1. What is Haj?
a) Friday sermon
b) Pilgrimage to Mecca
c) Night prayer
d) Sufi shrine
2. Who gives the call for prayer in Islam?
a) Khatib
b) Ayatollah
c) Muezzin
d) Talib
3. Which of the following is not one of the five Pillars of Islam?
a) Zakat
b) Shahadah
c) Nikah
d) Salat
1. When was Rudolf Abel arrested by FBI?
a) 1 January 1949
b) 21 June 1957
c) 12 August 1956
d) 31 December 1948
2. What was Rudolf Abel’s original name?
a) William August Fisher
b) Ernest Blofeld
c) Feliks Dzerzhinnsky
d) Nikolay Yezhov
3. When was Rudolf Abel born?
a) 3 March 1904
b) 15 April 1902
c) 11 July 1903
d) 14 November 1905
1. When did Turkmenistan proclaim independence?
a) 1 January 2001
b) 18 June 1984
c) 31 August 1991
d) 27 October 1991
2. What is to the west of Turkmenistan?
a) Black Sea
b) Russia
c) Caspian Sea
d) Iraq
3. Which is the capital of Turkmenistan?
a) Ashgabat
b) Cheleken
c) Tejen
d) Gazaniyk
1. When was Charlemagne crowned emperor?
a) 1 January 801
b) 3 June 795
c) 22 September 762
d) 25 December 800
2. When was Charlemagne born?
a) 5 March 700
b) 2 April 742
c) 14 October 758
d) 31 July 762
3. After whose death on 4 December 771 did Charlemagne become the sole ruler of Franks?
a) Carloman
b) Hunald
c) Attila
d) Roes
1. When was Anne Frank born?
a) 1 January 1914
b) 12 June 1929
c) 25 September 1925
d) 16 December 1926
2. Where was Anne Frank born?
a) Amsterdam
b) Frankfurt am Main
c) Zurich
d) Rome
3. When did Anne Frank move to a Jewish School?
a) 1941
b) 1939
c) 1929
d) 1936
1. Which country is to the north of Uruguay?
a) Chile
b) Peru
c) Brazil
d) Ecuador
2. Who was the first European to explore Uruguay?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Juan Diaz de Solis
c) Ferdinand Magellan
d) Henry Hudson
3. Which is the capital of Uruguay?
a) La Paloma
b) San Jose
c) Montevideo
d) San Gregorio
1. When did Naguib Mahfouz get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1967
c) 1988
d) 1992
2. When was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) 12 January 1902
b) 14 April 1906
c) 5 August 1908
d) 11 December 1911
3. Where was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) Alexandria
b) Cairo
c) Luxor
d) Thebes
(Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.)
1) Who declared the opening of London Olympics 1908?
a) Edward VII
b) George I of Greece
c) George V of UK
d) Nicholas II of Russia
2) Which was the opening date of London Olympics 1908?
a) 12 May 1904
b) 1 July 1904
c) 27 April 1908
d) 14 September 1904
3) Which city was originally chosen for Olympics 1904?
a) Berlin
b) Milan
c) Rome
d) Amsterdam
1) What is the official name of Qatar?
a) Emirate of Qatar
b) Kingdom of Qatar
c) State of Qatar
d) Sultanate of Qatar
2) When did Qatar become independent?
a) 1 May 1965
b) 24 June 1967
c) 1 December 1969
d) 3 September 1971
3) Which channel is based in Qatar?
a) Al Arabiya
b) Al Jazeera
c) Geo TV
d) ARY TV
(Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.)
1) Which was the opening date of Los Angeles Olympics 1932?
a) 3 December 1932
b) 5 November 1932
c) 30 July 1932
d) 17 May 1932
2) What was the name of the Olympic Stadium where Olympic events were held in Los Angeles Olympics 1932?
a) Coliseum
b) White City
c) Athaneum
d) Brabourne
3) By how many goals did India defeat USA in hockey in Los Angeles Olympics 1932?
a) 6-4
b) 12-3
c) 18-2
d) 24-1