Quiz 7 | Cricket Quiz V

1. Who had the best bowling figures when England defeated Australia by six wickets in 1979?

Answer : Geoff Boycott ( 6-0-15-2 )

2. Who is the only player to be on the losing side in three Finals?

Answer : Graham Gooch of England in 1979,1987 and 1992

3. Who captained Australia in 1979 and 1983?

Answer : Kim Hughes

4. Name the bowler who was hit for six from the final ball of the innings by Viv Richards in the 1979 final.

Answer : Mike Hendrick

5. What are the highest individual score in the 1979 World Cup?

Answer : 138 not out by Viv Richards Vs England in the final.

6. Who took most wickets in the 1983 world cup?

Answer : India's Roger Binny with 18

7. Who was Man of the Match when India defeated the West Indies in their opening match at Old Trafford in 1983?

Answer : Yashpal Sharma

8. What fielding rule was introduced for the first time in 1983?

Answer : A fielding circle- Actually an Oval - 30 yards from the stumps with four fielders within it at all times.

9. Who was the first player to be Man of the Match in both the semis and final?

Answer : Mohinder Amarnath

10. Who was the only batsman out for zero in the 1983 final between India and the West Indies?

Answer : Kriti Azad

11. Who was the first wicket-keeper to captain his country in the world cup?

Answer : Canada's Bryan Mauricette in 1979

12. A player named Chappell participated in the 1979 world cup, but he was not a member of the famous Australian family. Name him?

Answer : Chris Chappell of Canada

13. Why did Australia send a second-string team to the 1979 world cup?

Answer : Their top players were contracted to Kerry Packer's rebel WSC

14. Who was the highest wicket-taker in the 1979 world cup?

Answer : England's Mike Hendrick with 10 wickets.

15. Which was the first world cup to have a qualifying tournament for minor nations?

Answer : The 1979 Inagural ICC Trophy won by Sri Lanka.

16. Name the four West Indians who played in all three finals of 1975,'79 and '83?

Answer : Clive Lloyd, Andy Roberts, Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards.

17. Who was the first Indian to score an ODI Century?

Answer : Kapil Dev, 175 not out Vs Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in 1983

18. Who is the only one among the three Australian Chappell brothers to score a century in the world cuo?

Answer : Trevor against India in 1983

19. Which country took part in the World Cup for the first time in 1983?

Answer : Zimbabwe

20. How many players have Captained their nation in three successive World Cups?

Answer : Four , Clive Lloyd ( West Indies ), Imran Khan (Pakistan), Mohammad Azharuddin (India), Ricky Pointing (Australia)

21. Name the three Australians who played in both the 1975 and 1983 World Cups?

Answer : Jeff Thomson,Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh

22. Who was Man of the Match when Zimbabwe shocked Australia in the 1983 World Cup?

Answer : Duncan Fletcher

23. Who hit the winning runs when India defeated England in the 1983 semifinals?

Answer : Sandip Patil

24. Who won the award for best wicket-keeper in the 1983 world cup?

Answer : Syed Kirmani

25. Who took the wicket of Ian Botham in the 1983 semifinal between India and England?

Answer : Kirti Azad

26.Who were the rival captains when India and Pakistan first meet in a Test match in Delhi in 1952?

Answer : Lala Amarnath (India) and Abdul Hafeez Kardar (Pakistan)

27.Who scored the first century for Pakistan against India?

Answer : Nazar Mohammad with 124 in the second Test at Lucknow, 1952

28.Who scored the first century for India against Pakistan?

Answer : Vijay Hazare (146 not out) and Polly Umrigar (102) scored centuries in the same innings in the third test at Bombay in 1952

29.What is the name of Nazar Mohammad's who also opened the batting for Pakistan?

Answer : Mudassar Nazar

30.What was the venue for India's first Test Match on Pakistan soil in 1955?
Answer : Dhaka, then East Pakistan

31.What is the highest individual score in India/Pakistan Test Matches?

Answer : 309 by Virender Sehwag at Multan in 2004

32.Who was the first Pakistan captain to win a test series on Indian soil?

Answer : Imran Khan in 1987

33.The first Indian captain to win on Pakistan soil?

Answer : Sourav Ganguly in 2004

34.When and where did India and Pakistan meet for the first time in an ODI?

Answer : At Quetta in 1978

35.Who made their Test Debuts for India and Pakistan in the first Test at Karachi in 1989?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis

36.Who is the highest wicket taker in India-Pakistan Test matches?

Answer : Kapil Dev with 99 wickets

37.Who was the final victim of Anil Kumble when he claimed 10 for 74 in an innings against Pakistan in New Delhi in 1999?

Answer : Wasim Akram

38.Whose wickets with consecutive deliveries did Shoaib Akhtar claim in the Asian Test championship match at Kolkata in 1999?

Answer : Rahul Dravid and Sacin Tendulkar

39.What was unique about Irfan Pathan's hat-trick at Karachi in 2006?

Answer : He took in the first over of the match

40.How many times have India beaten Pakistan in the world cup?

Answer : All four times they have meet in 1992,1996,1999 and 2003.

41.Who is the only bowler to take a hat-trick in India/Pakistan ODIs?

Answer : Aaqid Javed at Sharjah,1991

42.What is the highest individual score in India/Pakistan ODIs?

Answer : 194 by Saeed Anwar at Chennai, 1997

43.What is the highest score by a wicket keeper in India/Pakistan ODIs?

Answer : 148 by MS Dhoni at Visakhapatnam, 2005

44.What are the best bowling figures in India/Pakistan ODIs?

Answer : 7-37 by Aaqib Javed at Sharjah, 1991

45.What is the smallest successfully defended score in an India/Pakistan ODI?

Answer : India were all out for 125 and dismissed Pakistan for 87 to win by 38 runs at Sharjah in 1985

46.Who was the Man of the Match when India beat Pakistan in the final of the Benson and Hedges world campionship of cricket at Melbourne in 1985?

Answer : K. Srikkanth with 67

47.Who top scored for India in the famous Austral-Asia final at Sharjah in 1986 in which Javed Miandad hit the last ball for six?

Answer : Sunil Gavaskar with 92

48.Who was the first Indian batsman to score an ODI century on Pakistan soil?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar

49.What was the result of the group match between India and Pakistan in the first world Twenty20 at Durban in 2007?

Answer : The match ended in a tie and India won 3-0 on the now-defunct 'bowl-out' method

50.Who bowled the final over of the world Twenty20 final at Johannesburg in 2007?

Answer : Joginder Sharma

Quiz 6 | Cricket Quiz IV

1. How many captains did pakistan have in the 1975 world cup?

Answer : Two ( Majid Khan and Asif Iqbal )

2. How many ODIs had India played before the 1975 World Cup?

Answer : Two in England in 1974

3. What was Sunil Gavaskar's average in the 1975 World Cup?

Answer : 113.00

4. Which was the only occasion on which the West Indies did not win a match in the first two World Cups?

Answer : Their match against Sri Lanka in 1979 at the Oval was washed out without a ball being bowled

5. Who scored a century for the West Indies when they defeated India by 9 Wickets in the 1979 World Cup?

Answer : Gordon Greenidge

6. How many Wickets did West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts take in the finals in 1975 and 1979?

Answer : None

7. How many Australian batsmen were run out in the 1975 final?

Answer : Five

8. Who was the Man of the Match in Sri Lanka's victory over India in the 1979 world cup?

Answer : Duleep Mendis

9. In which World Cup did Kapil Dev appear for the First time?

Answer : 1979

10. At what time did the first final at Lord's in 1975 finish World Cup?

Answer : 8.42 AM IST

15.What are the best world cop bowling by an Indian prior to current edition?

