Ancient Civilisation
The ancient Egyptian pyramids were primarily constructed as tombs for which group of people?
Answer: Pharaohs.
Which was the first human-made object to reach the Moon?
Answer: Luna 2 (Soviet Union).
Who is considered the father of Western philosophy, known for developing the Socratic method?
• A) Aristotle
• B) Plato
• C) Socrates
• D) René Descartes
Answer: C) Socrates.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci.
Who is considered the father of the modern computer and developed the concept of the programmable computer?
• A) Charles Babbage
• B) Alan Turing
• C) John von Neumann
• D) Steve Jobs
Answer: A) Charles Babbage.
The ancient city of Troy is located in which modern-day country?
Answer: Turkey.
Which astronaut was the first to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission?
Answer: Neil Armstrong.
Which philosopher is famous for his work The Republic, where he explores the concept of justice and the ideal state?
• A) Aristotle
• B) Friedrich Nietzsche
• C) Plato
• D) Immanuel Kant
Answer: C) Plato.
Which art movement, known for its use of geometric abstraction and emphasis on form, was pioneered by artists like Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian?
• A) Cubism
• B) Abstract Expressionism
• C) Surrealism
• D) De Stijl
Answer: D) De Stijl.
What was the first successful artificial satellite launched into orbit by the Soviet Union?
• A) Sputnik 2
• B) Voyager 1
• C) Luna 2
• D) Sputnik 1
Answer: D) Sputnik 1.
Who was the first emperor of China, founding the Qin dynasty?
• A) Liu Bang
• B) Emperor Wu
• C) Qin Shi Huang
• D) Emperor Gaozu
Answer: C) Qin Shi Huang.
Which space agency launched the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which is now the farthest human-made object from Earth?
• A) NASA
• B) ESA
• C) Roscosmos
• D) ISRO
Answer: A) NASA.
What is the term for the belief that knowledge comes from sensory experience, as proposed by John Locke?
• A) Rationalism
• B) Empiricism
• C) Phenomenology
• D) Existentialism
Answer: B) Empiricism.
Which artist is famous for his work The Persistence of Memory, often associated with the Surrealist movement?
• A) Salvador Dalí
• B) René Magritte
• C) Jackson Pollock
• D) Claude Monet
Answer: A) Salvador Dalí.
ho developed the first practical telephone and is credited with inventing the first successful patent for it in 1876?
• A) Nikola Tesla
• B) Alexander Graham Bell
• C) Thomas Edison
• D) Samuel Morse
Answer: A) Nikola Tesla
Which ancient civilization developed the first known form of writing?
• A) Sumerians
• B) Egyptians
• C) Babylonians
• D) Assyrians
Answer: A) Sumerians.
What is the region of the black hole where when crossed you cannot escape even light cant?
• A) Singularity
• B) Innermost Sphere
• C) Photo Sphere
• D) Event Horizon
Answer: D) Event Horizon
Which philosopher argued in Critique of Pure Reason that the human mind structures experience, emphasizing how knowledge is shaped by perception?
• A) René Descartes
• B) Immanuel Kant
• C) Søren Kierkegaard
• D) David Hume
Answer: B) Immanuel Kant.
The School of Athens fresco, depicting a gathering of famous philosophers, was painted by which Renaissance artist?
• A) Raphael
• B) Leonardo da Vinci
• C) Michelangelo
• D) Titian
Answer: A) Raphael.
hich company was the first to develop the microprocessor, leading to the creation of the personal computer in the 1970s?
• A) Intel
• B) IBM
• C) Microsoft
• D) Apple
Answer: A) Intel
The ancient Minoan civilization flourished on which island in the Aegean Sea, known for its advanced culture, impressive palaces, and the mysterious Knossos archaeological site?
• A) Cyprus
• B) Crete
• C) Rhodes
• D) Santorini
Answer: B) Crete.
The first mission to successfully land on a comet’s surface and send back data was part of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission. In which year did the Philae lander successfully land on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko?
• A) 2012
• B) 2014
• C) 2015
• D) 2017
Answer: B) 2014.
Who is the philosopher behind the concept of The Will to Power and Übermensch (Overman), which challenged traditional moral values?
• A) Friedrich Nietzsche
• B) Karl Marx
• C) John Stuart Mill
• D) Jean-Paul Sartre
Answer: A) Friedrich Nietzsche.
Which 15th-century artist painted the The Last Supper on the refectory wall of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, with the use of experimental techniques that led to its rapid deterioration?
• A) Raphael
• B) Michelangelo
• C) Leonardo da Vinci
• D) Titian
Answer: C) Leonardo da Vinci.
The invention of the first mechanical computer, the Analytical Engine, was proposed by which British mathematician and inventor, often regarded as the “father of the computer”?
• A) Charles Babbage
• B) Alan Turing
• C) John von Neumann
• D) Ada Lovelace
Answer: A) Charles Babbage.