GK with solution

1) In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh?
a) Joseph

2) The flag of which country has the Star of David?
c) Israel

3) In which year was Magna Carta signed?
d) 1215

4) When was Carthage destroyed?
a) 149 B.C.

5) Which country is ruled by a single dynasty for more than two thousand years?
c) Japan

6) Who is the author of Ben Hur?
d) Lew Wallace

7) Which game is played with five players on either side?
a) Basketball

8) Which is the national flower of Ireland?
a) Shamrock

9) Which is the capital of Afghanistan?
c) Kabul

10) What is the baptismal name of Pope John XXIII?
b) Angelo Roncalli

11) Where is Emperor Akbar’s tomb?
d) Sikandra

12) Who died in the Battle of Trafalgar?
b) Horatio Nelson

13) To which Order did Martin Luther belong?
a) Augustinian

14) What is the type of Government in Swaziland?
a) Monarchy

15) Who killed US President Abraham Lincoln?
c) John Wilkes Booth

16) Who won the Hockey World Cup in 1975?
a) India

17) Which TV news channel began telecast in 1980?
b) CNN

18) Which of the following is not a gas?
d) Mercury

19) Which state was known as Mysore?
c) Karnataka

20) Who was the Czar of Russia in 1917?
a) Nicholas II