General Knowledge Quiz 4

1. Who is known as the father of social anthropology?

2. Who was the first UN Secretary General?

3. Who is the author of the book "To Kill A Mockingbird"?

4. Who is known as the father of the India's White Revolution?

5. Who won the Booker Prize in the year 1991 for his book "The Famished Road"?

6. Who was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany?

7. Who was the first Chief Justice of India?

8. What is the study of the origin and the development of words known as?

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General Knowledge Quiz 5

1. Who was the first woman to become the Air Marshall of the Indian Air Force? Answer: Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Show Answer 2. Name the author of the books "Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams From my Father" Answer: Barrack Obama. Show Answer 3. By whom was the telescope invented? Answer: Hans Lippershey Show Answer 4. Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize? Answer: Arundhuti Roy for her book "The God of Small Things". Show Answer 5. Who was the first woman to summit the Everest? Answer: Junko Tabei of Japan. Show Answer 6. Identify the american painter famous for his 'drip painting' technique. Answer: Paul Jackson Pollock. Show Answer 7. Who is the author of the book "The Museum of Innocence? Answer: Orhan Pamuk. Show Answer 8. Name the capital city of the erstwhile 'West Germany? Answer: Bonn. Show Answer

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Human civilization has generally regarded bats with superstition, fear and uncertainty. This post attempts to bring out some of the true facts about this amazing mammal. Bats are found throughout the world except for certain oceanic islands, the Arctic and Antarctic. Bats are the only mammals that can fly. There are more than a 1000 bat species in the world. More than 25% of the total number of mammal species are species of bats. In colder regions, bats either hibernate in shelters with high humidity and temperatures above freezing, or migrate to warmer areas. Bats are not blind. Bats are very sociable animals, live in large colonies and communicate with each other. Bats emit a series of supersonic cries and are able to detect flying insects when these sounds are reflected back (upon their contact with the insect's body). This is known as Echolocation Echolocation also gives them a general se...

General Knowledge Quiz 3

1. Name India's first indigenous submarine? Answer: INS Shalki Show Answer 2. Even after you take away four of its five letters, the pronunciation of this English word does not change. Identify the word. Answer: Queue. Show Answer 3. In which year was Julius Caesar assassinated? Answer: 44 BC. Show Answer 4. Who was the first Indian President to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna? Answer: Dr. S Radhakrishnan. Show Answer 5. Which phobia did Napolean suffer from? Answer: Felinephobia, the fear of cats. Show Answer 6. An economist once said "The best thing a country could do with IMF advice was to 'dump it in the dustbin'. Identify the economist. Answer: Joseph Stiglitz Show Answer 7. Who coined the term 'Personal Computer? Answer: Henry Edward Roberts. Show Answer 8. Who was the first US President to be impeached? Answer: Andrew Johnson. Show Answer

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