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The Oldest Capital In The World Damascus (Syria)

High juice taking country Canada
When was launched Chandrayaan-1 22nd October 2008
Who build the Red Fort in Delhi? Shahjahan
When established the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) 2nd Octber 1974
Satyam is taken over by: Tech Mahindra
Sun Microsystem was taken over by oracle
which IPL team consists of players from all the test playing nations
MUMBAI INDIANS
(Excluding Zimbabwe)
What is the FULL FORM of NDTV New Delhi Television
which team crossed 200 runs in the IPL-2 Rajasthan Royals
who get the NASSCOM global leadership award for 2008? ratan tata
the longest river in the world nile
largest mammal blue whale
thet all have water and sand you
What does all beaches have in common?
hahaha
how many capitals does china have? Three!!!!
fastest jet plane? SR71 black bird.
how much rund did ab de villeirs score in the match of 23 april 2009 in the second Ab de villeis-105 Dilshan
season of indian premier league and how much did t dilshan score? 50
Who has written the book Holes? LOUIS SACHER
Which is the most famous actress in india? Priyanaka Chopra
Who is wicker keeper of Chennai super kings? of course yaar apna dhon
where is statue of libert? New York
Who is captain of deccan chargers? Adam gilchrist
fastest jet plane? SR71 black bird.
smallest breed of dog? chivava
tallest breed of dog? greatdane.
fastest land animal? cheetah
tallest building? Taipei one o one.
What is the shortest word which uses letters A, B, C, D, E and F? feedback
HongKong Shanghai Ban
expand HSBC
Corporation
capital of sikkim gangtok
Who is the Governor of Meghalaya? R.S. Mooshahary
When Tata Nano Launch 23rd March 2009
Expand WTO World Trade Organisatio
General Aggrement On
Expand GATT
Trade and Tariff
Five Permenate Countries OF UNO America,Britain,China,France&Russia

Expand TRIMs Trade Related Investment Measures
Expand UTI Unit Trust Of India
Expand RBI Reserve Bank Of India
Expand SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank Of Indi
Expand UNO United Nations Organations
Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi
how mani stiars comes when you enter in the fatehpur seekri
52
fort
Which is the animal having two ivoris and a trunk the elephant
which animal has the largest eye of all giant squird
What are twins cakked when they are joined together at same
sianese twins
part of body
the machine gun was invented by richard gatking
who is the father of english poetry geoffery chaucer
which gland produce tears lacrimal
which city in india is situated for its snakepal chennai
where the international olymipic commitrr headquarter situated lausanna, switharland
what is avarage length of ocean 3800m
What is the star which near to us apart from Sun Alpha Centauri
Ntional Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Expand NABARD
Development
Expand IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India
President Of India Prathiba Patil

The monsester of tamilnadu Koiambuture
which is the capital of tamilnadu chennai
What is the full mean of the PMKN Pathakamuri Muddukrishna Naidu
What is the name of Mumbai Blast operation? Black Tarnado
isro head office which place banglore
A Keralite ,Academy Award nominated "Slumdog Millio
whos is Mr.Resul Pookutty
sound designer and mixer
Full-form of BPL British Physical Laboratory
what is the full form of AMUL Anand Milk Union Limited
Who are the writers(scriptwriters) of movie
Simon Beaufoy & Vikas Swarup
"Slumdog Millionaire"
becil brocasting engneering coporation India limited
bhel? bharath heavy electrical limited
what is the boling point of water? 100 degree cen
wat is game go
Who is the first Indian Musician to bag the
A R Rehman
Golden Globe award
HR8799 New solar planet system
Forbes life time Achievement Awards 2008 Lakshmi Mittal
Company of year in Economic Time Excellene
Tata Steel
Awards 2007-2008
MISS world 2008 Ksenya Sukhinova
MISS world 2008 Ksenya Sukhinova
NAG Anti tank missile
Haryana declare year 2009 as Year of Farmer
fifa footballer of 2008 Ronaldo
Malraria spread due to Plasmodium
Uva Yojana scheme by Bank of maharashtra
IT & communication Revoiution by Rajiv gandhi
Green Revolution by Indira Gandhi
Whats india ranks in Global Gender Gap Index Report 2008 113th
Rider of year 2008 Alberto Contador
deshikottama Award to kind of bhutan (jigme singye
Crystal Awards 2009 to Malika sarabai
who win Euro 2008 Football cup Spain
Kuno zoo is at madha pradesh
how many votes did Obama got to become president 364 votes
2006 Jnanpith Award bags to Ravindra Kelekar & Sankrit
2005 Jnanpith Award bags to kunwar Narain
2004 Jnanpith Award bags to Rahman rahi
How many tiger reserve are in india 28
what is the full form of ADIDAS All Day I Dream Sports
what is the full form of ADIDAS All Day I Dream Sports

LBW is related to ? Cricket
WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF CBSE VINEET JOSHI
Who was the brand ambassador of Accenture? Tiger Woods
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which film actor recently entered into politics in andhra pradesh . MEGASTAR CHIRANJEEVI
Capital of India New Delhi
Who is the father of History Herodotus
WHICH IS THE LARGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE WORLD ALPAS
Which 2 test player scored 100 among the all test cricket playing countries Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendu
What is my name? My name is computer
What is my name? My name is computer
WHO IS OUR PRIME MINISTER MON MOHAN SINGH
which film punch line is come fall in love? dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge
what was the first avatar of lord vishnu ? Matsya avatar
where is the disney land located ? californa,USA
who got bharat ratna award 2008? bhimsen joshi
How many legs does a butterfly have? Six
Which is the nearest star? Sun
which is the first indian national park corbett national park un uttara
which is the first indian national park corbett national park un uttaranchal
how much run did saurav ganguly scored in his last innings of his
0
test career?
how much run did saurav ganguly scored in his last innings of his
0
test career?
newcnew;cnew’cnew What is that?
who discovered bacteria? leeuenhoek.
HONKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKI
HSBC
CORPORATION
Who discovered chocolate? Daniel Craig
best chat site?? orkut
what is the height of khali??? 7 feet 3 inches
Who has the credit of scoring highest runs in a single ODI?? Saeed Anwar(194) pakistan team
Expand HSBC Hong Kong and Shangai Banking Corpo
WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF SARS? SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY
SYNDROME
Bhilai Steel Plant located at Bhilai(Chaatisgarh) is installed with
Sangameswara Rao
the help of which country
where is the famous Rock Garden Sutaiated ? Chhandigarh.
What was the capital of India, before New Delhi ? Vanastalipuram
Gandhi baga sarojinee naidu ni dengi sta
first lady governor of state in india
governer chesadu
spider has how many legs 8
which travels feaster-light or sound ? light waves
Name the youngest president of USA. Theodore Roosevelt
Actor Saif ali khan is the son of which famous cricketer? Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
In which state is Krishna Raja Sagar dam situated? Karnataka
Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug
South Korea
15th?
What is the expansion of YAHOO? Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Ora
Who gave Mickey Mouse to the world? SIR.Walt Disney
Where is the INSAT master control facility? Hassan(Karnataka)
which is the only aquatic mammal? Blue Whale
Which is the longest national highway in india? NH-7 Kanyakumari-Varanasi
The oldest capital in the world Damascus (siriya)
The Textile City in India Bhilwara (Rajasthan)
How much teeth of Dog 36
How many legs of betterfly. 6 legs
IN which year was charlie chaplin born??????? 1889
What was the name given to the atom bomb which was dropped on
LITTLE BOY
hiroshima???????
first governer general of independant india? Lord Louis Mountbatten
srirangapatna(mandya district) launched
where was the worlds first missle launched?????
Tippu Sultan in 1782
where is the world’s tallest monolith??? shravanabelagola(hassan district) karna
Who is the famous musician who played his instrument in a concert BHARAT RATNA
at red fort 0n 15th aug 1947 and as well as 15 aug 1997???? USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN
Tip of India Cape Comorin
Who is the Attorney General of India? Mr.Milon Kumar Bannerjee
AAEI--? All Are Eaten Illa.

Wat coms aftar inglis letar X da karect ansar:Y
Wat coms aftar 10 Ans:11
What is the full form of NRHM National Rural Health Mission
Who scored the maximum number of centuries is limited over cricket
Sachin
(one day cricket)?
Only a mammel who can’t jump? Elephant
Who is the fastest man on land? Usain Bolt of Jamaica!!!!!!!!!
what is the oldest son of ravana indrajeet
Who is the Chief Minister of Karnataka? B.S.Yadyurappa
Who is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh? Y.S.Rajasekhar Reddy
how many istricts are there in u.s.a 50
CEO of APPLE? Steve Jobs
in military terminology ’0’ refers to? expected time to attact.
Full Name of Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul K
full form of ndtv? new delhi television
DR DUVVURI SUBBARAO he was
WHO IS THE NEW GOVERNOR OF RBI?
earlier finance secretary .....
INDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED AGNI III IN THE SURFACE TO SURFACE
MONTH OF MAY 2008. WHICH TYPE OF MISSILE BELONGS INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLIS
TO AGNI III - MISSILE
.INDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED AGNI III IN THE - SURFACE TO SURFACE
MONTH OF MAY 2008. WHICH TYPE OF MISSILE BELONGS INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLIS
TO AGNI III - MISSILE
No. of persons playing in polo? 4(four)
who is first president(woman)? subhaataryn yanjmaa(argentina) as post presiden
Which country is the richest in terms of Highest income per
Switzerland, $21000.
capita?
Which is the longest highway in the world? Trans-Canada
Who wrote the famous book ’’unaccustomed earth’’? Jhumpa Lahri
who is the winner of US Tennis Open Tournament, 2008 Roger Federer (Switzerland)
who is the winner of US Tennis Open Tournament, 2008 Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Who was the political guru of Netaji C.R.Das
Abhinav Bindra is famous in which sport Shooting
Which is the highest gravity dam in the world Bhakra Dam in India
The country which gave first slogans of liberty, euality and
France
fraternity was
WHO IS THE INDIAN TO GET THE HIGHEST SHRI BIJAYANANDA PATANIK( BIJUPATN
CIVILIAN AWARD (BHUMIPUTRA) OF INDONESIA? FORMOR CHIEF MINISTER OF ORISSA
Lake city in India? Udaypur
What is expansion of "ICICI ?" Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of
The authour of wings of fire Dr. Abdul kalam
Who is frist batsman cross the 10000 runs in Test&ODI
Sachin Tendulkar
matches?
Who is frist Lady Driver in India? Vasantha kumari
The Length of English channel ? 564 K.M
THE BIGGEST DELTA IN THE WORLD? GANGAS DELTA

who is the second cricket player to get bharat khel ratna
M.S Dhoni
award other than sachin tendulkar?
who got the higest civilian award of france recently MR.NarayanaMurthy(infosys)
which is known as king of chemicals? sulphuric acid
ISRO successfully conducted a rocket test using cryogenic
engines in the year 2007. Where is the test stand used for Mahendragiri
the purpose located?
How many High Courts in India have jurisdiction over more
3
than one State (Union Territories not included)?
What is the pH level of blood of a normal person? 7.35-7.45
rocket works on neuton third law
dandi march held on 1930
who is the "FATHER OF TAXONOMY"? Carolus Linnaeus
Who is considered as the father of Geography? Ptolomy
In which year Chinese revolt begun? 1911
In which year Magna carta signed? 1215
French revolution began in which year? 1789
Who is the founder of BRAHMA SAMAJ? RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY
Who is the father of history? Herodotus
Which State haw own LAW Jammu & Kashmir
who is the founder of Paper ? China
At which time Gandhi ji help the British Government? First World War
How many rings in Olympic symbol? 5 Rings
founder of zero aryabhatta
Who is the First prime minister of India Pt. Jawahar Lal Ne
who is the first chief minister of karnataka K.C. Reddy
In which language ’Hortus Malabaricus’ was orginated compiled ? Latin
George Orwell was born in ? India
The Athens Olympics has beeen the _____________ edition of the modern Olympics 28th
which country is leading producer of mica india
First lady prime minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi
First Kannadiga to get honoured with "Bharat Ratna" Sir M V Vishveshw
First person to get honoured with Dada Phalke award in Karnataka Dr. Rajkumar
Tip of India Kanyakumari
Which language got highest "Gnana Peeta Award" - Literature Kannada - 7 awards
Highest rainfall in karnataka Agumbe
Who best test engineer in the world? Sangam
Garden city and Silicon city of India Bangalore
Capital city of Karnataka Bangalore
Rice bowl of India Andhra Pradesh
Which is the smallest bird of the world ? Male Humming Bird

how many teeth are in a moskito 47
France’s new president? Nicolas Sarkozy
Who wrote "Wings of Fire"? APJ Abdul Kalam
ASAP.....? Aboriginal Support Assistance Program
White house? Official residence of American president.
White fort? Official residence of Yugoslavian President.
White Coal? Hydro-electricity.
White Gold? Cotton
Great White Way? Broadway.
White Mountain? Mauna-kea.
White Russia? Bellarus
White man’s grave? Guinea Coast.
White plague? Tuberculosis
White continent? Antartica
White city in India? Udaypur
White city? Belgrade
IUCN ? International Union for the Conservation of Nature & nat
resources
Pravasi bharathi Day or overseas day ? January 9
Which is the first nation to give women the right
New Zeland
to vote?
Earth Day? April 22

