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Q1. Which Indian Cricketer was nicknamed "Colonel"?
Correct answer : 3
Q2. Which Dutch company launched the compact casette in 1964?
Correct answer : 1
Q3. Which Dutch artist born in 1606, was considered the master of portraits?
Correct answer : 1
Q4. Which famous athlete played himself in the Walt Disney production "Endurance"
Correct answer : 3
Q5. In which newspaper in 1913 did the first crossword puzzles, with 32 clues appear?
Correct answer : 4
Q6. Antonio Stradivari of Italy is the inventor of .....
Correct answer : 2
Q7. Which country pioneered the first modern in-service assault rifle?
Correct answer : 2
Q8. Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?
Correct answer : 3
Q9. Who is regarded as the inventor of the first safety razor?
Correct answer : 3
Q10. Kevlar, a type of synthetic fibre, was developed by which company?
Correct answer : 2
Q11. Which romantic poet was expelled from Oxford University for publishing a pamphlet defending atheism?
Correct answer : 2
Q12. Which god in Roman mythology has two faces ?
Correct answer : 1
Q13. Who was the first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna award posthumously?
Correct answer : 3
Q14. What was the name of the dog that a Russian spacecraft carried into space?
Correct answer : 1
Q15. Who coined the terms "doublethink" and "newspeak"?
Correct answer : 1
Q16. Which city, formerly a capital, is also known as "sunlit city" to its residents?
Correct answer : 4
Q17. What does "curriculum Vitae" (Latin term) mean?
Correct answer : 2
Q18. What is the Jewish New Year called?
Correct answer : 3
Q19. "Dendrolatory" is the worship of......
Correct answer : 4
Q20. Who founded the Methodism in the 1720s?
Correct answer : 3
Q21. Who was the first cricket player to be "man of the match" in the world cup semi finals and finals?
Correct answer : 3
Q22. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?
Correct answer : 2
Q23. Which England player, later found not guilty, was put in prison in 1877 for wagering money on a match and missed the first test in cricket history?
Correct answer : 2
Q24. Which Indian batsman has hit two double centuries in consecutive test matches?
Correct answer : 4
Q25. Bhupen Hazarika the famous singer sang his first film song at the age of 12. Which film?
Correct answer : 2
Q26. How many tales are there in "Canterbury Tales"?
Correct answer : 2
Q27. How many times has an organisation been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize between 1901 to 2010?
Correct answer : 1
Q28. The Portable throne on which Popes were carried until 1978 was called......
Correct answer : 2
Q29. Which leader's autobiography is named "A Long Walk to Freedom"
Correct answer : 1
Q30. The word "cereal" is derived from the name of which Roman Goddess?
Correct answer : 3
Q31. The flag flown by pirates stop their ships is called .......
Correct answer : 2
Q32. Who is the first Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize?
Correct answer : 2
Q33. Who among the following is the youngest Nobel Laureate?
Correct answer : 3
Q34. What was the name of Alexander the Great's favourite hourse?
Correct answer : 3
Q35. Between the years 1585 and 1592, there is little information about Shakespeare. This period is known as.....?
Correct answer : 4
Q36. from which language the word "halwa" has been derived?
Correct answer : 1
Q37. Lahore is the capital of which province of Pakistan?
Correct answer : 1
Q38. Which Sikh Guru began the construction of the Golden Temple in Amritsar?
Correct answer : 3
Q39. What is the monthly salary of President of India (2012)?
Correct answer : 4
Q40. What was the first adhesive postage stamp in Asia known as.....
Correct answer : 1
Q41. Who is the author of the book "The Man Who Divided India"?
Correct answer : 3
Q42. What was the name for the mascot of the 2011 Cricket World Cup?
Correct answer : 2
Q43. The social networking site 'facebook' opened its office in India at.....
Correct answer : 1
Q44. What do the five rings on the olympic flag represent?
Correct answer : 2
Q45. Who, along with Emile Durkhelm and Max Weber is considered one of the principal architects of modern social science?
Correct answer : 3
Q46. Where was the first Indian Institute of Management established?
Correct answer : 2
Q47. In Hindu mythology, who reduced the 60000 sons of King Sagara to ashes?
Correct answer : 3
Q48. Which Indian cricketer was the son of a groundsman at P J Hindu Gymkhana in Mumbai?
Correct answer : 2
Q49. What was the original name of Sevagram, a village in Maharashtra, was named thus by Gandhiji?
Correct answer : 3
Q50. Which king was the founder of the city of Jaunpur?