Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Who took hat-trick in India vs Afghanistan match in Cricket World Cup 2019? 1. Aftab Alam 2. Rashid Khan 3. Mohammed Shami 4. Jasprit Bumrah Who took hat-trick in Australia vs New Zealand match in Cricket World Cup 2019? 1. Nathan Lyon 2. Jason Behrendorff 3. Lachlan Ferguson 4. Trent Boult Who took six wickets in Pakistan vs Bangladesh match in Cricket World Cup 2019? 1. Shaheen Afridi 2. Mehidy Hasan 3. Miraz Mustafizur 4. Rahman Wahab Riaz

Who won women’s singles championship in Wimbledon 2019? 1. imona Halep 2. Elina Svitolina 3. Karolina Muchova 4. Shuai Zhang Who was runner up in women’s singles championship in Wimbledon 2019? 1. Alison Riske 2. Johanna Konta 3. Barbora Strycova 4. Serena Williams Who won men’s singles championship in Wimbledon 2019? 1. Guido Pella 2. Roberto Bautista Agut 3. Novak Djokovic 4. David Goffin Who was runner up in men’s singles championship in Wimbledon 2019? 1. Kei Nishikori 2. Roger Federer 3. Rafael Nadal 4. Sam Querry

1) When was Gerald Ford sworn in as President of USA? a) 20 January 1973 b) 4 November 1972 c) 9 August 1974 d) 4 March 1973 2) What was Gerald Ford’s name at the time of his birth? a) Martin Luther King b) Leslie Lynch King c) Michael Robert Morrison d) Jean Jacques Rousseau 3) Where was Gerald Ford born? a) Omaha b) Panama c) Chicago d) Detroit

1. When was Henry David Thoreau born? a) 26 March 1804 b) 14 June 1808 c) 12 July 1817 d) 9 December 1820 2. Where was Henry David Thoreau born? a) Ottawa b) Concord c) Montreal d) Atlanta 3. Which university did Henry David Thoreau attend? a) Columbia b) Harvard c) Yale d) Notre Dame

1. When did Sully Prudhomme get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1909 b) 1901 c) 1905 d) 1908 2. What was Sully Prudhomme’s original name? a) Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme b) Ercoli Matthioli c) Eustance Dauger d) Nicolas Fouquet 3. When was Sully Prudhomme born? a) 16 March 1839 b) 24 April 1849 c) 12 July 1834 d) 30 December 1840

5. Which was Henry Rider Haggard’s first novel? a) Heart of the World b) Dawn c) Allan Quatermain d) The Ivory Child 6. When was King Solomon’s Mines published? a) 1872 b) 1875 c) 1867 d) 1885 7. Which of the following Henry Rider Haggard novels was published in 1910? a) Cleopatra b) Nada the Lily c) Queen Sheba’s Ring d) Marie

1. When was Leon Trotsky born? a) 7 March 1875 b) 9 June 1884 c) 22 July 1885 d) 7 November 1879 2. Where was Leon Trotsky born? a) Karelia b) Novgorod c) Yanovka d) Tomsk 3. What was Leon Trotsky’s original name? a) Lev Tolstoy b) Nikolai Bukharin c) Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov d) Lev Davidovich Bronshtein

1. When was Maharashtra formed? a) 5 February 1968 b) 1 May 1960 c) 12 July 1975 d) 1 November 1956 2. Which sea is to the west of Maharashtra? a) Black b) Labrador c) Timor d) Arabian 3. Which state is to the east of Maharashtra? a) Karnataka b) Gujarat c) Chhattisgarh d) Punjab

1) When was the second battle of Panipat? a) 1191 b) 1540 c) 1556 d) 1757 2) Who was defeated in the second battle of Panipat? a) Ambhi b) Hemu c) Ramarao d) Ajathashatru 3) What is the meaning of Akbar? a) Sword b) Fire c) Great d) Small

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq, with the signing of an agreement in September 1960 by five countries namely Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. They were to become the Founder Members of the Organization. OPEC's objective is to co-ordinate and unify petroleum policies among Member Countries, in order to secure fair and stable prices for petroleum producers; an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consuming nations; and a fair return on capital to those investing in the industry.