Who is known as the father of Economics? Adam Smith.
"IC" chips for computers are usually made of ? Silicon
"Hydro Power" is the term used for electricity produced through? Water.
The power of an ordinary torch cell is? 1.5volt
In a Doctor’s stethescope the sound is intensified because of? Reflection of sound.
THE REVERBERATION OF SOUND IN A HALL RESULT
REFLECTION
DUE TO CONTINUED?
The scientific study of currency and its history in all its varied
Numismatics
forms known as ?
ACPC-? Asian Council For Peoples Culture
Arab Community Center For Economic
ACCESS--?
Social Services
ACAS------? Asian Community Aids Services
ABCC----? Australian British Chamber of Commerc
ABBA----? Aid Babies Battling Aids
AAWWTP----? Ann Arbor Waste Water Treatment Plan
AASD---? Assistance For Aids Specific Drugs
AAHC--? African American Heritage Committee
AAFE---? Asian Americans For Equality
AAFA---? African American Firefighters Associati
AA-- ? Asian Avenue
AAAG ---? African American Advisory Group
AACOC--? Alliance Area Chamber of Commerce
AAEI--? Automobile Association Of Eastern India
AACSC --? Afro American Community Service Center
Present Governer of Kerala ? R. L. Bhatia
First Governor of Kerala ? Ramakrishna Rao
Who is the 20 Chief Minister of Kerala ? V.S. Achuthanandan
E. M. S. Namboodiripad (Elamkulam Manakk
First Elected Chief Minister of Kerala?
Sankaran Namboodiripad)
International Airports in Kerala? Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, and Kozhikodu
In test cricket, which cricketer bagged maximum number of
Muhammad Yusaf
runs and centuries in a calender year?
How many teams are participating in 2007 World Cup
16
Cricket?
Which cricketer bagged ICC’s 2006 Gari Sobbers Award? Ricky Ponting (Australia)
World’s first heart transplantation was happend in? South Africa (in 1967)
----- in humen body does not affect by cancer? Heart
Pulse rate of a normal man? 72/minute
Normal pressure range? 120/80 mm Hg
Number of borns in the body of a newly borned baby? more than 300
The NAM summit 2006 was held at ? Havana
The Indian Contract Act came into force on: 1 st Sep. 1872
The Nobel Prizes are awarded at formal ceremonies held
December 10
annually on --- (Date)?
First Nobel Prize awarded in? 1901
By which Scientist’s name Nobel prizes are given? Alfred Nobel (Sweden)
physics, chemistry, literature, p
The Nobel Prizes are awards in :
and physiology or medicine.
Who discovered the cause of malaria? Ronald Ross
From which plant is morphine obtained? Opium Poppy
What is an aardvark? An ant-eating animal
A cluster of fixed stars in the he
What is constellation?
like Great Bear, Orion.
What is herpetology? Study of reptiles
Memorial of Veera Pazhassi Raja situated in ? Mananthavady, Wayanad.
Which King is known as the "Lion of Kerala" ? Veera Pazhassi Raja
Who was the Pakistan Cricket Team Coach who died recently? Bob Woolmer
Who built the Agra Fort? Akbar
Who was the founder of Sikhism? Guru Nanak
Who was the last ruler of the Mughal dynasty? Bahadur Shah Zafar
Who was the first President of India? Dr. Rajendra Prasad
In whose memory was the Taj Mahal built? Mumtaz Mahal
Who was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism? Vardhamana Mahavir
When did Jawaharlal Nehru die? 27th May 1964
I was born in Russia. I was the President of Soviet Union. I was succeeded
Mikhail Gorbachev
by Boris Yelstin. Who am I?
I was born in Illinois, United States of America. I was the 40th President.
Before becoming the President, I was the Governor of California. Who am Ronald Reagan
I?
The seeds of coniferous trees are contained in the _______. cones
The gas that is exhaled by plants is _______ (during respiration). Carbon Dioxide
Which of the following is not a herbaceous plant? Sycamore
Which of the following conifers is not an evergreen? Larch
Which of the following plants has no chlorophyll? Mushroom
Which of the following is not a deciduous tree/shrub? Holly
Allergy is treated by ? Antihistamine
Life of RBC in human blood is of? 120 days
Which of the following hormones contains iodine? Thyroxine
What is unit for measuring the pitch or frequency of sound? Decibel
Rayon is chemically ? Cellulose
In fireworks, gree flame is produced by? Barium
Carborundum is? Silicon Carbide
Land Of Pearls? Bahrain
Gift of Nile? Egypt
In which country will the 2008 Olympic games be held? China
Mercury also known as ? quick silver
Who got nobel prize in literature in 1913? Rabindranath Tagore
Iron lady of India? Indira Gandhi
Father of nuclear Physics? Rutherford
Father of economics? Adam Smith
City of palaces? Calcutta

Capital of Europe? Belgium
Biggest island of the world ? Greenland
First industrial minister of kerala? K.P.Gopalan
What is the unit of measuring radiation? Currie
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and
Benjamin Franklin
wise." Who said this?
Who was called Bard of the Avon? William Shakespeare
Who is the creator of Jeeves? P G Woodhouse
What was the real name of authoress George Eliot? Mary Ann Evans
How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14
Who wrote Grapes of Wrath, a novel set in California describing John Steinbeck - For which he was award
the state "Flowing with milk and honey"? Nobel Prize
Which Roman emperor build Byzantium? Constantine
What is the holy book of Parsis called? The Zend Avesta
What is the scientific name for study of handwriting? Graphology
What is Mach Number? Ratio of speed of the body to the speed o
sound under similar conditions
Father of genetics? Gregor Johann Mendel
The largest zoo in Indiais at? Culcutta
K.L.M. a world wide airlines ,belongs to wich country? Netherlands
Namibia was earlier known as? Sout-west Africa
Coal is found in? volcanic rocks
Who was the first Indian to be elected to British Parliament? Dadabhai naoroji
Sunlight reaches the earth in about? 500seconds
The smallest sate in the world? Vatican city
Magnetic field of electric current was dicovered by? Faraday
what is epistamology? study of knowledge
who wrote chithirappavai? P V Akilandan
who wrote step across the line? Salman rushdie
who wrote himalayan blunder? J P dalvi
who wrote I am not an Island? k a abbas
who wrote half life? v s naipaul
Who wrote gods own country? sasi tharur
Who wrote India of our deams? K V kamath
Who wrote Years of pilgrimage? Dr Raja Rmanna
Who wrote Yama? Mahadevi Varma
Who wrote yayathi ? V S Khandekar
Length of a cricket pitch? 22 yards (20.12 m)
Taj Mahal built in ? 17th Century
Agmark is used for calculation of the standard of Agricultural product
Which British Prime Minister was awarded Nobel Prize in literature? Sir Winston Churchi
Who was the boy who never grew up? Peter Pan
Which is the worlds longest poem? Mahabharatham
Depth of Challenger Deep? 11,033 M
Which alphabet do the Russians use? Cyrillic
Where is the headquarters of the International Red
Geneva
Cross Society?
Which was the first country to use paper? China
Which is the oldest known formally written language? Elamite, dating back to 3500 BC
In which year was the Nobel Prize instituted and
1901--Sweeden
which country awards it?
Who put the first self propelled vehicle on the moon? Former USSR (on 7th Nov-1970; Vehicle-Lunokhod
Which is the oldest parliamentary democracy in the
Great Britain
world?
Why does a tennis ball bounce higher on hills than on
Gravitational pull in the hills is less than that of plain
plains?
Which element has the highest boiling point? Tantalum (around 6000 C)
Who invented the jet engine? Sir Frank Whittle (England-1937)
Nails are not connected with cartilages/blood vessals
Why we do not feel pains to cut our nails?
nervous system is not affected
Who invented the bifocal lens? Benjamin Franklin
At which temperature do both the Centigrade and
-40C equals -40F
Fahrenheit show the same reading?
Which is the longest bone in the human body? Thigh Bone OR The Femur
Neutron was discovered? James Chadwick
Electron was discovered? J. J. Thomson
RDX means? Research Department Explosive (Explosive)
TNT means? Trinitrotoluene (Explosive)
First metal to be used by men? Copper

The winner of Dada Sahib Phalke award 2004? Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Which of the following countries is known as Cockpit of Europe? Belgium
Which district in Kerala has the highest population density? Alappuzha
The Iddukki dam is across the river Periyar
Who is the first Education Minister of Kerala? Joseph Mundassery
Kovilan is the pen name of: V. Ayappan
Who published ‘Horthus Malabaricus’ The Dutch
How many bones are there in the Human Body? 206
First Chief Election Commissioner of India? Sukumar Sen
Who is the first batsman to ever hit six sixes off an over in a One Day
Hershelle Gibbs - South Africa
International?
Capital of India Delhi
Thumba Equitorial Rocket Launch
What is TERLS ?
System
What is ADB Asian Development Bank
Who scored the maximum number of centuries is limited over cricket
Sachin Tendulkar
(one day cricket)?
Capital of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
Formula One is related to ? Car Racing
LBW is related to ? Cricket
President Of India Prathiba Patil
Who was the Captain of Indian Cricket Team in 2003-2004 World cup? Sourav Ganguli
1.
Match the following columns
Column 1 Column 2
A. Relative 1. Pyrometer humidity
B. Anemometer 2. High temperature
C. Navigation 3. Hygrometer
D. Direction of wind 4. Chronometer
1 2 3 4
a. B D A C
b. D B A C
c. A D B C
d. C A D B
2.
3. Which of the following instruments is used to measure pressure of gases?
a. Barometer
b. Manometer
c. Ammeter
d. None of these
4. Joule is the unit of

a. Temperature pressure
b. Energy
c. Heat
5. How many Dynes are there in one gram weight?

a. 900
b. 375
c. 981
d. 250
6. How many Ergs are these in 1 Joule?

a. 102
b. 104
c. 106
d. 107
7. The unit of current is

a. Ohm
b. Watt
c. Ampere
d. None of these
8. The unit of energy in MKS system is

a. Volt
b. Erg
c. Ohm
d. Joule
9. The intensity of an earthquake is measured with a
a. Barometer
b. Hydrometer
c. Polygraph
d. Seismograph
10. Centigrade & Fahrenheit scales give same reading at

a. - 40°
b. - 32°
c. - 273°
d. - 100°
11. Match the following columns

Column 1 Column 2
A. Anemometer 1. To measure underwater depth using sound
B. Aneroid barometer 2. To measure very small distances
C. Micrometer 3. Find out wind speed
D. Fathometer 4. Find out direction of wind
5. Measure atmospheric pressure
1 2 3 4
a. A4 B5 C3 D1
b. A3 B5 C2 D1
c. A5 B1 C3 D4
d. A3 B1 C5 D2
12.
13. Who among the following described protoplasm as the physical basis of life?
a. T. H. Huxley
b. Leeuwenhoek
c. Rudolf Virchow
d. J. C. Bose
14. The scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun was
a. Newton
b. Dalton
c. Copernicus
d. Einstein
15. Alexander Fleming discovered

a. Penicillin
b. X-ray
c. Streptomycin
d. Telephone
16. Who among following invented the steam engine?

a. Marconi
b. James Watt
c. Thomas Savery
d. Wright Brothers
17. Who invented typewriter?

a. Shockley
b. Pascal
c. Sholes
d. Waterman
18. Match the following columns:

Column 1 Column 2
A. Proton 1. Chadwick
B. Neutron 2. Millikan
C. Charged Electron 3. Goldstein
D. Shelled nature of atom 4. Rutherford
5. Madam Curie
a. A1 B2 C3 D5
b. A2 B1 C4 D3
c. A2 B3 C1 D4
d. A4 B2 C3 D1
19.
20. Who discovered circulation of blood in human body?
a. Edward Jenner
b. Joseph Lister
c. William Harvey
d. Jonon Esals
21. The first attempt in printing was made in England by

a. James Arkwright
b. James Watt
c. William Caxton
d. Isaac Newton
22. Who was the surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery in 1865?
a. Edward Jenner
b. Joseph Lister
c. Henry William
d. John Sleeman
23. The credit of inventing the television goes to

a. Faraday
b. Baird
c. Edison
d. Marconi
24. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to

a. Jonas Salk
b. Alb E. Sabin
c. Selman Waksman
d. None of these
25. Mark the wrong combination

a. James Watt: Steam Engine
b. A.G. Bell: Telephone
c. J. L. Baird: Television
d. J. Perkins: Penicillin
26. Choose the correct combination

a. Typewriter: Remington
b. Dynamite: Dunlop
c. Evolution: Darwin
d. Aeroplane: Harway
27. Who invented the ball point pen?

a. Waterman
b. Oscar
c. Wilson
d. Lazlo Biro
28. Blaze Pascal is associated with

a. Calculating machine
b. Computer
c. Cinema
d. None of these
29. Wright Brothers are regarded inventors of the

a. Balloon
b. Bicycle
c. Aeroplane
d. None of these
30. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

a. Roentgen: X-ray
b. Newton: Law of gravitation
c. Faraday: Diffusion of gases
d. Pasteur: Bacteriology
31. Philology is the

a. Study of bones
b. Study of muscles
c. Study of architecture
d. Study of languages
32. Anatomy is the branch of science which deals with

a. Structure of animals and plants
b. Functioning of body organs
c. Animal behavior
d. Cells and tissues
33. Study of earthquakes is known as

a. Ecology
b. Seismology
c. Numismatics
d. None of these
34. Ecology deals with

a. Birds
b. Cell formation
c. Relation between Organisms and their environment
d. Tissues
35. Meteorology is the science of

a. Weather
b. Meteors
c. Metals
d. Earthquakes
36. Oncology is the study of

a. Birds
b. Cancer
c. Mammals
d. Soil
37. Study of life in outer space is known as

a. Endobiology
b. Exobiology
c. Enterobiology
d. Neobiology
38. Numismatics is the study of
a. Coins
b. Numbers
c. Stamps
d. Space
39. Eugenics is the study of

a. Altering humans beings by changing their genetic components
b. People of European origin
c. Different races of mankind
d. Genetics of plants
40. Ornithology is the

a. Study of bones
b. Study of birds
c. Study of smells
d. None of these
41. Who invented the Doctor’s thermometer?

a. Fahrenheit
b. Edison
c. Galileo
d. None of these
42. The velocity of light was first measured by

a. Einstein
b. Newton
c. Romer
d. Galileo
43. Who proposed the chemical evolution of life?

a. Darwin
b. Lammarck
c. Oparin
d. Haechel
44. The telephone was invented by
a. John Logie Baird
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. Thomas Elva Edison
d. James Watt
45. Who among the following evolved the concept of relationship between mass
and energy?
a. Einstein
b. Planck
c. Dalton
d. Rutherford

Column 1 Column 2
A. Radioactivity 1. Planck
B. Periodic Table 2. Thomson
C. Quantum Theory 3. Rutherford
D. X-Rays 4. Mendeleev
5. Roentgen
6. Becquerel
a. A1 B3 C5 D2
b. A6 B5 C3 D5
c. A3 B2 C1 D5
d. A6 B4 C1 D5
47.
Column 1 Column 2
A. Marconi 1. Radio
B. Darwin 2. Natural selection theory
C. Laennec 3. Orthogenesis theory
D. Baird 4. Stethoscope
5. Television
a. A1 B3 C4 D5
b. A5 B4 C3 D2
c. A1 B2 C4 D5
d. A3 B5 C2 D
48. Robert Koch worked on
a. Tuberculosis
b. Cholera
c. Malaria
d. Diabetes
49. Who discovered Uranus?

a. Herschel
b. Ganleo
c. Copernicus
d. None of these
50. Who among the following is associated with the invention of computers?
a. Edison
b. Babbage
c. Mac Millen
d. Rangabhashyam
Answers to General Science Quiz Questions
1. c 2. d 3. c 4. a 5. b
6. c 7. c 8. d 9. c 10. d
11. d 12. a 13. b 14. a 15. c
16. a 17. b 18. c 19. c 20. c
21. c 22. b 23. b 24. a 25. d
26. c 27. d 28. a 29. c 30. c
31. d 32. a 33. b 34. c 35. a
36. b 37. b 38. a 39. a 40. b
41. a 42. c 43. c 44. b 45. a
46. d 47. c 48. a 49. a 50. b
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Which instrument is used to measure pressure?
1.
a. Saccharimeter
b. Ammeter
c. Manometer
d. Lactometer
2. What does Angstrom measure?

a. Quantity of liquid
b. Length of light waves
c. Length of cables
d. Speed of ships
3. Light year is related to

