Showing posts with label General Knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Knowledge. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 March 2015

General Knowledge part 3

1. Who is the father of Geometry?
Answer : Euclid

2. Jamini Roy was a famous?
Answer : Painter

3.  The name of Pierre Cardin is associated with which of the following fields?

 Answer : Fashion Designing

4. Who was appointed Rajah by the Sultan of Brunei on August 1846?
Answer : James Brooke

5. Japan invaded Sarawak and occupied the island of Borneo in 1941, occupying Miri on___________ and Kuching on 24 December.
Answer: 16 December

6. The major rivers from the south to the north include the ____________, ______________, _____________, _______________.
Answer :  Sarawak River, Lupar River, Saribas River, and Rajang River

7. Which are the longest river in Malaysia at 563 kilometres?
Answer : Rajang River

8. What are the  six major ethnic groups in Sarawak?
Answer :  Iban, Chinese, Malay, Bidayuh, Melanau, and Orang Ulu.


9. What are 8 festivals that is celebrates by the Ibans?
Answer : Gawai Dayak (Harvest Festival)
                Gawai Kenyalang (Hornbill Festival)
                Gawai Burong (Bird Festival)
                Gawai Tuah (Luck Festival)
                Gawai Pangkong Tiang (House Post Banging Festival)
                Gawai Tajau (Jar Festival), Gawai Sakit (Healing Festival) 
                Gawai Antu (festival of the dead). 

10. There are 7 groups that belongs to the Chinese Ethnic Group, What are they?
Answer : Cantonese,
                Foochow
                Hakka
                Hokkien
                Teochew
                Hainanese
                Puxian Min.

11. Malay in Sarawak use different kind of Bahasa Melayu from Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah.
      What kind of Bahasa Melayu that the sarawakian use?
Answer : Bahasa Melayu Sarawak

12. Who was the was the first Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1963 to 1966?
Answer :  Stephen Kalong Ningkan

13. Sarawak have been divided into several division. Which is headed by a district officer; and each
      district is divided into sub-districts, which every sub-districts headed by an administrative
      officer. How many Divisions are there?
Answer: 11 Divisions

14.  It was set up to preserve and showcase Sarawak's cultural heritage. Get introduced to local
       culture and lifestyle by the approximately 150 people living in the village through the
       demonstration of daily living. It also has a theatre, where you can enjoy multicultural dance
       performances. It also known as 'Living Museum' .What places that we mention above?
Answer : Sarawak Cultural Village

15. This is place is the  oldest park in Sarawak, Which is established in 1957 and covers and area of 27 km2. It's known for its extraordinary natural scenery, habitats, plants and wild life, it is also the home to approximately 275 rare proboscis monkeys, found only in Borneo. What places that we mention above?
Answer : Bako National Park

16. The Kuching Cat Museum hosts ________ exhibits, artefacts, statues about cats from all over the world. It is owned by the Kuching North City Hall (DBKU).
Answer : 2000 

Monday, 16 March 2015

General Knowledge Part 2

1. HTTPS stand for _____ ?
 Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

2. For refreshing which function key is used ?
Answer: F5

3. Earth is protected from Ultra voilet radiation by _______ ?
Answer: Ozone

4. Which is the coldest planet in the solar system?
Answer: Neptune

5.Galileo was an Italian astronomer who_________?
Answer : Developed the telescope and discovered four satellites of Jupiter. He also discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement.

6. Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because_________?
Answer: The ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D.

 7. First China War was fought between ____________?
Answer: China and Britain

8. Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on _____________?
Answer: May 8

9. Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?
Answer: Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)

 10. The ozone layer restricts__________?
Answer: Ultraviolet radiation

 11. Filaria is caused by___________?
Answer: Mosquito

 12. Golden Temple, Amritsar is India's ___________________?
Answer: largest Gurdwara

13. Fathometer is used to measure ___________?
Answer: Ocean depth

14. Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in ____________________?
Answer: 1958 in Tokyo

15. Free market is__________________?
Answer: market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of 
               supply and demand.

 16. Fa-Hien was________________?
Answer: the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta 
              Vikramaditya.

