1. When did Ranjit Singh proclaim himself the maharaja of Punjab?
a) 1796
b) 1801
c) 1815
d) 1824
2. When was Ranjit Singh born?
a) 9 March 1771
b) 26 April 1776
c) 12 August 1782
d) 13 November 1780
3. When did Ranjit Singh conquer Lahore?
a) 1799
b) 1792
c) 1788
d) 1786
1. When did Juan Ponce de Leon visit Turks and Caicos Islands?
a) 1512
b) 1492
c) 1556
d) 1601
2. When did Bahamas annex Turks and Caicos Islands?
a) 1776
b) 1799
c) 1624
d) 1628
3. Which colony’s governor general had jurisdiction over Turks and Caicos Islands in 1874-1959?
a) Canada
b) British Honduras
c) British Guiana
d) Jamaica
1) Which organization is considered the forerunner of CIA?
a) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
b) Office of Strategic Services
c) Intelligence Bureau
d) Central Bureau of Investigation
2) Which Act established CIA?
a) National Security Act 1947
b) Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002
c) No FEAR Act 2002
d) Intelligence Act 1950
3) Who was Director of CIA and later became Defence Secretary of USA?
a) William Henry Gates
b) Robert Gates
c) Janet Reno
d) Colin Powell
1. When was Commodus Roman emperor?
a) 180-192
b) 161-169
c) 193-211
d) 146-164
2. When was Commodus born?
a) 12 March 122
b) 16 June 170
c) 31 August 161
d) 24 October 176
3. Where was Commodus born?
a) Italica
b) Lanuvium
c) Brindisi
d) Actium
1) Which territories under Portuguese rule were liberated by India on 19 December 1961?
a) Goa, Diu and Daman
b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
c) East Timor
d) Macao
2) Who came to India from Portugal in 1498?
a) Ferdinand Magellan
b) Abel Tasman
c) Vasco da Gama
d) Thomas Roe
3) Who scored nine goals in Football World Cup 1966?
a) Eusebio
b) Hector Silva
c) Jose Augusto
d) Lev Yashin
1. Which of the following books was written by Daniel Defoe?
a) Gulliver’s Travels
b) Robinson Crusoe
c) Either Or
d) Odyssey
2. What was Daniel Defoe’s original surname?
a) Friend
b) Neighbour
c) Foe
d) Good
3. Where did Daniel Defoe study?
a) Queen Mary School
b) St. Thomas Academy
c) St. Patrick’s School
d) Charles Morton’s Academy
1) Which line separates Afghanistan from Pakistan?
a) Durand line
b) McMohan line
c) Maginot line
4) Blue line
2) How is the event that led to the invasion of Afghanistan by USA and its allies is known?
a) 9/11
b) 7/11
c) 26/7
d) 7/7
3) Who was deposed in 1973?
a) Nadir Shah
b) Ahmed Shah Abdali
c) Mohammed Zahir Shah
d) Amanullah
1. When did Belarus declare independence?
a) 9 March 1975
b) 17 April 1968
c) 25 August 1991
d) 24 November 1985
2. Which country is to the south of Belarus?
a) Estonia
b) Latvia
c) Lithuania
d) Ukraine
3. Which is the capital of Belarus?
a) Lida
b) Polonsk
c) Minsk
d) Slavgorod
1) Who discovered Uranus?
a) Gerard Kuiper
b) Pervical Lowell
c) William Herschel
d) James Watt
2) John Flamsteed saw Uranus in 1690 and he thought it to be a star. What did he call it?
a) Alpha Centauri
b) Proxima Centauri
c) 34 Tauri
d) 24 Gauri
3) What did William Herschel name Uranus?
a) Albertum Sidus
b) Georgium Sidus
c) Henrium Sidus
d) Edwardum Sidus
1) What are whales?
a) Amphibians
b) Birds
c) Mammals
d) Reptiles
2) Which is the largest whale?
a) Blue whale
b) Red whale
c) Yellow whale
d) Black whale
3) Which is the smallest whale?
a) Ant whale
b) Dwarf sperm whale
c) Midget whale
d) Pigmy whale