Answer : 6-23 by Ashish Nehra against England at Durban in 2003

16.What landmark was achieved by captain Sourav Ganguly in the 2003 final against Australia at Johannesburg?

Answer : It was his 100th ODI as captain

17.Which is the only non test playing nation to reach the semi finals at the world cup?

Answer : Kenya in 2003

18.What was Sachin Tendulkar's score against Pakistan at Centurion in 2003?

Answer : 98

19.Which Aussie batsman 'walked' after being given not out by the umpire in the 2003 semifinal against Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth?

Answer : Adam Gilchrist

20.Who scored his maiden ODI century in the 2003 world cup?

Answer : Andrew Symonds (143 against Pakistan at Johannesburg)

21.Who scored Canada's first world cup century in 2003?

Answer : John Davidson ( 111 Against West Indies at Centurion )

22.Who had bowling figures of 7 for 20 against England at Port Elizabeth in 2003?

Answer : Andy Bichel

23.What is the highest total in a world cup final?

Answer : 359 for 2 ( Australia against India at Johannesburg, 2003 )

24.Which was the only country India lost to in the 2003 world cup?

Answer : Australia twice, both in the group stage and the final.

25.Which was the first side to cross 400 runs in a World Cup match?

Answer : India (413-5 against Bermuda, Port of Spain in 2007)

26.Which is the smallest nation population wise to take part in the world cup?

Answer : Bermuda in 2007

27.What does Shane Bond of New Zealand and Dwanyne Leverock of Bermuda have in common?

Answer : They were both policemen by profession

28.Who was the Man of the Match in Bangladesh's shock win over India at Port of Spain in 2007?

Answer : Bangladesh's Mashrafe Murtaza

29.Name the Dutch bowler off whom South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in an over at Basseterre in 2007?

Answer : Daan van Bunge

30.Who became the first bowler in all international cricket to take four wickets in four balls in the 2007 world cup?

Answer : Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka against South Africa, Georgetown,2007

31.What was special about march 17, the day Ireland shocked Pakistan in the 2007 world cup?

Answer : It was St. Patrick's Day, a national holiday in Ireland

32.Who is the all time highest wicket taker in the world cup prior to the current edition?

Answer : Australia's Glenn McGrath with 71 wickets from 39 matches

33.What is the highest individual score in a world cup final?

Answer : 149 by Adam Gilchrist, Australia against Sri Lanka, Bridgetown, 2007

34.What is the lowest score in the world cup history?

Answer : 36 all out by Canada against Sri Lanka at Paarl in 2003

35.Who scored India's lone century in the 2007 world cup?

Answer : Virender Sehwag with 114 against Bermuda at Port of Spain

36.Who scored a century for Sri Lanka in their victory over New Zealand in the 2007 semifinal at Kingston?

Answer : Mahela Jayawardene (115 not out)

37.What is the largest margin of victory by runs in a world cup match?

Answer : India beat Bermuda by 257 runs at Port of Spain in 2007

38.Who is the only bowler to take a wicket with his maiden world cup delivery?

Answer : Bermuda's Malachi Jones who took the wicket of India's Robin Uthappa at Port of Spain in 2007

39.Who has scored the fastest century to date in the world cup?

Answer : Kevin O'Brein, 50 balls, Ireland against England at Bangalore in 2011

40.And who has scored the second fastest?

Answer : Matthew Hadyen, 66 balls Australia against South Africa at St.Kitt's in 2007

41.Who holds the record for the most wickets in a single world cup tournament till date?

Answer : Glenn McGrath of Australia with 26 wickets in 2007

42.Who has scored the most number of runs in a single world cup edition?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar with 673 runs in 2003

43.Who is the only umpire to stand in five successive world cup finals?

Answer : Steve Bucknor from 1992 to 2007

44.How many finals have Australia entered in the world cup?

Answer : six; 1975 ,1987 ,1996 ,1999 ,2003, 2007

45.Who are the only two captians to have won the world cup on two occassions?

Answer : Clive Lloyd of west Indies in 1975 and 1979 and Ricky Ponting of Australia in 2003 and 2007

46.Name the two captains who have scored centuries in world cup finals?

Answer : Clive Lloyd,1979 and Ricky Ponting,2003

47.What world cup record does India's current coach Gary Kirsten hold?

Answer : The highest score in world cup till 2011, 188 not out Vs UAE at Rawalpindi in 1996

48.Who is the first Indian to take five wickets and score a 50 in the same world cup match?

Answer ; Yuvraj Singh with 5 for 31 and 50 not out against Ireland at Bangalore in 2011

49.What was unique about England captain Andrew Strauss century in the match against India at Bangalore in 2011?

Answer : It was the first century by an England captain in the world cup history

50.Who scored a century on his world cup debut in 2011?

Answer : India's Virat Kohli against Bangladesh at Dhaka

51.Which South African born cricketer scored a century for the Netherlands against England in 2011 match?

Answer : Ryan ten Doeschate

52.How many times have New Zealand reached the semifinals including in 2011?

Answer : Six times

53.Which six sides in the world cup each had a pair of brothers in their ranks?

Answer : Ireland, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan, Kenya and Australia

54.How many times have Sri Lanka won a world cup match by 10 wickets?

Answer : Twice

55.How many wicket keeper cum captains were there in the 2011 World cup?

Answer : Two, India's MS Dhoni and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakarra

56.How many times has Sachin Tendulkar won the Man of the Match award in India Vs Pakistan world cup matches?

Answer : Three times in five matches including 2011

57.How many of the current Sri Lankan squad also played in the 1996 and 2007 finals?

Answer : Two, Muttiah Muralitharan

58.How many of the current Indian team also played in the 2003 final?

Answer : Six: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan

59.Name the two Indian selectors who were members of the 1983 world cup winning team.

Answer : K. Srikkanth and Yashpal Sharma

60.Who is the only Indian player in the 2011 final who was also part of the side that lost the 1996 semifinal to Sri Lanka?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar

Quiz 5 | Cricket Quiz III

1. Who is the First player to score a century in a world cup final?

Answer : Clive Lloyd (102,West indies Vs Australia in 1975 )

2. Who is the First bowler to take five wickets in a world cup final?

Answer : Gary Gilmour (12-2-48-5, Australia Vs West Indies in 1975)

3. Who was India's Wicket-Keeper in the 1979 world cup?

Answer : Surinder Khanna

4. What was India's win/loss record in the 1979 world cup?

Answer : Played 3, Lost 3.

5. When did Canada first compete in world cup?

Answer : 1979

6. what was unusual about the date of kenya's upset win over the west indies at pune in 1996?

