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G.K. QUIZ – 1
1. Who created the character, James Bond?
(A) Ian Buster (B) Ian Fleming (C) Ian Bosewell (D) None of these
2. Hindi movie Mughal-e-Azam was directed by
(A) K – Asif (B) Abdul Kareem (C) Mehboob (D) Nadia brothers
3. The first Indian talkie movie was
(A) Jahanara (B) Alamara (C) Aag (D) Khayal
4. The title “Historic Man” was given to
(A) Jalauddin (B) Sohrab Modi (C) Mohd Yasin (D) Mirza Younis
5. The first ever Indian (from Bollywood) to be given a chance for Hollywood movie
(A) Devanand (B) Raj Kapoor (C) I.S. Johar (D) Dilip Kumar
6. The movie based on the life of Haji Mastan is
(A) Dewaar (B) Don (C) Nehle Pe Dehla (D) Heera Panna
7. 872 runs scored in a day, was ODI played between
(A) Australia – England (B) Australia – South Africa
(C) England – South Africa (D) South Africa – New Zealand
8. The name “Baichung Bhutia” is associated with
(A) Football (B) Hockey (C) Polo (D) Derby
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9. Which country bagged maximum medals in the 18 Commonwealth Games?
(A) China (B) England (C) New Zealand (D) Australia
10. The first ever Test victory in Pakistan against the hosts was under the captainship of
(A) Saurav Ganguly (B) Rahul Dravid (C) Kapil Dev (D) Mohd. Azharuddin
11. The Football World Cup final 1998 was played between
(A) France and Brazil (B) Brazil and Germany
(C) Brazil and Spain (D) Italy and Brazil
12. Graham Thorpe is a well known name in the game of
(A) Table tennis (B) Lawn tennis (C) Baseball (D) None of these
13. The Indian cricketer addressed as Jumbo is
(A) Anil Kumble (B) Zaheer Khan (C) Ramesh Powar (D) Yuvraj Singh
14. “Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee” is a title given to
(A) Mohd Ali (B) Bruce Lee (C) Mike Tyson (D) Graham Thorpe
15. Which country has bagged football World Cup four times?
(A) Brazil (B) France (C) Italy (D) None of these
16. The name “Pulela Gopichand” is associated with
(A) Lawn tennis (B) Table tennis (C) Kabaddi (D) Badminton
17. Geet Sethi is a former _________ champion.
(A) Badminton (B) Football (C) Billiards (D) Chess
18. Name the country that introduced bodline bowling in cricket.
(A) Australia (B) West Indies (C) South Africa (D) New Zealand

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19. Wrestling show WWF is now known as

(A) WWS (B) WWM (C) WWE (D) WWP
20. The name Kerry Packer is associated with
(A) Cricket (B) Football (C) Basketball (D) Volleyball
21. The term Rabbit is associated with
(A) Cricket (B) Swimming (C) Golf (D) Volley ball
22. Renowned sitar player Ravi Shanker’s debut as a Music director was for the movie
(A) Kasam (B) Krishna (C) Payal (D) Meera
23. The title “Little Master” goes with
(A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Sachin Tendulkar (C) Brian Lara (D) Alan Border
24. Greg Norman signature championship is associated with
(A) Chess (B) Cricket (C) Golf (D) Snooker
25. Name the movie in which Amitabh Bachan played a triple role
(A) Mahaan (B) Kasuti (C) Sate Pe Satta (D) Raste Ka Pathar
26. The movie based on 1962 Indo-China war is
(A) Hindustan Ki Kasam (B) Akraman
(C) Des Pardes (D) Haqueekat
27. Rishi Kapoor for the first time on the Cinema screen, which movie we are talking of
(A) Bobby (B) Rafoo Chakkar (C) Mera Nam Joker (D) Kalia
28. Shiv Kumar Sharma is well known for his performance in
(A) Flute (B) Piano (C) Sitar (D) Santoor
29. “Dadra” is
(A) Railway station (B) A village in M.P. (C) Raga (D) Musical instrument

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ANSWER KEY

1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (A)

9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (D)

17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (C) 20. (A) 21. (A) 22. (D) 23. (A) 24. (C)

25. (A) 26. (D) 27. (C) 28. (D) 29. (C)

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