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Q1. Which country has a national anthem with just 32 characters?
Correct answer : 2
Q2. In Pole Vault, how many attempts can an athlete have at each height - for that matter all the field events like shot put, discuss throw, javelin, and so on?
Correct answer : 3
Q3. Thomas Alva Edison gave us the term "Hello" for telephone users. What was the earlier term used over telephone as suggested by Alexander Graham Bell?
Correct answer : 3
Q4. What was the earlier name of Tahrir Square of Cairo, Egypt, which was in the news in 2011?
Correct answer : 2
Q5. What is the function of 'nipples' in a bicycle?
Correct answer : 3
Q6. After which bird is a score of 'three under par' in golf is named?
Correct answer : 3
Q7. World's most nuclear disaster occurred at Chernobyl in 1996 on which date?
Correct answer : 1
Q8. The term popping crease is associated with which sports?
Correct answer : 3
Q9. Capital of Republic of Sudan is........
Correct answer : 2
Q10. In which year were the first Pulitzer prizes handed out?
Correct answer : 1
Q11. When was the Federation Internationale de Football (FIFA) founded?
Correct answer : 4
Q12. Who is the first Indian woman to fly a jet as a commercial pilot in 1951?
Correct answer : 2
Q13. In which year did Arthur Heineman open the first motel of the world - "Motel Inn" of San Luis Obispo, California?
Correct answer : 2
Q14. Who invented the "Snickometer" which is used to detect a fine noise or snick has occurred between bat and ball in cricket?
Correct answer : 2
Q15. What product did the first coin operated vending machine dispense?
Correct answer : 2
Q16. Who is the first bowler to take a hattrick in a world cup?
Correct answer : 4
Q17. "Jesurs, the son of Mary said - "the world is a bridge, pass over it but build no house upon it; who hopes for an hour, may hope for eternity. The world endures but an hour, spend it in prayer, for the rest is unseen"". These Christianity words are inscribed on an important Islamic structure under the instructions of a famous Mughal emperor. What is the name of the structure and emperor?
Correct answer : 2
Q18. Rock Garden in Chandigarh is a famous tourist spot created by Nek Chand Saini. How did he name it earlier?
Correct answer : 1
Q19. What is the name for the blank page at the beginning and end of a printed book?
Correct answer : 3
Q20. The "Masskara Festival" of Philippines is dedicated to which of the following traits?
Correct answer : 2
Q21. "Numismatics" is the study of....
Correct answer : 1
Q22. January 28, 1986 and 1st February 2003 are tragic days. Connect them to the following events?
Correct answer : 4
Q23. "Columbia" the first space shuttle by USA was launched in......
Correct answer : 2
Q24. Vostok 1 was the first spacecraft to take a human into space. What does "Vostok"in Russian mean?
Correct answer : 3
Q25. "Taikonaut" is a term associated with which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q26. Which Indian cricketer, playing at Edgbaston, hit the ball out of the ground and into the river Rea and thus into the next county.?
Correct answer : 2
Q27. What is the name of the B 29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Correct answer : 4
Q28. Who is the first bowler to take five wicket in world cup history?
Correct answer : 4
Q29. July 2011 had 5 fridays, 5 saturdays and 5 sundays. Such an occurrence happens once in ....... Years.
Correct answer : 2
Q30. Nitish Kumar at 16 years 283 days became the youngest player ever to play in a world cup cricket ODI. To which country he played for?
Correct answer : 2
Q31. Who is the first cricket player to take 5 wickets and also to score 50+ runs in a world cup ODI?
Correct answer : 3
Q32. Kevin O'Brien is the fastest century maker in a world cup match - 100 of 50 balls. To which country he played for?
Correct answer : 1
Q33. Which is the longest movie ever made?
Correct answer : 4
Q34. Who was the first President of Board of Control for Cricket in India?
Correct answer : 2
Q35. When did the first documented Olympics games take place?
Correct answer : 3
Q36. The earliest known world map was created by the ....
Correct answer : 1
Q37. What does an 'epigraphist' study?
Correct answer : 2
Q38. If Apple makes iPad, who makes Zoom?
Correct answer : 3
Q39. Sir George Williams founded which of the following?
Correct answer : 4
Q40. Which of the following inventions was patented first?
Correct answer : 2
Q41. In which year was the first one day international cricket match played?
Correct answer : 2
Q42. Who made the first commercially successful ball point pen?
Correct answer : 2
Q43. Which medieval ruler of India is credited with the building of India's Grand Trunk Road?
Correct answer : 1
Q44. Clean, Jerk and Snatch are terms used in which sport?
Correct answer : 3
Q45. Which sportsman is nicknamed the "Dennis the Menace"?
Correct answer : 4
Q46. Who laid out the first Mughal Garden in India?
Correct answer : 1
Q47. Who is the first wicket taker in a world cup match ?
Correct answer : 2
Q48. Which country's currency is named after its National Bird?
Correct answer : 3
Q49. What is the name given to a very large Champagne bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of champagne?