The distance between planets was calculated by Copernicus using Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion. According to Kepler’s Law of Motion, the square of the time period of the revolution of a planet around the sun is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.

World Heritage Day, also known as the international day for monuments, is observed on April 18.

World Health Day is observed on April 7.

World Haemophilia Day is observed on April 17. Haemophilia is a genetic blood disorder in which blood does not clot properly.

Civil Services Day is observed on April 21.

The first credit card, issued in 1950, was Diner’s Club. Frank X. McNamara started the company with 200 card holders.

The 1st personal computer, the Apple II, went on sale in 1977.

The first product to have a UPC bar code on its packaging was Wrigley’s gum.

VHS stands for Video Home System.

Hungarian brothers George and L”szlo Biro invented the ball point pen in 1938.

1. Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic superhero?

The Flash

2. In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first time?

Mercedes

3. Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian state?

Queensland

4. In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battle?

Ragnarok

5. In 1890 the first electric what opened in London?

Underground railway

6. Who wrote the children’s novel Swallows and Amazons?

Arthur Ransom

7.  Oil seed rape belongs to which plant family?

Mustard

8. Which Norwegian politicians name became a word for traitor?

Vidkun Quisling

9. What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons navy?

Square Thus Square meal

10. How many rings on the Olympic flag?

Five

11. Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977?

Amnesty International

12. Whose autobiography was The long walk to Freedom?

Nelson Mandela

13. What was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter?

Tutankamen tomb

14. Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930?

Pluto

15. Who won the women’s heptathlon at Seoul in 1988?

Jackie Joyner-Kersey

16. Who wrote Northanger Abbey?

Jayne Austin

17. Who ran through the streets naked crying Eureka?

Archimedes

18. Who composed the Brandeberg concertos full names?

Johan Sebastian Bach

19. Who won the World Series in 1987 ?

Minnesota twins

20. What is the correct term of address to the Pope?
Your Holiness

1. What is the capitol of Morocco?

Rabat

2. If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong?
Nose bleed

3. In which book would you find the manservant Pas Partout?

Around the world in 80 days

4. What animals name translates as water horse?
Hippopotamus

5. In Greek mythology who killed the Gorgon?
Perseus

6. Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter?
Tin and Lead

7. in 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first what?
Kodak 1 – hand held roll film cam

8. What links – Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and Decartes?
Philosophers

9. in 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what?
Barometer

10. Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16?
Pablo Picasso

11. Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settle?

Pitcairn Islands

12. What is the longest river in Italy?
Po
13. What does a polyandric women have more than one of?

Husband

14. What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and Angola?

Colonies of Portugal

15. What is the American equivalent of the Irish Poteen?

Moonshine

16. Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles son Pyrrhus?

Priam
17. In 1911 Hiram Bingham discovered what lost city?

Machu Picchu

18. Who won the Superbowl in 1989?

San Francisco 49 ers

19. Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby Dick?

Herman Melville

20. Which highwayman rode the horse Black Bess?

Dick Turpin

Q.1   Between 1192 AD to 1857 AD,who was the only Hindu ruler to ascend the throne of Delhi ?

a) Hemu Vikramaditya
b) Harshavardhana
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Ans: Hemu Vikramaditya

Q.2   In 1893,who revived Ganesh Chaturthi annual festival in the form of a public festival and gave it a distinct political face ?

a) Jyotirao Phule
b) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q.3   Which ruler of ancient India embraced Jainism and spent his last days at Shravanabelagola in Karnataka ?

a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
c) Gautamiputra Satakarni
d) Harshavardhana

Ans: Chandragupta Maurya

Q.4   White bud of maize is caused due to deficiency of

a) N
b) Zn
c) Cu
d) Mn

Ans: Zn

Q.5   An atom bomb is based on the principle of

a) nuclear fission
b) nuclear fusion
c) nuclear spallation
d) none of these

Ans: nuclear fission

Q.6   The term ‘Siamese Twins’ is used for

a) twins in which there is one male and one female
b) twins in which both are females
c) twins suffering from a common disease of siam
d) twins physically attached to each other

Ans: twins physically attached to each other

Q.7   Vitamin which promotes wound healing is

a) Vitamin B
b) Vitamin C
c) Vitamin A
d) Vitamin D
Ans: Vitamin A
Q.8   Bauxite is an ore of
a) Aluminium
b) Boron
c) Lead
d) Silver

Ans: Aluminium

Q.9   Electron-volt is the unit for
a) energy
b) charge of electron
c) potential difference
d) power

Ans: energy

Q.10   Every solar eclipse takes place on

a) full moon only
b) new moon only
c) both and
d) neither nor

Ans: new moon only

Q.11   Who invented the term ‘Sprung rhythm’ ?

a) Hopkins
b) Tennyson
c) Browning
d) Wordsworth

Ans: Hopkins

Q.12   Among the following which fruit is a rich source of iron ?

a) Jamun
b) Karonda
c) Loquat
d) Guava

Ans: Jamun

Q.13   Titan is the largest moon or satellite of
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn

Ans: Saturn

Q.14   Which Indian freedom fighter and educationist founded the Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan,an educational trust,in Mumbai on 7 November 1938 ?
a) K.M. Munshi
b) Madan Mohan Malaviya
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Dhondo Keshav Karve
Ans: K.M. Munshi

Q.15   In ancient times,which city was known as `Pragjyotishpur` ?

a) Patna (Bihar)
b) Ujjain (M.P.)
c) Kannauj (U.P.)
d) Guwahati (Assam)

Ans: Guwahati (Assam)

Q.16   Who won the prestigious 2010 Corporate Hotelier of the year award?

a) P.R.S. Oberoi (East India Hotels)
b) Taj hotel
c) Centaur Hotel
d) The Leela Palace

Ans: P.R.S. Oberoi (East India Hotels)

Q.17   Who is the President of Janata Party

a) Dr Subramanian Swamy
b) Deve Gowda
c) Lalu Prasad Yadav
d) Lal Krishna Advani

Ans: Dr Subramanian Swamy

Q.18   Kavaratti is the capital of?

a) Uttaranchal
b) Sikkim
c) Lakshadweep
d) Manipuri

Ans: Lakshadweep

Q.19   Who won the Lata Mangeshkar award for 2009-10? (given by Madhya Pradesh Government)

a) Anuradha Paudwal
b) Udit Narayan
c) Kumar Sanu
d) Sadhana Sargam

Ans: Anuradha Paudwal

Q.20   Aranmula Kannadi is a GI protected tag of Kerala. It is a ________?

a) Sweet
b) Handicraft
c) Plantation Product
d) Soft Drink

Ans: Handicraft

Q.21   The Poorna Swaraj Resolution adopted at the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress was moved by—

a) B. G. Tilak
b) J. L. Nehru
c) M. K. Gandhi
d) Sardar Patel

Ans: J. L. Nehru

Q.22   Which Sultan of Delhi brought Ashoka’s Pillar to Delhi ?

a) Firozshah Tughlaq
b) Jalaluddin Khilji
c) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Ans: Firozshah Tughlaq

Q.23   The first society founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy was—

a) Brahma Samaj
b) Atmiya Sabha
c) Brahma Sabha
d) Tatvabodhini Sabha

Ans: Atmiya Sabha

Q.24   The Sarnath Buddha image of Bhumisparshmudra belongs to—

a) Mauryan period
b) Sunga period
c) Kushana period
d) Gupta period
Ans: Kushana period

Q.25   Who among the following medieval scholars/writers belonged to the Jain religion ?

a) Maladhar Vasu
b) Hemchandra Suri
c) Parthasarthi
d) Saayan

Ans: Hemchandra Suri

1. Dr F Lanchester invented what motor safety aid in 1902?

Disc Brakes

2. Halophobia fear of what?

Speaking

3. Arthur Jefferson better known as who?

Stan Laurel

4. Why is the city La Paz in Bolivia safe from fire?

To high – Not enough air to burn

5. What is the national drink of Yugoslavia?

Slivovitz

6. Agnes the girls name means what?

Chaste

7. What were the wicks in the Vestal Virgins lamps made from?

Asbestos

8. Who is the Patron Saint of France?

St Denis

9. What are you supposed to give/get for 40 years of marriage?

Ruby

10. What is the Roman Numeral for 1000?

M

11. Who was the first man in space?

Yuri Gagarin
12. What would you do with a Yashmak?

Wear it – it’s an Arab veil
13. Who betrayed Jesus to the Romans?

Judas Escariot
14. Who’s band was The Quarrymen?

John Lenon
15. Which was the most successful Grand National horse?

Red Rum
16. Who starred as the Six Million Dollar Man?

Lee Majors
17. In the song Waltzing Matilda – What is a Jumbuck?

Sheep
18. Who was Dan Dare’s greatest enemy in the Eagle?

Mekon
19. What is Dick Grayson better known as?

Robin (Batman and Robin)
20. What was given on the fourth day of Christmas?

Calling birds
21. What was Skippy ( on TV )?

The bush kangaroo
22. What does a funambulist do?

Tightrope walker
23. What is the name of Dennis the Menace’s dog?

Gnasher
24. What are bactrians and dromedaries?

Camels (one hump or two)
25. Who played The Fugitive?

David Jason
26. Who was the King of Swing?

Benny Goodman
27. Who was the first man to fly across the channel?

Louis Bleriot
28. Who starred as Rocky Balboa?

Sylvester Stallone
29. In which war was the charge of the Light Brigade?

Crimean
30. Who invented the television?

John Logie Baird
31. Who would use a mashie niblick?

Golfer
32. In the song who killed Cock Robin?

Sparrow
33. What do deciduous trees do?

Lose their leaves in winter

34. In golf what name is given to the No 3 wood?

Spoon

35. If you has caries who would you consult?

Dentist – its tooth decay

36. What other name is Mellor’s famously known by?

Lady Chatterlys Lover
37. What did Jack Horner pull from his pie?

Plum

38. How many feet in a fathom?

Six
39. which film had song Springtime for Hitler?

The Producers
40. Name the legless fighter pilot of ww2?

Douglas Bader
41. What was the name of inn in Treasure Island?

