1. Name the Indian Tennis player who has turned to be a Hollywood film maker ?
2. Who was the first Muslim lady to sit in the throne of Delhi ?
3. Where is famous Jamia Milia Islamia University located ?
4. Name the batsman who started his International Cricketing career at the age
of 16 ?
5. The greeting “Jai Hind” was started by which famous person ?
6. The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by
whom ?
7. Name the first Indian bowler to reach 500 test wickets in 2006. How did he get
his 500th wicket ?
8. With what honour has Dr APJ Abdul Kalam been decorated the highest honour
that an Indian Citizen receives ?
9. What is the full name of APJ Abdul Kalam ?
10. Name the theatre with which Shakespear is most closely associated ?
11. When and by whom was the first milk chocolate bar produced ?
12. Who was the current Pope of the Catholic Church ?
13. Who was the founder of ‘Servants of India Society’ ?
14. What was the occupation of Newton’s father ? When was he died ?
15. What gift did Albert receive from his father when he was 5 years old ?
16. Who invented the fountain Pen in 1884 ?
17. Who developed the Idea of Crop rotation , a revolutionary concept ?
18. Who hold’s the world record for the maximum distance in men’s long jump ?
19. Who has been given film fare life time Achievement Award 2013 ?
20. What is COIN in military jargon ?
ANSWERS
(1) Ashok Amritraj (2) Sultana Razia Bengum (3) New Delhi (4) Sachin Tendulkar
(5) Subhash Chandra Bose (6) Arabs (7) LBW (8) The Bharat Ratna (9) Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (10) Globe, situated on the South Banks of the Thames in Canada (11) Ind 1875, Daniel Peter of Swiss produced the first milk chocolate bar using powdered milk. (12) Pope Francis (13) Gopal Krishna Gokhale , established in Pune on 12 June 1905. (14) Isaac Newton, the father of Newton was a prosperous Yeoman farmer (owned about 100 acres of field). He was born in September 1606 and died in 1642, only five months after his marriage and three months before his son’s birth on Dec 25, 1642. (15) A Compass
(16) Lewis Edson Waterman, an insurance salesman. (17) Viscount Charles’ Turnip’ Town send (18) Mike Powell (19) Yash Chopra (20) Counterinsurgency
