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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The River Lena flows into the

  1. Atlantic Ocean


  2. Pacific Ocean

  3. Arctic Ocean

  4. Indian Ocean
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the female French open 2007?


  1. Justine Henin

  2. Serena Williams

  3. Venus Williams

  4. Maria Sharapova
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does the word “nincompoop” actually mean?

  1. An egoistic person

  2. Pious man

  3. A clever person

  4. A stupid person
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The former name of Malawi is


  1. Nyasaland

  2. Sri Lanka

  3. Kenya
  4. Burma
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer) 
 What is ‘kimono’?

  1. A form of dressing

  2. A cuisine

  3. Migratory bird

  4. None of the above
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A Tale of Two Cities is a book by


  1. William Shakespeare
  2. Danielle Steel

  3. Charles Dickens
  4. Salman Rushdie
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one amongst these is an 'extinct volcano'?


  1. Mount Fuji in Japan

  2. Mayon in the Philippines
  3. Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa
  4. Mauna Loa in Hawaii
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Kiwi is a kind of


  1. Bird

  2. Animal
  3. Palatable Dish
  4. Fish
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following mountain peaks of Himalayas is not in India?


  1. Mt .Kamet
  2. Kanchenjunga
  3. Nanda Devi
  4. Annapurna
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who founded the Mughal Empire in India?


  1. Jahangir

  2. Aurangzeb
  3. Akbar

  4. Babar
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The river Danube flows out into the


  1. Red Sea

  2. Yellow Sea

  3. Atlantic Ocean

  4. Black Sea
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The largest exporter of tea in the present world is

  1. India

  2. Kenya

  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Brazil
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country is mostly known as the pearl of the orient sea?


  1. Philippines

  2. China

  3. Detroit

  4. Spain
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The famous character “Don Quixote” was created by


  1. Shakespeare

  2. Cervantes

  3. Charles Dickens

  4. Byron
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The “Tethys Sea” existed during which era


  1. Triassic


  2. Mesozoic

  3. Jurassic

  4. None of the above
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is Myopia?


  1. Nearsightedness

  2. Cataract

  3. Farsightedness

  4. Deep wound
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The biggest urban slum of the world is in


  1. New York
  2. Texas

  3. Kentucky

  4. Mumbai
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is Donald Duck's wealthy uncle?


  1. Scrooge

  2. Alister

  3. Hobbes

  4. Dina Sur
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Gulf of Mexico is surrounded by


  1. North American continent and the island of Cuba

  2. South American continent and the island of Cuba

  3. Yemen and Africa

  4. None of the above
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pole star is located directly



  1. Overhead as seen from the South Pole

  2. Overhead as seen from the North Pole

  3. Near the Equator

  4. None of the above
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many earth days does Jupiter take to orbit the sun?

  1. 3652
  2. 2483

  3. 5551

  4. 4332
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which city is known as the “city of churches”?


  1. <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman=">Rome

  2. <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman=">Paris

  3. <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman=">Adelaide<span style="">

  4. <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman="><span style=""><span style="new="> <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman=">Spain

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Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the major woman involved in the 'Trojan War”?


  1. <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman=">Venus<span style="">

  2. <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman=">Artemis

  3. <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman=">Helen Of Troy

  4. <span style="font-family:=" mso-fareast-font-family:="times=" new="roman=">None of the above
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which state in India is better known as “God's Own Country”?


  1. <span style="font-family:=new=">West Bengal

  2. <span style="font-family:=new=">Assam

  3. <span style="font-family:=new=">Kashmir

  4. <span style="font-family:=mso-fareast-font-family:=" times="new=" roman=""><span style=""><span style=""> <span style="font-family:=new=">Kerala
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever” is a famous quote by


  1. <span style="line-height:=" font-family:="new=">Charlton Heston

  2. <span style="line-height:=" font-family:="mso-fareast-font-family:=" times="new=" roman=""><span style=""><span style="new="> <span style="line-height:=" font-family:="new=">Adolf Hitler

  3. <span style="line-height:=" font-family:="mso-fareast-font-family:=" times="new=" roman=""><span style=""><span style="new="> <span style="line-height:=" font-family:="new=">Napoleon Bonaparte

  4. <span style="line-height:=" font-family:="mso-fareast-font-family:=" times="new=" roman=""><span style=""><span style="new="> <span style="line-height:=" font-family:="new=">Bertrand Russell
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