QUIZ GEOGRAPHY

1. Which is the longest river in the world? Ans: The Nile 2. Which is the longest highway in the world? Ans: Trans-Canada 3. Which is the country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world? Ans: Myanmar 4. Which is 8 the largest coffee growing country in the world? Ans: Brazil 5. What is the name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan? Ans: Durand line 6. Which is the country that ranks second in terms of land area? Ans: Canada 7. Which is the largest Island in the Mediterranean sea Ans: Sicily 8. Which is the biggest delta in the world? Ans: Ganges Delta 9. What do the Japanese call their country? Ans: Nippon 10.Which is the biggest island of the world? Ans: Greenland 11.Which city is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world? Ans: Detroit, U.S.A.

12.Which country is called the Land of Rising Sun? Ans: Japan 13.Which country is known as the Sugar Bowl of the world Ans: Cuba 14.Which is the world's largest diamond producing country Ans: South Africa 15.Which is the national flower of Britain? Ans: Rose 16.Which is the national flower of Italy Ans: Lily 17.What was the earlier name of Sri Lanka Ans: Ceylon 18.Which country is known as the land of the midnight sun? Ans: Norway 19.Which place is known as the Roof of the world? Ans: Tibet 20.Which city is known as the city of skyscrapers? Ans: New York 21.Which country is known as the Land of White Elephant ? Ans: Thailand 22.Which country is known as the Land of Morning Calm? Ans: Korea 23.Which country is known as the Land of Thunderbolts? Ans: Bhutan 24.. Name the river that flows through a rift valley? Answer: Narmada 25.On the banks of which river is Goa located? Ans: Mandovi

26.In which Indian state is the Silent Valley? Ans: Kerala 27.Giza is situated on the west bank of which river? Ans: Nile 28.Name the oldest mountain range of India? Ans: Aravallis 29.Name the largest freshwater lake in India? Ans: Wular Lake 30.The Kalahari and the Namib deserts are in which country? Ans: Namibia 31.Where in India is the only active volcano found? Ans: Barren Island 32.Which river is the source of the Shivasamudra falls? Ans: Cauvery 33.Other than India the Sundarbans lies in which country? Ans: Bangladesh 34.Which is the only US state to begin with the letter 'P'? Ans: Pennsylvania 35.Which is the largest Fresh water lake in the world? Ans: Superior 36.What is the capital of Peru? Ans: Lima 37.What's the only active volcano in mainland Europe? Ans: Vesuvius 38. In which continent is the world's largest glacier? Ans: Antarctica

39. In nature, the earth is composed of 3 main parts, the Crust, the mantle and what? Ans: The Core 40.Mount Rushmore in America has 4 presidents heads carved into it. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are two of them. Give me either of the other two. Ans: Thomas Jefferson or Theodore Roosevelt 41.What's the Capital city of the Philippines? Ans: Manilla 42. What is the southern limit of the Tropics called? Ans: Tropic of Capricorn 43.Which canal took 10 years to build and opened in 1869?\ Ans: The Suez Canal 44.What is the capital of Finland? Ans: Helsinki 45.The Vatican City is within which other city? Ans: Rome 46.What is the official language of Brazil? Ans: Portuguese 47.What is the largest American state? Ans: Alaska 48. Which is Europes most mountainous country? Ans: Switzerland 49.Alphabetically, what is the first country in the world? Ans: Afghanistan 50.Which two countries are connected by the Khyber Pass? Ans: Afghanistan and Pakistan 51.Which is the smallest of the 50 states in the US? Ans: Rhode Island

52.What name is California's Santa Clara County, the heartland of the US Computer Industry, more commonly called? Ans: silicon Valley 53.What is the national symbol of the USA? Ans: The bald eagle. 54. What two colours make up the flag of Pakistan? Ans Green and white 55.What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean? Ans: Madagascar MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 1. Who is called "Father of Medicine"? Ans: Hippocrates 2. What is the abbreviation of ECG? Ans: ElectoCardioGram 3. What do you call the Chinese system of healing with insertions of needles into the body? Ans: Acupuncture 4. What is the common name for Hypertension? Ans: High Blood Pressure 5. What are the four major blood types? Ans: A,B,AB and O 6. In which part of the body are blood cells manufactured? Ans: The bone-marrow 7. Where would you find the medulla oblongata? Ans: In the Brain 8. Which organ contains the Islets of Langerhans? Ans: The Pancreas 9. What is the medical name for Cancer of the Blood? Ans: Leukemia

