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Q1. Which historical event was commemorated by the 1889 World's Fair, for which the Eiffel Tower was built?
Correct answer : 3
Q2. Which Asian Country was the first to play in the soccer world cup?
Correct answer : 3
Q3. Which of the following libraries is spread across three big buildings viz: James Madison Memorial Building, Thomas Jefferson Building and John Adams Building?
Correct answer : 1
Q4. Which country conceived, created and donated the Hockey World Cup?
Correct answer : 3
Q5. Which King had asked Vasco da Gama to find a sea route to India by sailing around Africa?
Correct answer : 1
Q6. Which was Charlie Chaplin's first talking picture?
Correct answer : 2
Q7. Which portfolio did Indira Gandhi hold in Lal Bahadur Shastri's Cabinet?
Correct answer : 4
Q8. Who attempted to assassinate Vladimir Lenin in August 1918?
Correct answer : 2
Q9. Which nawab of Oudh was a famous Kathak dancer ?
Correct answer : 4
Q10. What was the name of the motel where Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated ?
Correct answer : 3
Q11. What is the colour of the belly of the blue shark?
Correct answer : 2
Q12. What is the name of the Indian Railways' mascot?
Correct answer : 1
Q13. "Torino Scale" is used for measuring the .....
Correct answer : 2
Q14. "Jules Rimet Trophy" is associated with
Correct answer : 4
Q15. From which port did the Titanic begin its ill fated maiden voyage in 1912?
Correct answer : 2
Q16. In Hindu mythology what is the fifth avatar of Lord Vishnu?
Correct answer : 4
Q17. The fictional detective character Sherlock Homes first appears in which novel
Correct answer : 1
Q18. The first film to get the inaugural Academy Award for Best Picture is ..........
Correct answer : 2
Q19. Who is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at any Asian Games?
Correct answer : 3
Q20. Capital of Benin is..............
Correct answer : 1
Q21. Born in Almora, which Briton in 1902 became the first India born person to win a Nobel Prize?
Correct answer : 1
Q22. "Peter Parker" is the alter ego of which fictionala superhero?
Correct answer : 4
Q23. What was the code name of the operation involving the air dropping of Indian armed forces in Maldives in 1988 to foil a coup?
Correct answer : 4
Q24. What did Russia's Czar Nicholas I's remark "Sickman of Europe" refer to?
Correct answer : 2
Q25. What letters are used to denote civil registration of Indian Aircraft?
Correct answer : 4
Q26. Which Indian cricket player, who played cricket in England, is considered as the inventor of "leg glance" stroke?
Correct answer : 3
Q27. Which is the world's oldest museum still open to the public?
Correct answer : 2
Q28. From which Indian ruler did the British acquire the "Kohinoor Diamond"?
Correct answer : 2
Q29. Who is the current king of Norway?
Correct answer : 1
Q30. Which among the following is India's indigenously developed pilotless target aircraft?
Correct answer : 3
Q31. In which year did the Suez Canal open to shipping?
Correct answer : 2
Q32. Who invented the hovercraft?
Correct answer : 2
Q33. Who designed the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican?
Correct answer : 2
Q34. Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital city of which country?
Correct answer : 1
Q35. The Baghlighar Dam in Jammu & Kashmir is built on which river?
Correct answer : 3
Q36. Who painted "The Persistence of Memory"?
Correct answer : 1
Q37. Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize for his work in which field?
Correct answer : 4
Q38. The world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, was introduced in which year?
Correct answer : 2
Q39. What was the birth name of Swami Vivekananda?
Correct answer : 1
Q40. In which European country is the world's longest road tunnel?
Correct answer : 2
Q41. Which of the religions mentioned is not recognized by Iran's constitution?
Correct answer : 1
Q42. What is the name for the Japanese Legislative Assembly?
Correct answer : 4
Q43. The name of which fort comes from the Telugu words for 'Shepherd's Hill"?
Correct answer : 2
Q44. Which famous ruler used a sword named "Bhavani"?
Correct answer : 3
Q45. To date, who is the youngest author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Correct answer : 2
Q46. In 1926, Which Indian Academician/Politician represented the University of Calcutta at the Congress of the Universities of the British Empire?
Correct answer : 1
Q47. What did the writer Rudyar Kipling describe as ' a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world "?
Correct answer : 3
Q48. In which Shakespearean play would you come across the characters Petruchio and Katherine?
Correct answer : 3
Q49. "Conraua Goliath" is the largest species of which animal?
Correct answer : 2
Q50. In Hindu mythology which sage gave up his life so that the Devas could use his bones to make a weapon for Lord Indra?