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Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new member ?

  1. 35

  2. 39

  3. 40

  4. 42
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When an old member (age X+4) is replaced by a younger member (age Y), and the average age remains unchanged after 4 years, the total age increase from the 9 continuing members (9 × 4 = 36 years) must be offset by the age difference. So Y = (X+4) - 36 = X - 40, meaning the new member is 40 years younger than the old member.

Multiple choice general knowledge

What is the main attribute of a Gilt-Edged stock?

  1. Bonds issued by the government whose likelihood of default is zero

  2. A stock backed by gold.

  3. Stocks which are linked to the inflation rate

  4. Stocks doing well in the capital market
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Gilt-edged stocks refer to high-quality government bonds (primarily UK government securities) that are considered extremely safe with minimal default risk. The term comes from the gold- or 'gilt'-edged certificates historically issued. The name has nothing to do with gold backing, inflation linking, or stock market performance.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Who took the world's first photograph?

  1. George Eastman

  2. Edwin Land

  3. Joseph Niépce

  4. Guglielmo Marconi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first surviving photograph in 1826 or 1827, known as 'View from the Window at Le Gras.' George Eastman founded Kodak and popularized photography, Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera, and Guglielmo Marconi developed radio telegraphy - none took the first photograph.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Which parameter defines the poverty line in India?

  1. housing and clothing facilities

  2. income of the family

  3. general health of a family

  4. per capita calories intake
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

India traditionally defined the poverty line based on per capita calorie intake (2400 calories rural, 2100 calories urban per day). The other options - housing, income, and general health - are important development indicators but were not the official parameters for defining the poverty line in India.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Which was his first book, in which Dr. Judd Stevens is certain that someone is out to kill him?

  1. The Naked Face

  2. Windmills of the Gods.

  3. The Other Side of Midnight.

  4. Rage of Angels.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'The Naked Face' (1970) was Sidney Sheldon's first novel, featuring Dr. Judd Stevens. The other options - 'Windmills of the Gods', 'The Other Side of Midnight', and 'Rage of Angels' - are all later Sheldon novels, not his debut.

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  1. In this book three young female doctors begin their first-year residency at Embarcadero County Hospital. Dr. Paige Taylor, Dr. Kat Hunter, and Dr. Honey Taft all in different ways somehow mangage to turn this hospital upside down! Which book is this?

  1. A Stranger in the Mirror.

  2. Memories of Midnight.

  3. The Other Side of Midnight.

  4. Nothing Lasts Forever.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Nothing Lasts Forever' (1994) by Sidney Sheldon follows three female doctors - Dr. Paige Taylor, Dr. Kat Hunter, and Dr. Honey Taft - during their first-year residency at Embarcadero County Hospital. The other options are Sheldon novels but don't match this specific plot.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Which inventor discovered penicillin?

  1. Benjamin Franklin

  2. Francis Crick

  3. Alexander Fleming

  4. Louis Pasteur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 at St. Mary's Hospital in London when he noticed mold growing on a petri dish that killed bacteria. Benjamin Franklin, Francis Crick (co-discoverer of DNA structure), and Louis Pasteur (pasteurization) did not discover penicillin.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Jamie McGregor moves to Klipdrift in search of diamonds. This book goes through several generations: his Daughter Kate Blackwell, her son Tony, and his twin daughters Eve and Alexandra Blackwell. Who will run Kruger Brent Lmt., the company Jamie McGregor founded after arriving and surviving the trials and tribulations of South Africa?

  1. The Stars Shine Down.

  2. The Master of the Game.

  3. The Naked Face.

  4. Rage of Angels.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Master of the Game' (1982) by Sidney Sheldon tells the multi-generational story of the Blackwell family - Jamie McGregor who founded Kruger-Brent Ltd., his daughter Kate, grandson Tony, and twin great-granddaughters Eve and Alexandra. It's not 'The Stars Shine Down', 'The Naked Face', or 'Rage of Angels'.