Sports (part 2 of 2): 86 The first Himalayan car rally was won byShekar Mehla of Kenya 87Foot ball legend Pele belonged toBrazil 88Karate originated inJapan 89The word `karate' meansBare hands 90The term `Jockey' is associated withHorse racing 91The term `Niblick' is associated withGolf 92Holkar Trophy is associated withBridge 93Gary Kasparov is associated withChess 94The commonwealth games were earlier known asBritish Empire Games 95The commonwealth games are held once inFour years 96The 15th Commonwealth games were held atVictoria (Canada) 97The 1996 Olympic games were held atAtlanta 98The Swaythling cup is associated withTable Tennis 99The West Chester cup is associated withPolo 100Asian Games are held once inFour years 101The first Asian Games weld in 1951 atNew Delhi 102In 1954,the Asian Games were held atManila 103The 1928 Olympic games were held atAmsterdam 104The 2000 olympic games were held atSydney 105The 2004 Olympic gameswere held atAthens 106The 1992 Olympic games were held atBarcelona 107The terms `Mallet' is associated withPolo 108The terms `Breast stroke' is associated withSwimming 109The term `Tobogganing' is associated withSkiing 110`Davis Cup' is associated withTennis 111World Cup 1996 for cricket was won bySrilanka 112The 1997 French Open women's title was won byIva Majoli 113The 1997 French Open men's title was won byGustavo Kurten 114The 1997 Wimbledon Open women's title was won byMartina Hingis 115The 1997 US Open men's title was won byPetr Corda 116The 1997 US Open women's title was won byMartina Hingis 117The 1998 Australian Open men's title was won byPatrick Rafter 118The 1998 Australian Open women's title was won byMartina Hingis 119The only cricketer to win four consecutive `Man of the Match' awards isSaurav Ganguly 120The fastest century in one day international cricket was scored byShahid Afridi 121The cricketer who has scored the highest number of centuries in one day cricket isSachin Tendulkar 122Leander Paes won the Bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics beatingFernando Melizeni 123In the Wills World Cup 1996 for cricket,the Man-of-the Series Award was won bySanath Jayasuriya 124In the wills world Cup Cricket Tournament 1996,Srilanka won the final defeatingAustralia 125Evander Holyfield is associated withBoxing 126Michael Jordan is associated withBasketball 127In the 1997 Wimbledon championship men's final, Pete Sampras defeatedCedric Pioline 128In the 1997 Wimbledon championship women's final,Martina Hingis defeatedJana Novotna 129Martina Hingis,the famous tennis player,hails fromSwitzerland 130In the 1997 french open men's final,Gustavo Kuerten defeatedSerji Bruguera 131Gustavo Kuerten hails fromBrazil 132In the 1997 French Open women's final,Iva Majoli defeatedMartina Hingis 133Iva Majoli hails fromCroatia 134In the 1997 US open men's final,Patrick Rafter defeatedGreg Rusedki 135Patrick Rafter hails fromAustralia 136In the 1997 US open women's final,Martina hingis defeatedVenus Williams 137In the 1997 Australian open men's final,Pete Sampras defeatedCarlos Moya 138In the 1997 Australian open women's final,Martina hingis defeatedMary Pierce 139The 1996 Olympics gold medal for Tennis(Men's) was won byAndre Agassi 140The 1996 Olympics gold medal for Tennis(Women's) was won byLindsay Davenport 141Meherwan Daruwala is associated withSquash 142P.Ganesan is associated withKabaddi 143P.Ganesan won the Arjuna award in the year1995 144Dhanraj pillay is associated withHockey 145Dhanraj Pillay won the Arjuna Award in the year1995 146Batista is associated withfootball 147Batista hails fromBrazil 148Andy Flower is associated withCricket 149Andy Flower hails fromZimbabwe 150The first Winter Olympic Games were held atChamonix,France 151The five rings of the Olympic symbol representFive continents 152The Olympic flag was first raised in 1920 at theAntwerp Games 153The term `Deuce' is