Tuzuk-i-baburi was a autabiography of which famous King?

Answer: Babur (In Turkish)

Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwat Gita into English?

Answer: Charles Wilkins

The Coin "Rupia" was first issued by whom?

Answer: King Akbar

Which Saint is known as "Mahboob-ae-Dilli"

Answer: Nizammuddin Aulia

What mythical monster is shown in the picture ?

Which car manufacturer was the first to introduce a seatbelt as standard?

Answer: Volvo

What do Colombia, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, Philippines and China have in common ?

Answer: They are all named after someone (Colombia - Christopher Columbus, Bolivia - Simón Bolívar, S. Arabia - house of Saud, Philippines - Prince Philip II of Spain, China - Jin (Chin) dynasty.

What was the house-elf, servant of Lucius Malfoy, freed by Harry in Harry Potter?

Answer: Dobby

Which is the largest country, by area, in the European Union?

Answer: France

Which Norwegian explorer was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911?

Answer: Roald Amundsen

Which Norwegian explorer was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911?

Answer: Roald Amundsen

What would one do in a velodrome?

Answer: Ride a bicycle

According to the Indian calendar, which planet is called "Sukra"?

Answer: Venus

What starts in the following manner: We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved..

Answer: The Preamble to the Indian Constitution

In Hardy Boys, what was Chet's nickname for his yellow jalopy?

Answer: Queen

Which Indian Prime Minister said "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist"?

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Which South American city does the Sugar Loaf mountain overlook?

Answer: Rio De Janeiro

In fiction, who was the "Knight of La Mancha"?

Answer: Don Quixote

In India, what is the prefix for an Indian Airlines' aircraft?

Answer: IC

what is it prefix for Jet Airways?

Answer: 9W

What word comes from the German for "garden of children"?

Answer: Kindergarten

Which famous gangster's business card said he was a "used furniture dealer"?

Answer: Al Capone

Which Indian President's birthday is celebrated as "Teacher's Day"?

Answer: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

What spell is used to guard against Boggarts in Harry Potter?

Answer: "Riddikulus"

Insulin and Testosterone are types of?

Answer: Hormones

How many cubic feet are there in a cubic yard?

Answer: 27

Who was the author of the third Gospel in the New Testament?

Answer: Luke

Which former England cricket captain's autobiography is "With Time to Spare"?

Answer: David Gower

English language. Why is the word "dreamt" unique?

Answer: Only word ending in "mt"

In which film did Roger Moore first appear as James Bond?

Answer: Live and Let Die

In which comic does Tintin visit Scotland and track down counterfeiters?

Answer: A

Which "Merchant of Venice" demanded his pound of flesh?

Answer: Shylock

What are Chinese Gooseberries commonly called?

Answer: Kiwi Fruit

Which civilisation is said to have invented the wheel?

Answer: Mesopotamian

Louis Daguerre, William Talbot and George Eastman were pioneers in what field?

Answer: Photography

Which European capital does the Danube split into two separate cities?

Answer: Budapest

Which of Charles Dickens' works is thought to be autobiographical?

Answer: David Copperfield

Which is the largest county in England ?

Answer: Yorkshire

Identify the scientific measurement instrument/device in the picture.

What is Professor McGonagall's first name in Harry Potter?

Answer: Minerva

What was the pen name of Samuel L. Clemens?

Answer: Mark Twain

Complete the saying, the "proof of the pudding is in ..."

Answer: in the eating

In which International Capital would one see the promenade called Galle Face?

Answer: Colombo

What word follows Alpha, Bravo?

Answer: Charlie

Who wrote the popular poem "The Highwayman"?

Answer: Alfred Noyes

To which family of animals does the Okapi belong?

Answer: Giraffe

When is "World Water Day" Celebrated?

Answer: 22 March

Which painkilling drug is derived from poppy?

Answer: Morphine

What is the name of the sugar found in fruits and honey?

Answer: Fructose

What is the most common type of volcanic rock?

Answer: Basalt

Approximately how many million years ago did the dinosaurs die out?

Answer: 65 million years

With which famous science fiction work will you assosiate "John Luke Picard"?

Answer: Star Trek

With which adventurous activity would one associate the name of Steve Fossett and Bertrand Picard?

Answer: Ballooning

What is wind blowing at 120 km per hour classified as?

Answer: Hurricane

In the Bible, which animal swallowed Jonah?

Answer: Whale

Which vitamin was originally called "Tocopherol"?