Answer : It was held on February 29, which occurs once every four years and is known as leap year.

7. Who captained Australia in his only world cup in 1996?

Answer : Mark Taylor

8. Which nation competed for the first and only time in the 1996 world cup?

Answer : United Arab Emirates

9. Who were the two century makers in the Australia Vs New Zealand quarter final at chennai in 1996?

Answer : Chris Harris (New Zealand) and Mark Waugh (Australia)

10. Which two countries made their debuts in the 1999 world cup?

Answer : Scotland and Bangladesh

11. Which is the only country to stage the world cup on four occasions?

Answer : England (1975, 1979, 1983

12. Which is the only European country outside British Isles to stage a World Cup Match?

Answer : The Netherlands (Kenya Vs South Africa at Amstelveen, 1999)

13. Who was player of the Tournament at the 1999 world cup?

Answer : Lance Klusener of South Africa

14. Which format was used for the first time at the 1999 world cup?

Answer : The Super Six Stage.

15. Who are the Two South African players to score more than 1000 runs in world cup each?

Answer : Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kaliis.

16.Which was the first tied match in world cup history?

Answer : Australia Vs South Africa semifinal at Edgbaston,1999.

17.Who was only the second bowler after Chetan Sharma in 1987 to take a world cup hat-trick?

Answer : Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan against Zimbabwe at the Oval in 1999.

18.What was the world cup record in 1999 that Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly were involved in?

Answer : The best partnership for any wicket in the world cup. 318 for the second wicket Vs Sri Lanka at Taunton.

19.Who were the joint highest wicket takers in 1999?

Answer : Geoff Allott of New Zealand and Shane Warne of Australia with 20 wickets each.

20.Who recorded the highest individual world cup score for India in 1999?

Answer : Sourav Ganguly's 183 Vs Sri Lanka at Taunton.

21.Who was the last South African batsman dismissed in their tied semifinal against Australia in 1999?

Answer : Allan Donald who was run out.

22.Who scored a century for India in their loss to Australia at the Oval in 1999?

Answer : Ajay Jadeja with 100 not out.

23.Who was Man of the Match in the India Vs Pakistan match at Old Trafford in 1999?

Answer : Venkatesh Prasad with 5 for 27

24.Who Captained England in 1999?

Answer : Alec Stewart

25.What was the name of the theme song of the 1999 world cup?

Answer : All around the world by Dave Stewart.

26.When was the last occasion Australia lost a world cup match prior to the current edition?

Answer : They were beaten by 10 runs by Pakistan at Headingley in 1999.

27.Who dropped Steve Waugh on the way to his match winning century for Australia against South Africa in their Super Six match at Headingley in 1999?

Answer : Herschelle Gibbs

28.Who was the third player after Mohinder Amarnath(1983) and Aravinda de Silva(1996) to win the Man of the Match award in both the semis and final?

Answer : Australia's Shane Warne

29.Name the umpire who stood in his third straight final in 1999.

Answer : Steve Bucknor of the West Indies

30.Who scored an unbeaten century for Pakistan against New Zealand in the 1999 semi final?

Answer : Saeed Anwar (113 not out).

31.Which country apart from Pakistan beat champions Australia in the group stage of the 1999 world cup?

Answer : New Zealand beat Australia by 5 wickets at Cardiff

32.Who Inagurated the 1999 world cup in England?

Answer : British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

33.Which match in the 1999 world cup did Sachin Tendulkar miss because of his father's passing?

Answer : Against Zimbabwe at Leicester.

34.Against which country did Sachin Tendulkar score his lone century of the 1999 world cup?

Answer : Against Kenya at Bristol.

35.Name India's two wicket-keepers in the 1999 world cup.

Answer : Nayan Mongia and Rahul Dravid.

36.Who apart from Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly also opened the batting for India in the 1999 world cup?

Answer : S. Ramesh

37.Who made the highest individual score of the 1999 world cup?

Answer : Sourav Ganguly (183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton)

38.And who returned thd best bowling figures?

Answer : Glenn McGrath (5-14 against West Indies at Old Trafford)

39.Who scored the only half century in the 1999 wirld cup final between Australia and Pakistan at Lord's?

Answer : Adam Gilchrist (54)

40.What is common to the 1996 and 1999 finals?

Answer : The only two finals till then of teams batting second winning title.

41.Who was the only Indian bowler to take a wicket in the 2003 world cup final against Australia?

Answer : Harbhajan Singh

42.Who dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in the first over of the Indian innings in the 2003 world cup final?

Answer : Glenn McGrath

43.Who was player of the tournament in the 2003 world cup?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar

44.Which umpire stood in his third straight final in 2003?

Answer : David Shepherd

45.Who scored a century in the opening West Indies Vs South Africa match in 2003?

Answer : 2003 - South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia.

46.Who was Match Referee in both the 1999 and 2003 world cup finals?

Answer : Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle

47.Who captained West Indies in the 2003 world cup?

Answer : Carl Hooper

48.Which ICC Associate nation was the first to reach there semifinal of a world cup?

Answer : Kenya

49.What is Sachin Tendulkar's highest score in the world cup till the start of the current edition?

Answer : 152 against Namibia at Pietermaritzburg in 1999

50.What is the best world cup bowling figures till the start of the current edition?

Answer : 7-15 by Glenn McGrath against Namibia at Potchefstroom.

Quiz 4 | Cricket Quiz II

1. Who scored the lone run in India's washed out match against Sri Lanka at Mackay in 1992?

Answer : K Srikkanth

2. How many wickets did the West Indies lose in overtaking Pakistan's total of 220 at Melbourne in 1992?

Answer : None, They won by 10 wickets

3. What was Brain Lara's score in his maiden world cup match in 1992?

Answer : 88 ( Retired hurt) Vs Pakistan at Melbourne.

4. What was the result of South Africa's World Cup debut match against Australia at Sydney in 1992?

Answer : South Africa won by nine wickets

5. Who kept wickets for Australia in one game in the 1992 World Cup in the absence of regular wicket-keeper Ian Healy?

Answer : David Boon

6. Who is the only wicket-keeper to score a century on ODI debut?

Answer : Andy flower of Zimbabwe with 115 not out Vs Sri Lanka at New plymouth in 1992

7. Who captained Pakistan for the first and only time in a world cup match in 1992 when Imran Khan injured?

Answer : Javed Miandad against the West Indies at Melbourne.

8. What was unique about the 1992 world cup?

Answer : Colored clothing, the white ball and Day/Night games were introduced for first time.

9. Who took two wickets in two deliveries in the 1992 world cup final?

Answer : Pakistan's Wasim Akram.

10. When and where did India and Pakistan first meet in a world cup encounter?

Answer : At Sydney in 1992. India won

11. Who has captained most number of matches in the world cup?

Answer : New Zealand's Stephen fleming has captained his side for 27 world cup matches.

