Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 101Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ TestBook: 7Unit 1: HISTORY OF NEPALExercise 1: Gopal Dynasty1. Bhumi Gupta (?)/ Bhuktaman (?)/ Dharmakar (?)2. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 3. Mata Tirtha4. Manjushree 5. Eight 6. Lord Krishna 7. Cow Herder or Servant of the Lands8. 436 years and 3 months 9. Ne Muni10. Jita Gupta/ Yaksha Gupta (?)Exercise 2: Mahishpal Dynasty 1. Buffalo Herders 2. Bar Singh3. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 4. Madhya Pradesh, India5. Three 6. 161 years 7. Jaya Singh 8. Bhuwan Singh 9. Nilkantha 10. Kirant DynastyExercise 3: Kirant Dynasty1 c. 800 BC 2. Sthunko 3. Yalambar 4. Gasti5. Lichchhavi 6. Jitedasti 7. Nepal 8. Yalambar9. Mundhum 10. Agriculture and animal husbandaryExercise 4: The Lichchhavi Period1. Amshuverma 2. Songtsen Gampo 3. Green Star4. Mandeva 5. Jayakamadeva 6. Amshuverma7. Jayadeva I 8. Narendradev 9. Manank10. Amshuverma 11. The Panchali 12. AmshuvermaExercise 5: Official Positions during the Lichchhavi Period1. Chief Justice 2. Judge 3. Chief Police Officer 4. Administrator of a village5. Administrator 6. Chairman of the Military 7. Chief of Army 8. Army Officer9. Minister 10. In-charge of Royal palace 11. Crown Prince 12. MessengerExercise 6: The Malla Period1. Pratap Malla 2. Bhupatindra Malla3. Siddhi Narasimha Malla 4. Yaksha Malla5. Pratap Malla 6. Ranjit Malla7. Mahendra Malla 8. Laxmi Narsingha Malla9. Lila Vajra 10. Mahendra Malli 11. Jayadev Malla 12. Dolkha King Indrasinga DevaExercise 7: Political History: Miscellaneous 1. Gopal Dynasty 2. Kirant Dynasty 3. Kirant Dynasty
102 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 4. Around 800 BCE to 300 CE 5. Yalambar6. Bhumi Gupta/ Bhuktaman (?) 7. Gasti 8. Jayakamadeva 9. King Vrsadeva 10. Gunakamadeva 11. Jayadeva I 12. Kirant Dynasty 13. Mahishpal DynastyExercise 8: Modern Nepal 1. Kulmandan Khan 2. Dravya Shah 3. Crown Prince Trailokya 4. Gyanendra Shah5. Pratap Singh Shah 6. BS 1825 7. Kalu Pande 8. Bhimsen Thapa 9. Surendra Bikram Shah 10. King Tribhuvan11. 13th of Falgun, 2031 BS 12. Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah13. Prithvi Bir Bikram ShahExercise 9: Historical Personalities 1. Brikuti 2. BP Koirala3. Sita 4. Mahaguru Phalgunananda 5. King Tribhuvan 6. Shankhadhar Shakhwa7. Sanduk Ruit 8. Madan Bhandari9. Bhimsen Thapa 10. Araniko11. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa 12. Prithvi Narayan ShahExercise 10: Historical Personalities and Their Nicknames1. Gadeshman Singh 2. Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh 3. Madan Bhandari 4. BP Koirala5. Nayanraj Pant 6. Araniko7. Bekhraj 8. Surya Prasad Updahyaya9. Baijanath Shah 10. Tulsi GiriExercise 11: Fathers and Pioneers 1. Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh 2. Daya Bir Singh Kansakar3. Lain Singh Bangdel 4. Laxmi Prasad Devkota5. Dev Shamsher 6. Gehendra Shumsher7. Yogamaya 8. Motiram Bhatta 9. Lekhnath Poudel 10. Bal Krishna Sama Exercise 12: Major Historical Events1. 1987 BS 2. 1903 BS 3. 1903 BS4. 1904 BS 5. Rajendra Bikram Shah 6. 1977 BS7. 2057 BS 8. 2065 BS 9. 8th May 200810. Massacre at Bhandarkhal 11. Girija Prasad Koirala 12. 3rd Asoj, 2077 13. Phattejung Shah 14. Birdhwoj Basnet 15. King BirendraExercise 13: Some Historical Facts 1. Tank Prasad Acharya 2. King Tribhuvan 3. Bisheshwar Prasad Koirala 4. Bhaskar Malla5. Barun Shamsher 6. Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah7. 529 years 8. 29 years 9. Phattejung Shah 10. Kathmandu Valley
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 103Exercise 14: Nepal-British War1. From 1871 BS to 1872 BS 2. On November 1, 18143. Sugauli Treaty 4. Gajaraj Mishra5. 9 clauses 6. Amar Singh Thapa7. 73-year-old Bhakti Thapa 8. The Nepal-British War 9. Balbhadra Kunwar 10. Lieutenant General Bradshaw11. March 3, 1816 12. Palpa13. Bhimsen Thapa 14. Amar Singh ThapaExercise 15: Unnatural Death of Some Kings 1. During treatment in Switzerland 2. Killed by his own brother with a khukuri 3. Died while watching Harisiddhi dance 4. Slaughtered at Taleju Temple 5. Poisoned in tamakhu (hookah) 6. Killed in a Plague 7. Died while on a pilgrimage 8. Died after falling from a roof 9. Died from a tiger attack 10. Died while imprisoned in jail11. Died in the royal massacreExercise 16: First in Nepal1. Falgun 21, 2008 BS 2. Poush 9, 2019 BS 3. Jestha 4, 2063 BS4. Falgun 7, 2017 BS 5. Arideva6. Dharmakar (Bhumi Gupta (?) Bhuktaman (?))7. Hiralal Giri 8. Raghabdev 9. 1st Asoj 2002 BS10. Poush 22, 2067 BS 11. Chandra Bahadur Thapa.Exercise 17: Unification of Nepal 1. 1819BS 2. 1825BS 3. Kulmandan Shah4. 1616BS 5. 1663–1690 BS 6. 1800 BS7. 1801 BS 8. 1814 BS 9. 1821 BSExercise 18: Quick Quiz1. Hiralal Giri 2. 2011 BS 3. Gajaraj Mishra 4. Tank Prasad Acharya 5. Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh6. 2057 BS 7. Araniko 8. Dravya Shah 9. Laxmi Prasad Devkota 10. Amshuverma 11. Jita Gupta 12. Dolkha King Indrasinga Deva 13. 161 years and 2 months14. Amshuverma 15. Tsontsen Gampo 16. GastiUnit 2: Geography of NepalExercise 1: Famous Lakes and Their Location 1. Mugu 2. Kaski 3. Dolpa 4. Chitwan 5. Rupendehi 6. Kailali 7. Surkhet 8. Kanchanpur 9. Manag 10. Rasuwa 11. Makawanpur 12. Dhanusha13. Bajhang 14. Jumla 15. Sankhuwasabha 16. IlamExercise 2: Rivers and Their Origin1. Janak Mountain 2. Tibet 3. Mahalangur Mountains 4. Rolwaling Mountain 5. Lamtang Mountain 6. Gorkha
