GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ TEST PAPER

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ TEST PAPER

1. Which great German's record of most goals in a season did Lionel Messi recently overhaul?

 

2. Name the first person to be featured on a postage stamp.

 

3. Name the new party launched by former Karnataka CM, B.S. Yeddyurappa.

 

4. What is the angle between the hands of a clock when the time is 1 a.m./p.m.?

 

5. Which Olympic medalist is to debut in "Rajdhani Express" in January 2013?

 

6. Which type of sugar gets its name from a place in Guyana?

 

7. Which computer pioneer, considered the world's first programmer, was honoured with a Google Doodle on December 10?

 

8. Who was the first cricketer to have scored 5,000 runs, taken 100 wickets and held 100 catches in both ODIs and Tests?

 

9. How is the country's name spelt on Icelandic stamps and coins?

 

10. If Manama was the Capital, then the country would be…..?

 

11. In Greek mythology who was the goddess of love and beauty?

 

12. Which brave general is said to have crossed the Alps with elephants?

 

13. Where is the Jayaprakash Narayan airport?

 

14. What title did German emperors use?

 

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

 

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

 

17. Which instrument measures moisture content in the environment?

 

18. What traditionally starts on the 13^th lunar day of 'Krishna paksha' in the Ashwin month?

 

19. Where did the India women's cricket team win the inaugural Twenty20 Asia Cup recently?

 

20. The Mandovi is primary river of which State?

 

21. Name the actor who played M, an important character killed off in the latest James Bond film 'Skyfall'.

 

22. What is the maximum number of players who can play rugby union at any one time?

 

23. Which actor was recently conferred with the second highest French civilian award "Officer Dan Ordre Arts et des Lettres"?

 

24. Which two colours are there on the Finnish ships?

 

25. Which lady's face is said to have 'launched a thousand ships'?

 

ANSWER SHEET

1. Gerd Mueller; 2. Queen Victoria; 3. Karnataka Janata Party; 4. 30°C; 5. Leander Paes; 6. Demerara; 7. Lady Ada Lovelace; 8. Carl Hooper; 9. Island; 10. Bahrain; 11. Aphrodite; 12. Hannibal; 13. Patna; 14. Kaiser; 15. M.C. Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal; 16. Palestine; 17. Hygrometer; 18. Deepavali; 19. Guangzhou in China; 20. Goa; 21. Judi Dench;  22. 15; 23. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan; 24. White and blue; 25. Helen of Troy