10.What does a Gerontologist specialize in? Ans: diseases of old age 11.What does a paediatrician specialize in? Ans: Care and treatment of infants and children 12.What is considered to be the normal temperature of the human body? Ans: 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit 13.What is considered to be the pulse rate of the adult? Ans: 70-80 beats 14.What is the name of the new method which uses certain waves to smash kidney stones? Ans: Lithotripsy 15.What's the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men? Ans: Prostate cancer 16.What do doctors look at through an ophthalmoscope? Ans: The eye. 17.What disease accounts for two of every three cases of dementia? Ans: Alzheimer's 18.What do leukemia sufferers have too many of? Ans: White blood cells, or leukocytes. 19.What's most likely to occur when your diaphragm goes into spasms? Ans: Hiccups. 20.What part of the eye may be obscured by cataracts? Ans: The lens. 21.What hereditary blood defect is known as "the royal disease"? Ans: Hemophilia. 22.What organ is inflamed when one has encephalitis? Ans: The brain 23.What's the medical term for low blood sugar? Ans: Hypoglycemia

24.What's the common term for a cerebrovascular accident? Ans: Stroke 25.What disease is the focus of oncology? Ans: Cancer 26.Where is liver bile stopped before being released into the small intestine? Ans: The gall bladder 27. What is DNA? Ans: Deoxyribonucleic Acid 28.What word do we use to describe the Asexual reproduction of a genetic carbon copy of an animal or plant? Ans:Clone 29.Who discovered the rabies vaccination? Ans:Louis Pasteur (1885 30. How many hearts does an octopus have? Ans: 3 31.How many teeth does an elephant have? Ans: 4 32.If a creature is edentulous what has it not got? Ans: Teeth 33. In the human body what is Varicella commonly known as? Ans:Chicken Pox 34.Which branch of Medicine is concerned with providing artificial limbs for the body? Ans: Prosthetics 35.What is the process known as whereby plants make food using light? Ans:Photosynthesis 36.Which glands produce white blood cells? Ans:Lymph glands

37.Through which organ do fish get oxygen? Ans:Gills 38.Which drug is named after the Greek God of Dreams? Ans: Morphine 39.Whats a young kangaroo called? Ans:A joey 40.Which organ uses 25% of our oxygen supply? Ans: Brain 41.How many legs does every true insect have? Ans: 6 42.What would you suffer from if you had dichromatic vision? Ans:Colour Blindness 43. What is the name of the flap of cartilage which prevents food from entering your windpipe? Ans:Epiglottis 44. How many teeth should a normal healthy adult have? Ans:32 45.What is the smallest living unit called? Ans:A Cell 46.What is acclaimed to be the most ferocious fresh water fish? Ans: Piranha 47.What are the young of Whales called? Ans:Calves 48.Which is the only bird, capable of rotating its neck through 270? Ans: Owl 49. What is converted into alcohol during brewing Ans: Sugar 50. What is the male part of a flower called? Ans:Stamen

51.In anatomy what is the outer layer of the skin called? Ans:Epidermis 52.What did Adam not have that every other man does have? Ans: A belly button or Navel 53.What is a butterfly larvae more commonly known as? Ans: Catterpillar 54.What is the term used to describe a plant that has been crossed with different species? Ans: Hybrid 55.Which part of the human body shares its name with a punctuation mark? Ans:Colon

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT 1. First there was Bridgestone, and then Mitsubishi; which giant automaker of Japan was embroiled, recently, in a quality-related (again!) controversy? Ans: Toyota 2. Which company is the worlds largest ship builder? Answer: Hyundai (Hyundai Heavy Industries) 3. This famous business tycoon is called the Oracle of Omaha or the Sage of Omaha and is well known for his philanthropy. Answer: Warren Edward Buffet. 4. Which famous company acquired Sun Microsystems? Answer: ORACLE 5. What is the Google headquarters called? Answer: Googleplex 6. Which is the famous video game company whose name when translated from Japanese to English roughly gives the phrase leave luck to