104 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 7. Damodar lake 8. Annapurna Mountain 9. Mustang10. Rukum 11. Dolpa 12. Jumla 13. Mugu 14. Bajura 15. BajangExercise 3: Valleys in Nepal 1. Sankhuwasabha 2. Solukhumbu 3. Manang 4. Gorkha 5. Dolakha 6. Mustang 7. Rasuwa 8. Dolpa9. Solukhumbu 10. Dang Exercise 4: Waterfalls in Nepal 1. Terhathum district 2. Taplejung district 3. Kaski district 4. Mustang district 5. Chitwan district 6. Tanahu district 7. Okhaldhunga district 8. Kavrepalanchok distric 9. Myagdi district 10. Nuwakot districtExercise 5: Districts and Their Features1. Baglung 2. Simikot (Simikot 3000 metres) 3. Janakpur (Jaleshwor 61m) 4. Manang and Mustang5. Solukhumbu 6. Dailekh 7. Achham 8. Rasuwa 9. Kaski 10. Dhanusha 11. Kaski (Lumle) 12. Manang 13. Myagdi14. Palpa 15. Gulmi 16. DhadingExercise 6: Places and Their Nicknames1. ii 2. i 3. ii 4. ii 5. i 6. i 7. i8. ii 9. iii 10. i 11. ii 12. i 13. iiiExercise 7: Mountain Peaks and Their LocationsS.N. Peaks Height (M) Location1. Sagarmatha 8,848.86 Solukhumbu 2. Kanchenjunga 8,586 Taplejung3. Lhotse 8,516 Solukhumbu 4. Makalu 8,463 Sankhuwasabha5. Cho Oyu 8,188 Solukhumbu6. Dhaulagiri 8,167 Myagdi7. Manaslu 8,163 Gorkha 8. Annapurna I 8,091 Kaski 9. Gyachung Kang 7,952 Solukhumbu10. Himlung Himal 7,126 Manang11. Api Himal 7,132 Darchula12. Shringi Himal 7,187 Gorkha13. Saipal Himal 7,031 Bajhang14. Putha Hiunchuli 7,246 Rukum (East)15. Gaurishankar 7,134 Dolakha 16. Langtang Lirung 7,227 RasuwaExercise 8: Geography: Miscellaneous1. Dolakha 2. Ilam 3. Sindhupalchok 4. Jumla 5. Eastern Rukum (Purwi Rukum)
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 105 6. Panchala Waterfall in Kalikot, 381 m. 7. Morang8. 885 km 9. 193 km 10. Saptari 11. Kapilvastu 12. Sankhuwasabha 13. Indrasarovar (Makwanpur) 14. Chitwan 15. GourishankarExercise 9: Old Names1. Bhaisalotan 2. Padhmakanthagiri 3. Gograha4. Mandapgiri 5. Manigal 6. Godamchaur 7. Bhichchhakhori 8. Bhadgaun 9. Kantipur 10. Koligram 11. Bandepuri 12. Jitpur13. Tibrikot 14. Bhalbhaleni 15. Bishnu TirthaExercise 10: Geographical Extremes in Nepal 1. Nepalgunj 2. Kaski, Lumley 3. Mustang 4. Saptakoshi 5. Palpa 6. Kaski7. Sindhupalchok 8. Humla 9. Lodabari, Jhapa 10. Baglung 11. ChitwanNationalPark 12. 8 13. Mahalangur 14. Jaleswor, JanakpurExercise 11: Provinces, Districts and Their Boarders1. 27 2. 15 3. 25 4. 145. Chyangla Bhanjyang (Humla) 6. Lodabari of Jhapa 7. Manang (5,658 persons) 8. Kathmandu (2,041,587 persons)9. 2 (Madesh and Lumbini) 10. 1 Gandaki11. Sindhuli (10 districts) 12. 2 (Taplejung and Darchula)Exercise 12: Highways in Nepal 1. Prithvi Highway 2. Mahendra Highway/ Esat-west Highway 3. Araniko Highway 4. Tribhuvan Highway 5. BP Highway 6. Pushpalal Highway 7. Hulaki Highway 8. Siddhartha Highway 9. Highway 10. Koshi Highway 11. Pasang Lhamu Highway 12. Mechi Highway 13. Ratna Kumar Bantawa HighwayExercise 13: Quick Quiz1. 147,516 square kilometers 2. Lodabari of Jhapa3. Saptakoshi 4. 275. Nepalgunj 6. Bishnu Tirtha7. Mustang 8. Darchula 9. Panchala Waterfall in Kalikot (381 m) 10. Solukhumbu 11. Thulibheri Municipality (10.187) 12. Kathmandu (2,041,587 persons)13. Manang (5,658 persons) 14. Okhaldhunga District 15. Prithvi Highway 16. RukumUnit 3: Religion and Culture in NepalExercise 1: Religious Books 1. Qur'an 2. Torah 3. Bible 4. Vedas5. Tripitaka 6. Guru Granth Sahib 7. Avesta 8. Agamas 9. Tao Te Ching 10. Kitáb-i-Aqdas
106 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key Exercise 2: Religious Facts1. Mundhum 2. Imansingh Chemjong 3. Sumnima and Paruhang4. Manghim 5. Jesus Christ 6. Gautam Buddha7. Vardhamana Mahavira 8. Muhammad 9. Abraham 10. Prophet Zoroaste 11. Baha ‘u’ llah 12. ConfuciusExercise 3: Information about Religion1. Gautam Buddha 2. The Vedas 3. Jerusalem4. Quran 5. Golden Temple 6. Muhammad7. Ganges 8. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva9. The Analects 10. Jesus ChristExercise 4: Religions and Their Symbols1. Buddhism 2. Hinduism 3. Sikhism4. Jainism 5. Islam 6. Judaism7. Confucianism 8. Christianity 9. TaoismExercise 5: Religion and Culture: Miscellaneous1. Vichitravirya 2. Vasuki Nag 3. Tharu4. Vibhishana 5. White 6. Panchawati7. Kubera 8. Charu 9. Hexagon symbolizes unity or harmony10. 100,000 11. Pali Language 12. Bhishma Parva13. Gaijatra 14. MagarExercise 6: Cultural Dances1. Gurung Community 2. Eastern Nepal 3. Far Western Nepal4. Limbu Community 5. Rai Community 6. Magar Community 7. Newar Community 8. Gurung Community 9. Tharu Community10. Maithili Community 11. Brahmin and Chhetri Communities12. Gandharva CommunityExercise 7: Traditional Musical Instruments1. Garndharva Community 2. Bhramin and Chhetri Community 3. Tamang Community 4. Newar Community 5. Tamang Community 6. Kirant Community7. Bhramin and Chhetri Community 8. Sherpa Community 9. Newar CommunityExercise 8: Cultural Dresses 1. Sherpa Community 2. Traru Community 3. Newar Community4. Terai Community 5. Limbu Community 6. Rai Community7. Gurung Community 8. Magar Community 9. Dhimal Community10. Thakali Community 11. Maithili PeopleExercise 9: Ethnic Festivals and Songs 1. Tamang Community 2. Newar Community In Bhaktapur3. Gurung Community 4. Tharu Comminity 5. Maithili Community6. Chepang Community 7. Bhansi Community 8. Asare9. Malashree 10. Gandharva Song 11. Deuda
