1) Which famous river flows through Egypt?
a) Amazon
b) Thames
c) Nile
d) Indus
2) Which city is famous for pyramids?
a) Cairo
b) Alexandria
c) Giza
d) Tripoli
3) Which queen of Egypt was associated with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?
a) Zenobia
b) Cleopatra
c) Razia
d) Chand Bibi
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) 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 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
(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. 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