Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1. When was Vijayalakshmi Pandit president of UN General Assembly? 1948 1953 1956 1958Correct Answer: 1953 2. When was Vijayalakshmi Pandit born? 26 January 1898 17 April 1896 18 August 1900 9 November 1901Correct Answer: 18 August 1900 3. Where was Vijayalakshmi Pandit born? Allahabad Cawnpore Darjeeling BulsarCorrect Answer: Allahabad 4. What was Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s original name? Krishna Hathisingh Kamala Kaul Nayantara Sahgal Swarupkumari NehruCorrect Answer: Swarupkumari Nehru 5. What was Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s portfolio as a minister in United Provinces Government in 1937-1939? Home Local self-government and public health Finance AgricultureCorrect Answer: Local self-government and public health 6. Where was ... Read more

1. Where was Hockey World Cup 2023 held? a) Australia b) England c) India d) West Indies 2. Who scored Argentina’s goal against South Africa in Hockey World Cup 2023? a) Agustin Mazzilli b) Nicolas Keenan c) Maico Casella d) Facundo Zarate 3. What was the result of India against Spain match in Hockey World Cup 2023? a) India won 2-0 b) India won 3-2 c) 0-0 draw d) 1-1 draw

Where was William Ernest Henley born? Gloucester Edinburgh Stirling Falkirk Which disease afflicted William Ernest Henley? Amnesia Leukemia Insomnia Tuberculosis William Ernest Henley’s one leg had to be amputated. Who saved the other leg from amputation? James Syme Louis Pasteur Alexander Fleming Joseph Lister

6. Which university did Eamon de Valera attend? a) Yale b) Royal c) Edinburgh d) Oxford 7. When was the Easter Rising? a) 18 January 1906 b) 24 April 1916 c) 25 September 1912 d) 12 November 1918 8. Which party did Eamon de Valera found? a) National Front b) Conservative c) Fianna Fail d) Green

5. Who won women’s doubles championship in French Open 2019? a) Samanta Stosur, Shuai Zhang b) Timea Babos, Kristina Mladenovic c) Elise Mertens, Aryna Sabalenka d) Lyudmila Kichenok, Jelena Ostapenko 7. Who won women’s singles championship in French Open 2019? a) Ashleigh Barty b) Amanda Anisimova c) Madison Keys d) Simona Halep 9. Who won men’s singles championship in French Open 2019? a) Roger Federer b) Stanislas Wawrinka c) Rafael Nadal d) Kei Nishikori

4. Where did Edward I marry Eleanor? Barcelona Las Huelgas Madrid Santa Fe 5. When did Edward I issue the Statute of Wales? 1286 1284 1278 1274 6. Whom did Edward I expel from England in 1290? Calvinists Lutherans Jews Nestorians

About which school did Edward Gibbon write in his Memoirs “at the expense of many tears and blood, purchased a knowledge of Latin syntax.”? Westminster School Kingston Grammar School Tonbridge School Kilkenny Grammar School 4. To which college was Edward Gibbon admitted? Christ College Magdalen College King’s College Trinity College 5. When was Edward Gibbon received in the Roman Catholic Church? 5 February 1744 8 June 1753 20 August 1776 21 November 1782

Which college did Owen Chamberlain attend? Bright College St. Andrew’s College Trinity College Dartmouth College 5. When did Owen Chamberlain get doctorate from the University of Chicago? 1942 1948 1927 1932 6. When did Owen Chamberlain become a full professor at the University of California at Berkeley? 1949 1936 1958 1952

6. Where are the headquarters of OPCW? Brussels Amsterdam New York The Hague 7. How many are members of the Executive Council of OPCW? 16 41 22 52 8. Which branch of OPCW inspects storage sites? Audit Department Personnel Section Technical Secretariat War Room

Who won women’s doubles championship in French Open 2017? Lucie Safarova, Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yung-jan Chan, Martina Hingis Raluca OIaru, Olga Savchuk Francesca Schiavone, Kirsten Flipkens Who won women’s singles championship in French Open 2017? Venus Williams Jelena Ostapenko Karolina Pliskova Samantha Stosur Who won men’s singles championship in French Open 2017? Novak Djokovic Dominic Thiem Rafael Nadal Pablo Carreno