General Knowledge Quiz

1. In international Morse code what denotes the letter E?

a. double dot b. dot and a line

c. space d. dot

e. underscore

2. In 1994 Tom Hanks won an Oscar for best actor for which film?

a. Apollo 13 b. Toy Story 2

c. Forrest Gump

d. From the Earth to the Moon

e. That Thing You Do!

3. What has the highest melting point of any metal?

a. Gold b. Iron

c. Diamond d. Tungsten

e. Galena

4. What do you call the sacred river in India?

a. Ganga b. Yamuna

c. Saraswati d. Tapti

e. Godawari

5. What was the first craft to land on Mars called?

a. Apollo b. Voyageur

c. Viking I d. Skylab

e. Luna 16

6. In which country is the prime minister’s country house Chequers?

a. USA b. UK

c. USSR d. India

e. Australia

7. Roman numerals- what denotes the number 70?

a. CVV b. CXX

c. LXX d. LVV e. VXX

8. How long does it take for the earth to orbit the sun once?

a. One Year b. One Month

c. One day d. A Night e. A week

9. Which Norwegian explorer reached the South Pole before Scott?

a. Amundsen b. Armstrong

c. Andre Clerk d. Graham bell

e. Dars Pat

10. What berries are used to give gin its flavor?

a. Strawberry b. Raspberry

c. Blackberry d. Boysenberry

e. Juniper Berry

11. What is the currency of Turkey?

a. Takko b. Lira

c. Euro d. Yen

e. Dollar f. Pound

12.What is England’s largest county?

a. North Yorkshire b. Buckinghamshire

c. Cambridgeshire d. Berkshire

e. Cheshire

13.Who invented the electric light bulb?

a. Samuel Mars

b. Thomas Alva Edison

c. Albert Einstein

d. Niels Bohr

e. Leonardo De Vinci

14.Who invented the hovercraft?

a. Ben Franklin b. Carl Sagan

c. Nikola Tesla d. Christopher Cockerell

e. Charles Darvin

15. What is the highest mountain in the Alps?

a. Mount Bona

b. Mount Foraker

c. Mount Bear

d. University Peak

e. Mont Blanc

16. What was Thailand known as?

a. Armenia b. Angola

c. Siam d. Zaire e. Persia

17.What is the capital of Bulgaria?

a. Tirana b. Riga

c. Rome d. Sofia e. Athens

18. In Guatemala, Christmas Day is celebrated:

a. On January 6

b. On December 25

c. On October 31

d. On August 1 e. Never

19. Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in:

