1. Presidency
Challenge
2012
Quiz – Prelims Answers

2. 1

3. A) Sebastian Coe

4. 2
Which great
architect
designed the
city of
Chandigarh?

5. A) Le Corbusier

6. 3
Royal Bengal, Indo-
Chinese, Malayan,
Sumatra, Siberian and
South China are sub
species of which
endangered wild
animal?

7. A) Tiger

8. 4

9. A) Roald Dahl

10. 5
Which country earlier
known as Dutch East
Indies gets it‟s name
from the word
meaning „islands
near India‟?

11. A) Indonesia

12. Which comic character‟s
6
repertoire of expletives
under „D‟ alone includes,
“Diplodocus! Dogs!
Doryphore! Doryphores!
Duck-billed platypus!
Dunderheaded coconuts!
Dynamiter!?”

13. A) Captain Haddock

14. 7

15. A) Louis Braille

16. 8
„El Clasico‟ is considered as
the biggest football rivalry in
world by many, especially
the younger generation.
Which two teams are the
great rivals who play „The
Classic‟ rivalry?

17. A) Barcelona vs Real Madrid

18. 9
What is the period
between 199 million
years to 144 million
years ago called?

19. A) Jurassic

20. 10
Identify the
band.

21. A) Carpenters.

22. 11

23. A) Marie and Pierre Curie

24. 12
Cheerapunjee once
credited as the
wettest place on
Earth is found in
which Indian state?

25. A) Meghalaya

26. 13
What‟s common to the
words – Jungle,
Juggernaut,
Shampoo, Pundit,
Pajamas, Bungalow
and Gymkhana?

27. A) Words originated from
India

28. 14

29. A) Meryl Streep, Margaret
Thatcher

30. Which place in India 15
gets its name from
Kumari Amman and
was also known as
the „Alexandria of
the East‟?

31. A) Kanyakumari

32. 16
If the Samjhauta
Express goes to
Pakistan, where
does the Maitree
Express go?

33. A) Bangladesh

34. 17

35. A) Jim Corbett

36. 18
According to Greek
mythology, the Olympians
were a group of Gods who
ruled after overthrowing the
Titans. How many Olympic
Gods were there in all?

37. A) 12

38. 19
Which coastal city in Sri
Lanka is the third venue
(the other two venues
being Colombo and
Kandy) for the T20 World
Cup scheduled to be held
in September – October
2012?

39. A) Hambantota

40. 20
Identify the
speaker.

41. A) Stephen Hawking