1947?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Kripalani.J.B.

373. Which Indian leader represented
India in the second Round-table
conference in London?
Lala Rajput Rai
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dadhabhai Navroji
Mahatma Gandhi

374. Where did ‘All India Muslim
League’ start in 1906?
Bombay
Karachi
Lucknow
Dacca

375. Who was the Viceroy during
the Indian independence,1947?
Lord Wavell
Lord Irwin
Lord Reading
Lord Mountbatten

376. Who called Gandhiji as
‘Mahatma’ meaning ‘ Great Soul ’?
Bipinchandra Paul
Jawaharlal Nehru
Ravindranath Tagore

377. Which is the largest Indian
state in area?
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan

378. Which is the smallest state in
area in Indian Union?
Nagaland
Manipur
Sikkim
Goa

379. What is the weekly journal started
by Gandhiji at South Africa in 1904?
Our perspective
Freedom for All
Views & Thoughts
Indian Opinion

380. Who was Gandhiji’s Assassin?
Vilasroa Godbale
Shivajiroa Gaekwad
Kushalram Vidyadthi
Nathruram Vinayak Godse

381. Which is the smallest Union
territory in Indian Union?
Sikkim
Chandigarh
Pondicherry
Lakshadweep islands

382. Who started Indian National
Congress?
Annie Besant
Albert Anderson Jr
Mahatma Gandhi
Allen Octovio Hume

single model car manufactured ?
Caprice Classic
Mercedes Benz – 320 S
Volkswagen - Golf
Toyota - Corolla

384. Who was the Australian Prime
Minister who just disappeared from a
beach in 1967 & not yet traced?
William McMahon
John Gorton
John McEwen
Harold Holt

385. Which is the ‘Dark Continent’?
Latin America
Europe
Antarctica
Africa

386. Who was the first Indian female
athlete to reach the Olympic finals?
Karnam Malleshwari
Anju George
Vandana
P.T.Usha

387. Who was the first American
President?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington

388. Which is the longest National
Highway of 2369 kilometers?
NH # 2 Delhi to Calcutta
NH # 4 Chennai to Thane
NH # 6 Calcutta to Hajira
NH # 7 Varanasi to Kanyakumari

389. What does SIM card of
Cellular phone mean?
Supply Information Module
Subscriber Identity Manager
Subscription Information Manager
Subscriber Information Module

391. Which is the Tallest Minar in
India?
Gol Gumbaz
Victory Minar
Char Minar
Qutub Minar

391. Which is the only World
religion without any Clergymen?
Buddhism
Jainism
Judaism
Bahaism

392. Which was the first country in the
world to legalize ‘Euthanasia’ in 2001?
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Denmark

393. What are Guinea Pigs which are
used for experiments in the Laboratory?
Mammals
Pigs from New Guinea
Variety of domestic pigs
Rodents

394. What was the much feared
Nazi’s Secret State Police called ?
Gwallipo
Defense Squads
Swastika
Gestapo

395. Who was the first Indian
woman to climb Mount Everest?
Bhuvaneshwari Pal
Sherpa Sindhu
Karnam Malleshwari
Bachendri Pal

396. Who invented ‘Shorthand’ in
English?
Sir. Stevenson Williams
Sir. Richards Clarke
Sir. Issac Newton
Sir. Issac Pitman

397. Who is the famous Orthopedic
Surgeon of Jaipur, who invented ‘Jaipur
Foot’?
Dr. Woodwadia
Dr. Natarajan
Dr. Damodar
Dr. P.K. Sethi

398. From which launch site was
India’s first rocket launched in 1963?
Bombay, Maharastra
Bangalore, Karnataka
Sri Harikota, Andhra-pradesh
Thumba, Kerala

399. Which is the country with the
largest Buddhist population?
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Japan
China