12. What Innovation did New Zealand skipper Martin Crowe introduce in the 1992 world cup?

Answer : Opening the bowling with spinner, Dipak Patel

13. Who was player of the tournament in the 1992 world cup?

Answer : New Zealand's Martin Crowe

14. What was the highest individual score in the 1992 world cup?

Answer : 119 not out by Rameez Raja against New Zealand at Christchurch

15. What has been the lowest successfully defended total in world cup history?

Answer : Zimbabwe's 134 against England at Albury in 1992

16. Who was Man of the Match in the 1992 match between India and Pakistan at Sydney?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar

17. Who holds record for the most number of maidens bowled in a world cup match?

Answer : Bishen Singh Bedi's 8 maidens against East Africa in 1975

18. Who are only brothers to win a world cup together?

Answer : Steve Waugh and Mark waugh of Australia.

19. Who kept wickets for New Zealand in one match in 1992 as regular wicket-keeper Ian Smith was unwell?

Answer : Mark Greatbatch Vs England at Wellington

20. Which is the only father-son pairing to have represented the same country in world cup?

Answer : New Zealand's Lance and Chris Cairns

21. Who was the unfortunate player who did not get to bat, bowl or field on his ODI debut?

Answer : Ajay Jadeja Vs Sri Lanka at Mackay in 1992

22. How many out of England XI for the 1992 final were born outside of England?

Answer : Six

23. Who took the last England wicket in the 1992 final?

Answer : Pakistan Captain Imran Khan

24. Who is highest wicket taker for India in world cup history?

Answer : Javagal Srinath has taken 34 wickets.

25. Which was the last world cup to carry the sponsor's name?

Answer : The 1996 WILLS world cup

26. What was the unique match that immediately preceded the 1996 world cup?

Answer : A joint India-Pakistan team played Sri Lanka in an unofficial match

27. What was the hosting structure introduced for the first time in the 1996 world cup?

Answer : Three nations were the co-host they are India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

28. Why did Australia and West Indies boyott their group matches in colombo in 1996?

Answer : Because of terrorist attack.

29. In which city did Kenya pull off their shock victory over the West Indies?

Answer : Pune

30. Who was the second player to be named Man of the Match in both the semis and final?

Answer : Aravinda de silva in 1996. Mohinder Amarnath in 1983 was the first.

31. What was unique about Sri Lanka's victory in 1996?

Answer : They won three maches by default

32. Aravinda de silva's century in the 1996 final was the first in a final since which tournament?

Answer : Since 1979, there were no centuries in the 1983,1987 and 1992 finals.

33. Who took the first two wickets in the first over of the Sri Lankan innings in their semifinal against India in 1996?

Answer : Javagal Srinath.

34. Which Indian all rounder announced his retirement from International cricket at the conclusion of the 1996 world cup?

Answer : Manoj Prabhakar.

35. Which team scored highest innings score in a world cup final?

Answer : Australia scored 359 against India 2003 world cup final

36. Which are the two teams to win world by batting second?

Answer : Sri lanka and Australia.

37. What was unusual about Sachin Tendulkar's dismissal against Australia at Mumbai in 1996?

Answer : He was stumped off a wide bowled by Mark Waugh.

38. Who was the top run getter in the 1996 world cup?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar with 523 runs

39. What was the Australian's margin of victory over the West Indies in the 1996 Semi final in Mohali?

Answer : Five runs

40. Who captained Pakistan in the absence of injured Wasim Akram in their quaterfinal against India at Bangalore in 1996?

Answer : Aamer Sohail

41. What record did Pakistan's Javed Miandad set in the 1996 World Cup?

Answer : The first player to play in all six World Cups from 1975.

42. Which was the first match to end in a tie in a world cup?

Answer : South Africa Vs Australia semi final in the 1999 edition.

43. What is the highest number of sixes hit in a innings. And by whom it was hit.

Answer : Ricky Pointing 's 8 sixes against India in 2003 world cup edition.

44. Who is the only Indian player to be uncapped a part of a World Cup winning squad?

Answer : Sunil Valson.

45. Against whom did sachin tendulkar score his first world cup century?

Answer : Kenya at cuttack

46. Who was the man of the match in kenya's shock defeat of the West Indies at pune in 1996?

Answer : kenya's captain Maurice Odumbe

47. Who scored a century for the west indies in their quater final defeat of south africa at karachi in 1996?

Answer : Brian Lara

48. What is common to the formats of the 1996 and current world cup?

Answer : They are the only two edition to have a quarter final stage.

49. How many centuries did mark waugh score in thd 1996 world cup?

Answer : Three

50. Who is the first to take two hat trick in world cup?

Answer : Mallinga of Sri Lanka.

Quiz 3 | Cricket Quiz I

1. who was the manager of the Indian team at the 1975 world cup?

Answer : GS Ramchand

2. How many boundaries did Sunil Gavaskar hit during his infamous 36 not out in 60 overs against England in 1975?

Answer : One Four

3. Who replaced the injured Garry Sobers who was initially chosen in the 1975 West Indies squad?

Answer : Rohan Kanhai

4. How many World Cups did Australian fast bowling legend Dennis Lillee compete in?

Answer : Two, 1975 and 1983

5. Name the umpire who stood in the first three World Cup finals

Answer : Harold 'Dickie Bird'

6. Before the current world cup, Australia had the most victories with 51, who holds the second position with 36 wins?

Answer : England

7. How many sixes did Kapil Dev hit in his innings of 175 not out against Zimbabwe in 1983?

Answer : Four

8. Which Sri Lanka bowler took two five wicket hauls in 1983?

Answer : Asantha De Mel

9. New Zealand used two wicket-keeper in the 1983 world cup. Name them.

Answer : Warren Lees and Ian Smith

10. Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas took just one wicket in World cup matches. Who was the victim?

Answer : England's Chris Tavare at Old Trafford in 1983

11. Who is the player scored most number of sixes in a world cup edition.

Answer : Sourav Ganguly hit 15 sixes in 2003 edition.

12. Who is the only player to take 5 wicket haul in semi finals and finals of the same world cup?

Answer : Gary Gilmour of australia in 1975

13. Who holds the record for best bowling performance in a world cup debut?

Answer : Canada's Austin Codrington figure's 5/27

14. Which team conceded maximum number of wides in a world cup match?

Answer : kenya did this against pakistan in 2001 ( 37 wides )

15. Who was the first bowler to take seven wickets in an ODI?

Answer : W Davis of West Indies with 7-51 against Australia at Headingley in 1983

16. Which player was in the reserves for Zimbabwe in 1983 without playing a match but went to represent England in three world cups?

Answer : G Hick

17. Who are the three cricketers who have actually played for two different nation in world cup?

Answer : K Wessels (Australia/South Africa), A Cummins ( West Indies/ Canada ), Ed Joyce( England/Ireland )

18. Name the three opening bowlers who captained their nations in the 1983 world cup.

Answer : Kapil Dev(India), Imran Khan (Pakistan)

19. What was the world cup record set by West Indies bowlers Andy Roberts and Joel Garner in their defeat to India at Old Trafford in 1983?

Answer : They added 71 runs for 10th wicket.

20. Which two players won maximum number of Man of the Match awards in single world cup edition?

Answer : Aravinda De Silva(Sri Lanka) and Lance Klusener(South Africa)

21. Which was the venue for the Opening match of the 1987 world cup?

Answer : Hyderabad (Sind)

22. What was Australia's margin of victory against India at Madras in 1987 ?

Answer : One run

23. Who bowled the final over in West Indies defeat at the hands of both England at Gujranwala and Pakistan at Lahore in 1897?