heaven? This company was initially started as a producer of playing cards. Which is this famous company? Answer: Nintendo 7. What is the full form of DOCOMO? Answer: Do Communication Over The Mobile Network 8. Jerry Yang and David Filo founded this company. This company gets its name from a fictional character of Gullivers travels. Which is this famous company? Answer: YAHOO! 9. Which company delivered the first ever android phone and also the first ever 4G phone? Answer: HTC 10.This was initially named as Phoenix then its name was changed to Firebird and then again was changed to another name with which it is called even today. What are talking about? Answer: Mozilla Firefox 11.Israel banned the imports of this gadget in their country. After two months of the ban, they lifted the ban and returned the confiscated gadgets. Then the Princeton University and The Yankees Stadium in New York too banned this gadget due to issues with Wi Fi and network. Name this gadget. Answer: Apple iPad 12.Name the revolutionary gadget invented by Sony in 1979? Answer: Walkman 13. Name the revolutionary gadget launched by Sony in 1995? Answer: PlayStation 14.Who is the CEO of search company Google? Ans: Eric Schmidt

15.Who is CEO of Yahoo? Ans: Carol Bartz 16.Tata's Nano Project was shifted from Singur to which place? Answer. Sanand in Gujarat 17.Which international airline uses the slogan "Smooth As Silk" in its advertisements? Ans: Thai 18.. Who are the maker of the soft contact lens "Accuvue"? Ans: Johnson & Johnson 19. Named "Manager of the Century" by the business magazine Fortune, he was recently in India? Who is he? Ans: Jack Welch 20.The "Three Golden Balls" is the traditional symbol of which class of businessmen, especially in Europe? Ans: Pawnbrokers 21. In 1996 what overtook Coca-Cola as being the most well known brand name in the world? Ans: McDonalds 22.Which mobile phone company shares its name with a fruit (it's Australian)? Ans:Orange 23.Which is the World's most popular brand of cigarette? Ans:Marlboro 24.What was the name of the restaurant chain opened by Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Swartzeneger? Ans:Planet Hollywood 25.What is the name of Microsoft's free e-mail service? Ans: Hotmail (not Outlook; that is software to collect any Email)

26.Which company's name is short for Durability, Reliability and excellence? Ans: Durex 27.What was the surname of the French brothers who founded a tyre company in 1888. Ans:Michelin 28.Which company invented the computer floppy disc in 1970? Ans:IBM 29. Who devised the Package Tour? Ans: Thomas Cook. 30.Vespa and Lambretta are famous manufacturers of what? Ans:Scooters 31.What colour is the M on the Mcdonalds logo? Ans: Yellow 32.In which country is the world's largest McDonalds Restaurant? Ans:CHINA (The McDonalds in Beijing is 28,000 square feet, 2 stories high, and seats 700 people) 33.Which vehicle took its name from the fact that it was made to be used for general purposes? Ans:Jeep 34.As in the music shop, what do the letters HMV stand for? Ans: His Masters Voice 35. Which creature features on the logo of Bacardi Rum? Ans:Bat 36. The Skoda car company is based in which country? Ans:Czechoslovakia 37.The 1st vending machines in the USA were installed on New York City railway platforms in 1888, what did they dispense? Ans:Chewing Gum

38.Which car manufacturer has made models called Neon, Cherokee and Voyager? Ans: Chrysler 39.Which Japanese electronics firm is named after a word meaning sound? Ans:Sony 40.Which company makes the Xbox games console? Ans: Microsoft 41.Which magazine uses the mythological winged horse Pegasus for its logo? Ans: Readers Digest 42.Lending her name to a famous brand, who was the Greek Goddess of Victory? Ans:Nike 43.What does CNN stand for on the TV or Internet? Ans: Cable News Network 44.What is the most famous product manufactured by the American company Anheuser Busch? Ans:Budweiser beer 45.What company was formerly known as Computing Tabulating Recording Company? Ans: IBM 46.Which car manufacturer uses a badge consisting of 4 interlocked circles? Ans: Audi 47. What is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of a Rolls Royce? Ans:The spirit of ecstasy 48. What is the Title of Auto Biography of JRD TATA? Ans: Beyond the Last Blue Mountain 49. "It happened in India" is the Auto Biography of whom? Ans:Kishore Bayani (The Chairman of Future Group)