400. The famous ‘Lotus Temple’ at
Delhi belongs to which religion?
Hinduism
Zorastrism
Judaism
Bahai

401. The dreadful state secret police
‘KGB’ belonged to which country?
North Korea
China
Cuba
USSR

402. In Tennis, ‘Love’ means:
Fight
Late
Victory
Zero

403. Who is the first Indian women to
be nominated to Grammy awards?
Alisha Chinoy
Shuba Mudgal
Lata Mangeshkar
Anoushka Shankar

404. The famous ‘Halley’s comet
reappears once in: (last sighted in 1986)
50 years
106 years
15 years
76 years

405. Who wears the Japanese
‘Kimono’ dress?
Only elderly Men
Only Children
Only Men
Only Women

406. What is the UN’s resolution which
called on Iraq to disarm or face ‘serious
consequences’ in 2003?
Resolution # 4411
Resolution # 444
Resolution # 321
Resolution # 1441

407. Which is the island from where we
can see Mount Etna, Europe’s highest
volcano?
Bahamas
Seychelles
Nauru
Sicily

408. What is ‘Skoda’?
A Star
An Athlete
A River
An Automaker

409. Which Indian state is called as
‘God’s own Country’ for its beauty?
Goa
Chandigarh
Lakshadweep
Kerala

410. What was Bangladesh called
prior to 1971?
South Afghanistan
Baluchistan
West Pakistan
East Pakistan

411. Who is the woman who has pop star
Michael Jackson, actor Nicholas Cage &
musician Danny Keough as her ex-
husbands ?
Carling Houston
Catherine Basset
Elizabeth Taylor
Lisa Marie Priestly

412. What is the new name of
Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh?
Chandra Babu Naidu district
NT Ram Roa district
Potti Ramanjaneya district
Potti Sriramulu district

413.Which Indian city was struck by
Bubonic Plague in 1994?
Patna
Lucknow
Bombay
Surat

414. Which was the first James
Bond movie released in 1962?
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
Dr.No

415. Which is the northern most
Capital city in the world?
London, United Kingdom
Stockholm, Sweden
Oslo, Norway
Reykjavik, Iceland

416. What was the Formula used by Ali
Baba in ‘Arabian Nights’ to open the
door of robber’s cave?
Summon, Summon
Open the door
Open cave
Open Sesame

417. The one who is Insured is
called as:
Company
Insurance
Insured
Insurant

418. Dishwashing is done in the:
Colliery
Refectory
Scuttle
Scullery

419. What does ‘bona vacantia’
mean?
Pleasant journey
Honest intention
Good appetite
Unclaimed goods

420. What is the function of a
‘transponder’?
Moves goods
Changes one substance to another
Cuts costs
Transmit signals

421. What are Laccadive, Minicoy &
Aminidivi islands ranamed as?
Vokeo Islands
Pleasant Islands
Koil Islands
Lakshadweep Islands

422. What links Folkestone to Calais?
Suspended Bridge
Skyscrapers
Hanging Bridge
Channel Tunnel

423. What is common to Violeta
Chamorro & Sirimavo Bandarnaike?
Both were assassinated
Both are lawyers
Both are from Sri Lanka
Their husbands assassinated

424. ‘Lizard Point’ is the most
southerly point of………
Hawaii
Chile
Andaman
United Kingdom

425. An easily won victory is a :
Waiting game
Walk out
Walk about
Walkover

426. What is VX?
A Volume unit
A Brandy
A Car
A Nerve Gas

427. Which fraction of world’s
population lives on less than two dollars
a day?
1/10th
¼
1/3rd
½

428. What tree do you see on the
white stripe of the Lebanese flag?
Oak
Mahogany
Long leaf Pine
Cedar

429. What is the opposite of
‘Market Economy’?
Tight Economy
Black Economy
Volatile Economy
Command Economy

430. Which country’s flag has 4
stars on it?
Liberia
Vietnam
Panama
New Zealand

431. With whom is Anne Sullivan
associated?
Red Cross
Joan of Arc
Mahatma Gandhi
Helen Keller

432. Who was Hitler’s propaganda
minister who remained with him till the
bitter end?
Ernst Rohm
Heinrich Himmler
Emil Jennings
Joseph Goebbels

