1. When did Joseph John Thomson win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1908
b) 1906
c) 1905
d) 1910
2. When was Joseph John Thomson born?
a) 20 February 1864
b) 4 April 1858
c) 12 September 1860
d) 18 December 1856
3. Where was Joseph John Thomson born?
a) Ipswich
b) Dublin
c) Cheeetham Hill
d) Bristol
1. Which country is to the west of Moldova?
a) Lebanon
b) Syria
c) Romania
d) Ukraine
2. Which is the capital of Moldova?
a) Balti
b) Chisinau
c) Rabnita
d) Tiraspol
3. Which is the currency of Moldova?
a) Dinar
b) Rouble
c) Leu
d) Peso
1. When did Albania become independent?
a) 5 March 1926
b) 22 May 1902
c) 28 July 1924
d) 28 November 1912
2. Which country is to the south of Albania?
a) Belgium
b) Greece
c) Italy
d) Spain
3. Which sea is to the west of Albania?
a) Adriatic
b) Baltic
c) Irish
d) Red
1. When was Yohannes IV emperor of Ethiopia?
a) 1815-1830
b) 1855-1868
c) 1848-1856
d) 1872-1889
2. When was Yohannes IV’s original name?
a) Ras Tafari
b) Idris Pasha
c) Kassa Mercha
d) Farokh Hassan
3. Who was Yohannes IV’s mail rival to the throne of Ethiopia?
a) Sahle Miriam
b) Haile Malakot
c) Haile Selassie
d) Bezebeh
1. When was James Hilton born?
a) 8 March 1904
b) 14 May 1902
c) 9 September 1900
d) 18 October 1905
2. Where was James Hilton born?
a) Leigh
b) Hollywood
c) Walthamstow
d) Ipswich
3. Which college did James Hilton attend?
a) Christ’s College
b) Albion College
c) Trinity College
d) Winchester College
1. When was Richard Brinsley Sheridan baptized?
a) 21 February 1744
b) 15 May 1752
c) 23 August 1749
d) 4 November 1751
2. Where was Richard Brinsley Sheridan born?
a) Belfast
b) Dublin
c) Kilkenny
d) Waterford
3. With whom did Richard Brinsley Sheridan fight two duels?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Jonathan Swift
c) Thomas Mathews
d) Oliver Goldsmith
1) Who is the Wall?
a) Ajay Jadeja
b) Rahul Dravid
c) K. Srikant
d) Deep Dasgupta
2) Who is the Sultan of Multan?
a) Younis Khan
b) Abdul Razzak
c) Shahid Afridi
d) Inzamam-ul-Haq
3) Who is the Executioner?
a) Jack Kallis
b) Jonty Rhodes
c) Kepler Wessels
d) Lance Klusener
1. When was Guy de Maupassant born?
a) 2 February 1848
b) 11 May 1846
c) 5 August 1850
d) 10 December 1855
2. What caused interruption of Guy de Maupassant’s study of law in 1869?
a) Franco-German War
b) Franco-Austrian War
c) Famine
d) Drought
3. In which ministry Guy de Maupassant served for about eight years?
a) Defence
b) Marine
c) Home
d) Industry
1) Which writer came to India after life became difficult for her in Bangladesh after her novel Lajja was published?
a) Anita Desai
b) Kiran Desai
c) Jhumpa Lahiri
d) Taslima Nasreen
2) When did Bangladesh become an independent country?
a) 1965
b) 1971
c) 1975
d) 1981
3) How was Bangladesh known when it was part of Pakistan?
a) Baluchistan
b) Sindh
c) East Pakistan
d) Baltistan
1) When did Barbados become independent?
a) 12 January 1948
b) 26 May 1966
c) 18 September1952
d) 30 November 1966
2) Who was Barbados’ head of state in 1984?
a) Clifford Husbands
b) Elizabeth II
c) Owen Arthur
d) Grantley Adams
3) When was Barbados Labour Party founded?
a) 1938
b) 1945
c) 1948
d) 1956