General Knowledge Quiz - 3
2. Quiz: What is the top policy-making and administrative organ of the Communist Party calleti?
Politburo
3. Quiz: Which is the oldest modern university in the world?"
Bologna University, founded in 1088 CE
4. Quiz: In Hindu mythology there are at least four Bharatas. Name the Bharata after whom India was named.
Bharat, the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala.
5. Quiz: What is the science of working efficiently within one's environment called?
Ergonomics
6. Quiz: What is characteristic of
tundra climate?
No tree growth, because it is too cold but without perpetual cover
of snow and ice
7. Quiz: Which tree yields wood called
porcupine wood?
The coconut tree
8. Quiz: A man named Israel Beer
Josaphat (1816-1899) founded the world's first news agency What was the agency
called?
Reuter. (On conversion to Christianity from Judaism Josaphat adopted
the name Paul Julius Reuter.)
9.Quiz: What is the common name of the
tree called Santalum album?
Sandalwood
10. Quiz: What is the Portuguese
man-of-war?
A class of jelly-like invertebrate marine animals.
11. Quiz: Pole of Inaccessibility, what
it means?
The point on the Antarctic that is furthest in all directions from
the surrounding seas
12. Quiz: What was established by the
Americans, the British and the Canadians at Bretton Woods in 1944?
The International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development.
13. Quiz: What is vexillology?
The study of flags
14. Quiz: Which company introduced the
Compact Audio Cassette?
Philips
15. Quiz: What is Spanish for 'the
Gilded One'?
Eldorado
16. Quiz: In Arthurian legend what is
King Arthur's sword called?
Excalibur
17. Quiz: What does Adi Granth mean in
Punjabi?
The First or Original Book.
18. Quiz: Name the two largest rivers of
Europe.
Volga and Danube.
19. Quiz: What is the Plaid Cymru?
English for Party of Wales or the Welsh National Party
20. Quiz: Name the river that flows
beside the historic village of Plassey in Bengal.
Bhagirathi
21. Quiz: What is the principal subdivision of a military company called?
21. Quiz: What is the principal subdivision of a military company called?
Platoon
22.Quiz:
Of which river is the Chambal river the chief tributary?
Jamuna
23. Quiz: Name the strait that separates
Asiatic Turkey from
European Turkey.
Bosporus
24. Quiz: Of which country is Sarawak a
province?
Malayasia
25. Quiz: In business what is an
enterprise that owns a controlling portion of the stock of other companies but
does not actually administer them called?
A holding company
26. Quiz: Who is a 'conscientious
objector'?
One who opposes bearing arms or one who objects to any type of
military training.
27. Quiz: What is second-order
theorizing?
Making theories about theories.
28. Quiz: What is teleology?
The study of ends, goals and purposes
29. Quiz: What is classical IQ?
The mean IQ score of 100.
30. Quiz: What is autarky?
A national policy of self-sufficiency
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