50."Imagining India" recently published book authored by? Ans:Nandan M Neelakeni 51.What is the Tag Line of Sony? Ans:Like No Other 52."India's Family Store" is the punchline of which brand? Ans:Pantaloon 53."India's Family Store" is the punchline of which brand? Ans:Pantaloon 54.Name of the Family Store owned by Kumar Mangalam Birla? Ans:More 55."Kingfisher Red" is the former name of which Airlines? Ans:Air Deccan (that was taken over by Vijay Malya Group) 56.World's Local Bank" is the punch line of which bank? Ans:HSBC Bank 57.What is the full form of HDFC? Ans:Housing Development Finance Corporation 58.NASDAQ is an acronym for? Ans:National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations 59.Expand ICICI? Ans:Industrial Credit And Investment Corporation of India 60.Who is the present Chairman of SEBI? Ans:Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave 61.Which car gives you "Fun on the Run"? Ans:Alto 62."Magic" is the brand name of which mobile company's Prepaid Card? Ans:Airtel 63.This company is "applying thought" which company? Ans:Wipro

64."Born in Japan Entertaining the World" is the tagline of which company? Ans:Sansui 65."Express Yourself" is the punchline of Airtel then "Experience Yourself" is the tagline of whom? Ans:Tamil Nadu Tourism 66.What si the previous name of State Bank of India? Ans: Imperial Bank 67.Which is the oldest stock Exchange in Asia? Ans: Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) 68.Which is the first private airport in India? Ans: Kochi International Airport SPORTS 1. Who won the Football World Cup in 2006? Ans:Italy 2. Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006? Ans: Germany 3. Who won Men's Singles title in French Open 2010? Rafael Nadal (Spain) 4. Who has bagged 6 wickets in twenty 20 international? Ans :AjanthaMendis 5. Who is the new president of BCCI? Ans: N.Srinivasan 6. How many centuries has Rahul Dravid scored in test cricket? Ans: 35 7. The game of golf was first played in which country? Ans: Scotland 8. In which sport do players take long and short corners? Ans:Hockey

9. Which car manufacture makes the engine for the Mclaren F1 team? Ans: Mercedes Benz 10.Which company sponsors both Manchester United and the England Cricket team? Ans: Vodaphone 11. How many holes are there in a ten pin bowling ball? Ans: 3 12. In Basketball its called a Tip Off, in Football a Kick off what is it called in Ice Hockey? Ans:Face off 13. How many times in succession did Bjorn Borg win the Men's Tennis Singles at Wimbledon? Ans: 5 14.Which chess piece can only move diagonally? Ans:Bishop 15.What number shirt does David Beckham wear? Ans:23 16.Which F1 Team made their Debut in Australia on March 3rd 2002? Ans:Toyota 17.In Cricket, what is it called if you are out 1st Ball? Ans:Golden Duck - not Duck 18.In baseball, how far is it between bases? Ans:30 Yards (27.43 metres) 19.In which country was tennis player John McEnroe born? Ans: Germany 20.Which tennis player was stabbed while playing against Steffi Graf in Hamburg in 1993? Ans:Monica Selles

21.Who was Mr Universe between 1978 and 1980? Ans: Arnold Schwarzenegger 22.In chess, which piece must always stay on the same colour squares? Ans: Bishop 23. Which formula one driver is the owner of the luxurious Columbus Hotel in Monaco? Ans:David Coulthard 24.Brian Lara holds the world record for runs in a test match how many did he score? Ans:400 25.At the start of a game of chess, each player has a choice of how many moves? Ans: 20 (8 pawns can move 1 or 2 squares and 2 knights can move in 2 directions) 26.In Football by what name is or was Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known? Ans: Pele 27. In cricket, what would an umpire be signalling if he bent his arm upwards and touched his nearer shoulder with the tips of his fingers? Ans: A short run 28.Which sport uses the lightest ball? Ans:Table Tennis 29.What does the term 'king pair' mean to a cricketer? Ans: Out 1st ball in both innings 30. In cricket how many runs are scored when the ball hits a helmet left on the ground by the fielding team? Ans:Five 31. What game is played on a Diamond? Ans: Baseball

