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1. When did Maldives become independent? a) 9 February 1964 b) 17 June 1976 c) 26 July 1965 d) 22 November 1978 2. Which ocean surrounds Maldives? a) Atlantic b) Pacific c) Indian d) Antarctic 3. Which is the capital of Maldives? a) Addu b) Male c) Huvadhu d) Ari

1. What was Roger Bannister’s middle name? Adolf Gilbert William ThomasCorrect Answer: Gilbert 2. When was Roger Bannister born? 23 March 1929 4 April 1930 6 July 1936 8 December 1928Correct Answer: 23 March 1929 3. Where was Roger Bannister born? Eton Bristol Harrow DoverCorrect Answer: Harrow 4. Which school in Harrow did Roger Bannister attend? St. Patrick’s School Holy Cross School Good Shepherd School Vaughan Primary SchoolCorrect Answer: Vaughan Primary School 5. Where did Roger Bannister take part in Olympics in 1952? London Stockholm Helsinki OsloCorrect Answer: Helsinki 6. When did Roger Bannister first break four-minute mile barrier? 1 ... Read more

1) When was Leonard Hutton born? a) 23 June 1916 b) 15 August 1912 c) 4 October 1906 d) 7 July 1908 2) For which county did Leonard Hutton make first class cricket debut? a) Hampshire b) Surrey c) Sussex d) Yorkshire 3) Against which country did Leonard Hutton make Test debut? a) India b) Australia c) New Zealand d) South Africa

Gibraltar Quiz Questions and Answers 1. Who conquered Gibraltar in 711? a) Tariq Ibn Zeyad b) Mohammed Bin Qasim c) Chengiz Khan d) Haroon Al Rashid 2. What did the Arabs call Gibraltar? a) Bab El Mandeb b) Hadhramaut c) Jabal Tariq d) Khawr Rawri 3. Gibraltar is considered one of the two Pillars of Hercules? Which is the second? a) Mount Chelia b) Mount Hacho c) Great Kabylie d) Lalla Khedidja

A quiz on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He is known as Mahatma Gandhi and in India we also call him as Bapu. He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation (Rashtra Pita). His birthday, 2nd October, is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti.

1. When was Harold Wilson’s first term as Prime Minister of UK? a) 1964-1970 b) 1950-1959 c) 1946-1948 d) 1977-1981 2. When was Harold Wilson born? a) 14 April 1896 b) 11 March 1916 c) 14 July 1902 d) 3 November 1911 3. Where was Harold Wilson born? a) Durham b) York c) Leicester d) Huddersfield

1. What was Bapu Nadkarni’s original name? a) Balwantrai Mankad b) Rameshchandra Gangaram Nadkarni c) Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni d) Sanjay Nadkarni 2. When was Bapu Nadkarni born? a) 2 February 1934 b) 4 April 1933 c) 15 August 1929 d) 21 December 1925 3. Where was Bapu Nadkarni born? a) Poona b) Nasik c) Aurangabad d) Wardha

1. Who won Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s cricketer of the Year 2019? a) Adam Zampa b) Benjamin Andrew Stokes c) Christopher Henry Gayle d) David Warner 2. Who won ICC Award for Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2019? a) Marnus Labuschagne b) Gareth Delany c) Kesrick Williams d) Mark Wood 3. Who won ICC Award for Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year 2019? a) Ahmed Raza b) Mazhar Khan c) Kyle Coetzer d) Gerhard Erasmus

1) What is C. V. in C. V. Raman? a) Chakravarti Ventaka b) Chhatrapati Venkata c) Chandrashekhara Venkata d) Chhatrapati Vellore 2) When was C. V. Raman born? a) 5 May 1855 b) 7 November 1888 c) 14 January 1820 d) 26 August 1914 3) Where was C. V. Raman born? a) Madras b) Hyderabad c) Tiruchinapally d) Fort St. David

1. Who named the continent Antarctica? a) John George Bartholomew b) James Cook c) Mikhail Lazarev d) Nathaniel Palmer 2. Antarctica has two meanings. One is ‘Opposite to the Arctic’. Which is the second meaning? a) Opposite to the east b) Opposite to the north c) Opposite to the south d) Opposite to the west 3. When did James Cook first cross the Antarctic Circle? a) 17 January 1773 b) 7 February 1821 c) 18 September 1774 d) 16 November 1776