a. Energy
b. Speed
c. Distance
d. Intensity
1. When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go - the first is usually sight,
followed by taste, smell and touch.
2. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been
decapitated.
3. 100 people choke to death on pens each year. One is more likely to be killed by a
champagne cork than by a spider.
4. Alexander’s funeral would have cost $600 million today. A road from Egypt to
Babylon was built to carry his body.
5. When inventor Thomas Edison died in 1931, his friend Henry Ford captured his last
dying breath in a bottle.
6. Over 2500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products made for
right-handed people.
7. It takes longer than ever before a body to decompose due to preservatives in the
food that we eat these days.
8. An eternal flame lamp at the tomb of a Buddhist priest in Nara, Japan has kept
burning for 1,130 years.
9. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is the first person to have his ashes put
aboard a rocket and ’buried’ in space.
10. Japanese factory worker Kenji Urada became the first know fatality caused by a
robot in July, 1981, in a car plant.
1. What does `The Cherry Orchard’ have in common with old editions of `Startrek’?
2. In Australia, how is the date of Mothers’ Day calculated?
3. Which President of the USSR encouraged the policy of Glassnost?
4. What was built by inmates taken from Changi Prison Camp?
5. What is the world’s largest desert?
6. Nino Culotto was his pen-name. What was his REAL name?
7. What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
8. Who wrote `The Entertainer’, music made famous by the film,`The Sting’?
9. In Greek legend, what was eaten on the island of Jerba?
10. What was the name of Ulysses’ son, who grew to manhood in his absence?
11. Which Knight caused the death of the Lady of Shallott?
12. What monument occupies centre stage in Trafalgar Square?
13. Which book catapulted Germaine Greer to fame?
14. What was the classical standard language of ancient India?
15. Who directed and starred in films such as `The little Tramp’?
16. Name the three types of classical architectural column.
17. Who was Doctor Zhivago’s great love?
18. Name the commoner who ruled England in 1658-59.
19. Which ghost ship is the theme of an 1841 opera by Richard Wagner?
20. What career did the Duke of Wellington pursue after the Battle of Waterloo?
21. Which popular hymn was composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan of Opera Fame?
22. What is the literal meaning of `pince-nez’. glasses?
23. Beneath which Paris monument is the tomb of France’s unknown soldier?
24. What type of puppets are t hose whose movements are controlled by strings?
25. Which drug is best known for its use in preventing malaria?
26. Identify the 15th century British war fought by the Houses of Lancaster and
YorkBR>
27. Which sea is so named because it is too salty to maintain life
28. What is the most indispensable instrument in astronomy?
29. Which literary doctor owns a parrot called `Polynesia’?
30. Name the Australian singer whose first hit, in the 1960s, was `I Remember You’.
`Four On The Floor’ pertain?
31. What is Sydney’s equivalent to San Francisco’s `Bay To Breakers’ footrace’?
32. Which independent island is Australia’s nearest neighbour to the west?
33. At the end of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet’, which of the principals are dead?
34. Name two fictional or historical characters who fought with quarterstaffs on a log
bridge ?
35. What is the name of Greg Norman’s business?
36. Name a state of U.S.A. beginning with `B’.
37. Whom did Yoko Ono marry only to lose to an assassin?
38. Wo dubbed Australia `The Lucky Country’ in one of his novels?
39. Which biblical event supports the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number?
40. How much was 240 pence in predecimal currency
41. Which comic- strip drake is a multi-billionaire?
42. What was the first event decided at the 1896 Olympics?
43. Which is the only continent occupied by one nation?
44. What inspired the convex golden disc as the Order of Australia ?
45. Which 1980 song hit was writen by Joe Dolce, an Italian migrant?
46. What is God called by the Islamic or Muslim faith?
47. Which radiation belt around the earth was named after an American physicist?
48. What is significant about a score of 4137 points in billiards?
49. Who was the famous Nez Perce Indian chief?
50. Which Slim Dusty ’hotel’ song is Australia’s only gold 78 record?
51. After Carruthers, Rose and Famechon, who was Australia’s fourth world boxing
champion?
52. What is an ocarina whose size and shape resembles a goose egg?
53. In which American city was the world’s first skyscraper built in 1885?
54. What is the Christian name of Webster, who published a dictionary still used
today ?
55. Outside of the Presidency, what is the highest American political office?
56. Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali
57. Which Australian state is host to the town of Gundagai?
58. On what date to Americans celebrate their Independence Day?
59. Who starred in the film version of To Kill A Mockingbird?
60. Which modern language gives us the term finito ?
61. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
62. Which Australian city will host the 2001 Goodwill Games?
63. The prefix gastro refers to which bodily organ?
64. If you are celebrating your Diamond Anniversary, how many years have you been
married ?
65. Boxers often suffer from a condition in which their ears are misshapen..what is
this called?
66. Who wrote the famous poem Daffodils?
67. In what decade of this century was it decided US Presidents would be restricted
to two terms?
68. What was the given name of Stalin’s daughter who defected to the US in 1967?
69. Name the South African surgeon who carried out the first heart transplant
operation.
70. The revolutionary newspaper, Pravda was first published in 1912...but WHERE?
71. What the the first ship to reach Titanic after the disaster?
72. Where in the US did the dance , the Charleston originate?
73. Which American author wrote the novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
74. Who piloted the US aircraft shot down byt he USSR in 1960 ?
75. Where were the 1960 Summer Olympics held?
76. In what year was the Rainbow Warrior sunk in New Zealand waters?
77. Who became the first Overlord Of England and Wales?
78. Which animal is likely to suffer from the disease, heaves ?
79. Who wrote The Happy Prince?
80. For what sport is a harrier bred??
81. Where in Australia is Palm Valley ?
82. What breed of farm animal is a Polwarth?
83. Who named Manly Cove , situated in Sydney Harbour?
84. Name the main ore of iron.
85. What is the study of heredity called?
86. Rose Hill was the original name of Australia’s second settlement ...what is it
called now??
87. What term is used to describe fertile land being ’rested’ for a season?
88. Who is the patron saint of children ?
89. Who did Amin overthrow in 1971?
90. What ancient unit of measurement is suppposedly the distance from the elbow to
the tip of the index finger?
91. Which was the second James Bond novel to be made into a movie?
92. Can you name the only two countries to have declared independence from
Britain?
93. What is the official language of Egypt?
94. On which continent is Vincon Massif the highest peak?
95. Do polar bears eat penguins?
96. In which country would you find Tabasco?
97. What is the more common name for the tympanic membrane ?
98. Name the street that is home to British journalism.
99. What was H.G. Wells’ first novel?
100. Which Australian city was host to the nations’s first steam train.and its first
electric train?
101. What is the best-known university in Paris?
102. What is the birthstone for September?
103. Where did John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvery Oswald and Jack Ruby all die?
104. What is the last book of the Bible?
105. Which movie’s last line is " After all, tomorrow is another day"?
106. In Disney comics, who are Daisy Duck’s three nieces?
107. At which Melbourne hotel did the Beatles stay in 1964 ?
108. Who was the first New Australian to become, in 1961, Miss Australia?
109. Which edifice stands on the banks of the River Jumna, at Agra?
110. What does one call ornamental work in silver or gold thread?
111. Which Norse god had, as handmaidens, the Valkyrie?
112. Which British Battleship was sunk, in 1941, by The Bismark?
113. What is the alternative name for a beekeeper?
114. Which 1975 Dickens drama was planned as a musical but screened without any
songs ?
115. Which British novel was the subject of "Sailor"?
116. How many books comprise the Old and the New Testaments?
117. At what angle above the horizon must the sun be to create a rainbow?
118. Which song is based on California’s 1849 gold rush?
119. What is the only crime for which church sanctuary is not available?
120. What was the full name of Brutus, one of Caesar’s murderers?
121. What was the American codename for the development of the atom bomb?
122. Which western law enfromcement agency’s motto was , "One riot-One Ranger?"
123. What is the Hebrew name of Calvary, where Christ was crucified ?
124. Which number on a roulette wheel is coloured green?
125. How many cannons are involved in a Royal Salute
126. What type of Moscow institution is GUM?
127. Which island is 50 times larger tha its mother country, Denmark?
128. Who was the first white man to climb Mt Kosciusko?
129. Name Australia’s first "Girlie" magazine, launched in 1936
130. What name is given to the Pope’s pontificial ring?
131. What ingredient did Cap O’ Rushes order omitted from the wedding meats?
132. Who are the traditional inhabitants of Dovrafell?"
133. What was the name of Childe Rowland’s sister, whom he rescued ?
134. Which witch travelled in a mortar which she drove along with a pestle?
135. Who caught Tommy Grimes?
136. What was it that Princess Margaret was changed into by her wicked stepmother,
the Witch-Queen of Bamborough Castle?
137. Who fought the Queen of the Fairies for Tamlane, her love..and won??
138. Which fiend terrorized the Hall of Hrothgar?
139. And who freed Hrothgar’s Hall of this menace?BR>
140. What was kept in Iduna’s magic casket?
141. What was the name of the first patented contraceptive pill ?
142. What name is given, collectively, to the first five books of the Old Testament?"
143. In what year did Japan bomb Pearl Harbour ?
144. Ulan Bator is the capital of which nation?
145. What unit of heat is required to raise 1 gm of water by one degree Celsius?
146. Which airline owned the jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988?
147. What number did Michael Jordan make famous during his career with the
Chicago Bulls??
148. Which floor covering is constructed by covering hessian or canvas with linseed
oil, powdered cork and rosin?
149. In which American state would you find the city of Phoenix?
150. How many sides does a RHOMBUS have?
151. Which American state has its capital Harrisburg?
152. Which six letter word describes the number of members of a body required to
be present to conduct business legally ?
153. Which company that developed the pentium processor for computers?
154. What name was given to the rockets used to launch the Apollo space missions?
155. Until the end of the 20th Century, what was the most popular name adopted by
the popes?
156. In which year did Pope Benedict XV declare Joan of Arc a saint?
157. The mummies of Egyptian Pharaohs were often buried in what type of transport,
believed to assist them to travel to the next world?
158. How many films did Charles Chaplin make during his 53-year carer, from 1914
to 1967?
159. Which band had a hit with the song ,California Dreamin’?
160. What name is given to the star that appears on the flag of Israel?
161. Which amusement park opened in Anaheim, California, on July 18th., 1955 ?
162. Name the wife of the Phillipines dictator, Ferdinand Marcos
163. K is the chemical symbol for what?
164. On what date is Australia Day celebrated?
165. Who wrote the play, "The Mousetrap"?
166. How old was Boris Becker when he won his first Wimbledon Singles title?
167. How many Spice Girls were there in 1997?
168. Who played the title role in the film "Gandhi"?
169. In the nursery rhyme, what do we ask Mary, mary, Quite contrary?
170. In what country would you find the Grand Prix circuit known as Silverstone?
171. Which American President was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz ?
172. Complete the proverb No kitchen is big enough to hold...
173. Who developed Meccano?
174. To which people did Delilah pass soon the secret of Samson’s strength?
175. Who wrote the shortest of the gospels?
176. Complete this proverb: The end justifies .........
177. Who said: "A crank is a man with a new idea--until it catches on"?
178. Who wrote the song, Imagine?
179. Name the first woman in space
180. Who was convicted of shooting and killing John F Kennedy?
181. In which country did the Volkswagon originate ?
182. "The Sound Of Music" is set in which European country....
183. Which planet has the longest year?
184. In Earth terms , how long is that year?
185. What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
186. What is the 12th letter of the English alphabet
187. Who teamed up with Neil Diamond to perfom the hit song, "You Don’t Send Me
Flowers"?
188. 1974 saw Portugal involved in a revolution which became known by which floral
name??
189. What term is used to describe the wool cut from around a sheep’s eyes?
190. What type of creature is a beagle?
191. In which Asian nation would you find the state of Punjab?
192. What is the wellknown French word for "pen"?
193. Ra is the chemical symbol for which element?
194. What five-letter word, beginning with q, is used to describe a lock or curl of hair
on the forehead?
195. How many metres make a kilometre?
196. Who was the great Spanish Painter whose first name was Pablo?
197. Who founded the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain?
198. Which 1970s band had a hit with "Mama Mia"?
199. In which year did Fred Astair die?
200. Which river did Johann Strauss describe as "blue"?
201. For what crime is Vincent Perrugia best remembered?

202. Which Florentine woman was mother to 3 kings of France, and wife to another?
203. Who was the 3rd man on the moon?
204. Who designed Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding dress?
205. What was the name of Homer Simpson’s Bowling team?
206. Which 1970’s hit movie was based on a poem by James Dickey?
207. Which famous musician & singer was born McKinley Morganfield?
208. Who was the last person to be executed in the Tower of London?
209. In what film would you have seen a sword fight on the Cliffs of Insanity?
210. What is the world’s largest bird of prey?
211. Sir Mark Oliphant was once Premier of which Australian State?
212. Near which Israeli city would you find the Mount Of Olives?
213. What colour are the towers of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge?
214. What is the sixth letter of hte English alphabet?
215. How many years of marraige are celebrated by a Golden Wedding Anniversary?
216. How many dwarves lived in the house discovered by Snow White?
217. By what short name were the Secret State Police of Nazi Germany known?
218. Musican Bo Didley is famous for playing which instrument?
219. Which acress began life as Doris Kapellhoff?
220. What name is given to the punctuation mark with a dot directly above a
comma?
221. What country produces Rioja wines?

222. Who was the favourite daughter of Shakespeare’s King Lear?
223. Which Australkian city includes the suburbs of Cottesloe and Subiaco?
224. Who discovered Oxygen in 1774?
225. Name the author of A Town Like Alice
226. How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?
227. What name is given to the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds?
228. What letter appears to the right of Y on a keyboard?
229. What is it that makes soda water fizz?
230. What disease is the Sabin Vaccine used to prevent?
231. Name the actor grandfathr of Drew Barrymore.

