AN EXCELLENT QUIZZZ

1. G.K.Quiz
BY- PRAGYAN YADAV

2. Question 1
Which Kushan king presided
over the fourth Buddhist
Council held in Kashmir,
where it split into the
Mahayana and Hinayana sects?

3. Answer 1
Kanishka

4. Question 2
Which Noble gas, whose
name comes from the Greek
word for lazy, was discovered
by Ramsey and Raleigh in
1894?

5. Answer 2
Argon

6. Question 3
By what name is the Collegiate
Church of St. Peter Originally a
Benedictine monastery set up by
Queen Elizabeth in 1560, now
known?

7. Answer 3
Westminster Abbey

8. Question 4
Which mediaeval empire
was founded by the
brothers Harihara and
Bukka in 1336 AD?

9. Answer 4
Vijaynagar

10. Question 5
According to Hindu
mythology, which goddess
is credited with having
invented Sanskrit?

11. Answer 5
Saraswati

12. Question 6
What is the motto of Asian
Games?

13. Answer 6
Ever Onward

14. Question 7
Which muscular sheet
separates the chest cavity
from the abdominal cavity
in the human body?

15. Answer 7
Diaphragm

16. Question 8
Which Temple city in Gujarat,
literally meaning ‘City of Many
Gates’, was sacked by Mahmud
Begarha in the early sixteenth
century to get rid of the
pirates stationed there?

17. Answer 8
Dwarka

18. Question 9
In 1988 which dashing
batsman became the first
Indian to take 5 wickets in
a One Day innings on two
occasions?

19. Answer 9
K.Srikanth

20. Question 10
Which trading house was
started in 1894 as a
collaboration between
Tata Sons and Volkart
Brothers?

21. Answer 10
Voltas

22. Question 11
In the Norse mythology,
Mjollnir is the hammer of
which god?

23. Answer 11
Thor

24. Question 12
Which state on the coast of
Annam in South Vietnam
was named after the capital
of the ancient Anga country
in the lower Ganges valley?

25. Answer 12
Champa

26. Question 13
Which imperial title was
first assumed by Ivan the
terrible in 1547?

27. Answer 13
Tzar

28. Question 14
Which light grey metal,
discovered in 1879, is
named after a Russian
mine officer Colonel M.
Samarski?

29. Answer 14
Samarium

30. Question 15
Which atomic scientist,
quoting from the Bhagavad
Gita, said, ‘Now I have
become death, the detroyer
of worlds’, after the first
nuclear test in 1945?

31. Answer 15
Robert Oppendeimer

32. Question 16
Which Asian uprising, at the
turn of the century, was
carried out by the secret
organisation, ‘society of
Harmonious Fists’?

33. Answer 16
Boxer Rebellion

34. Question 17
What did Akbar build at the
mosque for Salim Chishti to
commemorate his victory
over MUzaffar Shah II of
Gujarat in 1572?

35. Answer 17
Buland Darwaza Fatehpur Sikri

36. Question 18
Which space mission in 1978
intended for moon landing,
got cancelled because of a
ruptured tank in the service
module?

37. Answer 18
Apollo 13

38. Question 19
In 1957, which Indian film was
nominated for an oscar as the
Best Forgien Language film?

39. Answer 19
Mother India

40. Question 20
Which Sect, founded in
1987, was responsible for
the sarin gas attack on the
Tokyo underground?

41. Answer 20
Aum Shinrikyo