Answer : Courtney Walsh

24. Who took the wicket of England captain Mike Gatting in the Final against Australia in 1987?

Answer : Australian's Captain Alan Border

25. Who scored a century for England in the 1987 semifinal against India?

Answer : Graham Gooch

26. Who was the player from East Africa in 1975 whose son later played for England?

Answer : Don pringle and Derek pringle

27. What was the highest score by an Indian batsman in the first two World Cups?

Answer : 75 by GR Viswanath against West Indies in 1979

28. Who scored the most runs in the first World Cup?

Answer : Glenn Turner ( New Zealand )

29. What was Bishan Singh Bedi's bowling analysis against East Africa in 1975?

Answer : 12-8-6-1

30. Name the last wicket pair who gave West Indies victory by one wicket against Pakistan in 1975?

Answer : Deryk Murray and Andy Roberts

31. What was unique about Javed Miandad's dismissal against England at Rawalpindi in 1987?

Answer : He was given out LBW on home soil for the first time since his Test Debut in 1976

32. How many foreign-born players represented England at the 1987 world cup?

Answer : Four. Derek Pringle (Kenya),Allan Lamb (South Africa), Gladstone Small (Barbados) and Philip Defreitas (Dominica)

33. Who captained the West Indies for the first time in his fourth world cup in 1987?

Answer : Viv Richards

34. Who took the top wicket taker in 1987?

Answer : Australian fast bowler Craig McDermott with 18

35. Who took the first hat-trick in world cup history in 1987?

Answer : Chetan Sharma against New Zealand at Nagpur

36. What is the lowest run total defended in the world cup?

Answer : 134 meagre total is defended by Zimbabwe Vs England in 1992

37. What is the largest victory margin for a team in world cup?

Answer : 257 runs India's win over Bermuda in the 2007 edition.

38. Where did Sunil Gavaskar score his lone ODI Century?

Answer : Nagpur

39. Who scored the First World Cup Century For Zimbabwe?

Answer : Dave Houghton, 142 Vs New Zealand at Hyderabad(Deccan) in 1987

40. How many Sixes did Navjot Singh Sidhu hit in his First World Cup in 1987?

Answer : 10

41. Who hit 181 against Sri Lanka in 1987 at Karachi which was then the highest score in the world cup?

Answer : Viv Richards

42. Zimbabwe's captain in 1987 had earlier played Test cricket for South Africa in 1970. Name him.

Answer : John Traicos

43. Who took a hat-trick in Zimbabwe's shock win over England at Albury in the 1992 World Cup?

Answer : Eddo Brandes

44. Name the Two batsmen who scored centuries in the opening match of the 1992 world cup.

Answer : Martin Crowe (New Zealand) and David Boon ( Australia )

45. Name the Indian batsman who was run out off the last ball of the match against Australia at Brisbane in 1992 Which Australia won by one run.

Answer : Venkatapathy Raju

46. Who took Sachin Tendulkar's Wicket in his first World Cup appearance against England at Perth in 1992?

Answer : Ian Botham

47. What was Pakistan's total in their washed out match against England at Adelaide in 1992?

Answer : 74

48. Who is the only player to make Debut and Retirement from Cricket on World Cup?

Answer : Pakistan's Javed Miandad made Debut in 1975 and Retired in 1996 World cups

49. Who are the players to represent for two different countries?

Answer : Keppler Wessels, Andrew Cummins and Ed Joyce

50. Who is the player to represent more number of World Cups?

Answer : 6 World Cups, Sachin Tendulkar.

Quiz 2 | Geography Question 1 - 100

1. Which one of the following districts is the leading producer of Maize ?

A. Chittorgarh
B. Bhilwara
C. Raj Samand
D. Udaipur

Answer : D

2. Which one of the districts has the largest deposits of Tungsten ?

A. Ajmer
B. Nagaur
C. Sirohi
D. Jaipur

Answer : B

3. Rajasthan is the leading producer in the country in ?

A. Gram
B. Mustard
C. Cotton
D. Wheat

Answer : B

4. Which one of the following rivers drains into Sambhar Lake ?

A. Kantli
B. Bandi
C. Mendha
D. Mashi

Answer : C

5. 'Khoh Dariba' region is associated with the mining of ?

A. Lead and Zinc
B. Copper
C. Manganese
D. Silver

Answer : B

6. Desert Development Programme in Rajasthan was started in ?

A. 1974-75
B. 1982-83
C. 1977-78
D. 1986-87

Answer : C

7. Which one of the following countries supported Greening Aravalli Project in Rajasthan?

A. Germany
B. Norway
C. Japan
D. England

Answer : C

8. Which one of the following districts has highest percentage of forest area ?

A. Karauli
B. Udaipur
C. Sirohi
D. Banswara

Answer : A

9. The source of the Chambal river is?

A. Kumbhalgarh Plateau
B. Mt. Abu
C. Alwar Hills
D. Janapau Hills

Answer : D

10. Bankapatti area is found in the district of ?

A. Jodhpur
B. Ajmer
C. Nagaur
D. Jhunjhunu

Answer : C

11. Jayal Gravel Ridge is found in the district of ?

A. Barmer District
B. Nagaur District
C. Jalore District
D. Churu District

Answer : B

12. Which one of the following lakes is of potable (sweet) water ?

A. Sambhar Lake
B. Dhebar Lake
C. Phalodi
D. Didwana

Answer : B

13. Ideal conditions for generation of solar energy is found in ?

A. Tamil Nadu
B. Rajasthan
C. Uttarakhand
D. Madhya Pradesh

Answer : B

14. In which of the following States uranium is not found ?

A. Meghalaya
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Assam
D. Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal)

Answer : D

15. Tsunami killed hundreds of people in September 2009 in ?

A. Hawaii Islands
B. Marshall Islands
C. Samoa Islands
D. Norfolk

Answer : C

16. Bosporus strait connects ?

A. Black Sea & Aegean Sea
B. Black Sea & Mediterranean Sea
C. Black Sea & Sea of Marmara

Answer : C

17. Falkland current flows along the ?

A. Eastern coast of Australia
B. Western coast of South Africa
C. Eastern coast of Argentina

Answer : C

18. Which city of Turkey is the 'Gateway to the West' ?

A. Ankara
B. Adana
C. Izmir
D. Istanbul

Answer : D

19. The Darghah of Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya lies in ?

A. Agra
B. Ajmer
C. Delhi
D. Fatehpur Sikri

Answer : C

20. Bull fighting is the national game of ?

A. Italy
B. Poland
C. Spain
D. Sudan

Answer : C

21. In which of the fol. countries, High Yield variety seed were developed for 1st time?

A. Argentina
B. China
C. Mexico
D. India

Answer : C

22. Which one of the following states does not have a bicameral legislature ?

A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Karnataka

Answer : B

23. Which area has the largest petroleum deposits in India ?

A. Mumbai-High
B. Godavari Basin
C. Gujarat Coast
D. Brahmaputra Valley

Answer : A

24. Singhbhum Iron Ore Fields lie in the State of ?

A. Orissa
B. Jharkhand
C. Karnataka
D. Madhya Pradesh

Answer : B

25. In which of the following States the highest percentage of Wollastonite is mined ?

A. Rajasthan
B. M. P.
C. U. P.
D. Bihar

Answer : A

26. Which one of the following States is the leading producer of Gypsum ?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Orissa
D. Tamil Nadu