232. Who is the female host of the television show, Better Homes and Gardens?
233. Which comedian once said, "A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand"?
234. Complete this proverb: A growing youth has a ......?
235. What are the three given names of author JRR Tolkein?
236. Who portrayed Kevin Arnold in the television series, The Wonder Years?
237. With whom did Barbra Streisand team to release the hit song, "You Don’t Bring
Me Flowers"?
238. Complete this proverb: Facts are ..............
239. Who portrayed Melanie Wilks in the film, Gone With The Wind?
240. Name the Australian artist who painted "The Rabbiters"
241. In the famous ’White Horse’ FA Cup final of 1923, what was the name of the
White Horse?
242. Which is the largest of the Trucial states?
243. Whose last words were ’The rest is silence’?
244. What was double-headed for Russia & Austria, but single-headed for Germany?
245. In the famous April Fools Day joke, where did Richard Dimbleby say that
spaghetti was being grown on trees?
246. Which Florentine woman was mother to 3 kings of France, and wife to another?
247. Who designed Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding dress?
248. For what crime is Vincent Perrugia best remembered?
249. Who was the 3rd man on the moon?
250. In which sport are Bonspiel and Crampit common terms?
THE ANSWERS
1. Mr Checkhov!
2. It’s always the second Sunday in May.
3. Mr Gorbachov
4. The Burma Railway.
5. The Sahara
6. John O’Grady
7. Omega
8. Scott Joplin
9. Lotuses.
10. Telemachus
11. Sir Lancelot
12. Nelson’s Colums
13. The Female Eunuch
14. Sanskrit
15. Charlie Chaplin
16. Doric, Ionic and Coninthian
17. Lara
18. Richard Cromwell
19. The Flying Dutchman
20. Political: he was British PM 1828-30
21. ’Onward Christian Soldiers’
22. ’Pinch-nose’
23. Arc De Triomphe
24. Marionettes
25. Quinine
26. War Of The Roses
27. Dead Sea
28. Telescope
29. Dr Doolittle
30. Frank Ifield
31. City To Surf race
32. Mauritius
33. Both Romeo and Juliet
34. Robin Hood and Little John
35. Great White Shark Enterprises
36. There is none!
37. John Lennon
38. Donald Horne
39. Thirteen people at the Last Supper
40. One pound
41. Scrooge McDuck
42. Triple jump
43. Australia
44. Wattle blossom
45. Shaddap You Face
46. Allah
47. (James) Van Allen Belts
48. It is Walter Lindrum’s world-record break
49. Chief Joseph
50. The Pub With No Beer
51. Rocky Mattioil,WBC Junior Middleweight
52. Wind musical instrument
53. Chicago
54. Noah
55. President of the United States Senate
56. Larry Holmes in 1980
57. New South Wales
58. July 4th
59. Gregory Peck
60. Italian
61. Michelangelo
62. Brisbane
63. The stomach
64. Sixty
65. Cauliflower Ear
66. William Wordsworth
67. The 6th., 1951
68. Svetlana
69. Dr Christian Barnard
70. Russia
71. The Carparthia
72. Charleston, South Carolina
73. Anita Loos
74. Francis Gary Powers
75. Rome
76. 1985
77. Egbert of Wessex
78. A horse
79. Oscar Wilde
80. It is a hunting dog
81. The Northern Territory
82. A sheep
83. Governor Arthur Philip
84. Hematite
85. Genetics
86. Parramatta
87. Fallow
88. St Nicholas
89. Milton Obote
90. The cubit
91. From Russia With Love
92. The USA and Rhodesia
93. Arabic
94. Antarctica
95. No, Polar bears live in the Arctic, while Penguins inhabit the Antarctic and other
southern areas
96. Mexico
97. The eardrum
98. Fleet Street
99. The Time Machine
100. Melbourne
101. The Sorbonne
102. Sapphire
103. Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA.
104. Revelation
105. GoneWith The Wind
106. April, May and June
107. The Southern Cross
108. Tania Verstak
109. The Taj Mahal
110. Filigree
111. Odin
112. HMS Hood
113. Apiarist
114. Great Expectations
115. HMS Ark Royal
116. 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New
117. 40 degrees
118. Clementine
119. sacrilege
120. Marcus Junius Brutus
121. Manhatton Project
122. Texas Rangers
123. Golgotha
124. Zero
125. Twenty-one
126. The largest department-store
127. Greenland
128. Paul Strzlecki
129. Men
130. The Fisherman’s Ring
131. Salt
132. The trolls of Denmark
133. Burd Ellen
134. Russia’s Baba Yaga
135. Mr Miacca
136. The Laidly Worm
137. Fair Janet
138. Grendel
139. Beowulf
140. The Apples Of Youth which kept the Aesir young
141. Enovid
142. The Pentaleuch
143. 1941
144. Mongolia
145. One calorie
146. Pan Am
147. 23
148. Linoleum
149. Arizona
150. Four
151. Pennsylvania
152. Quorum
153. Intel
154. Saturn
155. John,(6)
156. 1920.
157. Boats
158. 89
159. The Mamas and The Papas
160. The Star Of David
161. Disneyland
162. Imelda
163. Potassium
164. January 26th
165. Agatha Christie
166. 17
167. Five
168. Ben Kingsley
169. How Does Your Garden Grow?
170. England
171. William Mckinley
172. ...Two Women
173. Frank Hornby
174. The Philistines
175. Mark
176. ...The means
177. Mark Twain
178. John Lennon
179. Valentina Tereshkova
180. Noone. Lee Harvey Oswald was suspected but murdered before any conviction
was recorded
181. Germany
182. Austria
183. Pluto
184. 247 years, 255 days
185. Mt Cook
186. L
187. Barbara Streisand
188. Carnation Revolution
189. Eyeclip
190. Dog
191. India
192. Plume
193. Radium
194. Quiff
195. 1000
196. Picasso
197. Colonel Harlan Sanders
198. ABBA
199. 1987
200. The Danube.
201. He Stole The Mona Lisa
202. Catherine De Medici
203. Charles Conrad
204. Norman Hartnell
205. Pin Pals
206. Deliverance
207. Muddy Waters
208. Josef Jakobs
209. The Princess Bride
210. Californian Condor.
211. South Australia
212. Jerusalem
213. Red
214. F
215. 50
216. 7
217. Gestapo
218. Guitar
219. Doris Day
220. Semi-colon.
221. Spain
222. Cordelia
223. Perth
224. Joseph Priestly
225. Nevil Shute
226. 248
227. The core
228. U
229. Carbon Dioxide
230. Polio
231. John Barrymore
232. Noni Hazlehurst
233. Billy Connolly
234. Wolf in his belly
235. John Ronald Reuel
236. Fred Savage
237. Neil Diamond
238. Stubborn things
239. Olivia De Havilland
240. Sir Russell Drysdale
241. Billy
242. Abu-Dhabi
243. Hamlet s
244. Imperial Eagle
245. Southern Switzerland
246. Catherine De Medici
247. Norman Hartnell
248. He Stole The Mona Lisa
249. Charles Conrad
250. Curling
Lakshmi N Mittal
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is the richest Indian in the world, with an
estimated wealth of $25 billion. He resides in London, has his company registered in
the Netherlands, but still holds an Indian passport. Although Mittal Steel was already
the world’s biggest steel company, his king-sized ambitions were evident when he
took over steel giant Arcelor to create a new steel behemoth -- Arcelor-Mittal.
L N Mittal left India in the mid-1970s to start his career. He was sent to Indonesia by
his father to shut down the family’s ailing steel plant and sell the land. Instead, young
Mittal saw an opportunity and turned the plant around.
To prove that this was no fluke, Mittal acquired a 1.3 million tonne, Iscot Steel plant
in Trinidad & Tobago, which was losing $100,000 a day. One year of Mittal-style
management and it was making profits, the LN Mittal legend was born. That move
helped him get into America.
The Mexican government seeing the success that Mittal made of Iscot, asked him to
take over their ailing steel plants in 1992. But it was not all that smooth. In 1994
Mittal had differences with his brothers and father, and went on to form his own
company. The following year Mittal entered the European market, acquiring the 5
million tonne Kazakh steel plant, Karmet. Meanwhile, Mittal had listed Ispat
International on the New York and Amsterdam Stock Exchanges in 1997. Eight years
later Mittal Steel became the world’s largest steel maker when he took over the US’s
largest steel producer -- the International Steel Group. He then consolidated all his
steel holdings into Mittal Steel.
Ratan Tata
Ratan Naval Tata, a bachelor, is the chairman of the Tata Group, India’s most
respected conglomerate. He was born into a Parsi family in Mumbai (then called
Bombay) to Soonoo and Naval Hormusji Tata on December 28, 1937.
He did a short stint with Jones and Emmons in Los Angeles, California, before
returning to India in 1962. He had earlier turned down an IBM job offer. He joined the
family business in 1962 and worked with many of his group’s companies. He took
over as group chairman from the legendary J R D Tata in 1991.
Since then, he has been instrumental in boosting the fortunes of the Tata Group,
which has amongst the largest market capitalisations in the Indian stock markets.
Tata Motors developed the Tata Indica in 1998. This was the first ’entirely Indian’
passenger car. Ratan Tata’s dream now is to manufacture a car costing just Rs
100,000. Ratan Tata holds a degree in Architecture and Structural Engineering from
Cornell University. He has also done the Advanced Management Program from
Harvard Business School in 1974-1975.
Ratan Tata was honoured with one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma
Bhushan, on January 26, 2000.
Mukesh D Ambani
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing director of India’s largest private sector
enterprise -- Reliance Industries Limited -- was born on April 19, 1957.
His father, the legendary Dhirubhai Ambani, was then a small businessman who later
on rose to become one of the legends of Indian industry.
Mukesh joined Reliance Industries in 1981 and was the brain behind Reliance’s
backward integration from textiles into polyester fibres and into petrochemicals.
During the process of backward integration, Mukesh Ambani led the creation of 51
new, world-class manufacturing facilities involving diverse technologies that raised
Reliance’s manufacturing capacities manifold.
The world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar is his brainchild. He

was also the in-charge of Dhirubhai’s dream project Reliance Infocomm. But after the
split in the Reliance Empire, Reliance Infocomm went to his brother Anil.
Mukesh Ambani is now planning to enter retail sector in a big way and will launch a
chain of ’Reliance Fresh’ retail stores. He also entered into an agreement with the
Haryana government to establish a Special Economic Zone with an investment
running into billions of rupees.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Bombay and a

master’s in Business Administration from Stanford University, USA.
Nandan Nilekani
Nandan Nilekani is the CEO and managing director of Infosys Technologies. He, along
with N R Narayana Murthy and five others, co-founded India’s IT jewel, Infosys. Born
in Bangalore to Durga and Mohan Rao Nilekani, he graduated from the Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay.
After graduation, he met Narayana Murthy, who then led Patni Computer Systems’s
software group, seeking a job. Murthy hired the young engineer. That was the
beginning of a relationship that was to create Indian corporate history.
Three years later, seven enthusiasts (including Nandan) decided to start their own
outfit (Infosys Technologies Ltd) with Murthy in the lead. Their decision rewrote the
domestic software industry of India.
He became the chief executive officer of Infosys in March 2002. He now leads the
company with Narayana Murthy having retired in August 2006. He is married to
Rohini, an English-language novelist, and they have two children: daughter Janhavi
and son Nihar. He speaks Konkani at home.
In 2006, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He is

regarded by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in
its issue of May 2006.
Azim H Premji
Azim Hashim Premji, the chairman of Wipro Technologies, is one of the richest
Indians. He is an icon among Indian businessmen, especially in the software industry.
Born on July 24, 1945, Premji was studying Electrical Engineering at Stanford
University, USA when due to the sudden demise of his father; he was called upon to
handle the family business at the age of 21.
Wipro was then Western Indian Vegetable Products, a small cooking oil company.
Premji diversified into bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based toiletries, hair care soaps,
baby toiletries, lighting products and hydraulic cylinders. And then shifted focus from
soaps to software.
He transformed Wipro into one of India’s most successful IT companies. Under Azim
Premji’s stewardship, Wipro has grown from a fledgling Rs 70 million oil company into
an IT giant with a turnover of $2.4 billion and an employee strength of 57,000.
Azim Premji has regularly featured in the Forbes’ list of the world’s richest people. He
was also rated among the world’s 100 most influential people by the Time magazine.
In 2005, the Indian government honoured him with Padma Bhushan, one of the
nation’s highest civilian awards.
Anil D Ambani
The fourth richest Indian today, with a net worth of about $13.5 billion, Anil Ambani is
chairman of Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy and
Reliance Natural Resources Limited.
Before the Reliance Empire split, he was vice chairman and managing director of
Reliance Industries Limited. The Reliance group was founded by his late father
Dhirubhai Ambani.
Anil was born on June 4, 1959. He joined Reliance in 1983, two years after his elder
brother Mukesh, as co-chief executive officer. He is credited with leading India’s foray
into overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary
receipts, convertibles and bonds. He also directed RIL’s efforts to raise $2 billion from
global markets.
Anil was elected as an independent Member of the Rajya Sabha with the support of
the Samajwadi Party, but resigned on March 25, 2006. Ambani who was once
ridiculed for being overweight at a shareholder’s meeting is now a fitness freak and
runs the Mumbai marathon regularly.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Science from the University of Bombay and a master’s
in Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania. He is married to former Bollywood actress Tina Munim.
Sunil Mittal
Sunil B Mittal is chairman and managing director of Bharti group. Bharti is India’s
largest GSM-based mobile phone service. Son of a politician, he built his Bharti group,
along with two siblings, into India’s largest mobile phone operator in just ten years.
Vodafone and SingTel both own stakes in recently renamed flagship Bharti Airtel. The
group also has partnerships with Axa for insurance and with the Rothschild family for
exporting fruits and vegetables. He plans to go into retailing along with the world’s
largest retailer Wal-Mart.
The 49-year-old has always been a pioneer. A first generation entrepreneur, he

started his first business in 1976 with a capital investment of Rs 20,000. He decided
not to be a politician and set up a small bicycle business in Ludhiana. By 1979, Sunil
Mittal realised that his ambitions could not be fulfilled in Ludhiana, so he moved out
to Mumbai. He initially founded a number of trading concerns, and established the
first company to manufacture push button telephones in India.
In 1982, Mittal started a full-fledged business selling portable generators imported