Answer: Vitamin E

What is the spectral class of our solar system's Sun?

Which body framed the Constitution of India?

Answer: The Constituent Assembly

What are the Tripitakas?

Answer: The three books containing The Buddha's teachings

Which animal lives in a Drey?

Answer: Squirrel

In which sport are Miguel Indurain and Greg Lemond legendary names?

Answer: Cycling

Who created the evergreen fictional character Father Brown?

Answer: G.K. Chesterton

What does VHS on video tapes stands for?

Which famous combine wrote the lyrics and musical score of the all time favourite The Sound of Music?

Answer: Rodgers & Hammerstein

Who said "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Which emperor built the Grand Trunk Road?

Answer: Sher Shah Suri

What does the P on Percy Weasleys chest badge stand for in Harry Potter?

Answer: Prefect

Which sign of the Zodiac falls between Cancer and Virgo?

Answer: Leo

What is the word that describes the rocky debris that a glacier deposits in Geography?

Answer: Moraine

What is the National Anthem of United States called?

Answer: Star Spangled Banner

Which has been the highest grossing Hollywood film of all time?

Answer: Titanic

Which month is named after the first Roman Emperor?

Answer: August(after Augustus Caesar)

Who wrote the visionary science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Answer: Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke

Who was the first person to present the idea of Geo-Synchronous satellite for communication?

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke

Who is directed the motion picture Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?

Answer: Chris Columbus

Which group had Top 10 hits like Heart Shaped Box and Come as You Are?

Answer: Nirvana

What is the Jewish New Year called?

Answer: Rosh Hashanah

Which African country's capital city is Luanda?

Answer: Angola

What is "Fear of Height" known as?

Answer: Acrophobia

August 6 and 9 hold a special place in the history of World War II. Why?

In the world of comics and cartoons, who is "The Friendly Ghost"?

Answer: Casper

Which metal is extracted from the ore hematite?

Answer: Iron

Which film created byAkira Kurosawa, the great Japanese filmmaker made, on which the Hollywood hit "The Magnificent Seven" was based.

Answer: Seven Sanurai/span>

In e-mail jargon, what is "Flaming"?

Answer: Flaming is a virtual term for venting or sending inflammatory messages in email.

Which constellation is sometimes called "The Hunter"?

Which class of snakes does rattle snake belongs to?

Answer: Pit Vipers

Charles and Henry are the first names of a team known for its engines and classic cars. What was there team called

Answer: Henry Motor Sports

Who made a film on the bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi known as "Bandit Queen"?

Answer: Shekhar Kapur

Which is the largest temple in the world?

Answer: Angkor Wat(Cambodia)

Who discovered oxygen?

Answer: Joseph Priestly

A woman has 5 Potatoes to feed 3 children how can she give them equal portions without fractions?

Answer: Mashing Them

If I take 4 apples out of a basket containing 6 apples how many apples do I have?

Answer: 4 (not 2)

What does HTML stand for in computers ?

What value will you get if you convert 4ft 8inches in Metres?

Answer: 1.42m

Which is the largest Bear on the planet ?

Answer: Polar Bear

Which ocean is the deepest?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

How many miles high is Mount Everest ?

Answer: 8.846

How Long Does it take for light from the moon to reach the Earth ?

What is the most common Element on Earth?

Answer: Hydrogen

Which school does Harry's cousin Dudley Dursley attend in J.K.Rowling Master Piece Harry Potter?

Answer: Smeltings

Complete the analogy: Ben Kingsley is to Gandhi as Roshan Seth is to -------?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru (the actors in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi)

In the entertainment industry, by what name is Victoria Adams better known?

Answer: Posh Spice

What is the meaning of the title of Adolf Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf?

Answer: My Struggle

What colour is the cross on the Swedish national flag?

Answer: Yellow

What is common to Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia, Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Nelson Mandela of South Africa, apart from being President once?

Answer: All are Nobel Peace Prize laureates

For what is the Italian town of Carrara world famous?

Answer: Marble

Which gemstone has the highest value per carat?

Answer: Ruby

Of which country was Mr. John Howard the Prime Minister?

Answer: Australia

Which element is the heaviest halogen in chemistry?

Answer: Astatine (Atomic No. 85)

What name do Australians use for their continent's parched interior?

Answer: Outback

What name is given to the close-fitting, stretchable, one- piece garment worn by dancers and trapeze artistes?

