1) What is the number of states in India?
a) 14
b) 16
c) 25
d) 28
2) Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Bombay
c) Madhya Bharat
d) Meghalaya
3) When was Burma was separated from India?
a) 1948
b) 1901
c) 1937
d) 1945
4) When did India become a republic?
a) 1935
b) 1947
c) 1950
d) 1961
5) Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960?
a) Bombay
b) Madras
c) Mysore
d) Hyderabad
1. When was Washington Irving born?
a) 4 February 1784
b) 3 April 1783
c) 16 September 1779
d) 25 December 1774
2. Where was Washington Irving born?
a) Boston
b) Portland
c) New York
d) Richmond
3. Which magazine did Washington Irving edit in 1812?
a) The Magazine of Art
b) National Enquirer
c) The Plain Truth
d) Analectic Magazine
1. When was Mehmed II born?
a) 30 March 1432
b) 15 May 1404
c) 22 July 1419
d) 30 December 1402
2. Where was Mehmed II born?
a) Cairo
b) Adrianople
c) Damascus
d) Baghdad
3. When was Mehmed II’s first reign?
a) 1402-1404
b) 1419-1421
c) 1444-1446
d) 1428-1430
1. When was Clive Staples Lewis born?
a) 25 February 1894
b) 12 June 1892
c) 21 August 1901
d) 29 November 1898
2. Where was Clive Staples Lewis born?
a) Cork
b) Limerick
c) Belfast
d) Waterford
3. Where was Clive Staples Lewis a fellow and tutor in 1925-1954?
a) Magdalene College
b) Merton College
c) Trinity College
d) King’s College
1. When did Christopher Columbus claim Puerto Rico for Spain?
a) 15 March 1526
b) 7 May 1486
c) 8 August 1502
d) 19 November 1493
2. What does Puerto Rico mean?
a) Rice Bowl
b) Breadbasket
c) Rich Port
d) Large Fort
3. Who founded Caparra?
a) Juan Ponce de Leon
b) Luis Munoz Rivera
c) Anibal Acevedo Vila
d) Manuel de Besosa
(Some sources give 1215 as the year of birth of St. Louis IX)
1) When was St. Louis IX born?
a) 7 January 1200
b) 3 March 1248
c) 25 April 1214
d) 16 October 1236
2) Where was St. Louis IX born?
a) Ulm
b) Poissy
c) Orleans
d) Paris
3) How old was St. Louis IX when he became king?
a) Five years
b) Eight years
c) Twelve years
d) Sixteen years
1. What was Dilip Kumar’s original name?
a) Ajay Sahni
b) Balraj Dutt
c) Mohammed Yusuf Khan
d) Ravi Kapoor
2. When was Dilip Kumar born?
a) 27 January 1925
b) 9 April 1924
c) 26 September 1923
d) 11 December 1922
3. Where was Dilip Kumar born?
a) Peshawar
b) Bombay
c) Calcutta
d) Delhi
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Storting.
2022 – Ales Bialiatski
2022 – Memorial Centre for Civil Liberties
2021 – Maria Ressa
2021 – Dmitry Muratov
2020 – World Food Programme
2019 – Abiy Ahmed
2018 – Denis Mukwege
2018 – Nadia Murad
2017 – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
2016 – Juan Manuel Santos
1. Which sea surrounds Saint Barthelemy?
a) Caribbean
b) Baltic
c) Irish
d) Labrador
2. When did France occupy Saint Barthelemy?
a) 1520
b) 1547
c) 1648
d) 1676
3. When did France sell Saint Barthelemy to Sweden?
a) 1784
b) 1756
c) 1824
d) 1848
1. When did Trinidad and Tobago become independent?
a) 12 February 1959
b) 21 May 1956
c) 31 August 1962
d) 11 November 1965
2. Which is the longest river in Trinidad and Tobago?
a) Caroni
b) Navet
c) Cauva
d) Ortoire
3. Which is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
a) Plymouth
b) Port of Spain
c) Roxborough
d) Scarborough