32.In which sport are competitors required to change lanes after every lap? Ans: Speed Skating 33.Who won a 'Golden Slam' in 1988 by winning the singles titles at the Australian, French, Wimbledon and United states tennis championships and the Olympic games? Ans: Steffi Graff 34.What Olympic record did Jesse Owens hold for 25 years? Ans:Long jump 35.How many players are there on a Baseball Team? Ans: 9 36.What do cricketers call a ball that flies over the batsman's head without bouncing? Ans: Beamer 37.How many players make up a rugby league team? Ans: 13 38.What is the nickname of the basketball player Earvin Johnson? Ans:Magic 39.What famous person has the real name of Eldrick Woods? Ans:Tiger Woods 40.What is the maximum number of players on court in one basketball team? Ans:5 41.In a standard pack of playing cards what do the queens hold in their hands? Ans:Flowers 42.Which bowler has taken more test wickets than any other? Ans:Muthai Muralitherin (Sri Lanka). He took his 520th against Zinbabwe to overtake Courtney Walsh of the West Indies

43. Which company based in Clemont-Ferrand, is the largest producer of tyres in France and is now involved in Formula One racing? Ans: Michelin 44.What game is played on an area measuring 9 feet by 5 feet? Ans:Table Tennis 45.If an American base ball player manages to run round all four bases with only one strike of the ball what is this score called? Ans: A home run 46.In 1948, who was out for a duck in his last cricket Test match when four runs would have given him a batting average of 100? Ans: Donald Bradman 47.Of the five coloured Olympic rings, which colour represents Europe? Ans: The blue ring 48.How high is a basketball hoop from the ground? Ans:10 feet (3.05 metres) 49.In which team sport would you hear the terms serve, dig and spike? Ans:Volleyball 50.Which sportsman was nicknamed 'Pistol Pete'? Ans:Pete Sampras 51.What are the small indentations on a golf ball called? Ans: Dimples 52.Which sport uses the most muscles in the body? Ans:Swimming 53.In cricket, when does a `duck` become a `diamond duck`? Ans:When its the first ball of the match. 54.In cricket, how many runs is a double nelson? Ans: 222

55.If an umpire in cricket crosses his arms across his body with his hands pointing downwards, what is being signalled? Ans:Dead ball.

HISTORY 1. Which famous Indian kings name means painless, without sorrow in Sanskrit? Answer: AshokaMaurya or Ashoka the Great 2. For how long did the Hundred years War continue? Answer: 116 3. Which is the worlds largest religious building? Answer: Angkor Wat in Cambodia 4. In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh? Ans: Joseph 5. Which country is ruled by a single dynasty for more than two thousand years? Ans:Japan 6. Where is Emperor Akbars tomb? Ans: Sikandra 7. What is the type of Government in Swaziland? Ans: Monarchy 8. Who was the first President of Bangladesh? Ans: Sheikh MujiburRahman 9. Last judgement is the first painting of which Italian painter? Ans: Michelangelo 10.Who is called the father of modern Italy? Ans:G.Garibaldi 11.Who is the founder of modern Germany? Ans: Bismarck

12.Who was the founder of the Chinese Republic ? Ans: San YatSen 13.Who was the first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize? Ans: Abdul Salam 14.Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Britain? Ans: Margaret Thatcher 15.Who was the first Secretary General of the UNO ? Ans:Trygve Lie 16.Who was the first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Ans: Ralph Johnson Bunche 17.Which was the first British University to admit women for degree courses Ans: London University 18.Who was the youngest President of the USA? Ans:Theodore Roosevelt 19.Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services? Ans:Satyendranath Tagore 20.Who was the first woman Governor of India? Ans:Sarojini Naidu 21.Whose autobiography is named as the Long Walk to Freedom published in 1994? Answer: Nelson Mandela 22.Who built the Agra Fort? Ans: Akbar 23.Which Indian ruler shifted his capital from Delhi to Devagiri? Ans: Muhammad bin Tughluq 24.Which king was the first to use rockets in warfare? Ans: Tipu Sultan

25.Which Chinese traveller visited India during the rule of Harshavardhana? Ans: Hiuen Tsang 26.Which ruler is referred to as the 'Mad Monarch'? Ans : Mohammad bin Tughlaq 27.Which age in Indian History is referred to as the 'Golden Age'? Ans:Gupta 28.Who founded Sikhism? Ans: Guru Nanak 29.Kerala is mentioned as Keralaputra in a 3rd-century-BC rock inscription left by which emperor? Ans: Ashoka 30.Who was the founder of the present city of Allahabad? Ans: Akbar 31.The Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore was built by an emperor of which dynasty? Ans: Chola 32.Which Mughal empress was the niece of Nur Jahan? Ans: Mumtaz Mahal 33.Which Mughal empress is believed to have introduced chikan embroidery to Lucknow? Ans: Nur Jahan 34.Which fort was built by Sinna Bomma Nayak? Ans: Vellore 35.Who was the finance minister of Akbar? Ans: Todar Mal 36.Maham Anga was the foster-mother of which Mughal emperor? Ans: Akbar

37.The famous Dandi March was organised in defiance of which law ? Ans: Salt Law 38.Albert Einstein was proficient in playing which musical instrument? Ans: Violin 39.In which jail was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar sent for life imprisonment? Ans:Cellular Jail 40.Which Mughal emperor issued gold coins bearing the portraits of Rama and Sita? Ans: Akbar 41.Pushyamitra Sunga was responsible for overthrowing which dynasty? Ans:Maurya 42.In Indian history, who first claimed himself to be the Sardeshmukh of Maharashtra ? Ans: Shivaji 43.Who was the Governor General when the railway system was first constructed in India? Ans:Lord Dalhousie 44.Which empire did the emperor Krishna Deva Raya rule over? Ans: Vijayanagar 45.Which of these songs was sung in the 1896 session of Indian National Congress? Ans:Vande Mataram 46.In 1871 who founded the German Empire and served as its chancellor for 19 years? Ans: Otto Van Bismarck 47.In Indian history, Charaka was an expert in which field? Ans: Ayurveda 48.Which Mughal empress was allowed to issue coins in her own name? Ans: Nur Jahan

49.For whom did Jahangir raise a tomb in Lahore in 1615? Ans: Anarkali 50.In which place was Aurangzeb crowned emperor in 1658? Ans: Shalimar Bagh 51.What was the capital of Madhya Pradesh till 1956? Ans: Nagpur 52.Rajyavardhana was the elder brother of which Indian king? Ans: Harshavardhana 53.Who was the famous queen of Rana Ratan Singh? Ans: Padmini 54.Which general defeated Rani Lakshmibai? Ans: Hugh Rose 55.The poet Faizi was a beloved friend of which Indian emperor? Ans: Akbar 56.Rana Ratan Singh fought against which Sultan of Delhi? Ans: Ala-ud-din Khalji 57.By which name was the singer Ata Ali Khan better known? Ans:Tansen

INVENTIONS 1. Who invented the Light Bulb? Ans: Humphry Davy 2. Who invented the washing machine? Ans: James King 3. Who invented the first electric washing machine? Ans: Alva Fisher 4. Who invented the safety pin? Ans: Walter Hunt

5. Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner? Ans: Hubert Booth 6. Who invented the jet engine? Ans: Sir Frank Whittle 7. Who invented the lift/elevator in 1853? Ans: Elisha Otis 8. What did Albert Parkhouse invent that is one of the most stolen items from hotels? Ans:Coat hanger 9. What did Earl W Tupper invent in 1944? Ans:TUPPERware 10.Who invented the pneumatic tyre? Ans: John Dunlop 11.Who was the inventor of telephone? Ans: Alexander Graham Bell

ENTERTAINMENT 1. What was Mickey Mouse's original name? Ans: Mortimer Mouse 2. Who was Leonardo di Caprio's co-star in Titanic? Ans: Kate Winslet 3. In the movies who plays the role of Harry Potter? Ans: Daniel Radcliffe 4. In the famous Nintendo games, what is the name of Mario's brother? Ans:Luigi 5. The song Ill be there for you is the theme to which TV show? Ans:Friends 6. Skeletor was who's arch enemy? Ans:He Man

7. Who is the scheming criminal genius, constantly foiled by superman? Ans:Lex Luthur 8. Which classic computer game contained the characters Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde that eat Ghosts? Ans: Pac Man 9. What is the world's biggest selling copyrighted game? Ans:Monopoly 10. The name of which board game translates from Latin as 'I play'? Ans: Ludo 11. How many dots are there on a pair of dice? Ans:42 12. Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne, who's missing? Ans: Scooby Doo 13. What was Captain Marvels magic word? Ans:Shazam! 14. Name 2 Shakespeare Plays with Two People named in the title. Ans: Antony & Cleopatra / Romeo & Juliet / Troilus & Cressida 15. In Shakespeare's 'Othello', who is the female lead? Ans: Desdemona 16. What was the name of the family in the Sound of Music? Ans:Von Trapp 17. Which film studio had a lion as its symbol? Ans:MGM 18. What do Harry Potter and his friends call normal people? Ans: Muggles 19. What tiny peoples tied up Gulliver while he was asleep? Ans: Lilliputians 20. To who does Pluto the dog belong? Ans:Micky mouse

