GENERAL QUIZ

1. What is the smallest independent unit of life?

A cell. It’s also sometimes called the building blocks of life.

2. Who wrote the poem Bharat Bharti, banned by the British?

Maithili Sharan Gupt. He translated Rubaiyats of Omar Khayyam into Hindi.

3. Operation Flood was started in India to provide it with which item?

Milk, it was also called the white Revolution of India.

4. Which is the only continent where tiger are till found in the wild?

Asia. It covers 8.6%of the earth’s total surface area.

5. Which train passes through the most number of Indian states?

The Himsagar Express. It traverses nine Indian states.

6. Which Indian cricketer captained 40 of the 46 test matches he played?

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. He became captain at the age of 21.

7. Which Islamic sect was founded in Punjab by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad?

Ahmadiyah. Many muslims do not consider Ahmadis to be muslims at all.

8. Of which new-born country is dili the capital?

East Timor.

9. Which country’s monarch was Leonardo Da Vinci appointed as court painter?

France. He was a court painter to Louis X11 of France.

10. Which Indian actor was awarded the Nishane-Imtiaz by the Pakistan government?

Dilip Kumar. His real name is Muhammad Yousuf Khan.