Thai Sikh International School

G.K. QUESTIONS(daily)KNOW1ST TERM- 2014-15

1. Name the most well-known book written by Pearl S.Buck?
Good Earth
2. Which year was Agatha Christie awarded the highest honour of Mystery writers
of America?
1955
3. What is the name of the award?
Grandmaster Award.
4. Who invented the Gurumukhi script for Punjabi language?
Guru Angad Dev Ji
5. Which Mughal emperor donated the land for Amritsar?
Akbar
6. Which sikh Guru built the City of Amritsar?
Guru Ramdas Ji
7. What is the other name for a tidal wave?
Tsunami
8. How many bones do sharks have in their body?
Zero
9. Which mammal is called a flying fox?
Bat
10.Who is the only first Indian player to compete six Olympic games?
Leander Paes
11.Name the Indian women weightlifter who won maiden national title in National
weightlifting championship 2013?
Manpreet Kaur
12.The finals of the Uber cup 2014 and Thomas cup 2014 are to be held at
New Delhi
13.Which are the countries battling Ebola outbreak?
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea

14.When is Afghanistans Independence day?

19th August
15.What is the Fields Medal awarded for?
For Mathematics
16.Who won the Fields Medal?
Maryam Mazakani of Iran (The first women to win)
17.Who is the author of the famous book Alices adventures in wonderland?
Lewis Carroll
18.How many lines does a sonnet have?
14 lines
19.Who wrote where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise?
Shakespeare
20.Who is the author of the Indian epic poem Ramayana?
Valmiki
21.Which diety in Hinduism is considered as the Creator god, who is responsible
mainly for the creation?
Lord Brahma
22.Which animal is considered as holy and worship worthy to most Hindus?
Cow
23.How are the sharks and rays different from other fishes?
Their skeletons are made of cartilage while the others have bony skeleton.
24.What is an igneous rock made of ?
It is formed from cooled magma
25.Is the asteroid belt located between Earth and Mars or Mars and Jupiter?
Mars and Jupiter
26.Football world cup has been won by which country for the maximum number of
times?
Brazil
27.Which country has hosted common wealth games for the maximum number of
times?
Canada
28.Cricket world cup has been won by which country for the maximum number of
times?
Australia

29.Name the president of Ukraine

President Petro Poroshenko
30.Name the journalist (America) beheaded by the terrorist organization ISIS,
recently
Steven Sotloff
31.What is the name of the trilogy, a series of three books, tracing the Evolution
of Money, published recently.
Easy Money written by Vivek Kaul. Details about Evolution of the global
financial system.
32.Name the book which opens with the line All children except one grew up?
Peter Pan
33.Which is the first Harry Potter Book?
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
34.In which century was Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales written?
14th Century
35.Who invented the thermometer?
Galileo
36.What is the chief constituent of Gobar gas?
Methane
37.Who is the English Physicist responsible for the Big Bang Theory?
George Gamov
38.What did Thomas Davenport invent?
Electric Street Car
39.Who invented the battery?
Alessandro Volta
40.In which year Asian Games were started?
1951
41.How many nations participated in 2012 olympic games?
204
42.Which term is commonly used in Badminton & Volley ball?
Deuce
43.Which union ministry has recently launched the know your rights portal
recently ?
Civil Aviation

44.First Womens court in India was set up in which state?

West Bengal
Note : Indias first womens court was inaugurated in Malda in West Bengal in
Jan2013.
45.What is the name of the new satellite developed by NASA to predict the
frequency of occurrence of droughts in the world?
SMAP
Note : SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite. It can help measure the
occurrence of droughts & help farmers to increase their crop productivity by
timely information.
46.Which nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of 'Treasure Island'?
Scottish
47.'Jane Eyre' was written by which Bronte sister?
Charlotte
48.What is the book 'Lord of the Flies' about?
School boys on the desert island

49.Name the three small bones in the human ear.

Malleus, Incus and Stapes
50.What is the scientific name of "Night Blindness"
Nyctalopia
51.What are 'Pachyderms'?
Elephants
52.Who is the author of Money Changess?
Arther Hailey
53.In the book The Lord of Rings who or what is Bilbo?
Hobbit
54.Who wrote the crime novel Tea Little Nigere?
Agatha Chirstie
55.Whom is the Hubble Space Telescope named after?
Edwin Hubble
56.Which country does the theoretical physicist James Maxwell belong to?
Scotland

57.Is the wavelength of Infrared light too long or short to be visible of humans?
Long
58.Which was the 1st non-test playing country to beat India in an International
Match?
Sri Lanka
59.The finals of the Uber cup 2014 & Thoms cup 2014 are to be held at
New Delhi
60.Which country won the Junior Table Tennis Championship claiming all the titles?
China
61.Who was selected for the JC Daniel Award for life time achievement for the year
2013?
MT Vasudevan Nair
62.Who broke the 50km walk world record at the European Athletics championship
held in Zurich, Switzerland?
Yohann Dinniz of France
63.When national sports day celebrated throughout the country?
29th August
64.Who wrote the poem All things will die?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
65.Who is the author of Taming of the Shrew?
William Shakespeare
66.Who wrote the book Kabuliwala?
Rabindranath Tagore
67.Which vitamin is called Anti-sterility vitamin?
Vitamin E
68.What is Anorexia?
Loss of appetite
69.What is the average salinity of seawater?
3.5%
70.Who won the ATP Malaysian open mens double title?
Leander Paes & Marcin Mathowski
71.What is the theme of the 17th Asian games commented recently?
Meet Asias Future

72.Who won FIBA Basketball world cup 2014?