433. The term ‘Crew Cut’ refers to:
A Rowing team
A Naval uniform
All of ship’s personnel
Style of Men’s haircut

434. What does ‘Seppuku’ in
Japanese mean?
Hiroshima
Ornament
Martial art
Hara-kiri

435. Which denomination of the US
currency note is most often forged?
100 $
10 $
1000 $
20 $

436. From which part of Cinchona tree
is Quinine – the wonder drug to treat
Malaria extracted?
Shoots
Leaves
Roots
Bark

437. The city of Coimbatore is
referred as ‘Manchester of………..
London
Antwerp
Kashmir
South India

438. Which is India’s first full
length feature film in Sanskrit?
Megha Sandesha
Ashwatha Katte
Kalidasa
Adi Sankaracharya

439. Which is Mumbai’s first Private
FM radio station?
Radio Talk
Radio Mumbai
Radio 91 FM
Radio Mirchi

440.Who is the only Indian actor to be
on a International jury at Cannes film
festival ?
Kiran Bedi
Sunil Dutt
Amitabh Bachaan
Aishwarya Rai

441. When did Gandhari remove her
blindfold ?
Three times
Before the war
Never
After the war

442. China views Taiwan as:
An area never to join the mainland
As a State with equal status
An Independent state
A Rebel province

443. What does the word ‘Daewoo’
mean in Korean language?
Harmony
Unity
Peace
Great Universe

444. Who is the youngest Indian
Chess Grandmaster?
Chandrashekar Swamy
Dileep Kumar
Vishwanath Anand
P. Harikrishna

445. What is Orissa’s ‘Olive Ridley’
which is often in the news?
Pearl
Rare Bird
Snake
Turtle

446.‘Banganapalli’ is a popular
variety of…….
Birds
Apples
Fish
Mangoes

447. Which district of Pondicherry
is on the Coramandel coast?
Karaikal
Mahe
Pondicherry
Yanam

448. A ‘Southpaw’ is a
A Butcher
A Slow person
A Southerner
A Left handed person

449. What is ‘Lancet’?
Hungarian newspaper
Film magazine
A London weekly
A Medical journal

450. What are ‘Blood Sports’?
Javelin & Discuss
Killing of humans
Boxing
The killing of animals

451. Which of this do we find in a
bird’s body?
Air pump
Air screw
Air lock
Air sac

452. In which country do you find more
Portuguese speaking people than in
Portugal?
Guyana
Madagascar
Chile
Brazil

453. From which language is the
word ‘potato’ borrowed to English?
Finnish
Arabic
Dutch
Spanish

454. What is the unconscious love of a
son for his mother, with jealousy or,
hatred for his father?
Walter-Kennedy disease
Smith’ s complex
Frank’ s disease
Oedipus complex

455. On what day did India test its first
nuclear capacity at Pokran in 1974?
Vijay Divas
Republic Day
Independence Day
Buddha Purnima

456. Which was the first ship built
at Cochin shipyard?
Godhavari
Kaveri
Jhansi Rani
Rani Padmini

457. How much did the new Konkan
railway reduce the distance between
Mumbai & Cochin?
1/5
1/4
1/2
1/3

458. Who appeared in Ramanujam’s
dreams & gave him wonderful
mathematical formulae?
Goddess of Trichi
Goddess of Madurai
Lord Vishnu
Goddess of Namakkal

459. In which city is the Security Paper
Mill producing India’s currency paper
located?
Delhi
Poona
Nasik
Hoshangabad

460. Bhagat Singh mistakenly shot dead
Saunders for Scott at Lahore to avenge
the death of….
Congress workers
Hargovind Singh
Sikh poor farmers
Lala Rajput Rai

461. Who is called ‘Mother of Indian
Revolution’?
Kamala Nehru
Kasturba Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Madam Bhikaji Cama

