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 [...]
Great Ladies in History: Beatrice Cenci
March 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
Beatrice Cenci was a legendary woman in the Roman history. In those days of aristocracy, she was a symbol of resistance for normal Roman people. She was born on 2nd February 1577 in Rome (Italy). Her father, Francesco Cenci, was in high position in the king’s palace and used to take active part in [...]
30 quiz questions on Indian constitution
December 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Indian constitution: 1. The constitution of India was adopted/ and came into force on..? a) Nov 26, 1949 / Jan 26,1950 b) Aug 15, 1947/ Nov 26, 1950 c) Jan 26, 1949 / Nov 26, 1950 d) Nov 26, 1948/ Jan 26, 1950 2. Who adopted the constitution of India on the [...]
10 quiz questions and answers
September 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
General Knowledge questions: 1. What was banned in 393 A.D. as it was considered an unholy ritual by the Romans? 2. The musical instrument ‘veena’ is made from the wood of which tree? 3. The movie Jurassic Park was based on a novel of the same name. Can you name the [...]
15 general knowledge questions and answers
August 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
1. How many minutes does it take for the suns rays to reach earth? 8.4 2. On what river is Rome built on? The Tiber 3. What is the longest river in North America? The Mississippi-Missouri 4. Which is the capital city of Zimbabwe? Harare 5. How many toes do [...]
10 Science Quiz questions
March 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Science Quiz 1. When light is scattered from an atom or molecule, most photons are elastically scattered (Rayleigh scattering), such that the scattered photons have the same energy (frequency) and wavelength as the incident photons. However, a small fraction of the scattered light (approximately 1 in 10 million photons) is scattered by an [...]
10 excellent General Knowledge questions
February 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Guest Blogger: Geetanav Ojha, NIT-Calicut. 1. Regnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen were the first recipients of this prestigious award for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes in 1969. The funding of this award comes from the Swedish National Bank (Sveriges Riksbank). What award are we talking about? [...]
25 Quiz questions on science and Animals
November 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
25 General Knowledge questions: 1. Sound pollution: If the sound intensity is “more than 85 decibels”, it is considered as sound pollution and that intensity of the sound is harmful to the ears. 2. Chlorofluorocarbons were invented by: Thomas Medley. 3. Ozone layer is present in: Stratosphere and it is 15 [...]
13 General knowledge questions
July 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Interesting general knowledge questions and facts: 1. Music channel M TV, started broadcasting its programmes from August 1st, 1981. 2. Soviet Russia: 47 Jar (Russian) emperors were cremated in “Kremlin”. 3. Queen Elizabeth-1, got bald head due to “measles” disease, which infected (attacked) her in the year 1562 (when she was [...]
General knowledge bits
May 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
1. “Land of thousand lakes” is Finland and “Italian of the East” is Telugu language. 2. Korea: It is known as the “Land of the Morning Calm”. 3. The man weighs more at the poles (north and the south) than at the equator. Because, the gravitational pull is less [...]
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