General Knowledge Quiz

'Virasat' (1997) is a Hindi remake of the Tamil film 'Thevar Magan' and was directed by Priyadarshan, starring Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Pooja Batra, and Amrish Puri.

Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on black holes and relativity. While the question spells his name incorrectly and 'Astrophysist' is misspelled, Option A is correct.

Captain James Cook claimed eastern Australia for Britain in 1770 during his first Pacific voyage. This marked European discovery of the continent.

Microsoft Excel allows saving workbooks as HTML web pages through the 'Save as Web Page' feature, preserving formatting for browser viewing.

India won its first Cricket World Cup in 1983, captained by Kapil Dev, defeating the West Indies in the final at Lord's. This was a historic victory that transformed Indian cricket. India also won in 2011 (not listed), while 1987, 1992, and 1996 were years when other countries won.

Mohan Bagan (now Mohun Bagan) is the oldest soccer club in India, founded in 1889 in Kolkata. It's one of India's most historic football clubs. Churchill Brothers is a Goan club founded much later, and Goa Soccer Club and Kolkata Club are not the oldest.

Gol Maal (1979) starring Amol Palekar was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee (misspelled as Hrikesh in option C). The spelling error doesn't change the correct answer. Manmohan Desai, Bimal Roy, and Satyajit Ray were not directors of this film.

C. Rajagopalachari was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna in 1954, along with Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. Dr. Ambedkar received it posthumously in 1990, Sardar Patel posthumously in 1991, and Pandit Nehru in 1955. 'Recepient' is misspelled but doesn't affect the answer.

The Old Testament was originally written primarily in Hebrew, with some portions in Aramaic. While the New Testament was written in Greek, Hebrew is the correct answer as the original language of major portions of the Bible. Arabic, Farsi, and English were not original Bible languages.

H2SO4 is sulfuric acid (misspelled as Salphuric in option B). It's a strong mineral acid used in batteries, fertilizer production, and chemical manufacturing. Water is H2O, hydrochloric acid is HCl, and carbon is an element, not a compound.