Admiral Benbow
42. What was Erich Weiss better known as?

Harry Houdini
43. Who sailed in the Nina – Pinta and Santa Maria?

Christopher Columbus
44. Which leader died in St Helena?

Napoleon Bonaparte
45. Who wrote Gone with the Wind?

Margaret Mitchell
46. What does ring a ring a roses refer to?

The Black Death
47. Whose nose grew when he told a lie?

Pinocchio
48. Who has won the most Oscars?

Walt Disney
49. What would a Scotsman do with a spurtle?

Eat porridge (it’s a spoon)
50. Which award has the words for valour on it?

Victoria Cross

1. Who led a military campaign with 1000 men all wearing red shirts, leading to the unification of Italy?

a) Benito Mussolini
b) Oliver Cromwell
c) Giuseppe Garibaldi
d) Otto Von Bismarck

2. Who among the following American Presidents was assassinated in 1963?

a) Eisenhower
b) John F Kennedy
c) Harry Truman
d) Roosevelt

3. Who made it to the Guinness Book of World records by delivering eight hour long non stop speech in the UN General Assembly?

a) AB Vajpayee
b) VK Krishna Menon
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) KPS Menon

4. Who among the following is known as the Iron Man of India?

a) Bhagat Singh
b) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Subash Chandra Bose

5. This South American revolutionary is known as the Liberator for his efforts that put an end to the Spanish colonial rule in South America. Who is he?

a) Fidel Castro
b) Carl Marx
c) Simon Bolivar
d) Che Guevara

6. Which Soviet Union leader is associated with ‘Glasnost’ and ‘Perestroika’?

a) Mikhail Gorbachev
b) Boris Yeltsin
c) Vladimir Putin
d) Nikita Khrushchev

7. Who is the inventor of telegraphic code?

a) Alexander Graham Bell
b) Albert Einstein
c) Samuel Morse
d) JL Baird

8. Who among the following was the first woman President of the UN General Assembly?

a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pundit
d) Sucheta Kripalani

9. Who is the first space traveler?

a) Neil Armstrong
b) Edwin Aldrin
c) Yuri Gagarin
d) Rakesh Sharma

10. Who was the first winner of Bharat Ratna?

a) Dr S Radhakrishnan
b) R Rajendra Prasad
c) C Rajagopalachari
d) BR Ambedkar

11. Who among the following was offered the President ship of Israel but refused to accept it?

a) Ariel Sharon
b) Albert Einstein
c) Bill gates
d) Kofi Annan

12. Who was the Swiss business man who founded the Red Cross?

a) Paul Harris
b) Jean Henri Dunant
c) Michael Crichten
d) George Gallop

13. Who was the first Indian woman to be crowned as ‘Miss World’?

a) Aishwarya Rai
b) Sushmita Sen
c) Rita Faria
d) Yukta Mukhi

14. Who among the following Indians has won the Nobel Prize for economics?

a) CV Raman
b) Amartya Sen
c) MS Swaninathan
d) Har Gobind Khorana

15. Who among the following Presidents of America has won the Nobel Peace Prize?

a) John F Kennedy
b) George Washington
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Theodore Roosevelt

Answers

1. Giuseppe Garibaldi
2. John F Kennedy
3. VK Krishna Menon
4. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
5. Simon Bolivar
6. Mikhail Gorbachev
7. Samuel Morse
8. Vijaya Lakshmi Pundit
9. Yuri Gagarin
10. C Rajagopalachari
11. Albert Einstein
12. Jean Henri Dunant
13. Rita Faria
14. Amartya Sen
15. Theodore Roosevelt

Q.    Who propounded the Saptanga Theory?
1    Manu
2    Charaka
3    Kautilya
4    Tulsidas
Ans: 3
Q.    Which one of the following is the example of sedimentary rocks?
1    Loess
2    Basalt
3    Granite
4    Gabbro
Ans: 1
Q.    The enzyme that is present in the saliva of man is
1    Pepsin
2    Renin
3    Amylase
4    Trypsin
Ans: 3
Q.    The book “Truth, Love and A Little Malice” is written by
1    Tarun Tejpal
2    Vikram Seth
3    Khushwant Singh
4    Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Ans: 3
Q.    In which year were the Indian States reorganised on the linguistic basis?
1    1947
2    1951
3    1956
4    1966
Ans: 3
Q.    Which of the following is not a tool of legislative control over administration in india?
1    Dissoluton of House
2    Resolutions
3    Questions
4    No confidence Motion
Ans: 1
Q.    With which of the following books is Hobbes associated?
1    Lectures on Jurisprudence
2    Social Contract
3    Republic
4    Leviathan
Ans: 4
Q.    Where is the Wanderers Test Cricket ground located ?
1    Colombo
2    Melbourne
3    Auckland
4    Johannesburg
Ans: 4
Q.    Which one of the following is responsible for blue baby syndrome?
1    Fluoride
2    Nitrate
3    Arsenic
4    Lead
Ans: 2
Q.    Which one of the following is the largest satellite in Solar System?
1    Titan
2    Ganymede
3    Europa
4    Triton
Ans: 2