GK Quiz for B.Ed. Exams

1. Name the Royal who is the head of state of Denmark.


2. In the human body, what are ‘‘superior’’ portions?


3. Which Indian great received France’s ‘‘Legion d’honneur’’ for his short stories in 1987?


4. Among the 12 gods of Olympus, who is the Goddess of beauty and Love?


5. If Rana Pratap had Chetak, who had ‘‘Copenhagen’’?


6. In Tintin comics, who is the father of the mischievous, over-active Abdullah?


7. Which actor, still going strong, made his Hindi film debut with ‘‘Ziddi’’ in 1948?


8. The airport in which north Indian city is named after Raja Sansi?


9. What does the word Aotearoa mean in the Maori language?


10. Name the actor who played Legolas Greenleaf in the ‘‘Lord of the Rings’’ trilogy who will turn 29 today.


11. Name the only family of living animals in the Order Proboscidea?


12. What is Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten Windsor informally called?


13. Which part of the brain gets its name from the Greek for ‘‘bedroom’’ or ‘‘chamber’’?


14. Who was first non-American to be chosen Time Magazine’s ‘‘Man of the Year’’?


15. Which famous Indian was born in Gah, West Punjab in 1932?


16. Where is the Junagarh Fort?


17. Which western Indian city was historically known as Karnavati?


18. The new search engine which has been unveiled to compete with Google is


19. Which two electronic giants launched the CD in 1983?


20. Which film studio was founded in 1986 by Alvy Ray Smith, Edwin Catmull and Steve Jobs?


21. Name the animal Valmik Thapar is considered a world famous authority on?


22. Who made Viktor Krum’s wand in the Harry Potter series?


23. Where is the headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Mission?


24. Who is Louis Brown ?


25. What was the name of the first modern shoe police invented in 1906?


26. Which Harry Potter character’s first name could mean either ‘‘reddish’’ or ‘‘of the bramble’’ in Latin?


27. In which U.S. city does King Kong wreak havoc?


28. What did the initials P.V. stand for in the name of the late Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, who passed away last year?


29. The initial design and construction of which massive temple took place during the reign of Suryavarman II?


30. What is the administrative capital of South Africa?