GK Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. Karoline Mikkelsen was the first woman to
- (A) Reach North
Pole
- (B) Reach South
Pole
- (C) Climb Mt.
Everest
- (D) Set foot on
the moon
2. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first to
- (A) Step
on the moon
- (B) Circle
the moon
- (C) Walk
in space
- (D) Journey into
space
3. John F. Kennedy was
- (A) One the most
popular Presidents of USA
- (B) The
first Roman Catholic President
- (C) Writer
of Why England slept and Profile in Courage
- (D) All
the above
4. Mother Teresa received the Magsaysay Award in 1962 in the area of
- (A) Community
leadership
- (B) Public
service
- (C) Journalism
and literature
- (D) International
understanding
5. Raja Rammohan Roy
- (A) Was
a social reformer who tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage
- (B) Advocated
widow remarriage and woman's education
- (C) Was
the founder of the Brahmo Samaj
- (D) All
of the above
6. When was Shakespeare born?
- (A) 1564 AD
- (B) 1618 AD
- (C) 1642 AD
- (D) 1776 AD
7. The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organization so far is/was
- (A) Smt.
Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
- (B) Raj Kumari
Amrit Kaur
- (C) Smt.
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
- (D) Dr.
Sushila Nayar
8. When did Margaret Thatcher became the first women Prime Minister of Britain?
- (A) 1998
- (B) 1989
- (C) 1979
- (D) 1800
9. When was Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism born in Media (Iran)?
- (A) 2000 BC
- (B) 660 BC
- (C) 1075 BC
- (D) 740 BC
10. The first attempt in printing was made in England by
- (A) James
Arkwright
- (B) James Watt
- (C) William
Caxton
- (D) Isaac Newton