General Knowledge Quiz 25

General Knowledge Quiz 25

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1. ‘Horaglanis abdulkalami’ is the name given to a hypogean blind catfish in honour of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in 2012. From which state the fish was discovered?

Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh

2. Macondo is a fictional town described in Gabriel García Marquez in one of his novels. Which novel?

One Hundred Years of Solitude
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The General in His Labyrinth

3. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is the official name used by the U.S. government for the Global War on Terrorism and primarily refers to the war in which country?

Pakistan
Vietnam
Iraq
Afganisthan

4. The Bengal Tiger is the national animal of India and which other country?

Bangladesh
Pakistan
Nepal
China

5. The first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was held at

Dhaka
Bangalore
Kathmandu
Islamabad

6. Where is the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

Brussels, Belgium
Paris, France
Bern, Switzerland
Washington, USA

7. The Atomium, the museum that CNN named as Europe's most bizarre building in 2013 is in which country?

United States of America
United Kingdom
Spain
Belgium

8. Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ created by French sculptor Paul Landowski. Where is it located?

Paris
Romania
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires

9. Where is the headquarters of Asian Development Bank?

Hong Kong
Manila
Tokyo
Bangkok

10. Which is the largest religious monument in the world?

Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, India
Akshardham, India
Belur Math, India

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