General Knowledge Quiz 48

General Knowledge Quiz 48

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1. Which legendary player wrote the book "Farewell to Cricket"?

Gary Sobers
Don Bradman
Sir Vivian Richard
Brian Lara

2. Which novel by Olga Tokarczuk won the Man Booker International Prize 2018?

Cities in Mirrors
The Wadrobe
Flights
The Moment of the Bear

3. Which one of the following cells of pancreas produce insulin?

Alpha cells
Delta Cells
Nerve cells
Beta cells

4. Which one of the following organisations received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2017?

UNESCO
OPCW
IPCC
ICAN

5. Which was the first country to be suspended from Commonwealth?

Nigeria
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka

6. Who directed the British biographical film Elizabeth: The Golden Age?

Richard Attenborough
Shekhar Kapur
Stephen Frears
Nicholas Hytner

7. Who is considered as the first woman to receive a patent for a new technique of weaving straw with silk and thread to make hats?

Mary Dixon Kies
Hannah Slater
Mary Curie
Sarah Mather

8. Who was the recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2016?

Malala Yousafzai
Juan Manuel Santos
Kailash Satyarthi
Tawakkul Karman

9. Name the Indian scientist who is known for the studies on tachyons, a hypothetical particle that always moves faster than light?

APJ Abdul Kalam
Harish Chandra
ECG Sudarshan
Ashoke Sen

10. Which state was declared as the first "child friendly state" in India?

Karnataka
Maharashtra
Haryana
Kerala

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