1) When was Rabindranath Tagore born?
a) 7 May 1861
b) 12 June 1858
c) 22 March 1865
d) 31 August 1871
2) Where was Rabindranath Tagore born?
a) Calcutta
b) Murshidabad
c) Serampore
d) Chandranagore
3) What is Rabindranath Tagore’s father’s name?
a) Narendranath
b) Hridayanath
c) Rajmohan
d) Debendranath
4) What is Rabindranath Tagore’s mother’s name?
a) Sharada Devi
b) Sharmila
c) Sarojini Devi
d) Padmaja
1. When was Michael Henry Denness born?
a) 15 March 1948
b) 31 May 1944
c) 12 July 1942
d) 1 December 1940
2. Where was Michael Henry Denness born?
a) Edinburgh
b) Bellshill
c) Bristol
d) Dover
3. Against which country did Michael Henry Denness make his Test debut?
a) New Zealand
b) Pakistan
c) South Africa
d) India
1) Where was St. Augustine born?
a) Carthage
b) Milan
c) Rome
d) Thagaste
2) Which religion was followed by St. Augustine for some years?
a) Buddhism
b) Islam
c) Manichaean
d) Tunis
3) St. Augustine had a son from a concubine. What is his name?
a) Adeodatus
b) Herodotus
c) Theodotus
d) Honoratus
1. When was the opening ceremony of London Olympics 2012?
a) 27 July 2012
b) 5 May 2012
c) 6 June 2012
d) 8 February 2012
2. Who declared London Olympics 2012 open?
a) Boris Johnson
b) Catherine Middleton
c) David Cameron
d) Elizabeth II
3. Who won the first gold medal in London Olympics 2012?
a) Sylwia Bogacka
b) Yi Siling
c) Yu Dan
d) Marco Galiazzo
1. How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win in Berlin Olympics 1936?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
2. Where was Jesse Owens born?
a) Atlanta
b) Oakville
c) Munich
d) San Francisco
3. What was Jesse Owens’ name at the time of his birth?
a) Roger King
b) John Christopher Owens
c) Samuel Morse
d) James Cleveland Owens
1. Who won ICC Award for emerging player of the year 2010?
a) Ryan Harris
b) Suresh Raina
c) Steven Finn
d) Nathan Hauritz
2. Who won ICC Award for associate and affiliate player of the year 2010?
a) Douglas Bollinger
b) Ryan ten Doeschate
c) Marcus North
d) Pragyan Ojha
3. Who won ICC Award for T20 international performance of the year 2010?
a) Brendon McCullum
b) Rahul Dravid
c) Andrew Flintoff
d) Kevin Pietersen
(Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.)
1) Which was the opening date of Berlin Olympics 1936?
a) 4 January 1936
b) 14 February 1936
c) 16 June 1936
d) 1 August 1936
2) Who declared the opening of Berlin Olympics 1936?
a) Adolf Hitler
b) Benito Mussolini
c) Francisco Franco
d) Joseph Stalin
3) How many countries participated in Berlin Olympics 1936?
a) 56
b) 49
c) 29
d) 36
(Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official. Turin is known as Torino in Italian)
1) Who declared the opening of Turin Olympics 2006?
a) Silvio Berlusconi
b) Roberto Baggio
c) Carlo Azaglio Ciampi
d) Ban Ki Moon
2) Who won the gold medal in women’s figure skating in Turin Olympics 2006?
a) Irina Slutskaya
b) Sasha Cohen
c) Shizuka Arakawa
d) Tatiana Navka
3) Who won the gold medal in men’s curling in Turin Olympics 2006?
a) Italy
b) Canada
c) Finland
d) USA
1) Where was Cricket World Cup 1987 held?
a) England
b) India, Pakistan
c) Australia, New Zealand
d) West Indies
2) How many teams participated in Cricket World Cup 1987?
a) 12
b) 9
c) 10
d) 8
3) Who said about winning Cricket World Cup 1987 “India and Pakistan are favourites. We are the dark horses.”
a) Arjuna Ranatunga
b) Allan Border
c) John Traicos
d) Michael Gatting