10 General knowledge questions: 1. The city of Mysore is associated with which Indian mythological character? The demon, Mahishasura 2. Lumbini, the place where Gautama Buddha was born is located in which country? Nepal 3. In which country would you find tribal people called Maoris? New Zealand 4. ‘A Tale of 2 Cities’ is a famous novel by Charles Dickens. Which are the 2 cities? London and Paris 5. Who was the British Prime Minister when India got independence? Clement Atlee 6. What is the Parsi New Year celebrated as? Navroz or Jamshedi Navroz 7. Before the United Nations came into being, which organisation served as a body of various Countries? League of Nations 8. The multinational telecom company ‘Nokia’ is native to which country? Finland 9. Which book contains a compilation of Kabir’s verses? Beejak 10. Who is regarded as the father of Carnatic Music? Purandara Dasa Compiled by: Pratibha Shenoy (Bangalore) … [Read more...]
12 General knowledge bits
General knowledge questions: 1. Time magazine: The first person who was selected as “Man of the year”, by the famous “Time magazine” was Charles Lindberg, in the year 1927. 2. Origin of the word “good bye”: It was taken from the sentence “God be with you”. 3. Smallest Union territory in India: lakshadweep. 4. The land of the white elephants is: Thailand 5. Highest producer of the wool in the world: Australia. 6. Industrial revolution in the world: The first industrial revolution took place in United Kingdom and then spread to other European countries and afterwards to North America. 7. Who discovered the continent Australia? James Cook. 8. Liquid with highest density is: Mercury. 9. The National flower of Britain is: Rose. 10. The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize: Dr. Abdul Salam. 11. Yellow river: Hwang Ho (China) is known as China’s sorrow 12. Tip of match stick contains: Phosphorus. Statistic of the day: 1 Australian dollar = 88.21 US cents. … [Read more...]
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