Answer : B

27. Which one of the following States is the leading producer of bauxite ?

A. Jharkhand
B. Orissa
C. Maharashtra
D. Gujarat

Answer : B

28. Agricultural Location Theory was developed by ?

A. Von Thunen, J.H.
B. Stamp, D.
C. Thompson, W.S.
D. Weber, A.

Answer : A

29. The deepest trenches of the ocean are found in ?

A. Indian Ocean
B. Pacific Ocean
C. Arctic Ocean
D. Atlantic Ocean

Answer : B

30. The deepest lake of the world is ?

A. Puskar lake, Rajasthan
B. Lake superior, America
C. Baikal lake, Russia

Answer : C

31. Japan is one of the leading industrial countries of world because it has?

A. High technological capacity
B. Ample mineral resources

Answer : A

32. The term 'Conurbation' was coined by ?

A. Harvey, D.
B. Patrick Geddes
C. Dickinson, R. E.
D. Ullman

Answer : B

33. Pensi La connects ?

A. Srinagar with Leh
B. Sikkim with Tibet
C. Himachal Pradesh with Kargil
D. Himachal Pradesh with Tibet

Answer : A

34. Namdhapa Tiger Reserve is in the State of ?

A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Bihar

Answer : A

35. Which one of the following is not a suitable method for showing urban population ?

A. Circle
B. Shade
C. Sphere
D. Divided circle

Answer : D

36. Isohyets are lines on a map?

A. Showing equal rainfall
B. Having same mean temperature
C. Having same barometric pressure

Answer : A

37. Noonmati Oil Refinery of India is located in ?

A. Bihar
B. Maharashtra
C. Assam
D. Kerala

Answer : C

38. Which one is the highest peak of India ?

A. Nanda Devi
B. Kanchanjunga
C. Makalu
D. Everest

Answer : A

39. Which type of forest occupies the highest percentage in India ?

A. Tropical deciduous
B. Savanna and desert vegetation

Answer : A

40. Which one of the following ports is the leading exporter of iron ore ?

A. Marmagaon
B. Paradwip
C. Vishakhapatnam
D. Kochi

Answer : C

41. Chilka lake is situated in ?

A. West Bengal
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Orissa
D. Tamil Nadu

Answer : C

42. Bagalihar project lies on which river ?

A. Jhelum river
B. Ravi river
C. Chenab river
D. Indus river

Answer : C

43. In which one among the following districts is the highest point of Eastern Ghats located?

A. Ganjam
B. Visakhapatnam
C. Kumool

Answer : B

44. Ujjain is situated at the bank of ?

A. Chambal River
B. Kshipra River
C. Godavari River
D. Narmada River

Answer : B

45. "Satish Dhawan Space Centre" is located at ?

A. Vishakhapatanam
B. Goa
C. ShriHariKota
D. Chennai

Answer : C

46. Which one of the following rivers originates from Amarkantak ?

A. Mahanadi
B. Narmada
C. Son
D. Godavari

Answer : B

47. Spatial organization is primarily based on?

A. Spatial geometry
B. Spatial process
C. Spatial relations
D. Spatial-Social dialectic

Answer : D

48. Morphological studies adopt which concept of space ?

A. Absolute
B. Relational
C. Relative
D. Both A and C

Answer : B

49. Isochrone Map shows lines connecting ?

A. Equal travel time
B. Equal transport costs
C. Areas with similar accessibility

Answer : C

50. Which of the following is the appropriate method for study of dispersion ?

A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Standard deviation

Answer : B

51. Which river out of the following is older than the Himalayas ?

A. Sutlej
B. Ganga
C. Beas
D. Ravi

Answer : A

52. Which one of following states is leading in terms of total fish catch ?

A. Kerala
B. Tamilnadu
C. West Bengal

Answer : C

53. Which attribute is not a measure of Human Development?

A. Literacy
B. Life expectancy
C. Per capita income
D. Consumer expenditure

Answer : D

54. Which of the following states has the maximum no. of common borders with other states ?

A. WB
B. MP
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Karnataka

Answer : C

55. Which one of the following states has no caste in the scheduled category ?

A. Nagaland
B. Manipur
C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Answer : A

56. The primitive people who live in Kalahari desert are known as ?

A. Pigmies
B. Bantus
C. Bushman
D. Todas

Answer : C

57. Which one of the following districts is dominated by tribal population ?

A. Kanyakumari
B. Bastar
C. Rohtak
D. Kamal

Answer : B

58. Cultural landscape shows ?

A. Human impact on environment
B. Dominance of nature
C. Impact of ecological factors

Answer : A

59. The best-suited soil for cotton cultivation is ?

A. Lateritic soil
B. Regur soil
C. Sandy soil
D. Loamy soil

Answer : B

60. Which is not related to Plantation Agriculture ?

A. Tea cultivation
B. Coffee cultivation
C. Soyabean cultivation

Answer : C

61. Which of the following terms does not indicate similar processes ?

A. Diastrophisrn
B. Folding
C. Exfoliation
D. Warping

Answer : C

62. Pedi plains and inselbergs are features of the old stage of which cycle of erosion ?

A. Glacial
B. Karst
C. Arid
D. Marine

Answer : C

63. Which force is responsible for syncline formation ?

A. Crustal faulting
B. Crustal rifting
C. Crustal compression

Answer : C

64. The most important criterion for classification of towns is ?

A. Population
B. Site
C. Shape
D. Functions

Answer : A

65. The book 'COSMOS' of Alexander Von Humboldt was based on his travel to which continent?

A. Asia
B. South America
C. Europe

Answer : B

66. Modern Chipco movement was started in which of the following state?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. ]harkhand
C. Uttaranchal
D. Rajasthan