from Japan. He was one of the first entrepreneurs to identify the mobile telecom
business as a major growth area and launched services in Delhi in 1995. Under his
leadership the company has gone from strength to strength.
K V Kamath
Kundapur Vaman Kamath is the managing director and CEO of ICICI Bank, the largest
private bank in India. Kamath, born on December 2, 1947, began his career with ICICI
-- the parent body of ICICI Bank -- in 1971 and has since then worked to take ICICI
places. He has helped the financial institution evolve into a modern, tech-savvy
organisation.
He joined the project finance division of ICICI in 1971 and moved on to different
departments to gather rich experience. In 1988, he joined the Asian Development
Bank, Manila in their private sector department. He worked in most of the developing
countries in the region including China, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.
In May 1996, he returned to ICICI as its managing director and chief executive officer.
He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Kumar Mangalam Birla
Kumar Mangalam Birla, born on June 14, 1967, is among the richest persons in India
and the eighth youngest billionaire outside India. He is chairman of the Aditya Birla
Group, one of India’s largest business groups. Some of the AV Birla group’s
companies are: Grasim, Hindalco, UltraTech Cement, Aditya Birla Nuvo and Idea
Cellular.
He took over as chairman of the group in 1995, at the age of 28, after the sudden
demise of his father, Aditya Birla. When he took charge, there were doubts about his
ability to handle the giant business house, but he proved all naysayers wrong.
In the 11 years that he has led the group, he has won admiration, recognition and
praise for his management acumen and contribution to the industry.
Under his leadership, the group has consolidated its position in existing businesses
and ventured into cellular telephony, asset management, software and BPO. He is a
chartered accountant and also holds an MBA from the London Business School.
Rahul Bajaj
Rahul Bajaj is the chairman of the Bajaj Group, which ranks among the top 10
business houses in India. He is one of India’s most distinguished business leaders and
internationally respected for his business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit.
He took over the reins of Bajaj group in 1965. Under his leadership, the turnover of
the Bajaj Auto the flagship company has risen from Rs 72 million to Rs 46.16 billion.
The initiation of liberalisation in India posed great challenges for Bajaj Auto.
Liberalisation brought the threat of cheap imports and FDI from top companies like
Honda. Rahul Bajaj became famous as the head of the Bombay Club, which opposed
liberalisation.
The scooter sales plummeted as people were more interested in motorcycles and the
rival Hero Honda was a pioneer in it. The recession and stock market collapse of 2001
hit the company hard and it was predicted that the days of Bajaj Auto were
numbered.
However, Bajaj Auto re-invented itself, established a world-class factory in Chakan,

invested in R&D and came up with Bajaj Pulsar Motorcycle. Bajaj Pulsar is currently a
leader in its segment.
Recently, Rahul Bajaj was elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. He is an

alumnus of Harvard, St. Stephen’s and Cathedral.
1. In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact
with Pepsi.
2. The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the
Earth’s magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-
Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.
3. The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are
actually born pregnant.
4. Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing
prehensile penises.
5. Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he
spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo
Post-Dispatch.
6. Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve
the itching and swelling.
7. The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren’t for the fact that
the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.
8. The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by
Frank Sinatra.
9. The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there’s no
penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.
10. Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a
sneezer was never repealed.
11. Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like
humans, but don’t do so because they have no ears with which to hear the
sound.
12. SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
13. Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.
14. Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will
overwhelm the sender’s system and interfere with their ability to send any
more spam.
15. Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
16. The first McDonald’s restaurant opened for business in 1952 in
Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich.
17. The Air Force’s F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research
into how bumblebees fly.
18. You can get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent
bauxite.
19. Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex
condoms were produced. It’s not widely publicized for obvious reasons.
20. Approximately one-sixth of your life is spent on Wednesdays.
21. The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum of a
cadaver.
22. The sport of jai alai originated from a game played by Incan priests who held
cats by their tails and swung at leather balls. The cats would instinctively grab
at the ball with their claws, thus enabling players to catch them.
23. A cat’s purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of
singer Barry White.
24. The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left
his "signature" on the keyboard.
25. The volume of water that the Giant Sequoia tree consumes in a 24-hour
period contains enough suspended minerals to pave 17.3 feet of a 4-lane
concrete freeway.
26. King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.
27. Because printed materials are being replaced by CD-ROM, microfiche and the
Internet, libraries that previously sank into their foundations under the weight
of their books are now in danger of collapsing in extremely high winds.
28. In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and
consequently died of starvation.
29. Touch-tone telephone keypads were originally planned to have buttons for
Police and Fire Departments, but they were replaced with * and # when the
project was cancelled in favor of developing the 911 system.
30. Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.
31. Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip, was patterned after President
Calvin Coolidge, who had a pet tiger as a boy.
32. Watching an hour-long soap opera burns more calories than watching a three-
hour baseball game.
33. Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.
34. You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your
pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
35. To human taste buds, Zima is virtually indistinguishable from zebra urine.
36. Seven out of every ten hockey-playing Canadians will lose a tooth during a
game. For Canadians who don’t play hockey, that figure drops to five out of
ten.
37. A dog’s naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against
carpet.
38. A team of University of Virginia researchers released a study
promoting the practice of picking one’s nose, claiming that the health
benefits of keeping nasal passages free from infectious blockages far
outweigh the negative social connotations.
39. Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden’s headquarters in Afghanistan
were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin
Laden is reportedly an avid reader.
40. Urine from male cape water buffaloes is so flammable that some tribes use it
for lantern fuel.
41. At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were
actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.
42. Every Labrador retriever dreams about bananas.
43. If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave
behind its weight in honey.
44. Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue
surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
45. Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out
your eyeballs.
46. Centuries ago, purchasing real estate often required having one or more limbs
amputated in order to prevent the purchaser from running away to avoid
repayment of the loan. Hence an expensive purchase was said to cost "an arm
and a leg."
47. When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold
Krugerrands in his small intestine.
48. Aardvarks are allergic to radishes, but only during summer months.
49. Coca-Cola was the favored drink of Pharaoh Ramses. An inscription
found in his tomb, when translated, was found to be almost identical to
therecipe used today.
50. If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you
part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a
vegetarian.
51. When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying
baby.
52. In WWII the US military planned to airdrop over France propaganda in the
form of Playboy magazine, with coded messages hidden in the models’ turn-
ons and turn-offs. The plan was scrapped because of a staple shortage due to
rationing of metal.
53. Although difficult, it’s possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two
Cool Ranch Doritos.
54. Napoleon’s favorite type of wood was knotty chestnut.
55. The world’s smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison,
WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12.
56. Due to the natural "momentum" of the ocean, saltwater fish cannot
swim backwards.
57. In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth
to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
58. It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville,
Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo.
59. The "nine lives" attributed to cats is probably due to their having nine primary
whiskers.
60. The original inspiration for Barbie dolls comes from dolls developed by
German propagandists in the late 1930s to impress young girls with the ideal
notions of Aryan features. The proportions for Barbie were actually based on
those of Eva Braun.
61. The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-
flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.
Countries with Capital and Currency of Asia

Country Capital Currency
Afghanistan Kabul Afghani
Bahrain Manama Bahraini Dinar
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka
Bhutan Thimpu Ngulturm
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Ringgit
Cambodia Phnom Panh Rile
China Beijing Yuan
Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus Pounnd
India New Delhi Indian Rupee
Indonesia Djakarta Rupiah
Iran Tehran Riyal
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar
Israel Tel Aviv Shekel
Japan Tokyo Yen
Jordan Amman Lordan Dinar
Kazakhstan Akmola Tenge
Korea (North) Pyongyang Won (KPW)
Korea (South) Seoul Won (KRW)
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait Dinar
Kyrgystan Bishkek Som (KGS)
Laos Vientiane Kip
Lebanon Beirut Lebnanesse Pound
Malaysia Kuala Lumpu Malaysian Ringgit
Maldives Male Rufiyaa
Mongolia Ulan-Bator Tugrik
Myanmar Yangoon Kyat
Nepal Kathamandu Nepalese Rupee
Oman Muscat Omani Rial
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee
Philippines Manila Piso
Qatar Dola Qatari Riyal
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal (SAR)
Singapore Singapore Singapore Dollar
Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka Rupee
Syria Damascus Syrian Pound
Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar
Tajikistan Dushambe Tajik Rouble
Thailand Bangkok Baht
Turkemenistan Ashkabad Manat (TMM)
Turkey Ankara Turkish Lira
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Dirham
Uzbekistan Tashkent Som (UKS)
Vietnam Hanoi Dong
Yemen Sana Riya (YER)
Countries with Capital and Currency of Europe

Albania Tirana Lek
Andorra Andorra-la-vella Franc Pesta
Armenia Yerevan Dram
Austria Vienna Schilling
Belarus Baku Manat
Belgium Brussels Belgian Franc
Bosnia-HerzegovinaSarajevo Konvertibilna Marka
Bulgaria Sarajevo Dinar
Croatia Sofia Lev
Czech Zagreb Koruna
Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone
Estonia Tallinn Kroon
Finland Helsinki Marakka
France Paris Franc
Georgia Tbilisi Lari
Germany Berlin Deutsche Mark
Greece Athens Drachma
Hungary Budapest Forint
Iceland Reykavik Krona
Ireland Dublin Euro
Italy Rome Euro
Kosovo Pristina Euro
Latvia Riga Lats
Leichtenstein Vaduz Swiss Franc
Lithuania Vilnius Litas
Luxemburg Luxemburg Luxemburg France
Macedonia Skopje Dinar
Malta Valletta Maltese Lira
Moldova Chisinau Leu
Monaco Monaco French Franc
Montenegro Podgorica Euro
Netherlands The Hague Guilder
Norway Oslo Norwegian Krone
Poland Warsaw Zloty
Portugal Lisbon Escudo
Republic Prague Koruna
Romania Bucharest Lei
Russia Moscow Rouble
San Marino San Marino Italian Lira
Slovakia Bratislava Slovak Koruna
Slovania Ljubljana Tolar
Spain Madrid Peseta
Sweden Stockholm Krona(SEK)
Switzerland Berne Swiss Franc
Ukraine Kiev Karbovanets
United Kingdom London Pound Sterling
Vatican City State Vatican City Italian Lira
Yugoslavia Belgrade New Dinar
Countries with Capital and Currency of Africa

Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar
Angola Luanda Kwanza
Benin Porto Novo Franc (CFA)
Bostwana Gaborone Pula
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Franc (CFA)
Burundi Bujumbura Burundi Franc
Cameroon Yaoundi Franc (CFA)
Cape Verde Prala Cape Verde Escudo
Central African
Bangul Franc (CFA)
Republic
Chad N’D’ Jamena Franc (CFA)
Comoros Moroni Comorian Franc
Congo Brazzaville Franc (CFA)
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti Franc
Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound
Equatorial Guinea Malabo Franc (CFA)
Eritrea Asmara Etheopian Birr
Gabon Libereville Franc (CFA)
Ghana Accra Cedi
Guinea Conakry Guinean Franc
Guinea Bissau Bissau Peso
Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro Franc (CFA)
Kenya Nairobi Kenya Shilling
Lesotho Maseru Loti
Liberia Monorovia Liberian Dollar
Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar
Madagascar Antananrivo Malagasy Franc
Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha
Mali Bamako Franc (CFA)
Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritius Rupee
Morocco Rabat Dirham
Mozambique Maputo Metical
Namibia Windhock Rand
Niger Niamey Franc
Nigeria Lagos Naira
Rwanda Kigali Franc
Senegal Dakar Franc
Seychelles Victoria Rupee
Sierra Leone Freetown Leone
Somalia Mogadishu Shilling
South Africa Cape Town Rand
Sudan Khartoum Pound
Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni
Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam Shilling
The Gambia Banjul Dalasi
Togo Lome Franc
Tunisia Tunis Dinar
Uganda Kampala Shilling
Zambia Lusaka Kwatcha
Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Dollar
Countries with Capital and Currency of North America

Antigua and Barbuda St. Johns Dollar
Bahamas Nassau Dollar
Barbados Bridgetown Dollar
Belize Belmopan Dollar
Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar
Costa Rica San Jose Colon
Cuba Havana Peso
Dominica Roseau Sterling
El Salvador San Salvador Colon
Grenada St. George Dollar
Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal
Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde
Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira
Jamaica Kingston Dollar
Mexico Mexico City Peso
Nicaragua Managua Cordoba
Panama Panama City Balboa
St. Kitts and Nevis Basseterre Dollar
Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain Dollar
United States of
Washington D.C. Dollar
America
Countries with Capital and Currency of South America

