1. When did Louisiana become a state of USA?
a) 4 March 1776
b) 30 April 1812
c) 12 September 1782
d) 8 December 1820
2. Who claimed Louisiana for France in 1682?
a) John Law
b) Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
c) Rene Robert Cavalier
d) Pierre de Troyes
3. Who founded New Orleans?
a) Charles Le Moyne
b) Jacques Cartier
c) Louis Jolliet
d) Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
1) Who won Nobel Prize 2014 for Medicine?
a) Jules Bordet
b) John O’Keefe, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser
c) Swedish doctors
d) Robert Edwards
2) For what was Nobel Prize 2014 for Medicine given?
a) Discovery of inner GPS in the brain
b) Tuberculosis research
c) Performing 10 womb transplants
d) Work on immunity
3) Who won Nobel Prize 2014 for Physics?
a) ISRO scientists
b) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
c) Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura
d) CERN
1) Who of the following were put to death together with St. Rufina, 4th century martyr of Sirmium?
a) Reginald Pole and John Fisher
b) Isaac Jogues and companions
c) St. Miguel Pro and companions
d) Moderata, Secundus, Romana
2) When is the feast day of St. Rufina, 4th century martyr of Sirmium?
a) 9 September
b) 6 April
c) 3 December
d) 14 June
3) Sirmium was part of which Roman province?
a) Gaul
b) Pannonia
c) Egypt
d) Greece
1. When was John Dryden born?
a) 2 February 1641
b) 15 May 1636
c) 19 August 1631
d) 15 December 1628
2. Where was John Dryden born?
a) Aldwinkle
b) Cardiff
c) Liverpool
d) Dorchester
3. Which school did John Dryden attend?
a) Shrewsbury School
b) Westminster School
c) Harrow School
d) St. Paul’s School
1. When did Manipur become a state?
a) 6 January 1984
b) 2 June 1962
c) 21 July 1972
d) 14 December 1960
2. What does Manipur mean?
a) Land of gold
b) City of gems
c) Pink City
d) Land of snow
3. Which state is to the north of Manipur?
a) Nagaland
b) Tripura
c) Mizoram
d) Sikkim
1. What did William Harvey discover?
a) Blood circulation
b) Planetary motions
c) Cortisol
d) Vitamins
2. When was William Harvey born?
a) 31 March 1584
b) 1 April 1578
c) 25 September 1587
d) 30 December 1575
3. Where was William Harvey born?
a) Richmond
b) Plymouth
c) Liverpool
d) Folkestone
1. Where did Richard Benaud make his Test debut?
a) Sydney
b) Durban
c) Salisbury
d) Wellington
2. Against which country did Richard Benaud make his Test debut?
a) South Africa
b) England
c) West Indies
d) India
3. Where did Richard Benaud score 122 in a Test Innings?
a) Calcutta
b) Dacca
c) Madras
d) Johannesburg
1. Who won mixed doubles championship in French Open 2009?
a) Liezel Huber, Bob Bryan
b) Ai Sugiyama, Andre Sa
c) Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Mark Knowles
d) Alisa Kleybanova, Bruno Soares
2. Who were runners up in mixed doubles championship in French Open 2009?
a) Nadia Petrova, Max Mirnyi
b) Vania King, Marcelo Melo
c) Sybille Bammer, Lukasz Kubot
d) Nathalie Dechy, Andy Ram
3. Who won men’s doubles championship in French Open 2009?
a) Daniel Nestor, Nenad Zemonjic
b) Igor Kunitsyn, Dmitry Tursunov
c) Bruno Soares, Kevin Ullyet
d) Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy
1. When was James Alfred Van Allen born?
a) 4 February 1924
b) 2 April 1918
c) 7 September 1914
d) 28 December 1912
2. Where was James Alfred Van Allen born?
a) Mount Pleasant
b) Silver Spring
c) Dartmouth
d) Charlestown
3. Which college did James Alfred Van Allen attend?
a) William and Mary College
b) Iowa Wesleyan College
c) St. Dominic’s College
d) Sacred Heart College