Answer : C

67. Which of the following is a coral island?

A. Tasmania
B. Lakshadweep
C. Maldives
D. Rameswaram

Answer : B

68. Eustatic changes in the sea levels are caused by?

A. Ice ages
B. Epirogenic movements
C. Orogenic movements

Answer : A

69. Who had used the concept of evapo transpiration in climate classification?

A. Thornthwaite
B. Koppen
C. Kendrew
D. Austin Miller

Answer : A

70. What is the point of origin of an earthquake called ?

A. Quake centre
B. Epicentre
C. Seismic focus
D. Tectonic point

Answer : C

71. Increase in chloroflurocarbon in atmosphere is associated with?

A. Ozone depletion
B. Sea level rise
C. Aquatic life depletion

Answer : A

72. What is recorded with the help of a hydrograph ?

A. Wind velocity
B. Vapour retention
C. Relative humidity
D. Water discharge

Answer : C

73. In which direction of flow of stream is controlled by rock structure ?

A. Consequent
B. Subsequent
C. lnsequent
D. Obsequent

Answer : A

74. In which one of the following basins is Taklamakan desert located?

A. Tarim basin
B. Lopnor basin
C. Kerulin basin
D. Red basin

Answer : A

75. Which one is not required for the formation of photochemical smog?

A. Oxygen
B. Oxide of nitrogen
C. Carbon monoxide

Answer : C

76. Which country has the largest forest area in the world?

A. Brazil
B. Canada
C Russian Federation
D. United States of America

Answer : C

77. Among the following South Asian countries, which one has the highest level of urbanization?

A. Sri Lanka
B. Bangladesh
C. Pakistan

Answer : C

78. In which one of the following is the Himalayan pass Shipki La located ?

A. Sutlej valley
B. Hunza valley
C. Nubra valley

Answer : A

79. Among the following States, which 1 ha s the largest forest area?

A. Gujarat
B. Karnataka
C. Orissa
D. Tamil Nadu

Answer : C

80. Among the following States of India, which 1 has oldest rock formations in the country ?

A. Assam
B. Bihar
C. Karnataka
D. U.P.

Answer : C

81. Between islands is Duan Passage located?

A. South Andaman and Little Andaman
B. Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island

Answer : A

82. What is the amount of horizontal displacement in a normal fault called?

A. Throw
B. Tear
C. Heave
D. Strike

Answer : C

83. Which one of following types of spurs is typically associated with val1ey glaciers?

A. Interlocking
B. Juxtaposed
C. Overlapping

Answer : A

84. Emission of which one of the following Greenhouse gases is entirely anthropogenic ?

A. Chlorofluorocarbons
B. Methane

Answer : A

85. Which of the following kinds of organisms are the diatoms?

A. Unicellular algae
B. Protozoans
C. Free floating bryophytes

Answer : A

86. Which one of the following States in India has the broadest continental shelf?

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Karnataka

Answer : B

87. Which one is a major producer of Wolfram (tungsten ore)?

A. Australia
B. China
C. Indonesia
D. Russia

Answer : B

88. In which country do the ethnic communities called Karen, Kachin and Chin live?

A. Australia
B. Indonesia
C. Myanmar
D. Sri Lanka

Answer : C

89. The albedo of which one among the following is the highest?

A. Cirrus cloud
B. Cumulonimbus cloud
C. Melting snow
D. Sand

Answer : C

90. Tonle Sap Lake, one of world's largest fresh water fisheries, is replenished by
which of the following rivers?

A. Yangtze
B. Irrawaddy

Answer : A

91. Among the following elements, which one is in the highest amount in the composition of basalt rock?

A. Aluminium
B. Silicon

Answer : B

92. Which river has the largest catchment area ?

A. Cauvery
B. Krishna
C. Mahanadi
D. Narmada

Answer : B

93. In Brazil, iron ore is found chiefly in which one of the following Federal Units ?

A. Amazonas
B. Maranhao
C. Minas Gerais

Answer : C


94. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

A. Gulf of Martaban : Yangon
B. Gulf of Tongking : Shangh ai

Answer : A

95. Which pairs of cities have largest annual average rainfall difference as compared 2 other pairs?

A. Jabalpur & Nagpur
B. Mumbai & Pune

Answer : B

96. Who is the author of "Almagest" and "Guide to Geography", two great books of Roman period?

A. Strabo
B. Plini
C. Ptolemy

Answer : C

97. Who named the human dominance theory of "man-environment re1ationship"as 'Possibilism' ?

A. Lucien Febvre
B. Lucien Gallois

Answer : A

98. Who of authored the book "Influences of Geographic Environment"?

A. Huntington
B. La Blache
C. Ratzel
D. Semple

Answer : D

99. Who devoted himself to the study of the modes of life of Germans living outside Germany?

A. Ratzel
B. Mackinder
C. Jafferson
D. Sauer

Answer : A

100. The most ideal region for the cultivation of cotton in India is -

A. The Brahamaputra Valley
B. Rann of Kutch

Answer : B

Quiz 1| General Knowledge Quiz I

1. When was Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was founded?

Answer : The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) founded in 2001 by the leaders of China,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Russia,Tajikistan,& Uzbekistan.

2. When was India's National Song " Vande matharam " first sung?

Answer : India's National Song "Vandematharam" first sung in-1896 at Calcutta.

3. Who was the leader of Bardoli Satyagrah in 1928?

Answer : Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

4. What is Ellen Churchill Semple's first book?

Answer :  "American History and Its Geographic Condition" in 1903

5. Who is America's first influential female geographer?

Answer : Ellen Churchill Semple's

6. Where is Biggest river island in the world?

Answer : The River island,Majuli in Assam, Is Biggest river island in the world.

7. Where is largest fresh water lake in world?

Answer : Wular Lake(J&K)is the largest fresh water lake in the world.

8. When was Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord signed?

Answer : Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord-Colombo on July 1987- Between Rajiv Gandhi & Pres JR Jayawadene.

9. In Which year was Railway budget separated from General Budget?

Answer : 1921.

10. Which committee separated Railway budget from general budget?

Answer : Acworth Committee

11. When is NRI day?

Answer : The day on which Mahatma Gandhi return from South Africa in 1915 was chosen to celebrate the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.(NRI Days)

12. Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW)?

Answer : Tim Berners-Lee.

13. No of  bones Present in our head.

Answer : 29

14. What is the oldest food plant?

Answer : Barley.

15. Who is the new President of International Academy of Astronautics?

Answer : G Madhavan Nair

16. Who introduced currency?

Answer : 1329-30 Muhammad Bin Tughlaq introduced a token currency(copper coins).

17. Who founded Qutub Minar?

Answer : Qutub Minar founded by Qutubuddin Aibek ,but completed by Iltutmish.

18. What Novel is 'Slumdog Millionaire based on?

Answer : The Film 'Slumdog Millionaire' is based on a novel "Q & A" by an Indian 'Vikas Swarup".

19. What is the largest Number of Rock Cut Paintings?

Answer : Bhimbetka

20. What VOIP stands for?

Answer : VOIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. It refers to the facility of worldwide phone calls through the internet.

21. Who was First women CM Of Inida?

Answer : Sucheta Kripalini(UP)-1963

22. Who was first Chief Justice of India?

Answer : Harilal J Kania-1950

23. Who was Head of INTEGRATED GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM(IGMDP) in 1983?

Answer : A.P.J Abdul Kalam

24. Who was First TN Women Grand Master?

Answer : S. Vijayalakshmi

25. Which tax is levied & collected by the Union but distributed between Union & States?

Answer : Tax on income other than on agricultural income

26. Who Invented Bacteria?

Answer : A Dutch man Anton Van Leeuwenhock

27. When was Bacteria first discovered?

Answer : 1675 (Anton Van Leeuwenhock)

28. What is the oldest stock exchange in Asia?

Answer : Bombay Stock Exchange

29. Where is Biggest Museum of India Located?

Answer : National Museum,NEW DELHI(1949)

30. Where is Largest library in India Located?

Answer : National Library(KOLKATA)

31. When was India largest library estalished?

Answer : National Library(KOLKATA)-1836.

32. Who Invented TRANSISTOR?

Answer : Invented by William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Britain.

33. Who Founded ISRO?

Answer : Vikram Sarabhai founder CHAIRMAN.

