General Knowledge Quiz 28

General Knowledge Quiz 28

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1. Pentateuch are the first five books of Jewish and Christian Scriptures. Which one of the following is NOT one of the five books?

Book of Genesis
Book of Exodus
Book of Numbers
Book of Ruth

2. This state of the United States was purchased from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867. Which state?

Florida
Hawai
Alaska
Virginia

3. "A Streetcar Named Desire" is a 1947 play that received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Who was the author?

Tennessee Williams
Robert E. Sherwood
Arthur Miller
Eugene O'Neill

4. Which Indo-Aryan language has five scripts?

Hindi
Punjabi
Urdu
Konkani

5. "Helvetia ("Confœderatio Helvetica") is the female national personification of a country. Name the country

Hondura
Switzerland
Croatia
Indonesia

6. Which Indian city was declared as the summer capital of British India in 1864?

Delhi
Darjling
Shimla
Muree

7. Which country is known as "Suomi" in its native language?

Finland
Sumatra
Surinam
Mauritius

8. What was the name chosen by Nyasaland when it became independent from Britain on 6 July 1964?

Newzealand
Ireland
Malawi
Netherlands

9. The first recipient of the Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities was

Mother Teresa
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Rev. Stanley Jaki

10. Name India's first experimental Geostationary communication satellite.

Aryabhatta
APPLE
INSAT 1A
Bhaskara Sega-I

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