World General knowledge Quiz

1. For the 2012 Olympics, where in London is Olympic Park of 500 acres (2 km²), containing the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre, the London Velopark, the Olympic Hockey Centre, a Basketball Arena, Handball Arena, the Olympic Village, the Olympic Press and Broadcast Centres and a tennis training centre?

(a) Wembley
(b) Stratford
(c) Kensington
(d) Kingston

The Correct option is – (b) Stratford

2. Which line divides a circle into equal halves?

(a) Radius
(b) Diameter
(c) Secant
(d) Tangent

The Correct option is – (b) Diameter

3. Which US TV programme is broadcast regularly from the Ed Sullivan Theatre?

(a) The Oprah Winfrey Show
(b) The Late Show with David Letterman
(c) Dr. Phil
(d) Days of Our Lives

The Correct option is – (b) The Late Show with David Letterman

4. What were Operation Torch, Operation Ichi-Go, Operation Bagration, Operation Market Garden and Operation Crossbow?

(a) Military operations in World War II
(b) Nuclear test series carried out in the USA
(c) Allied operations in World War I
(d) International Boy Scout Jamborees

The Correct option is – (a) Military operations in World War II

5. The main religion in Nepal is a style of what?

(a) Buddhism
(b) Muslim
(c) Christianity
(d) Hinduism

The Correct option is – (d) Hinduism

6. According to the nursery rhyme, what did little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas pie?

(a) Gum
(b) Drum
(c) Plum
(d) His Mum

The Correct option is – (c) Plum

7. Which of these motor vehicle manufacturers is not based in South Korea?

(a) Toyota
(b) Kia Motors
(c) SsangYong Motor Company
(d) Hyundai Motor Company

The Correct option - (a) Toyota

8. Which of these people was a co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine?

(a) Benny Anderson
(b) Mick Jagger
(c) Jean Michel Jarred
(d) Jann Wenner

The Correct option is – (d) Jann Wenner

9. In which country were elections planned for 1991 were stopped by the military (leading to Civil War), were held in 1995, and, in 1999, after a series of short-term military leaders, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected president?

(a) Tunisia
(b) Israel
(c) Egypt
(d) Algeria

The Correct option is – (d) Algeria

10. What branch of biology, dating from the discovery of blood corpuscles by Marcello Malpighi in 1661, classifies and describes the development of the forms of living organisms?
(a) Enology
(b) Geology
(c) Histology
(d) Scientology

The Correct option is – (c) Histology