1. When did Zambia become independent?
a) 10 January 1956
b) 9 April 1948
c) 7 July 1962
d) 24 October 1964
2. How was Zambia formerly known?
a) Abyssinia
b) Northern Rhodesia
c) Tanganyika
d) Sheba
3. Of which federation was Zambia part of?
a) French West Africa
b) German East Africa
c) North German Confederation
d) Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1. Which sea is to the north of Saint Martin?
a) Bering
b) Arabian
c) Irish
d) Caribbean
2. Which is the capital of Saint Martin?
a) Juneau
b) Marigot
c) Helsinki
d) Capri
3. When was slavery abolished in Saint Martin?
a) 1864
b) 1772
c) 1848
d) 1760
1) How many times Brazil has won the Football World Cup?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Five
2) What is the real name of Pele?
a) Tele Santana
b) Edson Arantes do Nascimento
c) Roberto Carlos
d) Mario Kempes
3) Which of the following rivers flows in Brazil?
a) Amazon
b) Nile
c) Mississippi
d) Cauvery
1. Which of the following books was written by Jonathan Swift?
a) Gulliver’s Travels
b) All Quiet on the Western Front
c) For whom the bell tolls
d) The old man and the sea
2. When was Jonathan Swift born?
a) 11 January 1660
b) 14 April 1656
c) 3 June 1663
d) 30 November 1667
3. Where was Jonathan Swift born?
a) Belfast
b) Dublin
c) London
d) Paris
1) Who won Nobel Prize 2009 for Medicine?
a) Emil von Behring
b) Chalres Richet
c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak
d) Johannes Fibiger
2) For what was Nobel Prize 2009 for Medicine given?
a) Work on serum therapy
b) Work on Anaphylaxis
c) Discovery of a key mechanism in the genetic operatin of cells
d) Contributions to cancer research
3) Who won Nobel Prize 2009 for Physics?
a) John Rayleigh, William Strutt
b) Gabriel Lippmann
c) Charles Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George Smith
d) Werner Heisenberg
1) Where was Babur born?
a) Delhi
b) Karachi
c) Farghana
d) Shiraz
2) When did Babur capture Kabul?
a) 1483
b) 1494
c) 1497
d) 1504
3) When was the first battle of Panipat?
a) 1511
b) 1526
c) 1556
d) 1761
1. When did Boris Yeltsin president of Russia?
a) 1964-1982
b) 1990-1999
c) 1982-1984
d) 2004-2008
2. When was Boris Yeltsin born?
a) 1 February 1931
b) 18 April 1926
c) 23 August 1929
d) 30 November 1925
3. Where was Boris Yeltsin born?
a) Minsk
b) Tashkent
c) Sverdlovsk
d) Dushanbe
Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He is best known for his novel – “Brave New World”.
1. When was Aldous Huxley born?
a) 11 March 1884
b) 19 May 1882
c) 26 July 1894
d) 10 October 1895
2. Where was Aldous Huxley born?
a) Boston
b) Godalming
c) Plymouth
d) Liverpool
3. Which college did Aldous Huxley attend?
a) Christ College
b) St. James’ College
c) Balliol College
d) Trinity College
1. When did Tanganyika become independent?
a) 19 March 1958
b) 24 May 1953
c) 18 September 1949
d) 9 December 1961
2. When did Zanzibar become independent?
a) 17 February 1948
b) 12 June 1959
c) 28 August 1949
d) 10 December 1963
3. When was Tanzania founded with the merging of Tanganyika and Zanzibar?
a) 1 January 1965
b) 26 April 1964
c) 11 July 1880
d) 12 November 1978
1. When did Senegal become independent?
a) 4 January 1948
b) 10 May 1904
c) 20 August 1960
d) 1 December 1901
2. Which country is to the north of Senegal?
a) Lesotho
b) Mauritania
c) Botswana
d) Swaziland
3. Which ocean is to the west of Senegal?
a) Atlantic
b) Pacific
c) Indian
d) Antarctic