a. 1492 b. 1895

c. 1944 d. 1976 e. 1878

20. The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in which country?

a. Canada b. China

c. India d. Spain e. Mexico

21. In Australia, usual Boxing Day activities include:

a. Building snowmen

b. Tobogganing

c. Wombat hunting

d. Surfing

e. Playing Casino

22. In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of what material?

a. Candy b. Straw

c. Uranium d. Fir wood

e. Gold

23. In Armenia, the traditional Christmas Eve meal consists of:

a. Fried fish, lettuce and spinach

b. Square meat pies

c. Broiled partridges with gooseberry sauce

d. Turkey and plum pudding

e. Vegetables and wine

24. The day after Christmas, December 26, is known as Boxing Day. It is also the holy day of which saint?

a. St. Eustace b. St. Brigit

c. St. Nicholas d.St. Stephen

e. St. Santa

Answers

1. d

2. c

3. d

4. a

5. c

6. b

7. c

8. a

9. a

10. e

11. b

12. a

13. b

14. d

15. e

16. c

17. d

18. b

19. b

20. e

21. d

22. b

23. a

24. d

{2006/12/13}

General Knowledge Quiz

1. The 1982 football world cup was held in

a. France b. Brazil

c. Spain d. England

2. Who is the prime minister of Bangladesh?

a. Banzir Bhtto

b. Khaleda Zia

c. Morshad Khan

d. Ahammad Ali Zia

3. Who among the following is an election commissioner in India?

a. S N Chattergee

b. S Y Quraishi

c. R S Gandhi

d. M K Sharma

4. SLAX is a / an

a. Hardware Company

b. Software Company

c. Telecom Device

d. Linux OS

5. Father of English literature

a. William Shakespeare

b. T.S. Eliot

c. Geoffrey Chaucer

d. William Blake

6. C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in the year

a. 1932

b. 1930

c. 1926

d. 1940

7. Which of the following is the world’s heaviest snake?

a. King Cobra

b. Anaconda

c. Coral snake

d. Python

8. Who is the national leader who allied with Germany to attain freedom for India?

a. Jawaharlal Nehru

b. Subhash Chandra Bose

c. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

d. Mahatma Gandhi

9. Yehudi Menuhin is associated with which of the following?

a. Air Craft

b. Violin

c. Tabla

d. Gitar

10. Bible is for a Christian as Zend Avestha is for a …….?

a. Muslim

b. Hindu

c. Zoroastrian

d. Jew

11. Ramoji Film city is located at

a. Mumbai

b. Hydrabad

c. Bangalore

d. Pune

12. The river Tsang po in china, when enters India is called

a. Brahmaputra

b. Ganga

c. Godawari

d. Yamuna

13. A java applet that runs on a mobile phone is called a

a. Applet

b. Java Script

c. Java Encoder

d. MIDlet

14. The worlds highest (maximum altitude) railway station is located at

a. California

b. Russia

c. Tibet

d. Nepal

15. The maximum load capacity of GSLV rocket is

a. 1200 Kg

b. 2000 Kg

c. 4000 Kg

d. 6000 Kg

16. The last emperor of the Mughal Dynasty

a. Bahadurshah Zafar

b. Shah Jahaan

c. Aurangazeb

d. Akbar

17. Red data book is a publication that contains details of

a. Animals facing threat of extinction

b. Aggressive animals

c. Predators

d. Red color animals

18. Largest gland in the human body

a. Pancreas b. Pituitary

c. Liver d. Thyroid

19. Raja Ravivarma is associated with

a. Press b. Painting

c. Music d. Sports

20. The Southern most tip of the Republic of India

a. Cape of good hope

b. Chennai

c. Kanyakumari

d. Indira Point

Answers

1. c

2. b

3. b

4. d

5. c

6. b

7. d

8. b

9. b

10. c

11. b

12. a

13. d

14. c

15. b

16. a

17. a

18. c

19. b

20. d

{2006/08/23}

General Knowledge Quiz

1. In international Morse code what denotes the letter E?

a. double dot b. dot and a line

c. space d. dot

e. underscore

2. In 1994 Tom Hanks won an Oscar for best actor for which film?

a. Apollo 13 b. Toy Story 2

c. Forrest Gump

d. From the Earth to the Moon

e. That Thing You Do!

3. What has the highest melting point of any metal?

a. Gold b. Iron

c. Diamond d. Tungsten

e. Galena

4. What do you call the sacred river in India?

a. Ganga b. Yamuna

c. Saraswati d. Tapti

e. Godawari

5. What was the first craft to land on Mars called?

a. Apollo b. Voyageur

c. Viking I d. Skylab

e. Luna 16

6. In which country is the prime minister’s country house Chequers?

a. USA b. UK

c. USSR d. India

e. Australia

7. Roman numerals- what denotes the number 70?

a. CVV b. CXX

c. LXX d. LVV e. VXX

8. How long does it take for the earth to orbit the sun once?

a. One Year b. One Month

c. One day d. A Night e. A week

9. Which Norwegian explorer reached the South Pole before Scott?

a. Amundsen b. Armstrong

c. Andre Clerk d. Graham bell

e. Dars Pat

10. What berries are used to give gin its flavor?

a. Strawberry b. Raspberry

c. Blackberry d. Boysenberry

e. Juniper Berry

11. What is the currency of Turkey?

a. Takko b. Lira

c. Euro d. Yen

e. Dollar f. Pound

12.What is England’s largest county?

a. North Yorkshire b. Buckinghamshire

c. Cambridgeshire d. Berkshire

e. Cheshire

13.Who invented the electric light bulb?