462. Who described Mahatma
Gandhiji as a ‘half naked fakir’?
Atley
Lord Mountbatten
Lord Reading
Winston Churchill

463. Who is the first female
Governor of a State in India?
Ram Dulari Sinha
Padmaja Naidu
Vijaylakshmi Pandit
Sarojini Naidu

464. Who is called as ‘Baker Street
Detective’?
M -6
FBI
Scotland Yard
Sherlock Homes

465. Which is the most widely used
‘Tear Gas’?
VX
PS
Ms
CS

466.Where is Montego bay located?
Mexico
Haiti
Bahamas
Jamaica

467. Which is the longest running
musical at Broadway, New York?
Eyewitness
Winter Green
Dogs
Cats

468. Who was the only American
President to resign?
John Adams
William Henry Adams
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon

469. Which of these means a
‘narrow escape’?
Critical Angle
Couch Potato
Cloud Nine
Close Call

470. Who were called ‘the fab four’?
Boney-M
ABBA
The Beeges
The Beatles

471. How did Miss. Hanadi Hindi of
Mecca make news in 2003?
By being Commissioned in Saudi Arabian Army
By Navigating Submarine in Saudi Arabia navy
By Driving car in Saudi Arabia
Becoming first female pilot of Saudi Arabia

472. Which was the first Indian
bank to issue Credit Cards?
Vijaya Bank
Canara Bank
State Bank of India
Central Bank of India

473. Which Indian President got 99%
of the votes?
Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
Zail Singh
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
Dr. Rajendra Prasad

474. Who was the first non-Indian to
receive the Bharata Ratna award?
Prince Abdullah
Amartya Sen
Nelson Mandela
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

475. Who was the famous Bride at St.Paul’s
Cathedral (London) wedding in 1981?
Elizabeth Fernando
Mary Jane Spencers
Catherine Kellings
Princess Diana

476. What is known as the Fifth Veda?
Shiva Puranas
Bhagawat Gita
Ramayanas
Natya Shastra

477. In which country is the
Narayanhiti palace located?
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Bangkok, Thailand
Singapore city
Kathmandu, Nepal

478. Which is the youngest South
Asian country?
Cambodia
Singapore
Thailand
Bangladesh

479. What is arrangement by a group, to
rotate the use of their cars called as?
Social service
Car-Rendering
Rent-a-Car
Car-Pooling

480. What is a year which is exactly
divisible by four called?
A Julian year
Not a Leap year
Gregorian year
Leap year

481. Who is the founder of Pondicherry?
Job Charnock
Henry Okinden
Sri Arabindo Ghosh
Francois Martin

482. Who got married in St. Mary’s
Church, Madras in 1735?
King James II
Elihu Yale
Warren Hastings
Robert Clive

483. Where did the Indian military
tank ‘Vijayanta’ manufactured?
Jabalpur
Kanpur
Bangalore
Avadi

484. Who was the first Indian to win
the prestigious Pulitzer award?
Mrinal Sen
Arundati Roy
Geeta Anand
Jhumpa Lahiri

485. What is the cooling down of Pacific
waters below a normal point called?
Columella
Eldorado
Typhoons
El Nino

486. What is MG – 1 in the globally
popular pepper?
Maldives Grade
Malabar Granular
Marine Guayana
Malabar Grade

487. Which is the longest running
cinema in a single theatre?
Umroa jaan
Deewar
Sholay
Dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge

488. Our eyes _____ when we cut
onions?
Illuminate
Ignite
Fire
Water

489. Where is the oldest Synagogue
situated in the Commonwealth?
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Male, Maldives
Goa, India
Cochin, India

490. Aram is the Bibilical name for
ancient_____?
Egypt
Jordon
Israel
Syria

491. What is ‘Bahia de Cochinos’ in
Spanish language mean?
The Cocoons
Newly hatched Cocoons
Bay of Cocoons
Bay of Pigs

492. What gives red color to the
‘Red sea’ ?
Vegetation
Copper
Red fishes
Algae

493. What stones are mainly made
up of Cholesterol?
Joint stones
Intestinal stones
Kidney stones
Gall stones

494. Which of these animals cannot
reproduce?
Horse
Zebra
Camel
Mule

495. What is a ‘Bayonet’ ?
Is a type of ammunition in warfare
Is a part of a spear
Has no use in a combat
Small sword/dagger attached to guns

