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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The highest literary award in India, the Jnanpith Award, carries a cash prize of

  1. Rs. 2 lakh
  2. Rs. 3 lakh
  3. Rs. 5 lakh
  4. Rs. 8 lakh
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the smallest country by area?

  1. Monaco
  2. Malta
  3. Vatican city
  4. Marshall Islands
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'I Dare' is the autobiography of

  1. Nelson Mandela
  2. Kiran Bedi
  3. Phoolan Devi
  4. P.T. Usha
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cathay Pacific Airways is the airlines of

  1. France
  2. Hong Kong
  3. Poland
  4. Russia
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Financial Times is a daily, published from

  1. Toronto
  2. New York
  3. London
  4. Beijing
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who said 'Gods help those who help themselves'?

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Otto von Bismarck
  3. Goldsmith
  4. Aesop
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following is the first space tourist?

  1. Laika
  2. Dennis Tito
  3. Yuri Gagarin
  4. Alan B Shepherd
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Thalassophobia is fear of

  1. telling lies
  2. thunder
  3. travel
  4. sea
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the top daily newspaper in India?

  1. The Hindustan Times
  2. The Hindu
  3. Dainik Jagaran
  4. Malayala Manoram
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the third most spoken language of the world?

  1. Arabic
  2. Spanish
  3. Hindi
  4. German
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Zloty is the currency of which of the following countries?

  1. Phillipines
  2. Poland
  3. Peru
  4. Romania
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Color Television was invented by

  1. Micheal Faraday
  2. G.Marconi
  3. W K Roentgen
  4. John Logie Baird
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who earned the sobriquet of 'King Maker of India'?

  1. C.Rajagopalachary
  2. Kautilya
  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri
  4. Kamraj
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first person to win 'Dada Saheb Phalke Award'?

  1. V. Shantaram
  2. Prithviraj Kapoor
  3. Naushad Ali
  4. Devika Rani Roerich
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following countries is the chief exporter of coffee?

  1. USA
  2. China
  3. Brazil
  4. India
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Quiranale House is the official residence of

  1. President of Italy
  2. President of France
  3. President of Mexico
  4. President of South Korea
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Penny Postage system was designed by

  1. Malthus
  2. Sir Rowland Hill
  3. Maria Montessori
  4. Baden Powell
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Empire State Building is located in

  1. London
  2. Washington
  3. New York
  4. Berlin
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Knesset is the parliament of

  1. Israel
  2. Japan
  3. Sweden
  4. Jordon
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Omakar Temple is located in

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Orissa
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Madhurai
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Napoleon Bonaparte was known as

  1. Fuhrer
  2. Man of Destiny
  3. Man of Blood
  4. Desert Fox
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Humming bird is the National Emblem of

  1. Turkey
  2. Canada and Ukraine
  3. Trinidad and Tobago
  4. Sudan
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following did not win the 'Man Booker Prize for fiction'?

  1. Salman Rushdie
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Kiran Desai
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Aspirin, the common medicine, was invented by

  1. Koller
  2. Leeuwenhock
  3. Dreser
  4. James Simpson
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where is Stratosphere Tower located?

  1. China
  2. USA
  3. Kuwait
  4. Russia