a. Samuel Mars

b. Thomas Alva Edison

c. Albert Einstein

d. Niels Bohr

e. Leonardo De Vinci

14.Who invented the hovercraft?

a. Ben Franklin b. Carl Sagan

c. Nikola Tesla d. Christopher Cockerell

e. Charles Darvin

15. What is the highest mountain in the Alps?

a. Mount Bona

b. Mount Foraker

c. Mount Bear

d. University Peak

e. Mont Blanc

16. What was Thailand known as?

a. Armenia b. Angola

c. Siam d. Zaire e. Persia

17.What is the capital of Bulgaria?

a. Tirana b. Riga

c. Rome d. Sofia e. Athens

18. In Guatemala, Christmas Day is celebrated:

a. On January 6

b. On December 25

c. On October 31

d. On August 1 e. Never

19. Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in:

a. 1492 b. 1895

c. 1944 d. 1976 e. 1878

20. The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in which country?

a. Canada b. China

c. India d. Spain e. Mexico

21. In Australia, usual Boxing Day activities include:

a. Building snowmen

b. Tobogganing

c. Wombat hunting

d. Surfing

e. Playing Casino

22. In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of what material?

a. Candy b. Straw

c. Uranium d. Fir wood

e. Gold

23. In Armenia, the traditional Christmas Eve meal consists of:

a. Fried fish, lettuce and spinach

b. Square meat pies

c. Broiled partridges with gooseberry sauce

d. Turkey and plum pudding

e. Vegetables and wine

24. The day after Christmas, December 26, is known as Boxing Day. It is also the holy day of which saint?

a. St. Eustace b. St. Brigit

c. St. Nicholas d.St. Stephen

e. St. Santa

Answers

1. d

2. c

3. d

4. a

5. c

6. b

7. c

8. a

9. a

10. e

11. b

12. a

13. b

14. d

15. e

16. c

17. d

18. b

19. b

20. e

21. d

22. b

23. a

24. d

{13/12/2006}

General Knowledge Quiz

1. Which space mission to the moon has so far sent pictures of the moon's surface to the extent of five meter resolution?

A. Kaguya

B. Chandrayaan 1

C. Chang'e 1

D. SMART 1

2. Who is the first Indian to win the coveted Golden Globe award?

A. O. P. Naiyer

B. R. Rahman

C. Freida Pinto

D. Shah Rukh Khan

3. The Congress President at the time of Indian Independence was

A. Maulana Azad

B. Sardar Patel

C. S. Radhakrishnan

D. J. B. Kriplani

4. Which veteran film maker and Dadasaheb Phalke award winner passed away on 15th January 2009?

A. C. V. Sridhar

B. Tapan Sinha

C. B. R. Chopra

D. Hrishikesh Mukherjee

5. Which planet is known to have longestday?

A. Mars

B. Venus

C. Jupiter

D. Saturn

6. Which former Olympian, who also held the tag of 'world's fastest woman' is the brand ambassador for the 2009 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon?

A. Veronica Campbell

B. Lauryn Williams

C. Melissa Barber

D. Gail Devers

7. Indian won its first overseas test cricket tour against

A. Pakistan

B. England

C. New Zealand

D. Australia

8. Which Bollywood actor plays the game show host of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' in the film, 'Slumdog Millionaire'?

A. Irrfan Khan

B. Anil Kapoor

C. Mahesh manjrekar

D. Shah Rukh Khan

9. Which country is also known as a rainbow nation?

A. S. Africa

B. Brazil

C. Paraguay

D. Uraguay

10. The much acclaimed film 'Slumdog Millionaire' is based on the book Q and A, written by which Indian author?

A. Vikram Seth

B. Amitav Ghosh

C. Aravind Adiga

D. Vikas Swarup

11. The book 1984 is written by

A. G. Orwel

B. Khushwant Singh

C. Arjun Singh

D. Ruskin Bond

Share your opinions, questions or queries at http://studentatcompetition.blogspot.com.

Answers:

1. B

2. B

3. D

4. B

5. B

6. D

7. B

8. B

9. A

10. D

11. A