496. What is a Kangaroo's young one
called?
Fillets
Roos
Kanga
Joey

497. Which is the birthplace of
Jesus Christ?
Jerusalem
Damascus
Beirut
Bethlehem

498. Group of bees is called a _____
Herd
School
Flock
Swarm

499. An emergency technique to
dislodge an object struck in the
windpipe is named after _______
Haldene’s maneuver
Halter’s maneuver
Sander’s maneuver
Heimlich maneuver

500. What is NRNR bank account by
Indians?
Non Reported Nominal Rupees
Non Resident Not Reported
Non Resident Non Resident
Non Resident Non Repatriable

501. Who is a ‘Curator’?
Is a gardener
Is a researcher in medicine
Is in charge of observatory
Is in charge of a museum

502. What was known as Peak XV
before 1865?
Mount Nanga parbat
Mount Kanchenjunga
Mount K - 2
Mount Everest

503. What is SIDS?
Self Inflicted Dangerous Situations
Sickel cell Inocyte Defieciency Syndrome
Sudden Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

fast food chain?
Bar-be-cue
Burger King
Pizza Hut
Mac Donalds

505. During the first two years Lok
Sabha was known as _______
Peoples victory chambers
Peoples privilage
House of commons
House of the people

506. Which of these occupies one-
third of the surface of the earth?
Africa
Europe
Sahara desert
Pacific ocean

507. What was the fourth blood group
identified by Karl Landsteiner, which he
added to the earlier three?
C
A
O
AB

Match the device to what it measures:
Stop Watch
Scale
Thermometer
Speedometer
Odometer
Distance
Temperature
Elapsed Time
Weight
Rate of Travel

Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Moraji Desai
Friday, August 26, 2016
Abhayghat
Shaktistal
Rajghat
Shantivan
Veerabhoomi
1. Where they rest?
542

Lal Bahadur Shastri
Ambedkar.B.R.
Charan Singh
Jagajivanram
Zail Singh
Ektastal
Kisan ghat
Vijay Ghat
Chaitrabhoomi
Samathastal
2. Where they rest?
543

Operation RESCUE
Operation POLO
Operation VIJAY
Operation BLUESTAR
Operation BLACK THUNDER
Punjab insurgency 1986
Liberation of Goa 1961
J&K conflict 1947
Liberation of Hyderabad
Golden Temple Flushing of terrorists
3. Indian Army Operations:
544

Operation BLACK THUNDER-2
Operation MEGHDOOT
Operation POOMALAI
Operation CACTUS
Operation SAFEDSAGAR
Kargil operations 1999
Sri-Lankan operations (IPKF)
Siachen operations 1884
Liberation of Maldives 1988
4. Indian Army Operations:
545

What is the name of our galaxy?

1. Why do we hear thunder late than
lightening?

2. Why is Rhesus (Rh) factor called so?

3. How many planets in the solar system
have rings?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all
have rings.

4. Which countries are non-members of
United Nations?

5. What are the five Permanent members
of Security Council?

6. What are the SIX Official United Nations
languages?

7. What is the full name of Saddam?

8. Which are the G-8 countries?
Russia joined the G – 8 recently

9. What is OPEC?
Member Countries: 11 (1960) Hq @
Vienna, Austria
Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Nigeria, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
UAE &
Venezuela

10. What is FIFA?
Head Quarters @ Paris (1904)

11. What does I.A.A.F stand for?

12. Where & by whom the game of
‘Snooker’ originated?
@ Madras, India in 1875

13. What does Snooker mean?

14. Who has won Wimbledon 5 times in a
row?
1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980

15. Who has won Wimbledon for maximum
number of times?
1993, 1994, 1995 & 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999 & 2000

