1. The main goal of Zionism was to
a) Establish a Jewish homeland
b) Increase Arab residents in Palestine
c) Assimilate Jews into other cultures
d) Fight against anti-Semitism
Answer: Establish a Jewish homeland
2. When was the "Boxer Rebellion" happened in China?
a) 1895
b) 1900
c) 1905
d) 1909
Answer: 1900
3. Who is known as Man of Blood and Iron ?
a) Napoleon
b) Bismarck
c) Sir Walter Scott
d) Ho Chi Minh
Answer: Bismarck
4. Which of these was an action of Farmers Alliances?
a) Involving farmers in political action
b) Encouraging farmers to give up farming
c) Helping farmers fight for better prices
d) Both A & C
Answer: Both A & C
5. First tuesday of may is observed as
a) Global family Day
b) World Asthma Day
c) World Immunization Day
d) International Human Solidarity Day
Answer: World Asthma Day
6. The deepest lake of the world is ___________.
a) Aral Sea
b) Caspian sea
c) Dead sea
d) Baikal
Answer: Baikal
7. The place of origin of an earthquake is called
a) Focus
b) Amphidromic Point
c) Seismal
d) Epicentre
Answer: Focus
8. The Tropic of cancer does not pass through
a) india
b) pakistan
c) Myanmar
d) Bangladesh
Answer: pakistan
Explanation: The Tropic of Cancer is 23.5 degrees north latitude. It passes through 16 countries across 3 continents. They are 1. In North America, Mexico and Bahamas(Archipelago). 2. In Africa, Niger, Algeria, Mauritania, Egypt, Libya, Mali and Western Sahara. 3. In Asia, Myanmar, Omen, Bangladesh, India, Saudi Arabia, China, United Arab Emirates and Taiwan. The Tropic of Cancer also passes through 6 Water Bodies on the whole. They are 1. Indian Ocean, 2. Atlantic Ocean, 3. Pacific Ocean, 4. Taiwan Strait, 5. Red Sea (and) 6. Gulf of Mexico. Hence, The Tropic of cancer does not pass through Pakistan
9. What animal has the worst memory?
a) Dog
b) Rat
c) Elephant
d) Dolphin
Answer: Elephant
Explanation: Elephant has worst shortest memory and dolphin has longest memory in the Animal kingdom
10. In modern periodic table while going from top to bottom in a group ______.
a) size of an atom decreases
b) size of an atom increases
c) ionisation energy of an atom increases
d) size and ionisation energy of an atom increases
Answer: size and ionisation energy of an atom increases
11. The famous Rock Garden is located in which city?
a) Jaipur
b) Simla
c) Lacknow
d) Chandigarh
Answer: Chandigarh
Explanation: The famous Rock Garden which is also known as Nek Chand's Rock Garden after its founder Nek Chand, a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957 is in the city Chandigarh.
12. Which country has no cinema theaters
a) iran
b) iraq
c) Pennsylvania
d) none
Answer: none
13. Smallest cricket stadium in the world by boundary?
a) Carisbrook Stadium
b) Feroz Shah Kotla
c) Melbourne Cricket Ground
d) Sydney Cricket Stadium
Answer: Feroz Shah Kotla
Explanation: The Feroz Shah Kotla Ground is a cricket ground built in 1883 in New Delhi is the second oldest international cricket stadium still functional in India, after the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. It also holds the record of the smallest cricket stadium in the world by boundary.
14. Which city is known as "City of Blood" in India ?
a) Jaisalmar
b) Jodhpur
c) Yavatmal
d) Tezpur
Answer: Tezpur
Explanation: Tezpur is the city in the state of Assam is known as City of Blood.
15. The world famous 'Khajuraho' sculptures are located in
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Orissa
d) Maharashtra
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
16. What is the capital of Ghana?
a) Banjul
b) Bishkek
c) Accra
d) Ankara
Answer: Accra
Explanation: The capital of Ghana is Accra and its currency is Ghanaian Cedi.
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17. What is the capital of Finland?
a) Conakry
b) Helsinki
c) Prague
d) None of the above
Answer: Helsinki
Explanation: Helsinki is the capital of Finland
18. The journalist who refused to accept Padma Bhushan was
a) Shekharan Nair
b) Ratan Thiyam
c) Arun Shourie
d) Khushwant Singh
Answer: Khushwant Singh
Explanation: Khushwant Singh (Journalist) : Returned his Padma Bhushan in protest against Operation Blue Star (1984); awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2007.
19. Who among the following is not a recipient of Bharat Ratna
a) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
20. Global 500 ' awards are given for the outstanding achievement in which of the following fields
a) Population Control
b) campaign against drugs
c) Elimination of illiteracy
d) Protection of environment
Answer: Protection of environment
21. The first gasoline-run car engine was developed by
a) Henry Ford
b) Hugh Chalmers
c) Carl Benz
d) Horace Elgin Dodge
Answer: Carl Benz
22. The instrument used to regulate temperature to particular degree is called
a) Thermostat
b) Thermometer
c) pyrometer
d) Thermocouple
Answer: pyrometer
23. The first Asian Secretary general of U.N.O was
a) Vijaya Laxmi pandit
b) Trygve Lie
c) U.Thant
d) Kurt Waldheum
Answer: Trygve Lie
24. The International township built near Pondicherry in India in Collaboration with UNESCO is called
a) Broadway
b) Gayaville
c) Elbaville
d) Auroville
Answer: Auroville
25. Which of the statements given below are correct?
a) Rafael Nadal won the Tennis 2017 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles.
b) Aryan Tari won the 2017 World Junior Chess Championship
c) Viktor Axelsen won the Men's Singles Badminton 2017 BWF World Championships.
d) Both B & C
Answer: Both B & C
26. Tripping is associates with
a) Snooker
b) Cricket
c) Volleyball
d) Football
Answer: Football
27. Term Chinaman is related to which sports ?
a) Football
b) Cricket
c) Golf
d) Hocke y
Answer: Cricket
Explanation: Chinaman bowling is left-arm unorthodox spin, where the bowler spins the ball into a right-handed batsman. Leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who debuted in the Dharamsala Test against Australia, has become the first-ever men’s Chinaman bowler to represent India
28. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run
a) M.L. Valsamma
b) P.T. Usha
c) Kamaljit Sandhu
d) K.Malleshwari
Answer: P.T. Usha
29. Who was the first woman to reach the north pole?
a) Ann Bancroft
b) Nancy Loewen
c) Liv Arnesen
d) Robert Peary
Answer: Ann Bancroft
Explanation: Ann Bancroft was the first woman to reach the north pole.
30. Who is known as the father of Pentium Chip?
a) Vinod Krishnan
b) Vinod Dham
c) Seymour I. Rubinstein
d) Sanjay Mokashi
Answer: Vinod Dham
