1. When was Herbert George Wells born?
a) 18 January 1864
b) 19 April 1868
c) 21 September 1866
d) 20 December 1862
2. Where was Herbert George Wells born?
a) Bromley
b) Glamorgan
c) Liverpool
d) Manchester
3. Where did Herbert George Wells work as an usher?
a) Buckingham Palace
b) Globe Theatre
c) Midhurst Grammar School
d) Greenwich Observatory
1) What is the official name of MI6?
a) Secret Intelligence Service
b) Home Service
c) Defence Service
d) Foreign Service
2) What does MI mean in MI6?
a) Maximum Impact
b) Military Intelligence
c) Minimum Income
d) Mental Inertia
3) When was Foreign Section of the Secret Service Bureau set up?
a) 1901
b) 1907
c) 1909
d) 1914
1) Where is Tibet’s Government-in-exile?
a) Calcutta
b) Dharmashala
c) Sanchi
d) Bodhgaya
2) Which country annexed Tibet in 1950?
a) China
b) Vietnam
c) Burma
d) Afghanistan
3) When did Dalai Lama take refuge in India?
a) 1950
b) 1959
c) 1962
d) 1964
1) Who was the first bowler to have a hat-trick in a Test?
a) Harold Larwood
b) Erapalli Prasanna
c) Frederick Robert Spofforth
d) George Headley
2) Where was the first hat-trick in a Test achieved?
a) Lord’s
b) Melbourne
c) Durban
d) Sydney
3) Who was the first bowler to have two hat-tricks in Tests?
a) Hugh Trumble
b) Wesley Hall
c) Subhash Gupte
d) John Briggs
1) Who was the Defence Minister of Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967?
a) Ariel Sharon
b) Ehud Barak
c) Ehud Olmert
d) Moshe Dayan
2) Which star appears on the flag of Israel?
a) Star of Bethlehem
b) Star of the Orient
c) Star of David
d) Morning Star
3) Who was the first King of the Jews?
a) Samuel
b) Saul
c) David
d) Solomon
1. When did Panama declare independence from Colombia?
a) 17 January 1955
b) 29 June 1971
c) 4 July 1776
d) 3 November 1903
2. Which country is to the west of Panama?
a) Ecuador
b) Costa Rica
c) Peru
d) Venezuela
3. Which sea is to the north of Panama?
a) Caribbean
b) Baltic
c) Irish
d) Red
1. What was Barbara Tuchman’s original name?
a) Barbara Bush
b) Barbara Wertheim
c) Barbara Walters
d) Marjorie Collins
2. When was Barbara Tuchman born?
a) 30 January 1912
b) 15 May 1922
c) 23 August 1919
d) 30 December 1915
3. Where was Barbara Tuchman born?
a) Los Angeles
b) Austin
c) New York
d) Springfield
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