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 107Exercise 10: Ethnic Communities and Their Priests1. Vaiga 2. Hyabre 3. Dhami 4. Bhusal5. Dopa 6. Gubhaju 7. Pande 8. Bhanja 9. Pandit 10. Naso 11. Sawa,Phedangma 12. Bompo, Lama 13. Bhara, Guruwa, Sokha 14. Phomwa, Pomwa, Sokha15. Nakso 16. Dhami 17. Diusi 18. PanditExercise 11: Quick Quiz1. Trans-Himalayan Districts (Dolpa, Mustang and Manang)2. Hyabre 3. Asare 4. Gurung Community 5. Qur’an 6. Bahaullah 7. Newar Community 8. Deuda 9. Bivishan 10. Kirant Community11. Gaijatra 12. TaoismUnit 4: Language and Literature, Art and CinemaExercise 1: First Films in National Languages1. Sayabung 2. Satyaharishchandra 3. Numafung 4. Tuharbina Ka Jina 5. Silu 6. Paaten 7. KU-SUM 8. Adi-Shankaracharya 9. Caravan 10. First Nepali colour film Kumari 11. Aama 12. Kumari 13. Silu 14. Taretla 15. Juni 16. Pato 17. Sempu Khodungbo 18. Saanghu 19. Bhuwan Chand 20. Vigilante 3DExercise 2: Museums and Their Locations 1. Damak, Jhapa 2. Sauraha, Chitwan 3. Hetauda, Makawanpur 4. Tilaurakot, Kapilvastu 5. Prithivi Narayan Campus, Pokhara 6. Fewa lake, Kaski 7. Guhweswari, Kathmandu 8. Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu 9. Dhunche, Rasuwa 10. Barpak, Gorkh 11. Tripureswor, Kathmandu 12. Tikauli, ChitwanExercise 3: Architectural Styles 1. Emperor Ashok 2. Adhokvinayak 3. Krishna mandir Patan4. Rani Mahal, Palpa 5. Japan 6. Shikhar style7. Changu Narayan Temple 8. Bhupatindra Malla 9. Laxmi Narsingh Malla10. European Style 11. Mugal Style 12. Stupa styleExercise 4: Great Poets of Different Languages1. Laxmi Prasad Devkota 2. Tulsidas 3. Shakespeare4. Rabindranath Tagore 5. Mirza Ghalib 6. Victor Hugo7. Homer 8. Dante 9. Goethe10. Virgil 11. Lu Xun 12. Jose Marti13. Pushkin 14. VidyapatiExercise 5: Some Languages Spoken in Nepal and Their Scripts1. Devanagari 2. Ranjana 3. Sirijanga 4. Tibetan
108 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 5. Rong 6. Akkha 7. Tirhuta 8. Kaithi9. Gurmukhi 10. Devanagari 11. Tamahiga 12. AlachikiExercise 6: Languages Spoken in Nepal 1. 1.30 % 2. Kusunda 3. 0.60% 4. Nepali5. 124 6. Maithili 7. 5.77% 8. Indo-Aryan family9. Sino-Tibetan family 10. Indo-EuropeanExercise 7: Writing Symbols and Their Names1. / 2. - 3. ... 4. : 5. #6. | 7. • 8. ; 9. % 10. < 11. “….” 12. ? 13. [ ] 14. {} 15. ’ 16. > 17. @ 18. _ 19. ! 20. © Exercise 8: Nepali Literature 1. Sakuntal 2. Muto Ko Byatha 3. Keshab Raj Pidali4. Basudev Sharma Luintel 5. Bijaya Malla 6. Subananda Das7. Doshi Chasma 8. Sabitri Pokharel 9. Ang Sang Suki 10. Bir Sikka 11. Krishna Lal Adhikari 12. Champa13. Parijat 14. Seto BaghExercise 9: Knowing the Authors1. Manjushree Thapa 2. Siddhicharan Shrestha 3. Prema Shah4. Manu Brajaki 5. Bhupi Serchan 6. Maya Thakuri7. Sanjeev Uoreti 8. Amar Neupane 9. Lekhnath Paudyal 10. Sharada Sharma 11. Parijat 12. Bala Krishna Sama 13. Moti Ram Bhatta 14. Indra Bahadur Rai 15. BP Koirala16. Bhairab AryalExercise 10: Books and Authors1. Laxmi Prasad Devkota 2. Parijat 3. Banira Giri 4. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala5. Shankar Lamichhane 6. Buddhisagar7. Narayan Wagle 8. Amar Neupane 9. Subin Bhattarai 10. Lil Bahadur Chettri 11. Saru Bhakta 12. Krishna Dharabasi13. Diamond Shumsher Rana 14. Indra Bahadur Rai 15. Jhamak Ghimire 16. Madhav Prasad Ghimire 17. Hari Bansha Acharya 18. Bhupi SherchanExercise 11: Quick Quiz1. 124 2. Jhamak Ghimire 3. Doshi Chasma 4. 5.77% 5. Devanagari 6. Victor Hugo 7. Japan 8. Tikauli, Chitwan 9. Nepali Poet 10. Bar or pipe (|) 11. Pradip Kumar Rai 12. Bhuwan Chand 13. Bal Krishna Sama 14. European Style/ Greek StyleUnit 5: The WorldExercise 1: Historical Personalities (Gents)1. Sun Yat-sen 2. Albert Einstein 3. Winston Churchill
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 1094. Napoleon 5. George Washington 6. John Lennon 7. Martin Luther King Jr 8. Mahatma Gandhi 9. Karl Marx10. Nelson Mandela 11. Abraham Lincoln 12. Socrates13. Franz Liszt 14. Sophocles 15. Benjamin16. AlexanderExercise 2: Historical Personalities (Ladies)1. Queen Elizabeth II 2. Marilyn Monroe 3. Helen of Troy4. Florence Nightingale 5. Marie Stopes 6. Marie Curie7. Lady Diana 8. Yogmaya 9. Mother Teresa10. Lady Ada Lovelace 11. Margaret Thatcher 12. Indira GandiExercise 3: National Heroes of Different Countries 1. Terry Fox 2. Ned Kelly 3. Yue Fei 4. Sakamoto Ryōma 5. Tiradentes 6. Benito Juárez7. Nelson Mandela 8. José de San Martin 9. Gamal Abdel Nasser 10. King Naresuan 11. Giuseppe Garibaldi 12. Martin Luther13. El Cid 14. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 15. Sukarno 16. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 17. José Rizal18. Simón Bolivar 19. Roald Amundsen 20. Ho Chi MinhExercise 4: Famous Personalities and Their Popular Names1. Little Corporal (Napoleon) 2. Gurudev (Rabindranath Tagore)3. Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi) 4. Nightingale of India (Sarojini Naidu) 5. Lady with the Lamp (Florence Nightingale)6. Man of Blood (Bismarck) 7. Brad of Avon (Shakespeare) 8. Tiger of snow (Tenjing Norgay Sherpa) 9. Pandit Ji (Neharu)Exercise 5: Parliaments1. Shora 2. Federal Parliament 3. Jatiyo Shangsad/House of the Nation4. Tshogdu 5. Parliament 6. National People’s Congress7. People’s Assembly 8. National Assembly9. Bundestag 10. Parliament 11. People’s Majlis 12. Diet13. House of Representatives 14. National Assembly and Senate15. Duma 16. Cortes 17. Riksdag 18. Parliament19. National Assembly 20. CongressExercise 6: First in the World (Female)1. Anousheh Ansari (Irani-American) 2. Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)3. Maria Estela Peron (Argentina) 4. Valentina Tereshkova (USSR)5. Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya 6. Junko Tabei (Japan) 7. Anshula Kant 8. Gita Gopinath 9. Arunima Sinha 10. Kamla Harris 11. Arti Pradhan (India) 12. Christina Koch and Jessica MeirExercise 7: Founders of Dynasties/ Empires1. Qin Shi Huang 2. Liu Bang 3. Augustus Caesar 4. Constantine the Great 5. Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah 6. Osman I
110 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 7. Babur 8. Genghis Khan 9. Queen Victoria10. Napoleon Bonaparte 11. Peter the Great 12. Itzcoatl13. Manco Capac 14. Chandragupta Maurya 15. Sri Gupta16. Li Yuan 17. Narmer (Menes) 18. Enmebaragesi19. Cyrus the Great 20. Ardashir IExercise 8: Ancient Civilizations1. 4000 years old 2. Mesopotamian Civilization3. Dravidian 4. Mesopotamia 5. Egyptian Civilization6. Roman Civilization 7. Indus Civilization 8. Taxilla 9. Persian civilization 10. Greek Civilization 11. Yellow River Valley12. South AmericaExercise 9: Ancient History1. Cleopatra VII 2. Herodotus 3. Indus 4. Sumerians5. Phoenician 6. Inca 7. Latin 8. Chandragupta 9. Mesopotamian 10. Sparta 11. Pyramid 12. KhufuExercise 10: Asia Specific1. Dead Sea 2. 31,033,131 km² 3. Yangtze4. 150 per km² 5. Borneo Island 6. Mount Everest7. 48 countries 8. China 9. 12 landlocked countries10. India 11. Tokyo 12. Uzbekistan13. MaldivesExercise 11: Masters of Different Fields 1. Alexander the Great 2. Stephen King 3. Johannes Vermeer4. Alfred Hitchcock 5. Alice Munro 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. William Shakespeare 8. Leo Tolstoy 9. William Wordsworth10. Oscar Wilde 11. Bob Dylan 12. Franz Liszt 13. Sergei Rachmaninoff 14. Niccolò Paganini 15. William Shakespeare16. Homer 17. Aristophanes 18. Sophocles 19. Jonathan Swift 20. Johannes VermeerExercise 12: Famous Paintings1. Leonardo da Vinci 2. Vincent van Gogh 3. Salvador Dali4. Edvard Munch 5. Leonardo da Vinci 6. Johannes Vermeer7. Michelangelo 8. Pablo Picasso 9. Rembrandt van Rijn 10. Sandro Botticelli 11. Diego Velázquez 12. Claude Monet13. Raphael 14. Grant Wood 15. James McNeill Whistler 16. Andy Warhol 17. Gustav Klimt 18. Jan van Eyck19. Claude Monet 20. John ConstableExercise 13: Famous Sayings 1. Mae West 2. Milton 3. Keith Richard 4. Karl Marx 5. Otto Von Bismarck 6. Mae West 7. Rudyard Kipling 8. Ovid 9. Napoleon 10. Wordsworth 11. Ralph W Emerson 12. Shakespeare 13. Charles de Gaulle 14. Pablo Picasso 15. Abraham Lincoln
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 111Exercise 14: Famous Museums1.The Louvre, Paris 2. The Louvre Museum3. Capitoline Museum, Italy 4. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha5. Mexico 6. MUSA7. U.S. Space & Rocket Center 8. Metropolitan Museum of Art9. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 10. Metropolitan Museum of ArtExercise 15: Types of Hats 1. Top hat 2. Cloche hat 3. Bowler hat4. Baseball cap 5. Tropical hat 6. Beret7. Sun hat 8. Floppy hat 9. Panama hat 10. Driving cap 11. Newsboy cap 12. Flat capExercise 16: The World: Some Facts1. Treaty of Versailles 2. San Marino 3. Libya’s Azizia4. Russia’s Barkhiangkas 5. China 6. Hungary7. 65 times 8. China 9. IcelandExercise 17: International Awards and Genres 1. Cannes Film Festival 2. The BRIT Awards 3. British Academy Film Awards 4. Tony Awards 5. Emmy Awards 6. Golden GlobeAwards 7. Pulitzer Prize 8. Pritzker Prize 9. Ballon d’Or Award 10.AcademyAwards(Oscars) 11. Grammy Awards 12. The Palme d’Or 13. Booker Prize14. Nobel PrizeExercise 18: Awards and Their Founders1. Alfred Nobel 2. Booker McConnell Company 3. Joseph Pulitzer 4. John Charles Fields5. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 6. Government of India 7. Government of India8. Sir John Templeton 9. Jakob von Uexkull 10. Jay A. Pritzker 11. Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation12. Government of India 13. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) 14. Booker Prize Foundation 15. UNESCOExercise 19: Last Rulers1. Mehmed VI 2. Mikhail Gorbachev 3. Ibrahim Lodi 4. Lord Mountbatten 5. Bahadur Shah Zafar 6. Marwan7. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus 8. Napoleon III 9. Nasiruddin Mahmud 10. Sah Farooq 11. Al-Adid 12. Henry Gunther 13. Vishnugupta 14. Nicholas II 15. Kalim-Allah Shah16. Sir Evan Jenkins 17. Sikandar Mirza 18. Raja Prithvi RajExercise 20: Quick Quiz1. 195 2. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus 3. Alfred Nobel 4. Music 5. Death Valley 6. Leonardo da Vinci 7. Vishnu 8. Herodotus
112 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 9. Louvre 10. Napoleon Bonaparte 11. Yangtze 12. Sumerian 13. Arunima Sinha 14. Kublai Khan15. Ho Chi MinhUnit 6: The World: GeographyExercise 1: Longest Rivers and Their Origin1. Altai Mts 2. Lualaba and Luapula Rivers 3. Victoria Lake 4. Baikal Mts 5. Tannu-Ola Mts 6. Guinea 7. Northeast China 8. Tibetan Highlands 9. Andes (Peru) 10. Kunlun Mts 11. Great Slave Lake 12. Tibetan Kiang Plateau13. Itasca Lake (USA)Exercise 2: Heritage Sites1. Grand Canyon 2. City of Samarra 3. San Souci Palace4. Machu Picchu 5. Jungfraujoch 6. Mayan City of Palenque 7. Nan Madol 8. Kakadu National Park 9. Old Town of Khiva10. Göreme National Park 11. Erbil Citadel 12. Rapa Nui National ParkExercise 3: Longest Rivers and Their End Points1. Gulf of Ob 2. Atlantic Ocean 3. Sea of Okhotsk 4. Mediterranean Sea 5. South China Sea 6. Laptev Sea 7. Atlantic Ocean 8. Gulf of Chihli 9. Gulf of Guinea 10. Beaufort Sea 11. China Sea 12. Arctic Ocean 13. Gulf of Mexico (USA)Exercise 4: Straits and Water Bodies They Join1. Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean 2. North Sea and South Atlantic Ocean 3. Atlantic Ocean and Bering Sea 4. Java Sea and Indian Ocean 5. South Pacific and South Atlantic Ocean6. Black Sea and Marmara Sea 7. Mediterranean Sea and South Atlantic Ocean 8. Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Ocean 9. Java Sea and Bay of Bengal 10. Red Sea and Arabian SeaExercise 5: Deserts 1. Atacama Desert 2. Death Valley Desert 3. Antarctica 4. Europe 5. Lake Turkana 6. Iran 7. Saudi Arabia 8. South Africa 9. Mongolia and China 10. North Chile 11. South-West Africa 12. California 13. Australia 14. Australia 15. Turkmenistan 16. Iran 17. Saudi Arabia 18. Arizona to Mexico 19. Sahara Desert 20. Xinjiang (China)Exercise 6: Famous Towers 1. Burj Khalifa, Dubai 2. Paris, France 3. Pisa, Italy
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 113 4. Chicago, USA 5. Moscow, Russia 6. Toronto, Canada 7. Chicago, USA 8. Samarra, Iraq 9. Kuala Lumpur10. Sheikhupura, Pakistan 11. Beijing, China 12. Berlin, Germany 13. Portsmouth, UK 14. New York, USA 15. London, UKExercise 7: Rivers Associated with Colours1. USA 2. USA 3. USA 4. USA 5. Jamaica 6. Canada 7. Canada 8. USA 9. China 10. South AfricaExercise 8: Time Zones1. 12 2. 11 3. 11 4. 9 5. 9 6. 6 7. 5 8. 5 9. 4 10. 4 11. 3 12. 3 13. 3Exercise 9: Famous Volcanoes1. Indonesia 2. Australia 3. Mauna Loa 4. Ojos del Salado 5. Mount Fuji 6. Mount Tambora 7. Indonesia 8. Mount Erebus 9. Iceland 10. Japan 11. Hawaii 12. Italy 13. Philippines 14. BalochistanExercise 10: Largest Forests and Their Locations1. South America 2. Central Africa 3. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia 4. Chile and Argentina5. Eastern United States 6. Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay 7. Indonesia and Malaysia 8. Northern Hemisphere 9. Alaska, USA 10. NicaraguaExercise 11: Superlatives1. Mount Everest 2. Mount Elbrus 3. Denali 4. Aconcagua 5. Mount Kosciuszko 6. Mount Vinson7. Sahara Desert 8. Nile River 9. Yangtze River 10. Missouri River 11. Amazon River 12. Volga River 13. Murray River 14. Onyx River 15. Arabian Desert 16. Sahara Desert 17. Atacama Desert 18. Chihuahuan Desert 19. Oltenian Sahara 20. Great Victoria DesertExercise 12: Largest in the World 1. King Abdul Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia)2. Blue Whale 3. Hudson Bay, Canada 4. Ostrich 5. Cathedral Church of New York6. Ohlsdorf Cemetery (Hamburg, Germany) 7. Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Rome 8. Asia 9. Sundarbans (India) 10. Sahara, North Africa 11. Grand Coulee Dam, USA 12. Gulf of Mexico 13. Excalibur Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) 14. Greenland 15. Caspian Sea 16. United States Library of Congress, Washington 17. Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt) 18. Jama Masjid, Delhi (India) 19. Russia 20. Andes (South America)
114 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key Exercise 13: Highest Waterfalls1. Angel Falls 979 meters Venezuela 2. Olo'upena Falls 900 meters United States3. Yumbilla Falls 896 meters Peru 4. Skorga 875 meters Norway 5. Balåifossen 850 meters Norway 6. Vinnufossen 845 meters Norway 7. Mattenbachfall 840 meters Switzerland 8. Pu'uka'oku Falls 840 meters United States9. James Bruce Falls 840 meters Canada 10. Tres Hermanas Falls 914 meters PeruExercise 14: The Lowest 1. Dead Sea 2. Mariana Trench 3. Pacific Ocean4. Israel and Jordan 5. Death Valley 6. Valdés Peninsula 7. Death Valley 8. Lac Assal 9. Deep Lake 10. Caspian Sea 11. Five 12. Eyre LakeExercise 15: Longest in the World 1. LongGrandCanal ofChina 2. Trans-Siberian Railway 3. Seikan (Japan)4. Nile 5. 21 June 6. Yangtze7. Canada 8. Mammoth Cave 9. Strait of Malacca 10. Yonge Street, Canada 11. Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge 12. Lærdal Tunnel, Norway 13. Gorakhpur (India) 14.St.LawrenceSeaway15. Hirakud Dam, India 16. Andes (South America) 17. The Himalayas 18. Great Wall of China 19. Zhuhai-Macau-Hong KongExercise 16: Facts about Seven Continents 1. Antarctica 2. Antarctica 3. Australia4. Asia 5. Antarctica 6. Asia7. Africa 8. Australia 9. Africa (Nile River)10. Antarctica (Antarctic Desert) 11. Asia (Mount Everest)12. Antarctica 13. South America 14. North America15. Europe 16. AfricaExercise 17: Famous Monuments 1. New York, USA 2. Paris, France 3. Agra, India 4. Rome, Italy 5. London, UK 6. Giza, Egypt 7. China 8. Moscow, Russia 9. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil10. Japan 11. Sydney, Australia 12. Istanbul, Turkey13. Mexico 14. Athens, Greece 15. Peru16. Pisa, Italy 17. Giza, EgyptExercise 18: Famous Grasslands1. Steppe 2. Pustaz 3. Prairie 4. Pampas 5. Veld 6. Downs 7. CanterburyExercise 19: Countries and Major Industries1. Carpets 2. Wool, and meat 3. Machinery
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 115 4. Coffee 5. Copper 6. Silk7. Tobacco 8. Dairy products 9. Rubber and cinchona10. Petroleum 11. Electronics and automobiles12. Mercury 13. Tin and rubber 14. Silver5. Heavy machinery 16. Lead 17. Watches18. Camphor 19. Gold and diamond miningExercise 20: Countries and Their Nicknames1. Albania 2. Chicago 3. Bradford 4. Baghdad5. Afghanistan 6. Bangladesh 7. Pakistan 8. Virginia9. Bab el Mandeb 10. Rome 11. Bangkok, Thailand12. Palestine 13. Africa 14. Somalia 15. Lebanon16. Nigeria 17. Cairo 18. Tibet 19. Iraq 20. SwitzerlandExercise 21: Countries and their Airlines1. Russia 2. Canada 3. France 4. India 5. Pakistan 6. Italy 7. Bangladesh 8. United Kingdom 9. Hong Kong 10. UAE 11. Indonesia 12. Netherlands13. Germany 14. Pakistan 15. Belgium 16. Australia 17. Switzerland 18. AfghanistanExercise 22: Colours of Economy1. Blue Economy 2. Black Economy 3. White Economy 4. Grey Economy 5. Green Economy 6. Yellow Economy7. Gold 8. Red Economy 9. Green10. Red 11. RedExercise 23: International Borderlines 1. i) Oder-Neisse Line 2. b) Durand Line3. k) 39th Parallel North 4. f) Mason-Dixon Line5. k) 39th Parallel North 6. j) 38th Parallel7. f) Mason-Dixon Line 8. e) 40th Parallel North9. l) Tropic of Capricorn 10. b) Durand Line11. g) 17th Parallel 12. c) 49th ParallelExercise 24: National Animals of Different Countries1. Bald Eagle 2. Beaver 3. Bengal Tiger 4. Red Kangaroo 5. Lion 6. Brown Bear7. Giant Panda 8. Japanese Macaque 9. Jaguar10. Rufous Hornero 11. Springbok 12. Jaguar13. Steppe Eagle 14. Gallic Rooster 15. Elephant16. Italian Wolf 17. Golden Eagle 18. Bull19. Markhor 20. Royal Bengal TigerExercise 25: World Famous Sites and Their Location 1. Paris 2. Gate Berlin 3. London 4. New York 5. Rome 6. New York 7. Arizona (USA) 8. Mecca (Saudi Arabia) 9. Moscow (Russia) 10. Pisa (Italy) 11. Djakarta 12. Washington DC
116 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 13. Nanking 14. Lhasa 15. Egypt 16. Yangon 17. Egypt 18. New York 19. JerusalemExercise 26: Tallest Buildings 1. Lotte World Tower (South Korea)2. Ping an Finance Centre (China) 3. China Zun (China)4. Tianjin CTF Finance Centre (China) 5. Burj Khalifa (UAE)6. One World Trade Center (USA) 7. Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower (Saudi Arabia) 8. Shanghai Tower (China)9. Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre (China) 10. Taipei 101 (Taiwan)Exercise 27: Universal Facts1. Music 2. Mathematics 3. Water4. Blood type O Negative 5. Blood type AB 6. Dove7. Heart 8. Red Cross 9. Gravity10. The Magna Carta 11. Yin and Yang 12. String & Relativity theoryExercise 28: UN Organizations and Their Functions1. UNICEF2. WHO (World Health Organization)3. UNESCO4. WFP (World Food Programme)5. UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)6. UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)7. ILO (International Labour Organization)8. UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)9. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)10. IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)11. UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) 12. UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)Exercise 29: International Organizations and Their Headquarters1. Metro Manila, Philippines 2. Cancún, Mexico3. Washington D.C., USA 4. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 5. Shanghai, China 6. Geneva, Switzerland7. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 8. Vienna, Austria9. Brussels, Belgium 10. Beijing, China11. The Hague, Netherlands 12. Jakarta, Indonesia 13. Zurich, Switzerland 14. Kathmandu, Nepal15. Lyon, France 16. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia17. Washington D.C., USA 18. Al Tahrir Sq., Cairo, EgyptExercise 30: Some Superlatives 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Cheetah 3. Sailfish
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 117 4. Shortfin Mako 5. Jakarta 6. Empress Splendor7. North American X-15 8. Lamborghini 9. Shoaib Akhtar10. AB de Villiers 11. Black mamba 12. Frontier13. China 14. Islam 15. BibleExercise 31: Ethnic Tribes 1. Residing in the north-west frontier (Pakistan)2. Living in Central and South Africa3. The Dutch settlers of South Africa4. People living in the southern and eastern frontiers of Russia5. Inhabitants of Greenland and of Arctic regions6. A term used for the people of Belgium 7. Inhabitants of north-west Africa8. People living in Central Asia 9. Living in Kurdistan (Iraq)10. Inhabitants of Hungary 11. Inhabitants of New Zealand12. Mostly found in Africa13. Short people found in the Congo basin in Africa14. Original inhabitants of North America15. Caucasian people of ancient times16. People of South Africa living in certain parts of NatalExercise 32: Quick Quiz1. Africa 2. Greenland and of Arctic regions3. Geneva, Switzerland 4. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund5. Heart 6. Burj Khalifa7. Tibet, China 8. Bull9. Economy related to environmental protection10. Israel11. Japan 12. Antarctica13. Dead Sea 14. South America (Rio Caño Cristales in Colombia)15. 49th Parallel 16. GermanyUnit 7: The UniverseExercise 1: The Earth and the Planets1. m) About 13.8 billion years old 2. a) Galaxies 3. e) Milky Way 4. h) Spiral Galaxy 5. d) Nebula 6. b) Dwarfs7. i) Sunspot 8. n) Nuclear Fusion 9. j) Black Hole10. o) Chandrasekhar Limit 11. g) Solar System 12. c) Pluto13. f) Big Bang Theory 14. k) Hydrogen and Helium15. l) Steady State Theory
118 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key Exercise 2: Planets and Their Nicknames1. Venus -Veiled Planet 2. Mars - Red Planet 3. Jupiter - Giant Planet4. Saturn - Ringed Planet 5. Uranus - Green Planet 6. Neptune -Twin of Uranus7. Pluto - God of Death 8. Moon - Fossil PlanetExercise 3: Planets and Their Heavenly Value1. God of Agriculture 2. God of War 3. Goddess of Love4. God of Death 5. Ruler of Gods 6. God of the Sea7. God of Commerce and SkillExercise 4: Facts about Planets and Satellites1. Jupiter 2. Ganymede 3. Venus 4. Sirius5. Neptune 6. Neptune 7. Jupiter 8. Mercury9. Venus 10. Earth 11. Jupiter 12. Venus13. Venus 14. Mercury 15. Neptune 16. Venus17. Mercury 18. Deimos 19. Venus 20. TitanExercise 5: Planets: Miscellaneous1. iii. Earth 2. i. Venus 3. iii. Venus 4. ii. Venus5. ii. Venus 6. ii. Jupiter 7. iii. Earth 8. ii. Neptune9. i. Mercury 10. i. Jupiter 11. i. Earth 12. ii. UranusExercise 6: Motion of Planets1. Venus 2. June 21 3. December 22 4. Jupiter5. Venus 6. Neptune 7. Jupiter 8. Mercury9. September 22-23 10. March 20-21 11. 88 days Exercise 7: Space Exploration1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Neil Armstrong 3. Russia 4. USA5. Sputnik-1 6. Vostok-1 7. Sputnik-1 8. Apollo-119. Dog 10. V. Tereshkova 11. Luna 10 12. Explorer 113. NASA 14. John Glenn 15. Rehbar-1 16. IndiaExercise 8: Quick Quiz1. Yuri Gagarin 2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration3. March 20-21 4. Uranus 5. June 216. Jupiter 7. Venus 8. Saturn9. Dog 10. Venus 11. Jupiter12. Venus 13. National Aeronautics and Space Administration14. Nuclear FusionUnit 8: Animal and Plant WorldExercise 1: Strange Animals1. Horse 2. Amoeba 3. Fish 4. Snake 5. Zebra 6. Buffalo 7. Thailand 8. Cockroach9. Elephant 10. Frog 11. Rhino 12. Amoeba13. Chameleon 14. Camel 15. GrasshopperExercise 2: Strange Looks of Plants and Animals1. Quaking aspens 2. Star-nosed mole 3. Hedgehog
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 1194. Tardigrades pitcher plant 5. Leaf insect 6. Dragon’s blood tree7. Baobab tree 8. Glass frog 9. Electric eelsExercise 3: Common Flowers 1. p) Cherry blossom 2. m) Snowdrop 3. o) Chrysanthemum4. k) Daisy 5. c) Orchid 6. i) Peony7. b) Geranium 8. j) Crocus 9. e) Bluebell 10. l) Iris 11. a) Daffodil 12. n) Dandelion13. f) Hyacinth 14. h) Water Lily 15. g) Poppy16. d) LilyExercise 4: Common Vegetables 1. b) Eggplant 2. i) Kohlrabi 3. j) Leek4. e) Endive 5. m) Mushroom 6. p) Mustard Greens7. c) Spinach 8. l) Okra 9. n) Asparagus 10. a) Cucumber 11. h) Kale 12. d) Broccoli 13. o) Sweet Potato 14. k) Lettuce 15. g) Jicama16. f) FennelExercise 5: Herbs and Spices1.d) Cardamom 2. g) Curry tree 3.o)Chili powder 4. h) Nutmeg5. p) Black pepper 6. m) Cumin seed 7. a) Turmeric 8. i) Clove 9. j) Sesame 10. b) Saffron 11. f) Cinnamon 12. c) Garlic13. e) Ginger 14. n) Carom seed 15. l) Thyme 16. k) AniseExercise 6: Useful Herbs1. a) Dill 2. k) Onion 3. j) Lavender 4. g) Cinnamon 5. m) Saffron 6. o) Rosemary 7. n) Turmeric 8. l) Peppermint9. c) Chives 10. b) Basil 11. i) Hibiscus 12. e) Aloe vera 13. d) Agrimony 14. p) Marshmallow 15. f) Chia seeds 16. h) EucalyptusExercise 7: Some Rare Trees1. Dragon’s blood tree 2. Cannonball tree 3. Bristlecone pine tree4. Tree of life 5. Bottle tree 6. Boojum tree7. Baobab tree 8. Walking palm tree 9. Quiver tree10. Dragon tree 11. Silk cotton tress 12. Sandbox treeExercise 8: Scientific Names of Vegetables1. Pisum sativum 2. Allium ursium3. Brassica napus (edited) 4. Allium ursium (repeated)5. Allium cepa 6. Brassica rapa var. rapa7. Daucus carota 8. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis9. Raphanus sativus 10. Brassica oleracea capitata11. Apium graveolens 12. Pastinaca sativa13. Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes 14. Spinacia oleracea 15. Beta vulgaris 16. Zea mays17. Brassica oleracea capitata (repeated) 18. Brassica oleracea italica19. Brassica oleracea capitata var. acutifolia