34. In which year was ISRO founded?

Answer : 1969 by Vikram Sarabhai

35. Who Proposed GARLAND CANAL to Link Ganga with Cauvery?

Answer : K.L.Rao(1972)

36. When did French Revolution took place?

Answer : French Revolution took place in 1789

37. Who Used term " Cold War " first?

Answer : Bernard Baruch

38. Who was the First Indian Woman to Complete MBBS?

Answer : MBBS Kadambini Ganguli Bose in 1888

39. Who is the first Indian wrestler to Win Gold medal at world championship held at Moscow?

Answer : Sushil Kumar

40. What is the Tallest Mountain in Sri Lanka?

Answer : Pidurutalagala

41. Who is first woman Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago?

Answer : Kamla Persad-Bissessar A 58-year-old woman of Indian origin, she has been elected as the first woman Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago.
42. What is the Largest flower in the World?

Answer : Rafflesia Arnoldii , and it can grow as big as an umbrella.

43. What is Hottest planet in the Solar system?

Answer : Venus-864 F(462 C)

44. Which is Longest living cells in the body?

Answer : brain cells which can live an entire lifetime

45. When was First Earth day celebrated?

Answer : First Earth Day Celebrated in US in 1970

46. Who was the First Indian Woman to receive Norman Borlaug Award?

Answer : Dr. Amrita Patel

47. How is Diamond Formed?

Answer : Diamond-a metamorphic mineral formed as a result of immense heat& pressure on graphite inside earth

48. What is Highest Point of Peninsular India?

Answer : Anamudi is the highest point of peninsular India.

49. Number of peaks above 2000 meters in Norway ?

Answer : Norway has 300 peaks above 2000 meters.

50. Who Invented Fibre-optic Cable?

Answer : Charles K. Kao also Won 2009 Nobel Physics

51.Which country is going to host the 2018 Football World cup?

Answer : Russia

52.Which Asian country is going to host the 2022 Football World cup?

Answer : Qatar

53.Slavery in the United States was officially abolished by which amendment in the Constitution?

Answer : The 13th Amendment

54.Le Comedie Humaine is a path breaking work written by which French Writer / Philosopher?

Answer : Balzac

55.Of which club was Carlo Ancelotti the manager of before he became the manager of Chelsea FC?

Answer : AC Milan

56.Which was the first city in the world to host licenced Taxicabs?

Answer : London

56.From which Iraqi city did Saddam Hussein hail from?

Answer : Tikrit

57.Ray Manzarek was the keyboard ist of which seminal rock band?

Answer : The Doors

58.Who is the current chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2010?

Answer : Ben Bernanke

59.Ruby Myers was the real name of which Indian Silent Film star?

Answer : Sulochana

60.What is the name of the Russian Dog that was spent to space to orbit around the Earth?

Answer : Laika was sent in spacecraft named Sputnik 2

61.What is the tallest mountain in Japan?

Answer : Fuji is tallest and it is an active volcano

62.What is the oldest statue found?

Answer : Statue found at the site of Ayn Ghazal near Amman, Jordan date back to 7500 BC

63.Where is world's highest cricket ground is located?

Answer : Chail, Himachal Pradesh in India build in 1893 this pitch is 2,444 meters above sea level

64.What is the Sir Donald Bradman's average in first and second innings of test matches?

Answer : First innings average is 97.85 and second innings average is 104.50

65.When did first Lok Sabha election take place in India?

Answer : In 1952

66.When and by whom The Air Conditioner was invented?

Answer : Williamn Havinland Carrier

67.Which became the first commercially developed spacecraft to successfully return after orbiting the Earth?

Answer : SpaceX Dragon

68.Who wrote one of the most definitive books on ornithology called Birds of America?

Answer : John James Audobon

69.On 27 December, in the year 1924 who was released from Landsberg prison?

Answer : Adolf Hitler

70.Which city is the capital of Wales?

Answer : Cardiff

71.Whom did Queen Elizabeth surpass to be the oldest monarch of the United Kindom?

Answer : Queen Victoria

72.Who directed the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream?

Answer : Darren Aronofsky

73.Who played the role of Micheal Corleone in the GodFather Triology?

Answer : Al Pacino

74.What is the capital of Azerbaijan?

Answer : Baku

75.When was first computer was introduced?

Answer : In 1968 by Douglas Engelbart at the Fall Joint Computer expo in San Francisco, USA

76.When and whom was the first open heart surgery was performed?

Answer : By Dr Ludwig Rehn of Frankfurt, Germany in September 7,1896

77.Why and from when Jaipur is called "Pink City"?

Answer : In 1876, was dressed Pink to welcome Prince Albert and Queen Elizabeth II

78.Who is only American president ever to be elected to one term, defeated for a second term and then re elected four year later?

Answer : Grover Cleveland became the 22th and the 24th president of USA

79.Nigeria recently withdrew corruption charges against which company, which is the world's second largest oilfield services corporation?

Answer : Halliburton

80.Which French monarch's heart was recently discovered after a desecration of his grave in 1793?

Answer : Henry IV

81.Which American diplomat, who was the chief negotiator of the Dayton Peace Accords, revently died at the age of 69?

Answer : Richard Holbrooke

82.Which state became the first of the Eleven slave states to secede from the United States, eventually leading up to the American Civil War?

Answer : South Carolina

83.Captain William Mynors of the Royal Mary, a British East India Company vessel, named which island when he sailed past it on Christmas Day in 1643?

Answer : Christmas Island

84.The Vizconde Massacere was an infamous Massacre that occured in which Asian country?

Answer : Phillipines

85.On January 3rd, in the year 1948, from which organisation was founded by the signing of an agreement by 28 nations?

Answer : World Bank

86.For which football club does Mesut Ozil play for?

Answer : Real Madrid

87.Which country did Indonesia gain its Independence from?

Answer : Netherlands

88.On 3rd January, in the year1978 which country became a democracy after 40 years of Dictatorship?

Answer : Spain

89.When and where did the Martin Luther King Jr famous speech about "I have a Dream" take place?

Answer :  On August 28, 1963 in Washington, USA

90.Who was the first prime minister of Singapore and also the world's longest serving prime minister?

Answer : Lee Kuan was prime minister for more than three decades

91.Who is commonly believed to be the first person to have laid down the basic concepts of the working of a helicopter?

Answer : Leonardo da vinci

92.Juan Carlos is the current monarch of which country?

Answer : Spain

93.British General Cornwallis was defeated by whom at the battle of Princeton?

Answer : George Washington

94.Which British explorer discovered the sarcophagus of the Pharoah Tutankhamen in the year 1924?

Answer : Howard Carter

95.If Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state of the US Congress, which state was the 49?

Answer : Alaska

96.Cory Evans is the younger brother of which Premier League Footballer?

Answer : Johnny Evans

97.Who directed the 1992 western Unforgiven?

Answer : Clint Eastwood

98.John Paul Jones was the bassist and keyboard player of which rock band?

Answer : Led Zeppelin

99.If you were walking down the roads of Addis Ababa, in which country would you be?

Answer : Ethiopia

100.Burma gained its independence in 1948 from which country?

Answer : United Kingdom