21. Which brown bear befriended Mowgli? Ans:Baloo 22. In Aesop's fable, which two animals have a race? Ans: The hare and the tortoise 23. Who played Indiana Jones in the films? Ans: Harrison Ford 24. What does BAFTA stand for? Ans: British Academy of Film and Television Arts 25. Who was the first black woman to win a best actress Oscar? Ans: Halle Berry 26. Who was the arch enemy of Sherlock Holmes? Ans: Professor Moriarty 27. Which actress plays the lead in the Tomb Raider movies? Ans:Angelina Jolie 28. Who provided the voice of the princess in the film 'Shrek'? Ans: Cameron Diaz 29. In Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, which London platform did the Hogwart Express depart from? Ans:9 30. With which actor did John Travolta exchange faces in the movie Face Off? Ans:Nicholas Cage 31. Who starred in the movies Trading Places and The Nutty Professor? Ans:Eddie Murphy 32. What is the name of Harry Potter's pet owl? Ans:Hedwig 33. Which black-bearded captain is TinTins friend? Ans:Captain Haddock

34. Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park, which the Spielberg film was based on? Ans:Michael Crichton 35. What is the name of the prison that wizarding criminals are sent in the Harry Potter series of books? Ans: Azkaban 36. Which 1959 film won 11 Oscars? Ans: Ben Hur 37. What are the names of the three musketeers? Ans: Athos, Portos and Aramis 38. In the Rocky films, what is Rockys surname? Ans: Balboa 39. Who played the part of Annie Porter in the 2 Speed films? Ans: Sandra Bullock 40. Which person has won the most Oscars with 26? Ans:Wanlt Disney

POLITICS
1.

Which former Indian President had the unique distinction of getting two consecutive terms in office? Ans: Dr Rajendra Prasad

2.

Which Indian politician's original name is Rajeshwar Prasad? Ans: Rajesh Pilot

3.

Who was India's first deputy Prime Minister? Ans: Sardar Vallabhai Patel

4.

Who was India's longest serving Prime Minister? Ans:Jawaharlal Nehru

5.

What is the maximum life of Lok Sabha Parliament of India? Ans : 5 Years

6.

Which former Indian President died as a result of a road accident? Ans: Giani Zail Singh

7.

Who was the first non Congress Indian Prime Minister? Ans: Morarji Desai

8.

Who was the first Indian woman to be the president of the Indian National Congress? Ans: Sarojini Naidu

9.

The greeting 'Jai Hind' was started by which famous person? Ans: Subash Chandra Bose

10.

What is the profession of Sushma Swaraj? Ans:Advocate

11.

Which Indian President was a professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the Oxford University? Ans: Dr.S.Radhakrishnan

12.

Who was the first British Prime Minister to win for three consecutive terms? Ans: Margaret Thatcher

13.

Who was the daughter of a Prime Minister, the mother of a Prime Minister and was a Prime Minister herself until her assassination? Ans: Mrs Indira Gandhi

14.

Who succeeded Colin Powell as Secretary of State? Ans: Condoleeza Rice

15.

Who was the Leader of Germany between 1933 and 1938? Ans: Adolf Hitler

16.

Who seized power in Uganda in 1971? Ans: Idi Amin

SCIENCE
1.

What is the total number of bones in the human body? Ans: 206

2.

How many planets are there in our solar system? Ans: 8

3.

Name the scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun? Ans: Copernicus

4.

The instrument used to measure the intensity of an earthquake is known as . Ans: Seismograph

5.

Which gas in the atmosphere protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiations? Ans: Ozone

6.

The deficiency of which vitamin causes Beri Beri? Ans: Vitamin B1

7.

Which part of the body does leucoma affect? Ans: Eyes

8.

How is Trichloromethane commonly known? Ans: Chloroform

9.

Which disease is transmitted to the human body through the tsetse fly? Ans: Sleeping Sickness

10.

What does lux, the unit of illumination in the International System of measurement, mean in Latin? Ans: Light

11.

Which chemical element was found in gaseous state in the atmosphere surrounding the sun by scientist Pierre Janssen? Ans: Helium

12.