associated withLawn Tennis 154The Ezar Cup is associated withPolo 155The Football World Cup 1930 was held atUruguay 156The 1934 Football world Cup was held atItaly 157The Worldcup Football 1998 was held atFrance 158The Worldcup Football 1998 was won byFrance 159In the Worldcup Football 1998,the losing finalists wereBrazil 160The Worldcup Football 2002 is scheduled to be held atJapan & South Korea 161The Worldcup Football 1986 was won byArgentina 162The Worldcup Football 1990 was won byW.Germany 163The Worldcup Football 1994 was won byBrazil 164In the Worldcup Football 1982,Italy won the final defeatingW.Germany 165The Worldcup Football 1982 was held atSpain 166The Worldcup Football 1986 was held atMexico 167The Worldcup Football 1990 was held atItaly 168The Worldcup Football 1994 was held atUSA 169The terms `off-break' is used inCricket 170The term `Rubber' is used inCricket 171The term `Smash' is used inLawn Tennis 172The term `Free kick' is used inFootball 173The term `Castle' is used inChess 174The term `Jab' is used inBoxing 175The term `Bunting' is used inBaseball

Sports (part 1 of 2): No.QuestionAnswer 01The country that first played chess wasIndia 02Prakash Padukone was a famous player ofBadminton 03"Black Pearl" was the name given toPele 04Nehru Mountaineering Institute is located atMahidanda,200 kms from Dalhousie 05The oldest game in the world isPolo 06The biggest stadium in the world isStrahov stadium at Prague 07The YMCA Coach who originated volley ball wasA.T.Hallsted of America 08Bobby Fischer was known as theChess king 09The National game of America isBaseball 10The oldest football tournament is theDurand Cup tournament 11Major Dhyanchand was a famous name inHockey 12The first olympic games were held inAthens 13The first men to climb Mount everest wereTensing and Hillary 14The first Asian to win the Hong Kong seiko Super Tennis Title wasRamesh Krishnan 15Football was first included in the Olympic games in1900 16The term `Knock Out' is associated withBoxing 17Wimbledon trophy is associated withLawn Tennis 18The full name of the great footballer Pele isEdmond Arantos Nessimente De Pele 19The first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest wasBachendri Pal 20The first batsman to score 10,000 runs in test cricket wasSunil Gavaskar 21The youngest player to score a century in the test Cricket isMushtaq Muhammad of Pakistan 22The length of a cricket pitch is22 yards 23Major Dhyan Chand is also known asWizard of Hockey 24`Clean and Jerk' is associated withWeight lifting 25Agakhan Gold Cup is associated withHockey 26Indira Gandhi Gold Cup is awarded forWomen's Hockey 27The game in which the referee is called the President isFencing 28Zafar Iqbal was associated withHockey 29In Basket ball,each team consists of how many playersFive 30The first Grand Slam in tennis was won byDonald Budge 31Basket ball was included in the Olympics in the year1936 32Indian Golf Union was established in the year1955 33Milkha Singh won the prestigious Helms trophy in the year1953 34IFA stands forIndian Football Association 35Donald Bradman was associated withCricket 36Milkha singh was popularly known as theFlying sikh 37The first Indian to secure a Grandmaster norm in chess isVishwanathan Anand 38Geet Sethi received his first professional title in the year1991 39The first boxer to receive Arjuna Award wasBuddy De'suza 40The first Indian woman National Snooker champion wasJudi Walia 41The first Indian Chess player who defeated the world champion wasSultan Khan 42The men's singles Wimbledon championship of 1997 was won byPete Sampras 43The 12th Asian Games were hosted byJapan 44The 8th Asian Games were held inBankok 45In cricket,LBW stands forLeg Before Wicket 46The overall length of a Badminton court is44 feet 47The Indian hockey player who has scored the maximum goals in olympics isSurinder Singh Sodhi 48Joe Louis is associated withBoxing 