16. Who has won Women single’s
Wimbledon title for a maximum number of
times?
1982, 1983,1984,1985,1986,1987 (6years
in a row)
1990,
1978, 1979 (Czech Citizen)

17. Which are the Grand Slam
tournaments?

18. What does Grand Slam mean?

19. How the name ‘Sandwich’ was coined?
Sandwich: Snack consisting of 2 pieces
of buttered bread with a filling.
John Montagu – 4th
Earl of Sandwich
(1718-92), was a compulsive
gambler. He did not leave the
gambling table to eat, but ate cold
beef between 2 slices of bread
bought to him

20. Why is the Everest named so?

21. Which are the three universities were s
started in 1857 by the British?

22. How does the name Pakistan coined?
1. Punjab
2. Afghan border states
3. Kashmir
4. Sind
5. Baluchistan

23. Who all have won Grand Slam?

24. The country of Philippines get its name
from:

25. Why is Mount K-2 called so?

26. Which are the flightless birds?

27. What is El Nino?
Every year during Chrismas the trade winds
weaken & produce a seasonal warming along the
Peru coast. (South American Coast) This was
observed by the fisherman and they named as El-
Nino, which means ‘The Child’ in Spanish a
reference to the new-born Jesus Christ.

28. Why moon looks big when it is in the
horizon, than it is overhead ?

29. What is the new mineral found only on
moon called?
Named after the three
astronauts: Armstrong, Aldrin,
Collins & the place where they
bought this rock from called as
Tranquillitis

30. Which man made space craft has
travelled farthest in space?
Launched in 1972, it sent it last
signal on 22nd
January from 12.23
billion kilometers away. The
signal took 11 hours & 20
minutes to reach earth

31. Who was the first women Chief
Minister ?
w/o Acharya Kripalani
She was CM of Uttar Pradesh
( 1963 – 1967 )

32. Why is the phrase ‘doubting Thomas’
used?
Saint Thomas, one of the 12
Apostles of Jesus Christ.
Thomas was absent when Jesus
Christ first appears to the
apsotles after the Resurrection,
doubts the others accounts of
the event. When Jesus appears
again and invitees Thomas to
touch his wounds, the apostle
exclaims, “ My Lord and my
God!” Thus Thomas was the first
to explicitly recognize Christ’s
divinity. The phrase “doubting
Thomas” stems from this
account.

33. Who are the 12 Apostles of Jesus
Christ?

34. When is a region declared as ‘Drought-
hit area’?

35. Why is the ‘Dead sea’ called so?

36. How many US Presidents were
impeached?

37. For what excellence Nobel Prizes are
awarded ?
Annual monetary awards granted to individuals or
institutions for outstanding contributions in their field.
These prizes were set up according to the Will of Alfred
Nobel. First Nobel prize was issued in 1901 after 5th
death
anniversary of Alfred Nobel. Prize given on December 10th
–
Death anniversary of Alfred Nobel. Prize money is $ 1
million

38. Which movies have received the
maximum number of Oscars?

39. Who are the Indians to receive the
prestigious Nobel Prize?

40. Who are Indian born Americans to
receive the Nobel Prize?

41. Who are the Indians crowned as Miss
Universe?

42. Who are the Indians crowned as Miss
World?

43. What is so special about the word
‘Mozambique’ to English grammar?

44. Which are the only five states to have
Vidhana Parishat (Upper house)?

45. Why the land gets the name ‘Punjab’?

46. What constitutes Indian Union?

47. What are the names of the Saka
calender?
1. Chaitra
2. Vaishaka
3. Jyaishtha
4. Ashada
5. Sravana
6. Bhadrapada
7. Asvina
8. Kartika
9. Agrahyana
10. Pausa
11. Magha
12. Palguna

48. Who elects Indian President?

49. Who elects Indian Vice-President?

50. Which is the first railway line in India?

51. Where are the prestigious Indian
Institute of Technology located?

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