ROUND 1

Q1: Where is Fort William located ?

1) Chennai
2) Goa
3) Kolkata
4) Mysore

Q2: Name this Indian Tennis player who has turned Hollywood filmmaker?

1) Leander Paes
2) Mahesh Bhupathi
3) Vijay Amritraj
4) Ashok Amritraj

Q3: Sishu is the literary work of which Indian author?

1) Vikram Seth
2) Jawaharlal Nehru
3) Rabindranath Tagore
4) Arundhati Roy

Q4: Which of these Cities located in the state of Gujarat is famous for zari production?

1) Surat
2) Rajkot
3) Surendranagar
4) Ahmedabad

Q5: Which State in India is the largest producer of Soyabean?

1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
Q6: The western ghats in Maharashtra is known as...?

1) Nilgiris
2) Sahyadris
3) Cardamon Hills
4) Annamalai

Q7: On which riverbank is Goa located?

1) Ganga
2) Mandovi
3) Gomati
4) Sabarmati

Q8: Which state is known as India's Spice Garden...?

1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Bihar
4) Uttaranchal
Q9: Thumba in Kerala is famous because...?

1) It has several industries

2) It is a rocket launching station
3) It is a harbour

4) It has an international airport

Q10: Name the annual fair of Rajasthan that is famous for its camel trading event...?

1) Pushkar Mela
2) Kumbha Mela
3) Sonepur Mela
4) Suraj Kund Mela

Q11: Which Indian State has most airports?

1) Maharashtra
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Gujarat

Q12: Name the oldest mountain range of India...?

1) Himalayas
2) Nilgiris
3) Aravallis
4) Vindhyas

Q13: Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ...?

1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Assam
3) Mizoram
4) Kashmir

Q14: Located in India it is Asia's largest residential university. Name it...?

1) Banaras Hindu University

2) The Utkal University
3) Jawaharlal Nehru University
4) Anna University

Q15: Name the largest freshwater lake in India...?

1) Dal Lake
2) Powai lake
3) Wular lake
4) Chilka lake

Q16: Which of these places grow apples in abundance?

1) Manali
2) Leh
3) Ooty
4) Kodaikanal
Q17: Which Indian city manufactured balls for the World Cup Football?

1) Ludhiana
2) Mumbai
3) Jalandhar
4) Chennai

Q18: In which state is Silent Valley?

1) Maharashtra
2) Kerala
3) Punjab
4) Kashmir

Q19: With what honour has Dr. Kalam been decorated, the highest honour that an Indian citizen can receive?

1) Arjuna Award
2) Padma Bhushan
3) The Bharat Ratna
4) Padma Vibhushan

Q20: What is the full form of the "APJ" in Dr. Kalam's name?

1) Ahmed Panthwawala Jain

2) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen
3) Ali Ponnuswamy Jampiru
4) Akbar Panneer Jalant

ROUND 2

Q1: The sampling rate, (how many samples per second are stored) for a CD is...?

1) 48.4 kHz
2) 22,050 Hz
3) 44.1 kHz
4) 48 kHz

Q2: Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many minutes of music?

1) 74 mins
2) 56 mins
3) 60 mins
4) 90 mins

Q3: Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?

1) Santa Clara, California

2) Tucson, Arizona
3) Richmond, Virginia
4) Redmond, Washington
Q4: In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?

1) 1976
2) 1972
3) 1980
4) 1984

Q5: Where is the headquarters of Intel located?

1) Redmond, Washington
2) Tucson, Arizona
3) Santa Clara, California
4) Richmond, Virginia

Q6: '.MPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) WordPerfect Document file

2) MS Office document
3) Animation/movie file
4) Image file

Q7: '.INI' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) Image file
2) System file
3) Hypertext related file
4) Image Color Matching Profile file

Q8: '.TXT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) Text File
2) Image file
3) Audio file
4) Adobe Acrobat file

Q9: Who co-founded Hotmail in 1996 and then sold the company to Microsoft?

1) Shawn Fanning
2) Ada Byron Lovelace
3) Sabeer Bhatia
4) Ray Tomlinson

Q10: Who co-created the UNIX operating system in 1969 with Dennis Ritchie?

1) Bjarne Stroustrup
2) Steve Wozniak
3) Ken Thompson
4) Niklaus Wirth

Q11: Who developed Yahoo?

1) Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson

2) David Filo & Jerry Yang
3) Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
4) Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
Q12: What is the term to ask the computer to put information in order numerically or alphabetically?

1) Crop
2) Report
3) Record
4) Sort

Q13: What do we call a network whose elements may be separated by some distance? It usually involves two or
more small networks and dedicated high-speed telephone lines.

1) URL (Universal Resource Locator)

2) LAN (Local Area Network)
3) WAN (Wide Area Network)
4) World Wide Web

Q14: What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within a limited distance of each
other and that are connected to each other directly or indirectly?

1) Inernet
2) Interanet
3) Local Area Network
4) Wide Area Network

Q15: The window which shows icons for things like the mouse, sound, and display is...?

1) My Computer
2) Explorer
3) Control Panel
4) Taskbar

Q16: On the Task bar the time is shown in the...?

1) Start menu
2) Scrollbar
3) Desktop
4) Notification area or Tray

Q17: A dual-layer DVD is valued because it:

1) Can hold more data

2) Contains a backup of the data stored
3) Uses a second layer to offer a speed increase
4) Creates alternative sound tracks

Q18: The letters, "DOS" stand for...

