General Facts about World - MCQs with answers - Part IX
1. Which river divides the Hungarian capital into Buda and Pest?a) Danube
b) Elbe
c) Loire
d) Moselle
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Danube
The Danube is a river in Central and Eastern Europe. It is the European Union's longest river.
a) Billy Joel
b) David Furnish
c) Elton John
d) John Lennon
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Elton John
It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier.
a) A T Ariyaratne
b) Glenn D. Paige
c) Patrick Mendis
d) Sulak Sivaraksa
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) A T Ariyaratne
Sri Lankabhimanya Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne is the founder and president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka.
a) Kalyan-Dombivali
b) Kanpur
c) Kochi
d) Kolkata
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Kolkata
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in the old Fort William in Calcutta.
a) December 1
b) December 2
c) December 3
d) December 10
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) December 10
The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950.
a) John Keats
b) Robert Frost
c) William Shakespeare
d) William Wordsworth
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth used the expression, "The child is father of the man" in the famous poem, The Rainbow.
a) Japan
b) Korea
c) New Zealand
d) Norway
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Japan
The name of Japan in Japanese is Nihon which mean "Sun origin".
a) Euro
b) Rand
c) Won
d) Krona
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Rand
The rand is the currency of the Common Monetary Area between South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho.
a) National Diet
b) Senate of Japan
c) Independent Left
d) National Council
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) National Diet
The National Diet is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house that is called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors.
a) October 24
b) October 31
c) November 2
d) November 6
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) October 24
United Nations Day is devoted to making known to peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations Organization.
a) Brasilia
b) Rio de Janeiro
c) Salvador
d) Sau Paulo
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Brasilia
On 21 April 1960, Brasilia was inaugurated as the federal capital.
a) Alan Kay
b) Douglas Engelbart
c) Ted Nelson
d) Vannevar Bush
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Douglas Engelbart
He is best known for his work on the challenges of human-computer interaction, resulting in the invention of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces.