 17. India's first satellite is named after________________?
Answer: Aryabhatta

 18.In which year, terrorists crash two planes into New York's World Trade Centre on September 11
       in a sequence of destruction?
Answer: 2001

 19. How much of blood does the normal human heart on each of its contraction pump into the
       arteries?

Answer:  60 cm3

 20. Logarithm tables were invented by__________________?
Answer: John Napier

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

General Knowledge Collection

This is some of the General Knowledge Question, which i gather from some of the website...... This is just for fun.....

1. Titanic passenger liner was sank on which date?
 2. Titanic Passenger liner when sank was travelling from?
3. Who was the owner of Titanic?
4. How many people were on Titanic ship during her maiden voyage?
5. On which date Titanic started her first Voyage?
6. At which time on 14 April 1912, Titanic hit the iceberg?
7. Which passenger steamship is known for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic?
8. What is the total length of Titanic?
9. How many decks, the Titanic had?
10. Titanic was build on which date?
11. Who is the actor and actress that acting as a lead characters in the movie, Titanic?
12. Which is the capital of Argentina?
13. Which is the capital of Chile?
14. Which is the capital of Croatia?
15. Which is the capital of Georgia?
16. Which is the capital of Iran?
17. Which is the capital of ireland?
18. Which is the capital of Mauritius?
19. Which is the capital of Sri Lanka?
20. Which is the capital of Venezuela?
21. Which is the capital city for Sarawak?
22. What city is the third largest in Sarawak?
23. What is the landmark for Sarikei?
24. Iban is one of the main ethnic people besides malay and chinese. Iban also known as..............?
25. Who is the former President of the United States?
26. What is the full name of Shakespeare?
27. What is the profession of Shakespeare?
28. What is the name of Shakespeare's youngest son?
29. How many sibling dos Hamnet Shakespeare had?
30. He start writing in the year....................?
31. Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare's death there are ................. million pages referring to him on Google.
32. There are only two Shakespeare plays written entirely in verse, they are ....... and King John.
33. What is Shakespeare shortest play?
34. Sometime in the mid 1580's, Shakespeare moved to ............. from his home in Stratford-upon-Avon.
35. Shakespeare buys New Place, the ....................... house in Stratford.
36. Publisher Thomas Thorpe prints a collection of ................... of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
37. What is the full form of H and B in the reference of a pen?
38. Who created Snoopy?
39. Which birthstone is associated with the month of May?
40. What is the capital city of Afghanistan?
41. In which country is Mount Everest?
42. Which Beatles leads the way on the front of the Abbey Road album cover?
43. Which band had a hit 2009 album entitled ' wild young hearts'?
44. Which musical term means 'getting gradually louder and louder?
45. Who is the Greek God of music?
46. Which rock band released the most poular version of the 1973 Wings hit, 'Live and Let Die', included on their 1001 album 'Use your Illusion'?
47. Who won the very first series of 'X Factor'?
48. In Whic musical would you find the songs 'Mr Cellophane' and Cell Block Tango'?
49. Mery Christmas Everyone' was a 1985 Christmas hit for which singer?
50. Who recorded ' Yesterday Once More' in 1973?
51. Whose hits include ' I Shot the Sheriff', Lay Down Sally' and 'Tears in Heaven'?
52. Who was Pinocchio's father?
53. What does the J.R.R. stand for, in the name of J.R.R. Tolkien?
54. Whose novels include ' My Sister's Keeper', 'Handle with Care' and 'Picture Perfect'?
55. What is the literal English translation of the title of Adolf Hitler's book ' Mein Kampf'?
56. Which writer's real name was Mary Ann Evans?
57. Which 'pop Artist' painted the portrait 'Marilyn'?
58. In which book would you find the Character 'Slartibartfast'?
59. Which writer's works include 'Salem's Lot, 'firestarter' and ' Needful Things'?
60. Salvador Dali made a surrealist sofa, inspired by whose lips?
61. Who has an autobiography entitled 'Ooh! What a Lovely Pair'?
62. How many rings on the Olympic flag?
63. Where in your body is your patella Knee?
64. Where can you find London Bridge today?
65. What spirit is mixed with ginger beer in a Moscow?