1) Data Out System

2) Disk Out System
3) Disk Operating System
4) Data Operating System

Q19: Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system.

1) Peripheral
2) Clip art
3) Highlight
4) Execute
Q20: Another word for the CPU is...

1) Execute
2) Microprocessor
3) Micro chip
4) Decode

ROUND 3

Q1: What scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

1) Isaac Newton
2) Albert Einstein
3) Benjamin Franklin
4) Marie Curie

Q2: What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?

1) Telephone
2) Early Warning
3) Electricity
4) Television

Q3: Who invented fuel cells in 1839?

1) Buckminster Fuller
2) Sir William Grove
3) Sylvester Graham
4) Joyce Hall

Q4: Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

1) Lewis Edson Waterman

2) Sir William Grove
3) Charles Kettering
4) George Fountain

Q5: Who invented Bakelite?

1) Charles Goodyear
2) Leo Hendrik Baekeland
3) Roy Plunkett
4) Henry Ford

Q6: Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?

1) Leo H Baekeland
2) Karl Benz
3) Evangelista Torricelli
4) Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Q7: Who invented Bicycle?

1) Leo H Baekeland
2) Karl Benz
3) Evangelista Torricelli
4) Kirkpatrick Macmillan
Q8: Who invented Jet Engine?

1) Sir Frank Whittle

2) Gottlieb Daimler
3) Roger Bacon
4) Lewis E. Waterman

Q9: Who invented Internal Combustion Engine?

1) Roger Bacon
2) Karl Benz
3) Dr. Alan M. Turing
4) Otto

Q10: Who invented Ball-Point Pen?

1) Dr. Alan M. Turing

2) John J. Loud
3) Otto
4) Roger Bacon

Q11: Who invented Gunpowder?

1) G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

2) Sir Frank Whittle
3) Roger Bacon
4) Leo H Baekeland

Q12: Who invented Gramophone?

1) Michael Faraday
2) Fahrenheit
3) Sir Alexander Graham Bell
4) Thomas Alva Edison

Q13: Who invented Dynamite?

1) Sir Alexander Graham Bell

2) Benjamin Franklin
3) Thomas Alva Edison
4) Alfred B. Nobel

Q14: Who invented Bifocal Lens?

1) Alfred B. Nobel
2) Thomas Alva Edison
3) Benjamin Franklin
4) Rudolf Diesel

Q15: Who invented Electric Generator?

1) Sir Alexander Graham Bell

2) Michael Faraday
3) Alfred B. Nobel
4) Thomas Alva Edison
Q16: In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?

1) 1850s
2) 1860s
3) 1870s
4) 1900s 12 dec 1901
Q17: In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

1) 1940s
2) 1950s
3) 1960s 29 oct 1969 @10:30pm
4) 1980s

Q18: When was Milk Tray first introduced?

1) 1915
2) 1934
3) 1923
4) 1942

Q19: Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE?

1) F. Whittle(britisher)
2) C. Lindbergh
3) W. Histell
4) B. Owings

Q20: FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

1) C. Birdseye
2) F. Rozenosh
3) G. Findus
4) R. Scott

ROUND 4

Q1: The NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) is also used in the country of...?

1) Japan
2) France
3) Germany
4) England

Q2: In the United States the television broadcast standard is...?

1) PAL
2) NTSC
3) SECAM
4) RGB
Q3: In the UK, what type of installation requires a fireman's switch?

1) Neon Lighting (it works on high voltage 1000v)

2) High Pressure Sodium Lighting
3) Water Features
4) Hotel Rooms

Q4: Which country has the lowest rate of newspaper circulation per capita?

1) Indonesia
2) Iceland
3) Italy
4) India

Q5: Iraq borders with how many countries?

1) 6
2) 5
3) 4
4) 7

Q6: In 1917-18 Iraq became independent from which Empire?

1) Sumerians
2) Ottoman
3) Babylonian
4) Assyrians

Q7: Choose the country which doesn't use the franc...?

1) Congo
2) Tonga (paanga)
3) Togo
4) Switzerland

Q8: All these countries, except one, uses the currency in dollars. Which one is the exception?

1) New Zealand
2) Hong Kong
3) Belize
4) Vanuatu(vatu)
Q9: Which one of these countries does not use the dinar?

1) Bahrain
2) Anguilla ($)
3) Iraq
4) Libya

Q10: What is the capital of the country, Turkey?

1) Ankara
2) Damascus
3) Istanbul
4) Izmir
 TIE BREAKER

Q1: When Tipu Sultan was killed?

1) May 10, 1799

2) May 12, 1799
3) May 5, 1799
4) May 9, 1799

Q2: In 1798, Tipu signed a secret agreement with the French leader...?

1) Louis XVIII
2) Napoleon
3) Robespierre
4) Lafayette

Q3: Tipu made peace with the ____________in 1784.

1) Rajputs
2) Marathas
3) British
4) Nizam of Hyderabad

Q4: In which century did Portuguese merchants first land in Goa?

1) 17th
2) 14th
3) 15th
4) 16th

Q5: Which museum is the largest in India?

1) Indian Museum (estd. 1814)

2) Tagore Museum
3) Calcutta Museum
4) Subhash Chandra Bose Museum