49Prudential world cup was awarded forCricket 50`To hell with hockey' was written byAslam Sher Khan 51The sport also known as Toxophily isArchery 52The height of the cricket stumps is71.12 cms 53The name of the cricket test venue at Leads isHeadingley 54The first Indian woman powerlifter to set a world record wasSumita Latha 55The name of the cricket test venue at Birmingham isEdgbaston 56The first Indian to score a double hundred against the West Indies wasDilip Sardesai 57The diameter of the Tennis ball is63.5 to 67 mm 58Divyendu Barua is associated withChess 59The youngest player to lead a country in test cricket wasMansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 60The first Test Cricket player of India wasK.S. Ranjit Singh 61The youngest player to play cricket for England wasD.B.Close 62The cricketer A.L.Thomson was nicknamedFroggy 63`Story of a Cricket Person' was written byE.W.swanton 64Two well known bowlers who were killed in the world war II wereKen Farmers and Hedley Verity 65The term `Crowning' is used inCheckers 66The number of players in a baseball team isNine 67Table Tennis Federation of India was established in1937 68Diana Eduljee is associated withCricket 69A shuttle cock has how many feathersSixteen 70`By God's Grace' was written byKapil Dev 71The term `Faugio' is associated withMotor Racing 72The old name of table tennis wasPing Pong 73The duration of an international football match is90 minutes 74Saly Joseph excelled inVolleyball 75S.Prakash is associated withKho Kho 76The first kho kho player to receive Arjuna Award wasSudhir Bhaskar Rao 77Stefi Graff is a citizen ofWest Germany 78`The Gold Hattrick' was written byBalbir Singh 79Mohammed Ali Clay was associated withBoxing 80Richard Hadlee was a cricketer fromNew zealand 81the first woman to win six gold medals in swimming in one Olympic (1998) wasKristin Otto 82The length of a Badminton racket is26 inches 83Golf originated inScotland 84The award given to persons who excel in the field of coaching isDronacharya Award 85The national sport of Japan isJudo

Social Sciences: No.QuestionAnswer 1.Who lives in Buckingham Palace in London?Queen Elizabeth II 2Where was Homi Bhabha, the nuclear Scientist born?Bombay 3Which country started the ancient Olympic games?Greeks 4.Which is the largest Gulf?Gulf of Mexico 5.Which is the largest country in terms of area?Soviet Union 6.Who discovered the Polio Vaccine?Dr.Jonak Salk 7.Who was given the title of Desert fox?Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 8.Who invented shorthand?Issac Pitman 9.1952 A.D. is an important year in British History why?King George VI 10By the side of which city does the river Ottawa flow?Montreal 11.Which is the land of five rivers in India?Punjab 12.Which is the lowest mountain range in the world?Bhieuna Bhaile 13.Which country is called the Land of Morning Calm?Korea 14.Which city is called the city of Sky scrapers?New York 15.What is defined as the locus of a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point and fixed line are equal?Parabola 16.What is the principal export of Jamaica?Sugar 17.Glimpses of World History is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru. To whom were these letters written?Indira Gandhi 18.Where did Gautama Buddha attain Nirvana?Kushi Nagar 19.Which organs of flowering plants take in water?Roots 20.Where was Alaxander the Great born, where did his death occur & where was he burried?Europe (Macedonia) Babylonia (Asia) & Alexanderia (Egypt) 21.Is there any age restriction to donate one's Eyes?No 22.September 3rd is related to the second world war what is its significance?Britain & Germany went to war 23.Is it true that snakes have eyelids?No 24.To what animal family does the dog belong?Wolf & Jackel 25.By what name is the Parliament of Algeria called?National Popular Assembly 26.Where do investors sell second hand shares?Stock Exchange 27.Who established four 'Mutts' in four corners of India?Adi Shankaracharya 28.Which Mughal Emperor was regarded as 'Zinda Pir'?Aurangazeb 29.Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood because of which incident?Jalianwalabagh tragedy 30.Where is the sea of Tranquility located?On the Moon 31.Who is the first Indian to go into Space?Rakesh Sharma 32.When was Goa liberated?December 19,1961 33.Who pointed out the role of heredity?Mendel 34.Who was India's first chief of Naval Staff?R.D.Katari 35.Who played the Pivotal role in Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi?Ben Kinseley 36.Who was also known as Shahid-e-Azam?Bhagat Singh 37.Who wrote the book 'Satyartha Prakasha'?Swami Dayanand Saraswati 38.Who first discovered the Pacific Ocean?Vaso Nunez de Balboa 39.Who is known as the father of Indian Nuclear Science?Homi Bhabha 40.Who invented the Refrigerator?J. Perkins 41.Which is the longest road tunnel in the world?Tunnel under that Gothard Mountain range in Switzerland (16 km) 42.What are the measurements of a single's Badminton court?44 ft * 17 ft 43.Who is the founder of Modern Germany?Bismarck 44.In which country would you find the Yak?Tibet 45.When did the Traveller Hawkins visit India?1608 AD 46.Which city is called the city of Golden temple?Amritsar 47.Which is the other name of Porus, who nearly defeated Alexander?Purushottam 48.Who was the President of the Indian National Congress as its first session held in 1885?Womesh Chandra Banerji 49.A famous Indian Badminton player was shot dead. Who was he?Syed Modi 50.When is Independence day celebrated in South Korea?15th August 51.Where is Diamond Harbour located?Calcutta 52.With what game is Paul Charles Morphy associated?Chess 53.When did Ceylon became Srilanka?May 1972 54.Who designed the Rastrapathi Bhavan in Delhi?Sir Edwin Lutyens 55.What is the temperature of the warm blooded animals?Remain Constant 56.In which state is Malayalam Spoken?Kerala 57.In which state is the famous Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary situated?Rajasthan 58.Which country is famous for Samba Dance?Brazil 59.From where did Jesus ascend to heaven?Mount of Olives 60.On the bank of which river is Amaravathi located?Krishna 61.Which day is known as world environment day?June 5th 62.During whose regime were the Rock cut temples of Kailasa and Ellora carved?Krishna I 63.In which country did the first Industrial Revolution take place?England 64.Which is the National flower of China?Narcissus 65.Who discovered Niagara Falls?Louis Hennepin 66.Which acid is used in a car battery?Sulphuric acid 67.Who invented dynamite?Alfred Nobel 68.Who was the first Governor General of Pakistan?Mohammad ali Jinah 69.Which state in India is the largest producer of Saffron?Jammu & Kashmir 70.Who invented the Steam Engine?James Watt 71.What is the botanical name for the Onion?Allium cepa 72.With what is Sylviculture concerned?Timber 73.What is Herpetology?Study of Reptiles 74.What do you call a plant that eats insects?Insectirorous Plants 75.By using what waves does Radar detect objects?Radiowaves 76.What is the name of the element whose symbol is Cr?Chromium 77.What is the atomic number of Oxygen?Eight 78.Who proved that air has weight?Galileo

Countries & Towns Rename: No.Old NameNew Name 01BechuanalandBotswana 02CeylonSri Lanka 03MalayaMalaysia 04MesopotamiaIraq 05PersiaIran 06S.RhodesiaZimbabwe 07SiamThailand 08MadagaskarMalagassy 09FormosaTaiwan 10CambodiaKampuchea 11AngoraAnkara 12AbyssiniaEthiopia 13BarodaVadodara 14BataviaJakarta 15BechuanalandBotswana 16BombayMumbai 17BurmaMyanmar 18ConstantinopleIstambul 19CongoZaire 20DaccaDhaka 21DahomeyBenin 22Gold CoastGhana 23N.RhodesiaZambia 24PanjimPanaji 25PekingBeijing 26RangoonYangon 27South West AfricaNamibia 28SalisburyHarare 29Zanzibar & TanganykaTanzania

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