Tag: general knowledge

Questions Related to general knowledge

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.

  2. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

  3. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  4. Stay hungry stay foolish

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Stay hungry, stay foolish is Steve Jobs' famous Stanford commencement quote, NOT Bill Gates. The 640K quote (though often debated), the success lousy teacher quote, and unhappy customers quote are all documented Gates/Bill Gates or Microsoft sayings.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Issac Newton

  2. Stephen Hawkins

  3. Richard Feynman

  4. S. Ramanujam

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This recursive, playful wonder captures Richard Feynman's scientific curiosity - his famous joy in pure inquiry. Newton, Hawking, and Ramanujan were brilliant but didn't express this specific whimsical, self-referential questioning style.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Stephi Graph

  2. Anna Kournikova

  3. Martina Hingis

  4. Justine hennin

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This tennis quote reflects Anna Kournikova's competitive mindset. Steffi Graf (misspelled), Martina Hingis, and Justine Henin (misspelled) were champion tennis players but this specific resilience quote is associated with Kournikova's career perspective.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Jamaica

  2. Kenya

  3. Ethiopia

  4. Venezuela

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Usain Bolt is from Jamaica, the country famous for producing elite sprinters. Kenya and Ethiopia dominate long-distance running, while Venezuela is not known for sprinting. Jamaica's sprinting tradition includes Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and many others.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Hemagglutinin (H), Neuraminidase (N)

  2. Hemogglutinin (H), Neuraminidine (N)

  3. Hemoagglutinin (H), Neuraminidyn (N)

  4. Hemaagglutinin (H), Neuraminidyn (N)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

H1N1 is a subtype of influenza A virus where H stands for Hemagglutinin (responsible for binding the virus to host cells) and N stands for Neuraminidase (helps release new viral particles from host cells). Option A has the correct spellings of both terms.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Roche Pharma

  2. Glaxo Smithkline

  3. Pfizer

  4. Zydus Cadilla

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is manufactured and distributed by Roche under license from Gilead Sciences. During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, Roche significantly increased production and the company's revenue from Tamiflu was substantial.

Multiple choice general knowledge history
  1. Mehrgarh

  2. Harappa

  3. Mohenjodaro

  4. Egyptian

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mehrgarh (7000-2600 BCE) in present-day Balochistan, Pakistan is the oldest among the options, predating the Egyptian civilization (3100 BCE) and the Indus Valley Civilization sites of Harappa and Mohenjodaro (3300-1300 BCE). It represents the earliest farming and herding settlement in South Asia.