Argentina Buenos Aires Austral (Pesu)
Bolivia La Paz Boliviano
Brazil Brasilia Cruzeiro
Chile Santiago Peso
Colombia Bogotá Peso
Ecuador Quito Suere
French Guyana Koenne Franc
Guyana Georgetown Dollar
Paraguay Asuncion Guarani
Peru Lima Nuevosol
Surinam Paramaribo Guilder
Uruguay Montevideo Peso
Venezuela Caracas Bolivar
Countries with Capital and Currency of Oceania
Australia Canberra Australian Dollar
Fiji Suva Fiji Dollar
Nauru Nauru Dollar
New Zealand Willington New Zealand Dollar
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina
Solomon Island Honiara Dollar
Tonga Nukualofa Panga
1. Which metal is heavier, silver or gold?
2. How many legs do butterflies have?
3. Which is the country with the most people?
4. Which state is the biggest in the US?
5. Which country has the largest area of land?
6. Which is the country hosting the 2008 Olympic Games?
7. Which indoor sport is the most popular in the US?
8. Which golf player’s mother is from Thailand?
9. What is Aurora Borealis commonly known as?
10. Which is the non-contagious disease that is the most common in the
world?
11. Which was the album the Beatles recorded the last time together?
12. Which instrument did Miles Davis, the jazz musician, play?
13. What is the sport in which you could get into a headlock?
14. In which country was golf first played?
15. Which is the sport where you could be out ‘leg before wicket’, or ‘hit a
six’?
16. When did baseball originate in the US?
17. Which is the sport wherein you would use a ’sand iron’?
18. What is the largest mammal in the world?
19. Which is the country where reggae music originated?
20. Who was the creator of Jeeves and Wooster?
21. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
22. Who was the writer of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
23. After which famous person was the teddy bear named?
24. Which is the smallest ocean in the world?
25. What is the rhino’s horn made of?
Answers
1. Gold
2. Six
3. China
4. Alaska
5. Russia
6. China
7. Basketball
8. Tiger Woods
9. Northern Lights
10. Tooth Decay
11. Abbey Road
12. Trumpet
13. Wrestling
14. Scotland
15. Cricket
16. 19th Century
17. Golf
18. Blue Whale
19. Jamaica
20. P.G. Wodehouse
21. Michelangelo
22. Lewis Carroll
23. Theodore Roosevelt
24. Arctic Ocean
25. Hair
2. No. General Knowledge Question
01 The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was
Mujibur Rehman
02 The longest river in the world is the
Nile
03 The longest highway in the world is the Trans
Canada
04 The longest highway in the world has a length of About
8000 km
05 The highest mountain in the world is the
Everest
06 The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production
of the world is
Myanmar
07 The biggest desert in the world is the
Sahara desert
08 The largest coffee growing country in the world is
Brazil
09 The country also known as "country of Copper" is
Zambia
10 The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is
Durand line
11 The river Volga flows out into the
Caspian sea
12 The coldest place on the earth is
Verkoyansk in Siberia
13 The country which ranks second in terms of land area is
Canada
14 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is
Sicily
15 The river Jordan flows out into the
Dead sea
16 The biggest delta in the world is the
Ganges Delta
17 The capital city that stands on the river Danube is
Belgrade
18 The Japanese call their country as
Nippon
19 The length of the English channel is
564 kilometres
20 The world’s oldest known city is
Damascus
21 The city which is also known as the City of Canals is
Venice
22 The country in which river Wangchu flows is
Myanmar
23 The biggest island of the world is
Greenland
24 The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the
world is
Detroit, USA
25 The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is
China & South Africa
26 The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is
Malaysia
27 The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is
China
28 The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the
Amazon River
29 The city which was once called the `Forbidden City’ was
Peking
30 The country called the Land of Rising Sun is
Japan
31 Mount Everest was named after
Sir George Everest
32 The volcano Vesuvius is located in
Italy
33 The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is
Cuba
34 The length of the Suez Canal is
162.5 kilometers
35 The lowest point on earth is
The coastal area of Dead sea
36 The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of
Nepal
37 The largest ocean of the world is the
Pacific ocean
38 The largest bell in the world is the
Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
39 The biggest stadium in the world is the
Strahov Stadium, Prague
40 The world’s largest diamond producing country is
South Africa
41 Australia was discovered by
James Cook
42 The first Governor General of Pakistan is
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
43 Dublin is situated at the mouth of river
Liffey
44 The earlier name of New York city was
New Amsterdam
45 The Eifel tower was built by
Alexander Eiffel
46 The Red Cross was founded by
Jean Henri Durant
47 The country which has the greatest population density is
Monaco
48 The national flower of Britain is
Rose
49 Niagara Falls was discovered by
Louis Hennepin
50 The national flower of Italy is
Lily
51 The national flower of China is
Narcissus
52 The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at
Kathmandu
53 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is
Strait of Hormuz
54 The first Industrial Revolution took place in
England
55 World Environment Day is observed on
5th June
56 The first Republican President of America was
Abraham Lincoln
57 The country famous for Samba dance is
Brazil
58 The name of Alexander’s horse was
Beucephalus
59 Singapore was founded by
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
60 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was
Nelson
61 The earlier name of Sri Lanka was
Ceylon
62 The UNO was formed in the year
1945
63 UNO stands for
United Nations Organization
64 The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on
15th August
65 ’Last Judgement’ was the first painting of an Italian painter named
Michelangelo
66 Paradise Regained was written by
John Milton
67 The first President of Egypt was
Mohammed Nequib
68 The first man to reach North Pole was
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
69 The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was
Guermica
70 The primary producer of newsprint in the world is
Canada
71 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was
Cap. Ronald Amundson
72 The person who is called the father of modern Italy is
G.Garibaldi
73 World literacy day is celebrated on
8th September
74 The founder of modern Germany is
Bismarck
75 The country known as the land of the midnight sun is
Norway
76 The place known as the Roof of the world is
Tibet
77 The founder of the Chinese Republic was
San Yat Sen
78 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was
Abdul Salam
79 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was
Margaret Thatcher
80 The first Secretary General of the UNO was
Trygve Lie
81 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was
Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
82 The port of Baku is situated in
Azerbaijan
83 John F Kennedy was assassinated by
Lee Harvey Oswald
84 The largest river in France is

Loire
85 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was
Catherine of Aragon
86 The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was
Ralph Johnson Bunche
87 The first British University to admit women for degree courses was
London University
88 The principal export of Jamaica is
Sugar
89 New York is popularly known as the city of
Skyscrapers
90 Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of
Cloves
91 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is
Thailand
92 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is
Korea
93 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is
Bhutan
94 The highest waterfalls in the world is the
Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela
95 The largest library in the world is the
United States Library of Congress, Washington DC
96 The author of Harry Potter Books is
JK Rowling
97 Nickname of New York city is
Big Apple
98 What do you call a group of sheep?
A Flock of Sheep
99 In which sport do players take long and short corners?
Hockey
100 Who was the youngest President of the USA?
Theodore Roosevelt
101 How many legs do butterflies have?
6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings
Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?

Answer: Vinod Khosla
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today’s
computers run on it)?
Answer: Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
Answer: According to the latest report Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is the 3rd richest man in
world in 2005.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world’s No.1 web based
email program)?
Answer: Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of
program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
Answer: Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?

Answer: Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,responsible to

iron out all initial problems?
Answer: Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?

Answer: Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
*We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring
better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA
(1.5% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently
published in a German magazine, which deals with world history.
WORLD HISTORY - FACTS ABOUT INDIA
1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world’s first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than
10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.The
University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest
achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for
computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken
and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest
empire on earth.
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very
word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the
concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem.British scholars
have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan’s works dates to the
6th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.
9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations
were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks
and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as
1053.
10. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was
the only source of diamonds to the world.
11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst
academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor
Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India.
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of
his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary
stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000
years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley
(Indus Valley Civilisation).
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100
BC.
Quotes about India
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no
worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
- Albert Einstein.
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of
history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
- Mark Twain.
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a
home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
- French Scholar Romain Rolland.
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having
to send a single soldier across her border.
- Hu Shih (Former Chinese ambassador to USA).
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.
Writer/Author Books
1. Pt. Vishnu Sharma Panchatanra
2. Vishakhadatta Mudra Rakshas
3. Raskhan Prem Vatika
4. Panini Ashtadhyayi
5. Shudrak Mrichhakatikam
6. Kalidasa Raghuvansham, Kumarsambhavam,
Meghdootam, Abhugyanshakuntalam
7. Vatsyayana Mitakshara
8. Vigyaneshwar Kama Sutra
9. Jeemootwahan Daybhag
10. Kalhana Rajtarangini
11. Plini Natural History
12. Kautilya Arthashastra
13. Dandi Avanti Sundari, Dashkumaracharitam
14. Ved Vyas Bhagwat Gita, Mahabharata
15. Ashwaghosh Buddha Charitam
16. Jayadev Geet Govind
17. Bana Bhatt Kadambari
18.Bhavabhuti Malti Madhav
19. Amar Singh Amar Singh
20. Bhartihari Niti-Shatak, Shringar Shatak, Vairagya Shatak
21. Firdausi Shahnama
22. Abul Fazal Ain-i-Akbari, Akabarnama
23. Surdas Sahityalahri, Sursagar
24. Kabirdas Bijak, Ramayani, Sabar
25. Gulbadan Beghum Humanyunama
26. Al-Beruni Kitab-ul-Hind
27. Malik Mohammed Jayasi Padmavat
28. Mulk Raj Anand Coolie, Confession of a lover, Two leaves and
a bud
29. Nirad C. Chaudhury Hinduism, Autobiography of an Unknown
Indian, A Passage to England, Culture in the
Vanity Bag, Continent of Crime
30Rabindra Nath Tagore Chitrangada, Gitanjali, Gora, Chandalika,
Visarjana, Hungry Stones
31. Kuldip Nayyar The Judgment, Distant Neighbours; India, The
Critical Years; In Jail, Indai after Nehru,
Between the Lines
32. Sumitranandan Pant Jyotsana, Yugwani, Chidambara
33. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh Life Divine Essays on Gita
34. Swami Shivanand Divine Life
35. Amrita Pritam Death of a City , Kagaz te Canvas, Forty nine
Days
36. Munsi PremChand Godan, Gaban, Karmabhumi, Rangbhumi
37. Khushwant Singh Indira Gandhi Returns, Indira Gandhi; Badhate
Kadam, The Company of woman
38. B.M Kaul Untold Story, Confronation with Pakistan
39. Vijay Tendulkar Sakharam Binder
40 R.K. Narayanan The Darkroom, Malgudi Days, Guide, My
Days, Swami and Friends
41. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Indian Philosophy
42. Sarojini Naidu Golden Threshold, Broken wings
43. Suryaknt Tripathi Nirala Anamika, Parimal, Gunjan, Jusi ki kali
44. Yashpal Jhootha Sach
45. Jai Shankar Prasad Kamayani, Aansoo, Skandagupa, Ajatshatru
46. Kazi Nazrul Islam Agni Veena
47.Mainthilisharm Gupt Bharat Bharati
48. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar Kurukshera, Urvashi
49. Mrs. Indira Ghandhi Eternal India
50. S.H. Vatsyayan’Agyeya’ Kitni Nawon Mein Kitenee Bar, Aangan Ke
paar, Dwar, Shekhar: Ek Jivani, Nadi Ke
Dweep
51.Mahadevi Verma Yama, Niharika, Neeraja
52. Amrit Lal Nagar Amrit Aur Vish
53. Nayantara Sehgal A Voice of Freedom
54. V.S. Naipal Area of Darkness, A House for Mr.Biswas A
Million Multinies Now, A Bend in the River
55. Devkinandan Khatri Chandrakanta Santati
56. Sharat Chandra ChattopadhyayDevdas, Charitraheen, Shrikant, Parineeta
57. Vrindavanal Verma Jhansi Ki Rani
58. Jainendra Kumar Sunita, Tyagpatra
59. Bhagwati Charan Verma Chitralekha
60. Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’ Maila Aanchal, Mare Gaye Gulfam
61. Gajanan Madhav ‘Muktibodh’ Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai
62. Bhartendu Harischandra Bharat Durdasha, Satya Harischandra
1. A Joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament is Presided over by the
a) President b) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha c) Speaker d) Vice-Chairman of the