USA
73.Which union ministry has recently launched the Know you Rights portal
recently?
Civil Aviation
74.What is the name of the new satellite launched by NASA?
SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive Satelite
75.Who is women who has won a gold medal for boxing recently?
Mary Com
76.Who wrote the poem " Palanquin Bearers"?
Sarojini Naidu
77.What is the name of the author of the book "One night at the call center"?
Chetan Bhagat
78." A Little Boy Lost" --- By whom was this poem written?
William Blake
79.What is a hermaphrodite?
An animal with both the sexes. eg. Earthworm
80.Presence of which gas in air makes brass discoloured?
H2S (Hydrogen Sulphide)
81.What causes the release of enormous energy in an atomic explosion?
Conversion of mass into energy
82.To whom did Mahatma Gandhi give the title "The Nightingale of India"?
Sarojini Naidu
83.Who wrote "Gitanjali"?
Rabindranath Tagore
84.Name of the poet who wrote "The Soldier".
Robert Frost
85.What is haemophilia?
It is a genetic disorder. In a haemophiliac clotting of blood takes a longer time
leading to a lot of blood loss.
86.What are the plants growing in saline water called?
Halophytes

87.What kind of eclipse do we have when the moon is between the sun and the
earth?
Solar Eclipse
88.Name the President of Ukraine?
President Petro Poroshenko
89.First Womens Court in India was set up in which state?
West Bengal
90.What is the Fields Medal awarded for?
For mathematics & it was won my Maryam Mazakani of Iran
91.Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle" ?
Washington Irving
92.Name the author of "Oliver Twist".
Charles Dickens
93.Who wrote the book "The Jungle Book"?
Rudyard Kipling
94.What is the wavelength of visible spectrum?
3900 - 7600 angstrom
95.Which force holds the neutrons and protons together in an atomic nucleus?
Exchange force
96.Name the process by which WBC passes out through the capillary walls.
Diapedesis
97.Who launched the National mission on libraries?
Pranab Mukerjee
98.Which country hosted 2014 ICC twenty 20 world cup?
Bangladesh
99.Who is the first person to win best Actor OSCAR thrice?
Daniel Day Lewis
100. Which player has won the European Golden Boot Award 2014?
Luis Suarez
101. Who has won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2014 for Biological Science?
Dr. Roop Mallik
102. What was the slogan for Asian Games held at Incheon, Korea 2014?
Diversity Shines here

Name the authors of these quotes :103. "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none".
William Shakespeare
104. "The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven
into him".
Thomas Hardy
105. " Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers".
Alfred Lord Tennyson
106. Which of the following is used in pencils?
Graphite
107. Which of these elements does chlorophyll contain?
Magnesium
108. Which of the following is called washing soda?
Sodium carbonate
Name the authors of the following quotes.
109. To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Abraham Lincoln
110. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort
and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King
111. Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin
112. What is pollination by birds called?
Ornithophily
113. Which is the fastest-running terrestrial animal?
Cheetah
114. Which organ does the disease Cystitis affect?
Urinary bladder
115. Which country hosted 2014 ICC twenty 20 world cup?
Bangladesh
116. What is the national sport of Japan?
Sumo Wrestling
117. Which is the fastest racket sport?
Badminton

118. Name the authors of:

1.
The Citadel
2.
Evening News
3.
Chromosomes

A.J.Cronin
Arther Hailey
Robin Cook

119. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulb

Nitrogen
120. Which is the hardest substance available on earth?
Diamond
121. Name the property of a substance to absorb moisture from air on exposure.
Deliquescence
122. Who won the ATP Malaysian open mens double title?
Leander Paes & Marciu Mathowski
123. Who won FIBA basketball world cup 2014?
USA
124. Who broke the 50 km walk world
champhionship held in Switzerland?
Yohann Dineriz of France

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125.

Who won the 2014 FIFA football world cup beating Argentina?
Germany

126.

Who won 2014 champions leaque Twenty 20(CLT20) title?

Chennai Super Kings

127.

Who became the fastest cricketer in the history score 6000 ODI runs?
Virat Kohli

128.

When is National Education Day celebrated?

11th November

129.

Who won the 2014 worlds children Prize?

Malala Yousafzai

130.

Where was the third global citizen festival held?

Central Park in Newyork

athletics