GENERAL STUDIES – Quiz Questions and Answers part -1
GENERAL STUDIES – Quiz Questions and Answers part -1
- What sign of the zodiac is representing by a goat?
Capricorn
- A house height is measured from ground to which part of its body?
The highest part of the it’s withers-base of the crest line of its neck
- What is the name of the common fire proof martial used for thatching house roofs?
Asbestos
- How did ‘passport ’get its name?
Permission to pass from port to port
- What is Japanese word for ‘Goodbye ‘?
Sayonara
- Nationality of Christopher Columbus:
Genoese (Italian)
- Which European prince was known as ‘The Navigator’?
Prince Henry of Portugal
- What is the Tamil name of God Vishnu?
Tirumal
- In a share market what do the ‘Bull’ and ‘Bear ‘represent?
Upward trend and Downward trend in prices respectively
- What was the trade mark of the first umbrellas manufactured in India
Stag mark (1860)
- The first navigator to go around the earth was a Spanish name Magellan. What was the name of his ship?
Victoria
- Timbuktu was discovered by Europeans in 1807 where it is?
In Mali-in Africa on the southern boundary of the Sahara on the river Niger
- In medieval times what was a ‘mangonel’ used for?
Launching missiles or stones – it was a siege engine
A sunken ditch or fence surrounding a park or garden
- The largest syndicate crime organization in the world is reputed to be ‘mafia’.By what other name is it commonly?
The Family or La Cosa Nostra
- What is the name of Dublin prison –the largest in Ireland?
Mount joy Prison
- Which day is celebrated as earth day?
April 22
- One greatest rulers of Europe was nick named –“The Little Corporal”. Identify him?
Napoleon Bonaparte
- The ocean is the midlives island the group?
The Indian Ocean
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