Rajya Sabha
2. In the History of Independent India , the first State Governor to be dismissed by

the President was
a) Ram Lal b) Prabhudas Patwari c) M.M. Thomas d) Mohammad Younus Saleem
3. The election of the President of India can be set aside by the Supreme Court under
Article
a) 71 b) 75 c) 12 d) 21
4. A High Court for a Union Territory may be constituted by the
a) President b) Union Parliament c) Supreme Court of India d) Union Law Ministry
5. Suffrage means
a) the right to suffer b) the right of the citizen to expose the sufferings of others
c) the right to vote
d) none of these.
6. The youngest High Court in the country is the
a) Delhi High Court b) Sikkim High Court c) Guwahati High Court d) Shimla High
Court
7. The right to prorogue the two Houses of parliament rests with the
a) President b) Prime Minister c) Union Council of Ministers d) Minister for

Parliamentary Affairs
8. A member of a Joint Service Commission shall address his letter of resignation to
a) the President b) the Governor c) the Chairman of the UPSC d) none of these
authorities
9. How many members of every Public Service Commission should have served the
Union/State
Governments for at least ten years?
a) One-fourth b) One-third c) One-half d) Two-thirds
60. Who, among the following , is/are not appointed by the President?
a) District and Sessions Judge b) High Court Judges c) Supreme Court Judges d)
Attorney-General
of India.
61. In the case of a stalemate over a bill in a joint sitting of Parliament , the power to
cast the deciding
vote lies with the
a) Prime Minister b) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha c) Union Law Minister d) Speaker
of Lok Sabha
62. June 25 , 1975 was a significant date in the history of the nation , because
a)Emergency was clamped on the nation on this date by Mrs.Gandhi b)it

wasthe date of death of
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru c) the Indian Rupee was devalued on that day d) the
Tashkent
Agreement was signed on that day.
63. The Chairman of the Public accounts Committee of Parliament is appointed by the
a) Prime Minister b) Speaker of Lok Sabha c) President d) Union Finance Minister.
64. Next to Hindi, the largest linguistic unit in India is
a) Tamil b) Marathi c) Telugu d) Bengali
65. The Justice D.P.Wadhwa Commission was appointed to enquire into the
a)violence against Christians in Gujarat b) attacks on churches in Madhya Pradesh

c)murder
of an Australian missionary and his sons d)burning of churches in Orissa
66. The Indian Administrative Service and The Indian Police Service have been
created by the
a)Union Public Service Commission b) Union Parliament c) Union Home Ministry
d)Constitution
67. Who among the following became president of India after having held the office
of the Vice-
President of India?
a) Dr.Rajendra Prasad b) R.Venkataraman c) Zail Singh d) N.Sanjeeva Reddy
68. With a view to resolve the differences relating to certain provisions of the Dowry
prohibition Bill,
the two houses of parliament sat in a joint session for the first time in
a) 1960 b) 1961 c) 1962 d) 1958
69. The speaker of Lok Sabha will address his letter of resignation to the
a) President b) Prime Minister c)Deputy Speaker d) Minister for Parliamentary

Affairs
70. The first non-congress Government to be formed in any Indian state was the
a)Communist Govt. in Kerala b) CPI(M) Govt. in West Bengal c) Swatantra Party

Govt. in Orissa
d) DMK Govt. in Tamilnadu.
71. The National Security Council is headed by the
a) Union Home Minister b) Defence Minister c) President d) Prime Minister
72. The first Vice-chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi was
a) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan b) G.Parthasarathy c) Dr.Rajendra Prasad d)

Md.Hidayatullah
73. The Constitution of India makes a reference to village panchayats in the chapter
on
a)Fundamental Rights b) Directive principles of State Policy c) Union and its

Territory
d) Special provisions
74. The most powerful Upper House , among the following , is the
a) Rajya Sabha Iin India b) Senate in the USA c) House of Lords in the UK d) Council
of
States in Switzerland.
75. For a successful and effective functioning of the parliamentary system , it is

necessary to have a
a) strong opposition party b) Presidential form of Govt. c) multi-party system d)no-

party system
76. Who, among the following, was the first recognized leader of the opposition in the
Union
Parliament?
a)Dr.S.P.Mukherji b)A.K.Gopalan c) Y.B.Chavan d) Prof.N.G.Ranga
77.Which of the following countries provided the lead to the development of modern
constitutional
government?
a)France b) Britain c) the USA d) Spain
78. The CAG does not audit the receipts and expenditure of
a)Municipal Undertakings b) State Governments c) Governments Companies d)

Union Government
79. The timetable of Parliament is controlled by the
a)President b) Union Cabinet c) Prime Minister c) Speaker
80. The House of People shall have not more than ____members to represent Union
Territories.
a) 20 b) 25 c) 30 d) 35
81. If a political party is recognized in ___ or more states, it is deemed to be a

National Party.
a) one b) two c) three d) four
82. The principal organ of the United Nations is the
a) Security Council b) General Assembly c) Secretariat d) UNESCO

83.”Sare Jahan Se Achcha, Hindustan Hamara” was composed by
a) Mohammed Iqbal b) Mrs.Sarojini Naidu c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Bankm

Chandra Chatterji
84. The model for Fundamental Rights in India has been taken from the
a)Constitution of India b) British Constitution c) Irish Constitution d) Constitution of

New Zealand
85. The procedure for removing the judges of the Supreme Court of India is by an
/the
a)decision by a majority of the Lok Sabha b)order by the President for their removal
c)address to
the President for their removal passed by a special majority of

Parliament d)removal from office
after an impeachment.
86.The first Governor-General of Free India was
a)C.Rajagopalachari b) Lord Mountbatten c)Lord Wavell d) Lord Linlithgow
87. Who, among the following painters, was invited to draw sketches on the theme of
national
integration in the first copy of the constitution of India?
a)Nandalal Bose b) M.F.Hussain c) Satyajit Ray d) J.Swaminathan
88. The late Mrs.Vijaylakshmi Pandit was the first
a) Indian to become President of the UN General Assembly b) women cabinet

minister of a State
in Free India c) woman ambassador of free India to a foreign country d)all the three
given above.
89. An Advocate General is a/an
a)State Government Official b) Union Govt.Official c) Extra-constitutional authority

d) subordinate of the Attorney-General of India.
90. Which, among the following Union Territories , has a legislature and a Council of
Ministers?
a)Lakshadweep b) Dadra & Nagar- Haveli c) Pondicherry d) Chandigarh
91. Who,among the following, acted as Prime Minister of India for 12 days, on the
death of Nehru?
a)Morarji Desai b) Gulzarilal Nanda c) Mrs.Indira Gandhi d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
92. A meeting of the Union Council of Ministers was held outside NewDelhi for the
forst time during
Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure.The venue of the meeting was
a)Kottayam(kerala)b) Sariska (rajasthan) c) Santiniketan(west Bengal)d)Shimla

(Himachal pradesh)
93. Money can be advanced out of the Contigency Fund of India, to meet unforeseen
expenditures, by
a) the Parliament b) the President c) the Prime Minister d) The Finance Minister
94. The de jure head of a State administration is the
a)Chief Minister b) Law Minister c) Home Minister d) Governor
95. The chief minister of a State is not eligible to vote in the Presidential election if he
a)himself is candidate b) is yet to prove his majority on the floor of the State
Assembly
c)is a member of the Upper house of the State Legislature d) is a caretaker

Chief Minister.
96. Normally, no person can be held under preventive detention for more than _____
months.
a) two b) three c) six d) twelve
97. The 44th Amendment to the constitution provides for
a)suspension of individual liberty during an emergency b) right to property as no

longer a
fundamental right c) barring of courts from interfering in disputes regarding

election of prime
Minister d) more importance to Directive Principles over Fundamental Rights

98. The Uttar Pradesh Govt. has accorded the second official language status to _____
in the State.
a) English b) Sanskrit c)Maithili d) Urdu
99. The Chief Justice and other Judges of the Supreme Court of India hold Office until
they attain
the age of ______ years. a)58 b) 60 c) 65 d) 70
100. The provisions relating to the suspension of fundamental rights by the President
during
emergencies were borrowed from the
a) Constitution of Canada b) Constitution of USA c) British Constitution d) Weimer

Constitution of Germany
INVENTION : INVENTOR(S)
• Aeroplane : Orville and Wilbur Wright

• Bifocal Lens : Benjamin Franklin
• Diesel Engine : Rudolf Diesel
• Dynamite : Alfred B. Nobel
• Electric Generator : Michael Faraday
• Electric Lamp : Thomas Alva Edison
• Elevator : Elisha G. Otis
• Gramophone : Thomas Alva Edison
• Lightning Conductor : Benjamin Franklin
• Mercury Thermometer : Fahrenheit
• Microphone : Sir Alexander Graham Bell
• Movie Projector : Thomas Alva Edison
• Pneumatic Tyres : John Boyd Dunlop
• Safety Razor : King C. Gillette
• Steam Engine (condenser) : James Watt
• Telegraph Code : Samuel Morse
• Telephone : Sir Alexander Graham Bell
• Television (mechanical) : John Logie Baird
• Transformer : Michael Faraday
• Vulcanised Rubber : Charles Goodyear
• Waterproof Rubber : Charles Macintosh
• Airship (rigid) : G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
• Automobiles using gasoline : Karl Benz
• Bakelite : Leo H Baekeland
• Ball-Point Pen : John J. Loud
• Barometer : Evangelista Torricelli
• Bicycle : Kirkpatrick Macmillan
• Carburettor : Gottlieb Daimler
• Electronic Computer : Dr. Alan M. Turing
• Fountain Pen : Lewis E. Waterman
• Gunpowder : Roger Bacon
• Internal Combustion Engine : Otto
• Jet Engine : Sir Frank Whittle
• Laboratory Gas Burner : Robert Wilhelm Von Bunsen
• Logarithmic Tables : John Napier
• Microscope : Z. Janssen
• Power Loom : Edmund Cartwright
• Printing Press : Johann Gutenberg
• Rabies Vaccine : Louis Pasteur
• Refrigerator : James Harrison, Alexander Catlin
• Shorthand : Sir Isaac Pitman
• Stethoscope : Dr. William Stokes, Rene Laennec
• Submarine : David Bushnell
• Transistor : Bardeen, Shockley, Brattain
• Air Pump : Otto von Guericke
• Airship (rigid) : G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
• Arc Lamp : C. F. Brush
• Automobiles using gasoline : Karl Benz
• Bakelite : Leo H Baekeland
• Ball-Point Pen : John J. Loud
• Barometer : Evangelista Torricelli
• Bicycle : Kirkpatrick Macmillan
• Carburettor : Gottlieb Daimler
• Electric Battery : Alessandro Volta
• Electric Flat Iron : H. W. Seeley
• Electric Furnace : William Siemens
• Electric Motor (AC) : Nikola Tesla
• Electronic Computer : Dr. Alan M. Turing
• Fountain Pen : Lewis E. Waterman
• Galvanometer : Andre-Marie Ampere
• Gunpowder : Roger Bacon
• Hovercraft : Christopher Cockerell
• Internal Combustion Engine : Otto
• Jet Engine : Sir Frank Whittle
• Laboratory Gas Burner : Robert Wilhelm Von Bunsen
• Logarithmic Tables : John Napier
• Microscope : Z. Janssen
• Nylon : Dr. Wallace H. Carothers
• Power Loom : Edmund Cartwright
• Printing Press : Johann Gutenberg
• Rabies Vaccine : Louis Pasteur
• Refrigerator : James Harrison, Alexander Catlin
• Shorthand : Sir Isaac Pitman
• Stethoscope : Dr. William Stokes, Rene Laennec
• Submarine : David Bushnell
• Transistor : Bardeen, Shockley, Brattain
• Vaccination : Edward Jenner
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