GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 1 (With Answers)
GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 1
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu
Central School, Bhutan
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General
Knowledge Quiz 1
1.
What is the official
language of Brazil?
2. Who bought the sword of Tipu Sultan in London and brought it back to India?
3. Which part of the poppy plant is used for the extraction of opium?
4.
When did the Chinese take
control of Tibet?
5.
Which country is considered
as Asian Switzerland?
6.
When did scientists discover
that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) —chemicals used in refrigeration,
air-conditioning systems, cleaning solvents, and aerosol sprays?
7.
What is Thanatology?
8. Name the planets that crossed the face of the
1. Sun (in transit) recently after 122 years
9.
Who is called as oenologist?
10. Name the official state tree of Illinois?
11. Which famous astronomer discovered 32 comets and approximately 300
asteroids?
12. When was the U.S. first Secret Service established for the specific
purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money?
13. Name the only city in the world located on two continents.
14. Name the longest river in
the world.
15. What is the length of English Channel?
16. Who are the Ghurkhas?
17. Where did the first Industrial Revolution take place?
18. Which country is known as Sugar Bowl of the world?
19. Who built the Eifel tower?
20. Who founded Red Cross?
Answer
1. Portuguese
2. Vijay Mallya
3. Flowers
4. 1959
5. Bhutan
6. 1970
7. The scientific study of Death
8. Venus
9. A person who is a specialist in wine making
10. The White Oak
11. Carolyn Shoemaker
12. 1865
13. Istanbul, Turkey
14. River Nile
15. 564 kilometres
16. The original
inhabitants of Nepal
17. England
18. Cuba
19. Alexander Eiffel
20. Jean Henri Durant
General
Knowledge Quiz 2
1.
Which country is famous for
Samba dance?
2.
Who founded Singapore?
3.
Name the biggest stadium in
the world.
4.
Who discovered Niagara Falls?
5.
Who is the first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize?
6.
What was discovered as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms
were produced?
7.
Nearly how many glasses of
milk can a cow give in her lifetime?
8.
When a person dies, which
sense is first to go?
9.
Name the first USA president
to have born in hospital.
10. Name the world’s smallest co-axial helicopter.
11. Name the engine that power the world’s smallest co-axial
helicopter.
12. What is the maximum crushing speed of the world’s smallest co-axial helicopter?
13. How many eyes does a butterfly have?
14. Name the fourth most intelligent animal in the world?
15. What was the longest lifespan of a frog?
16. When and where was the place value system' and the
'decimal system' developed?
17. How long can a snail sleep?
18. Name the cricketer who holds the world record of maximum number of sixes
in Test series?
19. Who
is the current President of the UN General Assembly?
20. Name two countries who contribute the largest amount of
funds to the U.N.?
Answer
1. Brazil
2. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
3. Strahov Stadium, Prague
4. Louis Hannifin
5. Ralph Johnson Bunche
6. Silly Putty
7. 200000 glasses
8. Hearing
9. Jimmy Carter
10. GEN H-4
11. GEN125 engines
12. 55 m/h
13. 12,000 eyes
14. Pig
15. 40 years
16. 100 BC in India
17. 3 years
18. Chris Carins (New Zealand)
19. H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki
of Libya
20. Germany and Japan
General
Knowledge Quiz 3
1.
Name the first U.N. Secretary General?
2.
Name the last United Nations
trust territory to gain independence?
3.
Name the first woman Prime
Minister of United Kingdom?
4.
Name the last Emperor of
India?
5.
Name the scientist said “For
every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”?
6.
How much amount did the U.S.
pay to Russia for Alaska in 1867?
7.
To which birds are chocolate
the poisonous to their body?
8.
How many hearts does an
earthworm have?
9.
What is the fat from the
sheep called?
10. Name the largest dog in the world?
11. Name the bird that cannot fly?
12. How many taste buds do a catfish has?
13. How many bathrooms does the White House have in it?
14. How many elevators does the White House have in it?
15. How many rooms does the White House have in it?
16. How many doors does the White House have in it?
17. What was the size of the largest that was ever found?
18. When was TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars introduced first?
19. What is a rhinoceros’s horn made up of?
20. Name the person who spent 39 years studying about earthworks.
Answer
1. Trygve Lie
2. Palau
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. George VI
5. Isaac Newton
6. $7.2 million
7. Parrots
8. 5 hearts
9. Tallow
10. Irish wolfhound
11. The New Zealand Kiwi bird
12. 100,000 taste buds
13. 35 bathrooms
14. 3 elevators
15. 132 rooms
16. 412 doors
17. 3106 carats
18. 1979
19. Compacted hair
20. Charles Darwin
General
Knowledge Quiz 4
1.
How many hearts do an
octopus has?
2.
Name the only author to have
a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
3.
What is the name of the
space between our eyebrows?
4.
When was the Snickers
chocolate bar invented?
5.
Which vegetable contains more
sugar from all the vegetables?
6.
When did the NASA begin to
use artificial satellites to study global change?
7.
Why did the NASA begin to
use artificial satellites to study global change?
8.
Name the
longest highway in the world?
9.
Who
assassinated John F Kennedy?
10. Name the youngest President of
the USA.
11. Name the only bird which
hunts by sense of smell.
12. Name the only bird which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.
13. When a person dies, what is the last sense to go?
14. When a person dies, what is the first sense to go?
15. When a person dies, what is the second sense to go?
16. When a person dies, what is the third sense to go?
17. When a person dies, what is the fourth sense to go?
18. Name the Japanese factory worker to become the first known fatality
caused by a robot in July, 1981, in a car plant.
19. By what can we determine the age of the tree?
20. Where is the Ling raja Temple built during the medieval period?
Answer
1. 3 hearts.
2. Isaac Asimov
3. Glabella
4. 1930
5. Beets
6. 1991
7.
To better understand the
impact of natural and human disruptions on the Earth
8. Trans-Canada
9. Lee Harvey Oswald
10. Theodore Roosevelt
11. Kiwis
12. Owl
13. Hearing
14. Sight
15. Taste
16. Smell
17. Touch
18. Kenji Urada
19. By counting the annual growth rings of its stem
20. Bhubaneswar
General
Knowledge Quiz 5
1.
When was The Global Fund
created?
2.
When was American Presidents
John F Kennedy assassinated?
3.
Name the first space
traveller?
4.
Name the first lady governor
of a state in India?
5.
Who is the chief architect
of Green Revolution in India?
6.
When was NAM summit in Tehran
held?
7.
Where was the G-8
Environment Ministers Meeting 2008 held?
8.
What is Kibo?
9.
How many countries are there
in the world today?
10. When did French Revolution take place?
11. When was the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
12. When was the University Grants Commission set up?
13. Name the smallest and least populated territory in India?
14. When was United Nations founded?
15. Name the war in which the British use concentration camps
16. To which organization does the fictional spy James Bond belong?
17. Where is the seat of the International Court of Justice?
18. Who was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952?
19. Name the largest employer in the world.
20. How many parts are there in the
Boeing 747-400?
Answer
1. 2002
2. 1963
3. Yuri Gagarin
4. Sarojini Naidu
5. MS Swaminathan
6. 2008
7. Kobe
8. Japan’s experimental laboratory sent to ISS
9. 195
10. 1789
11. August 6, 1945
12. 1953
13. Lakshadweep
14. 24 October 1945
15. Boer War
16. MI6
17. The Hague
18. Albert Einstein
19. The Indian railway system in India
20. S ix million parts
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