1. The oldest monarchy in the world is:
(a) Nepal
(b) Japan (Correct)
(c) Britain
(d) Russia
2. The world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha was installed in December 1992 in:
(a) India (Correct)
(b) Myanmar
(c) China
(d) Nepal
3. The first woman in space was:
(a) Jumbo Tabei
(b) Valentina Tereshkova (Correct)
(c) Sally Ride
(d) Bachandri Pal
4. The first railway line was laid in:
(a) US
(b) Japan (Correct)
(c) England
(d) Russia
5. Which of the following countries has the briefest constitution in the world?
(a) Britain
(b) US (Correct)
(c) Russia
(d) France
6. What is the name of the first test-tube baby of the world?
(a) Leslie O’Connor
(b) Louise Joy Brown (Correct)
(c) Patrica Spear
(d) None of these
7. The first man-made object to leave the solar system was:
(a) Voyager-1
(b) Voyager-2 (Correct)
(c) Pioneer 10
(d) Mariner-2
8. Ms. Kim Campbell is the first woman prime minister of:
(a) Congo
(b) Portugal
(c) Canada (Correct)
(d) Switzerland
9. Amongst the following, the oldest observatory is:
(a) Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Mount Hopkin, US
(b) Rundetaarm, Copenhagen, Denmark (Correct)
(c) Royal Observatory Greenwich, England
(d) Janta Mantar, Delhi, India
10. The first satellite was launched by:
(a) Japan
(b) US
(c) USSR (Correct)
(d) France
11. The first successful expedition to the Mount Everest was made in:
(a) 1950
(b) 1953 (Correct)
(c) 1956
(d) 1960
12. Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
(a) Angel Falls (Correct)
(b) Menial Falls
(c) Jog Falls
(d) Niagara Falls
13. Which of the following is smallest country?
(a) Vatican City State (Correct)
(b) Cuba
(c) Japan
(d) Nepal
14. The first man to climb Mount Everest twice was:
(a) Nawang Gombu (Correct)
(b) Tenzing Norgay
(c) Sherpa Samgua
(d) None of these
15. The highest navigable lake in the world is:
(a) Lake Victoria
(b) Titicaca Lake (Correct)
(c) Caspian Sea
(d) Lake Superior
16. After the break-up of USSR, the largest country in the world (area wise) is:
(a) Russia (Correct)
(b) US
(c) Germany
(d) Britain
17. Which country has developed world’s first seedless mango?
(a) Pakistan
(b) India (Correct)
(c) Russia
(d) US
18. The first test-tube baby of the world was born in:
(a) France
(b) Philippines
(c) England (Correct)
(d) US
19. The world’s largest deposit of cosmic dust has been discovered in:
(a) Greenland
(b) Australia (Correct)
(c) Mauritius
(d) None of these
20. The largest island in the world is:
(a) Tasmania
(b) Greenland (Correct)
(c) Cyprus
(d) Iceland
21. The space shuttle which landed on moon was:
(a) Apollo (Correct)
(b) Eagle
(c) Challenger
(d) Explorer
22. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of coal as per the recent available data?
(a) South Africa
(b) US (Correct)
(c) China
(d) Russia
23. Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe?
(a) Japan
(b) West Indies
(c) Philippines
(d) Indonesia (Correct)
24. The world’s highest habitable building is:
(a) Chyrsler Building, US
(b) Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE (Correct)
(c) Empire State Building, US
(d) Bank of China, Hong Kong
25. The first satellite launched was:
(a) Sputnik (Correct)
(b) Apollo
(c) Pioneer
(d) Luna II
26. The largest man-made canal in the world is:
(a) Rhine Canal
(b) Suez Canal (Correct)
(c) Panama Canal
(d) None of these
27. Which is the largest Gulf in the world?
(a) Gulf of Mexico (Correct)
(b) Persian Gulf
(c) Gulf of Cambay
(d) None of these
28. The highest title in judo is:
(a) 10th Dan
(b) Black Belt (Correct)
(c) 12th Dawn
(d) Yellow Belt
29. The longest optical fiber cable of the world is laid between:
(a) Singapore and Marseilles (Correct)
(b) Manila and Toronto
(c) London and New York
(d) Paris and Tokyo
30. The largest automobile manufacturing centre in the world is located at:
(a) Tokyo (Correct)
(b) Paris
(c) Washington
(d) Beijing