Hyperglycemia involves excess of what in blood?

Ans: Glucose
13.

The spaceships Luna 1, Luna 2 and Luna 3 were the first to explore which celestial body? Ans: Moon

14.

Hematite and magnetite are ores of which metal? Ans: Iron

15.

Which colour is generally used to denote infectious illness? Ans: Yellow

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. Eiffel Tower is built entirely with which metal? Ans: Iron 2. The distribution of which annual award started on December 10, 1901? Ans: Nobel Prize 3. By which name was Thailand known previously? Ans: Siam 4. Which company devised Acrobat, the program that allows users to view the same documents complete with graphics and layout? Ans: Adobe 5. Which was the first Indian public sector bank to launch the Visa card in India in 1981? Ans: Andhra Bank 6. Where is the Defence Electronics Application Laboratory situated? Ans: Dehradun 7. Which Norwegian explorer was the first to reach South Pole? Ans: Roald Amundsen 8. In the honour of which Indian has the most number of stamps been issued in the world?

Ans: Mahatma Gandhi 9. Which is the World's first successfully cloned pet animal? Ans: Cat 10.Which organisation has a giant panda as their symbol? Ans: world Wide Fund For Nature 11.Which is the only member of the cat family that cannot retract its claws? Ans: Cheetah 12.Who laid the foundations of modern minting of coins? Romans 13.Which is the national tree of India? Ans: Banyan 14.Svetambara and Digambara are different sects of which religion? Ans:Buddhism 15.With which religious personality is the village Shirdi associated? Ans:Sai Baba 16.In which Indian state would you find the largest church of Asia? Ans: Goa 17.Which is the oldest independent country in Africa? Ans: Ethiopia 18.Which is the name of a bird as well as a fruit? Ans: Kiwi 19.Which tree is also known as Bodhi tree? Ans:Pipal 20.Which feature of MS Word helps the user find synonyms and antonyms of a particular word? Ans: Thesaurus 21.The picture of which leaf would you find in the flag of Canada? Ans: Maple

22.The flag of which country has the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles? Ans: Nepal 23.Scotch whisky are made primarily from the malted form of which cereal crop? Ans:Barley 24.Who was the Italian Prime Minister during World War II? Ans: Benito Mussolini 25.Which is the most expensive spice of the world? Ans: Saffron 26.The name of which animal means 'river horse' in Greek? Ans: Hippopotamus 27.Which family of creatures do not have lungs? Ans: Fishes 28.Which was the first Indian state to ban plastics? Ans: Sikkim 29.Who wrote the national anthem of Bangladesh? Ans:Rabindranath Tagore 30.Which was the first Indian state to use electoral identity card? Ans:Haryana

MYTHOLOGY 1. The name of which god is taken at the beginning of any enterprise? Ans:Ganesha 2. According to Hindu mythology, who was also known as Dashanana? Ans:Raavan 3. According to Hindu mythology, who was the father of Shani? Ans:Surya 4. According to Hindu mythology, who stole the horse of King Sagara?

Ans: Indra 5. According to Hindu mythology, which sage ate the demon Vatapi? Ans:Agastya 6. According to Hindu mythology, who is the chief of Nagaloka? Ans:Vasuki 7. According to Ramayana, whose wife was Ruma? Ans:Sugriva 8. In the Mahabharata, who built the palace of the Pandavas at Indraprastha? Ans:Maya 9. According to Hindu mythology, who cursed Kama so that he would be burnt to ashes in the fire from Shiva's eyes? Ans:Brahma 10. According to Hindu mythology, who cursed Rambha and turned her into a stone? Ans:Viswamitra 11. In Hindu mythology, who slayed his own mother at the behest of his father? Ans: Parashurama 12. To which deity is the Gayatri Mantra addressed to? Ans: Surya 13. Which mythological character in the Egyptian and Greek legends has a lion's body and a human head? Ans:Sphinx 14. In the Mahabharata, who crowned Karna the king of Anga? Ans:Duryodhana 15. According to the Hindu mythology, who was born from the navel of Vishnu? Ans:Brahma

16. According to Hindu mythology, who was the mother of Sakuntala? Ans:Menaka 17. According to Ramayana, which ruler of Lanka was driven away by Ravana? Ans:Kubera 18. According to Hindu mythology, who was born from the ocean of milk? Ans:Dhanvantri