Presidency Challenge 2012 Quiz – Prelims Answers

1

A) Sebastian Coe

Which great architect designed the city of Chandigarh?

2

A) Le Corbusier

Royal Bengal, Indo-Chinese, Malayan, Sumatra, Siberian and South China are sub species of which endangered wild animal?

3

A) Tiger

4

A) Roald Dahl

Which country earlier known as Dutch East Indies gets it’s name from the word meaning ‘islands near India’?

5

A) Indonesia

Which comic character’s repertoire of expletives under ‘D’ alone includes, “Diplodocus! Dogs! Doryphore! Doryphores! Duck-billed platypus! Dunderheaded coconuts! Dynamiter!?”

6

A) Captain Haddock

7

A) Louis Braille

‘El Clasico’ is considered as the biggest football rivalry in world by many, especially the younger generation. Which two teams are the great rivals who play ‘The Classic’ rivalry?

8

A) Barcelona vs Real Madrid

What is the period between 199 million years to 144 million years ago called?

9

A) Jurassic

Identify the band.

10

A) Carpenters.

11

A) Marie and Pierre Curie

Cheerapunjee once credited as the wettest place on Earth is found in which Indian state?

12

A) Meghalaya

What’s common to the words – Jungle, Juggernaut, Shampoo, Pundit, Pajamas, Bungalow and Gymkhana?

13

A) Words originated from India

14

A) Meryl Streep, Margaret Thatcher

Which place in India gets its name from Kumari Amman and was also known as the ‘Alexandria of the East’?

15

A) Kanyakumari

If the Samjhauta Express goes to Pakistan, where does the Maitree Express go?

16

A) Bangladesh

17

A) Jim Corbett

According to Greek mythology, the Olympians were a group of Gods who ruled after overthrowing the Titans. How many Olympic Gods were there in all?

18

A) 12

Which coastal city in Sri Lanka is the third venue (the other two venues being Colombo and Kandy) for the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in September – October 2012?

19

A) Hambantota

Identify the speaker.

20

A) Stephen Hawking