GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ TEST PAPER

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ TEST PAPER

1. What is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber called?

 

2. The Vatican has indicated for the first time that it might consider limiting the member of visitors to a certain place, nearing 500 years of completion, in the famous complex. Name it.

 

3. Of the four Presidents on Mt. Rushmore, who has the longest surname?

 

4. Which mediate conglomerate has taken over the IPL franchise Deccan Chargers?

 

5. Which Indian won his seventh world title in billiards on October 28?

 

6. Of which South American country has the popular Hugo Chavez been re-elected President?

 

7. Which European capital city is served by the Orly airport?

 

8. Lord Mountbatten said the chosen date for Independence came out of the blue but also was the second anniversary of what incident?

 

9. How was the country referred to between August 15, 1947 and January 26, 1950, when it became a republic?

 

10. Where and to whom did Jawaharlal Nehru deliver the famous "Tryst with Destiny" speech?

 

11. Apart from Lord Mountbatten, who else served as the Governor General of the Dominion of India?

 

12. Where was Mahatma Gandhi on that historic day?

 

13. What 'natural' Independence Day gift did Bapu send through an emissary to Nehru and Sardar Patel?

 

14. Which princely state in Gujarat initially acceded to Pakistan,

 

15. Name the two Asian countries that share their freedom or liberation date with India.

 

16. Which Indian nationalist and spiritual guide, who is associated with a commune in Pondicherry, was born on August 15?

 

17. Which Bharat Ratna's performance on Independence Day was a highlight every year from 1947 till his death in 2006?

 

18. Where is the Jayaprakash Narayan airport?

 

19. What title did German emperors use?

 

20. Name the two London bronze medalists made 'National Icons' by the Election Commission to promote voter participation in polls.

 

21. Which Western Asian country was recently upgraded as a Non-member Observer State by the UN?

 

22. Which instrument measures moisture content in the environment?

 

ANSWER SHEET

1. Cornea; 2. Sistine Chapel; 3. Washington; 4. Sun Network; 5. Pankaj Advani; 6. Venezuela; 7. Paris; 8. Japan's surrender after WWII; 9. 'Bharata Adhirajya' or Dominion of India; 10. to the constituent Assembly in the Parliament House on August 14-15, 1947; 11. C. Rajagopalachari; 12. He was in Calcutta (now Kolkata) trying to bring peace after communal clashes; 13. A dry leaf; 14. Junagadh; 15. South Korea and Bahrain; 16. Sri Aurobindo; 17. Ustad Bismillah Khan; 18. Patna; 19. Kaiser; 20. M.C. Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal; 21. Palestine; 22. Hygrometer