1) Lawrence Durrell wrote a novel called 'Justine'. Who had written a book with the same much earlier?
(A) Marquis de Sade
(B) Emile Zola
(C) Henry Fielding
(D) Benjamin Disraeli
2) Who as the founder of the Hindu doctrine of Advaita or monism ('there is no second')?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Sankara
(C) Abhinava Gupta
(D) Madva
3) What is rubella?
(A) Bleeding of the nose
(B) Skin eruptions
(C) German measles
(D) Whooping cough
4) The infection of AIDS occurs through the contamination of:
(A) Mouth
(B) Semen
(C) Fingers
(D) Blood
5) Helvetia is the alternative name of:
(A) France
(B) Austria
(C) Switzerland
(D) Hungry
6) Exposure to nuclear radiation is most likely to affect this part of the human body first:
(A) Kidney
(B) Eyes
(C) Blood
(D) Bone marrow
7) What was the ancient name of the Punjab river Jhelum?
(A) Satadru
(B) Bipasa
(C) Vitasta
(D) Iravati
8) The Berlin Wall has fallen, and pieces of it are now sold as souvenirs. When was it built?
(A) 1961
(B) 1957
(C) 1956
(D) 1951
9) A dodecagon is a polygon with:
(A) Ten sides
(B) Twelve sides
(C) Nine sides
(D) Seven sides
10) Who invented the jet engine?
(A) Hans Fischer
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Heinrich Geissler
(D) Frank Whittle