General Knowledge Quiz 101

General Knowledge Quiz 101

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1. Who won the 2025 Booker Prize for the novel Flesh?

Kiran Desai
Andrew Miller
David Szalay
Ben Markovits

2. Which Indian city was declared a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2025?

Amritsar
Kochi
Hyderabad
Lucknow

3. Which athlete, hailing from the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, became the first international athlete and a top long jumper from her region despite the lack of proper sports infrastructure?

Hima Das
Mubassina Mohammed
Ancy Sojan
Swapna Barman

4. Who is the current Chief Justice of India as of 2026?

B. R. Gavai
Sanjiv Khanna
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Surya Kant

5. Who recently became the oldest player to take five wickets on Test debut, breaking a 92-year-old record?

Kyle Verreynne
Kagiso Rabada
Asif Afridi
Tony de Zorzi

6. The Ollo Tribe, also known as Oloh or Lazu Naga, lives in the Lazu Circle of Tirap district and was recently part of a women empowerment initiative by the Assam Rifles. In which Indian state is this tribe found?

Assam
Nagaland
Manipur
Arunachal Pradesh

7. Where is the Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary located?

Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Karnataka
Maharashtra

8. Who is the current CEO of the company behind ChatGPT, who has recently warned about potential risks of AI, including deepfakes and societal over-reliance on computers?

Sundar Pichai
Jensen Huang
Sam Altman
Satya Nadella

9. María Corina Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democratic rights, belongs to which country?

Colombia
Venezuela
Chile
Argentina

10. The new Harappan site Ratadiya Ri Dheri, which significantly extends the known range of the Indus Valley Civilization, has been discovered in which district of Rajasthan?

Barmer
Sri Ganganagar
Jaisalmer
Hanumangarh

11. What is a protostar?

A fully formed star that has begun nuclear fusion
A dying star that is collapsing into a black hole
A very young star still forming from a cloud of gas and dust
A planet-sized object orbiting a young star

12. What classic novel, a mainstay of high school reading curriculums about the Jazz Age and the American Dream, celebrated its 100th birthday in April 2025?

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
The Great Gatsby
Of Mice and Men

13. What phrase created absolute pandemonium at showings of A Minecraft Movie, turning the film into a viral phenomenon in addition to a box office smash?

“I am Steve!”
“Flint and Steel!”
“Chicken jockey!”
“The Nether!”

14. What grinning, fuzzy toy has become wildly popular, selling out instantly online and in stores around the world?

Squishmallow
Furby
Labubu
Beanie Boo

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