GK Quiz #1

#1. Who wrote the patriotic song "Saare Jahan Se Achcha" ?

Mohammad Iqbal

Rabindranath Tagore

Kavi Pradeep

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

#2. Which is the smallest bird in the world?

Cuckoo

Sparrow

Ostrich

Humming bird

#3. Lightning conductor was invented by

Thomas Edison

Benjamin Franklin

Alexnder Fleming

Marie Curie

#4. Where in India is "The silent valley"?

Meghalaya

Tamil Nadu

Assam

Kerala

Silent Valley National Park is a national park in Kerala, India. It is located in the Nilgiri hills, has a core area of 34.56 sq mi, which is surrounded by a buffer zone of 57 sq mi. This national park has some rare species of flora and fauna. This area was explored in 1847 by the botanist Robert Wight, who discovered this virgin forest and found that that there was no white noise of the cicadas after dark, common in other forested areas. So he renamed it the Silent Valley.

#5. About 71% of the Earth is covered with water. How much of it is fresh water?

2.5%

20%

5%

45%

#6. In which year was Rabindranath Tagore awarded Nobel Prize for Literature?

1919

1913

1901

1905

Tagore used his Nobel Prize money in building the Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan. Tagore’s Nobel Prize medal got stolen from the museum in Shantiniketan in 2004. However, the Swedish Academy once again honoured the world poet with two replicas, a gold and a silver.

#7. Who painted "Mona Lisa"?

Raja Ravi Verma

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo da Vinci

Carravagio

#8. Which among the following is also known as Eternal City?

Tokyo

Rome

Berlin

Athens

#9. Who gifted the "Statue of Liberty" to the USA on the first centenary celebrations of the US?

France

England

Germany

China

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution.

#10. Panini, a famous personality of ancient India, was

a warrior

a mathematician

a grammarian

a physician

#11. What is Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi in Delhi called?

Shantivan

Raj Ghat

Shakti sthal

Vijay Ghat

#12. Approximately, how long does sunlight take to reach earth?

8 seconds

8 days

8 hours

8 minutes

Here’s the math. We orbit the Sun at a distance of about 150 million km. Light moves at 300,000 kilometers/second. Divide these and you get 500 seconds, or 8 minutes and 20 seconds.