GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 5

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1. Who mong these is the fastest man on the Earth?

    Asafa Powell

    Usain Bolt

    Tyson Gay

    Shawn Crawford

2. How Cydotrimethylenetrinitramine, usually a plastic explosive commonly known as?

    RDX

    Cyclonite

    Hexogen (or) T4

    Any of these

3. Which Tiger reserve in India completed its 25lh year 1998?

    Corbett

    Periyar

    Bandipur

    Nagarhole

4. Who was the first foreign traveller to India?

    Fahien

    Magellan

    Vasco da Gama

    Columbus

5. Who invented Steam Engine?

    Iaac Newton

    James Watt

    Marconi

    Marconi

6. With which game is 'Thomas Cup' associated?

    Rugby

    Badminton

    Polo

    Tennis

7. Which player took 16 wickets in a test match on his debut?

    Anil Kumble

    N. Hirwani

    Jasu Patel

    Bhisen Sing Bedi

8. With which games is 'Bhagya Shree Thipsey' associated?

    Chess

    Swimming

    Badminton

    Football

9. The term PVC stands for....

    Poly vinyl chloride

    Polymer vinyl carbon

    Poly vinyl cholrine

    Polythene vinyl chloride

10. The komodo dragons are found in which country?

    Tanzania

    Indonesia

    Syria

    Algeria

11. Diego Maradona the Soccer star was from which of these countries?

    Bolivia

    Venezuela

    Uruguay

    Argentina

12. Who was the first man in space?

    Neil Armstrong

    Edmund Hillary

    Tenzing Norgay

    Yuri Gagarin

13. Which of these is not a multi-seeded fruit?

    Papaya

    Pomegranate

    Apple

    Litchi

14. Which Indian flew the first commercial flight from Karachi to Mumbai?

    Rajiv Gandhi

    JRD Tata

    Dhirubhai Ambani

    Nawab of Pataudi

15. Which is the slowest animal?

    Tortoise

    Snail

    Sloth

    Mule

16. Which of these is not a water bird?

    Swan

    Bombay Duck

    Heron

    Kingfisher

17. Who acted as Superman in the motion picture?

    Christopher Lee

    Mel Gibson

    Christopher Reeve

    Tom Cruise

18. Which of the following blood group is known as the universal donor?

    AB +

    B +

    AB -

    O +

19. Which is the broadest river in the world?

    Nile

    Brahamaputra

    Amazon

    Missisippi

20. Which one of these is the scientific study of language?

    Grammar

    Phonetics

    Morphology

    Morphology

21. In a flame test, what is the colour flame you get from calcium?

    Yellow Flame

    Red Flame

    Blue Flame

    Colourless

22. The highest mountain range in Europe is..

    Alps

    Ural

    Himalayas

    Andes

23. The tallest breed of dog is..

    St. Bernard

    Great Dane

    Great Dane

    Boxer

24. Who was known as Der Fuhrer?

    Hitler

    Mussolini

    Churchill

    De Gaulle

25. Name the father of modern China.

    Li Peng

    Sai Ong Hue

    Mao Zedong

    Confucius

26. On which ground, 1999 world cup cricket final match was played?

    Eden Gardens

    Capetown

    Lords

    Melbourne

27. Who became the first to win wimbledon titles consecutively for 5 times?

    Pete Sampras

    Roger Federer

    Patrick Rafter

    Andre Agassi

28. Which country topped the medal tally to a total of 100 at the Beijing Olympics, 2008?

    USA

    China

    Russia

    Britain

29. Who was the Oscar winning actor starred in the movie 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest'?

    Anthony Quinn

    Anthony Hopkins

    Jack Nicholson

    James Dean

30. Which of these is used in match sticks?

    White Phosphorous

    Black Phosphorous

    Phosphoric Acid

    Red Phosphorous

31. Sirocco is a hot wind from the...

    Indian Ocean

    Arabian Sea

    Sahara Desert

    Galapagos Island

32. What was the real name of Confucius?

    K'ung-fu-Tzu

    Mao Zedong

    Mao Zedong

    Amundsen

33. Who is the youngest Singles Mens Tennis Champion at Wimbledon?

    John McEnroe

    Jimmy Connors

    Rafter

    Boris Becker

34. In which year did Ivan Lendl won the Wimbledon?

    1987

    1991

    1992

    Never

35. Who created the fictional detective Hercule Poirot?

    A.C. Doyle

    R.L Stevenson

    Agatha Christie

    Alfred Hitchcock