1) Which is the oldest city in the world? Ans) Jericho and it is located west side of Jordan near Israel.

2) Which British sovereign had the longest reign? Queen Victoria 3) When did the river Amazon discovered? It was discovered in 1499 by Vicente Yanez Pinzon. 4) Which is the only river in the world having different colours of tributary? Amazon 5) Where did the ice cream originated from? China 6) Which city lies partly in Asia and partly in Europe? Istanbul 7) Where is the highest railway station in the world? Peru 8) When did the French revolution started? July 14, 1789 in France 9) When did the French Revolution ended? November 9, 1799 10) Which was the first bird in the world? Archaeopteryx 11) Who is the king of fishes? Shark 12) Who is the father of modern Chemistry? Antoine Lavoisier 13) Where did the table tennis originate from? England 14) Which Sikh guru was tortured and was killed on the orders of Aurangzeb? Guru Tej Bahadur 15) Which war leads to the fall of the Vijayanagar Empire? Battle of Talocota 16) Which state of India produces maximum rice in India? Andhra Pradesh 17) The Chief Justice of High Court is appointed by The President 18) Which state of India is the highest producer of tea?

Tamil Nadu 19) Which female athlete has won maximum Olympics gold medals? Florence Griffith Joyner 20) Which ocean touches the American and Asian shore? Pacific Ocean 21) Who was fastest person to climb the Mount Everest? Appa Sherpa 22) The famous city of Bhopal was founded by the Rajput ruler--Raja Bhoja 23) From where does the river Brahmaputra originate from? Chemayungdung 24) The road that negotiates four high passes of the world in the Himalayas in____ Tarapur 25) Who was the wife of the emperor Ashoka? Kaurwaki 26) From which kingdom did Chand Bibi belong to? Ahmednagar 27) The famous Kailash temple cut out of the solid rock at Ellora was built under the patronage of----Pallavas 28) Prithirajraso was written by Chand Bardai 29) The General Assembly of UNO meets after Once a year 30) Napoleon I and Duke of Wellington fought the famous battle of---Austerlitz 31) The Cremean war was fought between-----Russia and Turkey 32) Which film won the Golden Bear Award, 2004 in the Berlin film festival? Gegan die wand 33) How many members in Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President? 12 nominees 34) The Mughal Emperor who wrote his autobiography was----Babar 35) Which is the biggest airport in the world? King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) 36) The biggest church in the world is ----St. Peters Vasilika, Rome (Italy) 37) Who was the first Governor General of Pakistan? Mohd. Ali Jinnah

38) The first man to walk in the space is ---Alexi Leonov 38) The first PM of Britain was---Robert Walpole 39) Who was the first woman to go in space? Velentina Tereshkowa 40) Which is the biggest diamond in the world? Cullinan(3016 carat) 41) Which Rajya Sabha member has written 52 books and has his own media company? Pritish Nandy 42) Who wrote the poem Gita Govinda? Jayadeva 43) Which Greek philosophers father was the court physician to King AmytasIII? Aristotle 44) In China, Brahmaputra is known as-----Tsangpo 45) Pharmacology is the study of----Drugs 46) Which is the highest peak of Germany? Zugspitze 47) Who was the first C-in-C of the Indian Army? General K.M. Carippa 48) On 21 September, 2008 who became the first Indian cadet to join the Indian Army? Priya Jhingan 49) Who created the fictional detective Perry Mason? Stanley Gardner 50) Of which university was Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was the first Indian Vice Chancellor? Banaras Hindu University (1939-48) 51) Who holds the record for scoring the maximum runs in the first class cricket? Jack Hobbes 52) Who was the PM of England when India attained the freedom? Clement Atlee 53) Which animal washes its food before eating? Raccoon 54) Which is only mammal to have evolved the truefight? Bat 55) Which is the largest populated city in the world? Tokyo (more than 2 crore) 56) Who invented the number zero (0)? Brahmagupt

57) When was Taj Mahal built? 27 September, 1654 58) Which famous Indian monument is known as Black Pagoda? Sun Temple at Konark 59) What is the study of lighting called? Keraunopathology 60) To which second largest class did snails belong? Gastropoda