Answer: Leotard (after Jules Leotard, the inventor of the apparel)

Which animal meat is called "Venison"?

Answer: Deer

Which animal meat is called "Pork"?

Answer: Pig

Which animal meat is called "Beef"?

Answer: COW

The Wailing Wall is a relic of the Temple of Herod, destroyed in the year 70 AD, in which city would one see it?

Answer: Jerusalem

What do the initials ABS mean in the context of modern cars?

What does BARC synonymous with India's nuclear programme stands for?

Lord Irwin was the first occupant of which famous building in India?

Answer: Rashtrapati Bhavan

Who is so frightening that he is referred to as You-Know-Who in children classic Harry Potter?

Answer: Lord Voldermort

Who wrote the famous classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Answer: Victor Hugo

Whose lifelong passion is Chandigarh's Rock Garden?

Answer: Nek Chand

What was first miracle performed by Jesus Christ?

Answer: Turning water into wine

How many hectograms to a quintal?

Answer: 1000

What are the names of the parent dalmatians in the Disney favourite 101 Dalmatians?

Answer: Pongo and Perdita

In judo, what are the different grades of black belts called?

Answer: Dans

Which pungent vegetable has the scientific name "Allium Cepa"?

Answer: Onion

Geographically, what is the name given to the area of grassland, with few trees, found to the north and south of the equatorial areas?

Answer: Savannah

In medical terminology, what does "chronic" mean?

Answer: Lingering or continuing

In which sport were India's Michael Ferreira and Wilson Jones world champions?

Answer: Billiards

Which Greek god wrote a book on geometry called Elements?

Answer: Euclid

With which empire is Ashoka the Great associated in Indian History?

Answer: Mauryan Empire

Which is Ron's favourite Quiddich team in Harry Potter ?

Answer: Chudley Cannons

What is common to Rajiv Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto, apart from the fact both have been Prime Ministers of their country?

Answer: Both are children of Prime Ministers, Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto respectively

Who was the first batsman to complete 1000 Test Runs?

Answer: Sunil Gavaskar (Against Pakistan)

In Archie comics, what is Mr. Lodge's first name?

Answer: Hiram

Which mountain range separates France and Spain?

Answer: Pyrenees

In Indian mythology, which king's flag had a veena motif on it?

Answer: Ravana

Name the 5 great Lakes of North America?

Answer: Erie, Ontario, Huron, Superior and Michigan

What is the nationality of famous singer Bryan Adams?

Answer: Canada

Which part of the body has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles and tendons?

Answer: The foot

In the film Episode I: The Phantom Menace, in which sport is Anakin Skywalker proficient?

Answer: Pod racing

F.W. DeKlerk, a Nobel Laureate, was the former President of which country?

Answer: South Africa

Who is the Greek equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana?

Answer: Artemis

A mule is the hybrid offspring of which animals?

Answer: Ass and Mare

The names of Watson and Crick are associated with the discovery of what?

Answer: DNA Structure

What unit of measurement is used to compare the intensities of different sounds?

Answer: Decibels

What is the national religion of Romania?

Answer: None(Secular State)

What is Full form of S.P.E.W in famous fiction Harry Potter?

What animal category does Bombay Duck belongs to?

Answer: Fish

What is a unmarried women called?

Answer: Spinster

What is a unmarried man called?

Answer: Bachelor

Malachite is an ore of which metal?

Answer: Copper

Which lake did the building of the Aswan High Dam, on the Nile, create?

Answer: Lake Nasser

Which is the world's highest capital city?

Answer: La Paz (Bolivia)

Which is the only Asian country to be a member of the influential United Nations Security Council?

Answer: China

Which are names of the famous literary siblings in Grim Brothers?

Answer: Wilhelm Karl and Jacob Ludwig

Which religious figure was born in Talwandi in 1469?

Answer: Guru Nanak (Sikhism)

Who is said to have fiddled (played the violin) while Rome burnt?

Answer: Emperor Nero

From which country does India's First Lady, Ms. Usha Narayanan hail?

Answer: Mynamar

BTU is a term for quantity of heat. What does BTU stand for?

The A-flat key on a piano is also known as the?

Answer: G-sharp

Which former U.S. Vice President was awarded Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer: Al Gore (Climate Change)

What would happen if one looked at a Gorgon according to Mythology?

Answer: The person would be turned to stone

Who was the first men's singles champion in Wimbeldon?

Answer: Spencer Gore(1877)