General Knowledge - 9

1. What toy did George Lerner create for Hasbro company in 1952?

a) Hula hoop
b) Mr. Potato Head
c) Talking baby doll
d) Sit and Spin
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

2. Who invented Bicycle?

a) Karl Benz
b) Kirkpatrick Macmillan
c) Evangelista Torricelli
d) Leo H Baekeland
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

3. Which of the following settlements comprised Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue?

a) Permanent Settlement
b) Ryotwari Settlement
c) Mahalwari Settlement
d) Both a and b
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

4. The average salinity of sea water is

a) 2%
b) 2.5%
c) 3.5%
d) 3%
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

5. Guru Gobind Singh was

a) Founder of Khalsa, the inner council of the Sikhs in 1699
b) Author of Dasam Granth
c) The 10th and the last Guru of the Sikhs
d) All of the above
e) None of the above 

  Answer: d

6. For what is Charles Babbage (1792-1871) remembered?

a) Computers
b) Steam Boating
c) Radio-Telegraphy
d) Telescopes
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

7. Prolonged bleeding due to which vitamin ?

a) Deficiency of vitamin A
b) Deficiency of vitamin B
c) Deficiency of vitamin C
d) Deficiency of vitamin K
e) Deficiency of vitamin E 

  Answer: d

8. What beverage was invented by Charles Alderton in 1885 in Waco, Texas?

a) Cream soda
b) Sprite
c) Dr. Pepper
d) Coca-Cola
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

9. Which of the following observations is false about the Quit India Movement of 1942?

a) It was a non-violent movement
b) It was a spontaneous movement
c) It did not attract the labour class in general
d) Both b and c
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

10. When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

a) 1919
b) 1915
c) 1920
d) 1911
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b