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 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. When was William Wordsworth born?
a) 12 January 1862
b) 7 April 1770
c) 18 September 1868
d) 22 November 1872
2. Where was William Wordsworth born?
a) Bologna
b) Cockermouth
c) Milan
d) Venice
3. Which college did William Wordsworth attend?
a) Christ College
b) St. John’s College
c) St. Andrew’s College
d) Trinity College
1) When did Kuwait gain independence from UK?
a) 1957
b) 1961
c) 1964
d) 1967
2) Which country annexed Kuwait in 1991?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Iran
c) Iraq
d) Bahrain
3) When is Liberation Day in Kuwait?
a) 1 January
b) 14 February
c) 26 February
d) 12 March
1. When was Wilfred Gerald Rebimbus born?
a) 25 March 1943
b) 2 April 1942
c) 9 September 1938
d) 24 October 1940
2. Where was Wilfred Gerald Rebimbus born?
a) Mangalore
b) Cochin
c) Karwar
d) Ooty
3. Which High School did Wilfred Gerald Rebimbus attend?
a) Holy Family High School
b) St. Thomas Academy
c) Milagres High School
d) Rosario High School
1) Who was the captain of the Australian team for Madras Test 1986?
a) Kim Hughes
b) Geoffrey Marsh
c) David Boon
d) Allan Border
2) Who was the captain of the Indian team for Madras Test 1986?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Ravi Shastri
c) Krishnamachari Srikkanth
d) Kapil Dev
3) What was Australia’s score in their first Innings of Madras Test 1986?
a) 903/7 decl.
b) 574/7 decl.
c) 495 all out
d) 622 all out
1) When was Pierre Elliott Trudeau first sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada?
a) 1 March 1971
b) 20 April 1968
c) 25 July 1975
d) 4 November 1977
2) When was Pierre Elliott Trudeau born?
a) 1 January 1901
b) 24 May 1909
c) 18 October 1919
d) 8 October 1912
3) Where was Pierre Elliott Trudeau born?
a) Halifax
b) Toronto
c) Montreal
d) Ottawa
1) Who in 1705 predicted that the comet seen in 1531, 1607 and 1682 would return in 1758?
a) Nicholas Copernicus
b) Edmund Halley
c) James Pettengill
d) Clyde Tombaugh
2) What is the average period of orbit of Halley’s Comet?
a) 22 years
b) 18 years
c) 76 years
d) 100 years
3) When was the most famous appearance of Halley’s Comet?
a) 1066 – Battle of Hastings
b) 1815 – Battle of Waterloo
c) 732 – Battle of Tours
d) 800 – Coronation of Charlemagne