General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-24 03:25:37

#1054. Who is the author of 'Silas Marner'?

#1055. Which is longest epic poem in the world?

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-24 20:44:35

#1056. Who was the batsman to score the first run and the first century in test cricket?

#1057. Who was known as 'Desert fox'?

#1058. Which law of planetary motion of Kepler suggest that the speed of revolution is inversely proportional to the distance of the planet from the Sun?

#1059. Which country did the scientist Amedeo Avogadro belong to?

#1060. Who was Sigmund Freud?

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-26 03:48:56

#1061. Which planet rotates in 'retrograde' direction?

#1062. Which is the only major planet to be named after a female figure?

#1063. Which planet is called Earth's 'sister planet'?

#1064. Which is the only planet in the solar system (other than the earth to be named after a Greek God (the other being named after Roman Gods)?

#1065. Which planet has an orbit around the sun which is closest to a circle?

#1066. Which planet has the lowest apparent magnitude?

#1067. Which was the first planet to be discovered using a telescope?

#1068. Which is the only planet in the Solar System that is less dense than water?

#1069. Which are the two biggest satellites in the Solary system?

#1070. If the absolute magnitude of a star is 'x' and another star is 'x+1', how many times is the first star as bright as the second?

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-27 19:57:09

#1071. Which are the two stars near to earth which are being constantly checked for any form of extra-terrestrial life?

#1072. What are Antares and Betelguese known for?

#1073. What is Hubble limit?

#1074. What is the unit of Refractive Index?

#1075. What is the effective resistance of five resistors, of 1 ohm, 2 ohms, 3 ohms, 4 ohms, and 5 ohms connected in parallel?

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-28 01:30:08

#1076. In which country is 'Monte Carlo'?

#1077. Who is known as 'Frontier Gandhi'?

#1078. Who are 'Aryabhatta' and 'Bhaskaracharya'?

#1079. What is sericulture?

#1080. What is 'Epigraphy'?

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-29 03:12:27

#1081. What is 'Orthocenter'?

#1082. What is 'Centroid'?

#1083. What is 'Incenter'?

#1084. What is 'Circumcenter'?

#1085. What is 'Metacenter'?

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-29 17:47:03

#1086. What is 'physiology'?

#1087. Which is the highest civil award in India?

#1088. Who were the three recepients of the highest civil award, referred in #1087 above, in 1954 AD?

#1089. 'Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev' was the Head of State of which country?

#1090. With which sport was 'Robert James "Bobby" Fischer' associated?

#1091. Which element is theearth chiefly composed of?

#1092. Up to what distance from the surface of planet earth does atmosphere extend?

#1093. What are 'Roaring Forties'?

#1094. Which is the highest peak in Alps mountains?

#1095. Who invented the Stethoscope?

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-30 01:14:57

#1096. We all know Pythagoras theorem as a theorem in geometry that states that in a right-angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle), c, is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, b and a that is, a² + b² = c². The person who gave us this theorem is known as Pythagoras of ____________.

#1097. Archimedes' Principle states that a body immersed in a fluid experiences a buoyant force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer is known as Archimedes of ________________.

#1098. Arrange the following persons as mentor--> student --> student.
Aristotle, Plato, Socrates.

#1099. What is 'Orthopraxy'?

#1100. What is 'Paganism'?

JaneFairfax · 2008-12-30 05:27:06

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-30 18:19:38

Answer to #1096:-
Correct, JaneFairfax! Very good!

Jai Ganesh · 2008-12-30 20:02:57

#1101. If the three medians of a triangle are also angle-bisectors and altitudes, what can be said about the triangle?

#1102. What is the function of 'radiator' in an automobile?

#1103. What is a 'Cyclotron' used for?

#1104. What is 'Mycology'?

#1105. What is 'Respiratory Quotient'?

#1106. What do Djibouti, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Mexico, Panama, San Marino, Singapore, and vatican City have in common?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-01 02:41:32

#1107. What does 'OPEC' stand for?

#1108. Which organization awards the 'Kalinga Prize'?

#1109. With which event in sports is/was Sergey Bubka associated?

#1110. After Alaska, which is the second largest state in area in the United States?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-01 02:58:27

#1111. Who was 'Father Damien'?

#1112. Who was 'Ho Chi Minh'?

#1113. What is 'Paleobotany'?

#1114. Who led the British Royal Navy in the 'Battle of Trafalgar'?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-01 03:29:36

#1115. Which law in Physics states that the Potential Difference (Voltage) is directly proportional to the Current flowing?

#1116. What does Joule's first law or Joule-Lenz law (heating effect of current carrying conductors) state?

#1117. What is the unit of electric conductance?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-01 19:04:11

#1118. Where were the first 'Commonwealth Games' held?

#1119. With whcih game is Jahangir Khan (Pakistan) associated?

#1120. Which country was formerly known as 'Siam'?

#1121. Which is the hottest place in the world?

#1122. What does CNN in CNN TV stand for?

#1123. When is the International Women's Day each year?

#1124. Which countries does 'Patagonia' comprise of?

#1125. Which is the highest mountain peak in North America?

JohnnyReinB · 2009-01-01 20:23:37

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-01 22:47:55

Answers to #1101, #1102, #1104, #1106, #1110, #1113, #1120, and #1125:-

All correct, JohnnyReinB!

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-01 23:04:21

#1126. Who invented the telegraph code?

#1127. Who invented the Military Tank?

#1128. What is 'Fumigation'?

#1129. What are 'Plimsoll lines'?

#1130. What is 'Anabiosis'?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-03 01:55:01

#1131. Which is the largest delta in the world?

#1132. What are 'antipodes'?

#1133. What are the four Quantum Numbers?

#1134. What is 'Epicenter'?

#1135. What is an 'Igloo'?

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-03 10:08:13

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-03 17:33:33

Answer to #1115:-
Correct!
Good!

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-03 18:29:46

#1136. How is Hansen's Disease better known as?

#1137. What does REM in REM sleep stand for?

#1138. What does GNU stand for?

#1139. Where is the Headquarters of the ISO?

#1140. In which country are the Bendigo goldfields?

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-03 23:11:21

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-04 01:26:42

Answer to #1137:-
You're right again, Janefairfax!
Very Good!

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-04 01:41:51

#1141. Which two countries constituted the United Arab Republic (UAR)?

#1142. What is the approximate numerical value of the Universal Gas Constant, R?

#1143. Which was the first artificial satellite to be launched by the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1957 AD?

#1144. Which planet in the solar system has the largest number of moons?

#1145. In business parlance, what does BPO stand for?

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