In which year did the first modern Olympic Games take place?
- (A) 1896
- (B) 1906
- (C) 1910
- (D) 1912
- (A) 1896
The “Swaythling Cup” is associated with the game of:
- (A) Golf
- (B) Lawn Tennis
- (C) Chess
- (D) Table Tennis
- (D) Table Tennis
Crusades were:
- (A) Movement to spread Christianity
- (B) Movement against Catholic Christians
- (C) Movement against Protestant Sect
- (D) Religious wars by European Christians to liberate the Holy Land
- (D) Religious wars by European Christians to liberate the Holy Land
The permanent seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is located at:
- (A) Geneva
- (B) The Hague
- (C) Rome
- (D) New York
- (B) The Hague
Who was the first Lady Prime Minister of the world?
- (A) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- (B) Indira Gandhi
- (C) Margaret Thatcher
- (D) Benazir Butto
- (A) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
The “Strait of Malacca” is a narrow stretch (805 km) of water between:
- (A) Malaysia and Singapore
- (B) Sri Lanka and Nepal
- (C) Malaysia and Indonesia
- (D) North Korea and Japan
- (C) Malaysia and Indonesia
Who wrote the famous pamphlet ‘The Communist Manifesto’?
- (A) Friedrich Engels
- (B) Karl Marx
- (C) Both (A & B)
- (D) Vladimir Lenin
- (C) Both (A & B)
In which category the largest number of women won the Nobel Prizes so far:
- (A) Medicine
- (B) Peace
- (C) Literature
- (D) Chemistry
- (B) Peace
The most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust is:
- (A) Zinc
- (B) Copper
- (C) Iron
- (D) Aluminum
- (D) Aluminum
The element present in the largest amount in rocks and minerals is:
- (A) Carbon
- (B) Hydrogen
- (C) Silicon
- (D) Aluminum
- (C) Silicon