Category: General Knowledge Quizzes

1. In which year was Smriti Irani born? (a) 1975 (b) 1976 (c) 1977 (d) 1978 2. What is Smriti Irani's birth name? (a) Smriti Malhotra (b) Smriti Zubin (c) Smriti Kumar (d) Smriti Singh 3. Which popular Indian TV show made Smriti Irani a household name? (a) Kasautii Zindagii Kay (b) Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (c) Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (d) Kkusum

1. In which city is Mukesh Ambani's famous residence, Antilia, located? (a) Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) Bangalore 2. What is the name of Mukesh Ambani's father, who founded Reliance Industries? (a) Ratan Tata (b) Dhirubhai Ambani (c) Kumar Mangalam Birla (d) Gautam Adani 3. Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of which company? (a) Infosys (b) Wipro (c) Reliance Industries (d) Mahindra & Mahindra

1. What is Azim Premji best known for? (a) Bollywood actor (b) Philanthropist and businessman (c) Cricket player (d) Politician 2. Which company did Azim Premji inherit from his father? (a) Reliance Industries (b) Wipro (c) Infosys (d) Tata Group 3. What is Wipro's main area of business? (a) Telecommunications (b) Information Technology (c) Automobiles (d) Consumer goods

1. What event is considered the direct cause of World War 2? (a) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (b) The Great Depression (c) German invasion of Poland (d) The rise of communism in the Soviet Union 2. Which of the following countries were the main Allied Powers? (a) Germany, Italy, Japan (b) France, Britain, Soviet Union (c) United States, Canada, Mexico (d) China, India, Australia 3. Who was the leader of Nazi Germany during World War 2? (a) Benito Mussolini (b) Joseph Stalin (c) Adolf Hitler (d) Winston Churchill

1. When was Nelson Mandela president of South Africa? a) 1986-1991 b) 1994-1999 c) 2004-2009 d) 2007-2012 2. When was Nelson Mandela born? a) 5 February 1914 b) 14 May 1912 c) 18 July 1918 d) 30 November 1915 3. Where was Nelson Mandela born? a) Mvezo b) Kimberley c) Port Elizabeth d) Rustenburg

1) Who is the first European explorer to reach the southernmost tip of Africa? a) Bartholomeu Dias b) Vasco da Gama c) Abel Tasman d) Francis Drake 2) When did the British annex the Cape Colony? a) 1765 b) 1806 c) 1815 d) 1848 3) What did the British use against the Boers in the Second Boer War? a) Concentration camps b) Chlorine c) Tanks d) Missiles

1. How many shillings was one guinea? a) 24 b) 21 c) 14 d) 16 2. How many shillings was one pound? a) 18 b) 22 c) 15 d) 20 3. How many crowns was one pound? a) Five b) Six c) Four d) Seven

1. What is Anno Domini? a) After Death b) Happy Year c) New Year d) Year of the Lord 2. On whose birth Anno Domini is based? a) Julius Caesar b) Cleopatra c) Confucius d) Jesus Christ 3. What does B. C. mean in relation to Anno Domini? a) Before Caesar b) Before Cleopatra c) Before Confucius d) Before Christ

What do these words have in common? Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Assess

When was Sigrid Undset’s first novel Fru Marte Oulie published? a) 1915 b) 1911 c) 1905 d) 1907 When was Sigrid Undset received into Roman Catholic Church? a) 1924 b) 1922 c) 1918 d) 1916 For what did Sigrid Undset win Nobel Prize for Literature? a) Poetic oeuvre of great luminosity b) Rich and intensive prose c) Powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages d) Works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth