G.K.Quiz

BY – PRAGYAN YADAV

Question 1

Who is the only performer to have bagged a best supporting Actress Oscar by playing a member of the opposite sex, for the 1983 film The Year of Living Dangerously?

Answer 1

Linda Hunt

Question 2

At which historical site, near Delhi, were the Indian sepoys defeated on June 8, 1857?

Answer 2

Badli Ki sarai

Question 3

Which British novelist served as an Assistant District Superintendent in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma between 1922 and 1927?

Answer 3

George Orwell

Question 4

From the top of which mountain did Hanuman leap across the ocean to Lanka?

Answer 4

Mount Mahendra

Question 5

What name did the Portuguese give the Konkan island of Gharapuri, on seeing two of its many intricate sculptures?

Answer 5

Elephanta

Question 6

In 1943, JRD Tata resigned from the board of which bank to protest discrimination against Indian officers?

Answer 6

Imperial Bank of India

Question 7

Which large geographical area on the globe, literally means ‘Bear’ in Greek?

Answer 7

Arctic

Question 8

Which lawyer earned the sobriquet ‘Deshbandhu’ for his defence of members of the Extremist group of the Congress in 1908?

Answer 8

Chittaranjan Das

Question 9

On which island in the Indian Ocean territory was a military base constructed by United States in 1973?

Answer 9

Diego Garcia

Question 10

Which Rajput queen committed ‘jauhar’ with hundreds of her followers when Allauddin Khilji, besotted by her, captured Chittorgarh in 1303 AD?

Answer 10

Padmini

Question 11

How do we better know the Renaissance painter, Alessandro di Filipepi, remembered for his classic creation, The Birth Of Venus?

Answer 11

Sandro Botticelli

Question 12

Which Russian Nobel laureate coined the term, ‘Conditioned Reflex’?

Answer 12

Pavlov

Question 13

After which Astronomical feature in the solar system are the elements Palladium and Cerium named?

Answer 13

Asteroids

Question 14

In which part of your body would you come across Trasals and Metatarsals?

Answer 14

Feet

Question 15

What lines join the places on a map which receive an equal duration of sunshine?

Answer 15

Isohels

Question 16

In 1761, which Afghan ruler routed the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat?

Answer 16

Ahmed Shah Abdalli

Question 17

Which Scottish inventor, who was made the surveyor General of all metropolitan roads in Great Britain in 1827, has now become synonymous with a smooth, hard road surface?

Answer 17

Jhon McAdam

Question 18

Which of Ramanujan’s conjectures in 1916 kept a whole galaxy of mathematics at bay before finally being solved by Pierre Deligne in 1974?

Answer 18

The Tau Conjecture

Question 19

In 1988, who became the first tennis player to win the ‘Golden Slam’, comprising the 4 grand slam titles and the Olympic Gold medal in a single year?

Answer 19

Steffi Graf

Question 20

Which island in the Pacific Ocean was discovered by the Dutch navigator, Jacob Roggeveen on Easter Sunday in 1772?

Answer 20

Easter Island