120 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key Exercise 9: Famous Crops1. Jute - Golden Fibre 2. Cotton - White Gold3. Rice - Global Grain 4. Sugarcane - Thirsty Crop 5. Jowar - King of Cereals 6. Wheat - Rabi Crop 7. Brinjal - King of Vegetables 8. Wall Nut - King of Nuts 9. Soybean - Wonder Crop 10. Black Pepper - King of Spices 11. Chickpea - King of Pulses 12. Rabi Crop - Winter Crop 13. Kharif crops - Monsoonal Crop 14. Cocoa - Food of Gods15. Guava - Apple of the Poor 16. Cotton - Silver Fiber17. Banana - Poor Men’s Meat 18. Pulses - Micro-nutrient Loving CropExercise 14: Quick Quiz1. Jute 2. Cocoa 3. Allium cepa4. Daucus carota 5. Banyan Tree 6. Methuselah7. Leaf Insect 8. Faith, Wisdom, and Hope 9. Thailand10. Guava 11. Sensitive Plant 12. CockroachUnit 9: Science and TechnologyExercise 1: Human Body1. Skin 2. Liver 3. 630+ 4. Femur5. Stapes/Stirrup 6. Teeth (Enamel) 7. Stapes Muscle 8. Kidney9. 72 per minute 10. Nerve cell 11. Aorta (2.5 cm) 12. Inferior vena cava 13. Sartorius 14. Liver 15. Masseter (Jaw) 16. 23017. 16-20 per minute18. 120/80 mmHg 19. O+ and A+ 20. AB–Exercise 2: Functions of the Body Systems1. Immune System 2. Muscular System 3. Circulatory System4. Respiratory System 5. Digestive System 6. Nervous System7. Skeletal System 8. Endocrine System 9. Excretory System10. Reproductive System 11. Integumentary System 12. Lymphatic SystemExercise 3: Scientific Instrument and Appliance1. Telescope 2. Audiometer 3. Barometer 4. Calorimeter5. Ammeter 6. Lactometer 7. Manometer 8. Microscope9. Rain gauge 10. Seismograph 11. Stereoscope 12. Stethoscope13. Altimeter 14. Galvanometer 15. HygrometerExercise 4: Deficiencies and Diseases1. Vitamin “A” - Night blindness 2. Vitamin “B1” - Beriberi 3. Vitamin “B2” - Ariboflavinosis 4. Vitamin “B3” - Pellagra5. Vitamin “B5” - Paresthesia 6. Vitamin “B6” - Anemia7. Vitamin “B7” - Less fertility 8. Vitamin “B9” - Megaloblastic anemia9. Vitamin “B12” - Anemia 10. Vitamin “B17” - Cancer 11. Vitamin “C” - Scurvy and swelling of gums12. Vitamin “D” - Rickets and Osteomalacia 13. Vitamin “E” - Dermatitis and enteritis 14. Vitamin “K” - Non-clotting of blood
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 121Exercise 5: Measuring Units1. Metre 2. Second 3. Joule 4. Joule 5. Kilogram 6. Square metre 7. Cubic metre 8. Metre/second 9. Newton or Kilogram 10. Joule 11. Newton 12. Pascal or Newton/metre 13. Hertz 14. Fathom 15. Kelvin 16. Ohm 17. Ampere 18. Kilowatt or watt19. Oersted 20. DecibelExercise 6: Inventors1. Marconi 2. Alexander Graham Bell 3. J.L. Beyerd4. Nicholas Copernicus 5. Galileo Galilei 6. Orthology7. Infrared rays 8. Wheedle test 9. Dmitri Mendeleev10. Henry Cavendish 11. Julius Robert 12. Denis PapinExercise 7: Some Important Discoveries1. WC Roentgen 2. Alexander Flemming 3. Joseph Lister 4. Lan Donald 5. Godfrey Hounsfield 6. Rene Laennee7. Sir Thomas Aelburt 8. Jean-Baptiste Denys 9. William Harvey 10. Scipione Riva-Rocci 11. Robert Kock 12. William Einthoven13. Hans BergerExercise 8: Famous Theories and Proponents1. Albert Einstein 2. Georges Lemaitre 3. Alexander Wendt 4. John V. Neumann 5. Issac Newton 6. Issac Newton 7. Ibne Khaldun 8. Watson 9. Hubble 10. John Dalton 11. Charles Darwin 12. HubbleExercise 9: Quick Quiz1. Georges Lemaitre 2. WC Roentgen 3. Infrared rays4. Joule 5. Candela 6. Rene Laennec 7. Fathom 8. Vitamin B1 9. Masseter (Jaw muscle)10. Liver 11. Barometer 12. Lymphatic SystemUnit 10: Computer TechnologyExercise 1: Pioneers in IT1. Grace Hopper 2. Hedy Lamarr 3. Ada Lovelace 4. Alan Turing 5. James Gosling 6. Brian Kernighan 7. Mark Zuckerberg 8. Richard Stallman 9. Guido van RossumExercise 2: Social Media 1. Sabeer Bhatia, 1996 2. Mark Zuckerberg, 2004 3. Jack Dorsey, 2006 4. Kevin Systrom, 2010 5. Reid Hoffman, 2003 6. Evan Spiegel, 2011 7. Zhang Yiming, 2016 8. Ben Silbermann, 2010 9. Reddit - Steve Huffman, 2005 10. Niklas Zennström,Janus Friis, 2003 11. Jan Koum, 2009 12. Nikolai and Pavel Durov, 2013 13. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, 1998 14. Jawed Karim, 2005
122 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key Exercise 3: History of the Internet1. 1993 2. 1991 3. Tim Berners-Lee 4. ARPANET5. HTTP 6. To support military research 7. Mosaic 8. Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn 9. 1993 10. 199111. 1998 12. 2008 13. John McCarthy14. 1971 by Ray Tomlinson 15. Vint CerfExercise 4: Programming Language1. Guido van Rossum - 1991 2. Brendan Eich - 19953. James Gosling - 1995 4. Dennis Ritchie - 19725. Bjarne Stroustrup - 1983 6. JetBrains - 20117. Ross Ihaka, Robert Gentleman - 1993 8. Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, Ken Thompson - 20099. Martin Odersky - 200310. Rasmus Lerdorf - 199511. Anders Hejlsberg - 2000Exercise 5: Function Keys 1. F1 - Opens Help Menu when pressed with the Windows button 2. F2 - Allows you to Edit the selected folder or file name in WindowsExplorer & Cell 3. F3 - Opens Search Features in Windows Explorer 4. F4 - Alt + F4 Closes window5. F5 - Refreshes Document in Microsoft Word 6. F6 - In Excel, Enables Extend Mode for Arrow keys7. F7 - Spelling and grammar check in Microsoft Word 8. F8 - Exists and Enter Full-Screen Mode in Browsers9. F9 - Opens Save as in Word10. F10 - Opens Menu Bar 11. F11 - Starts slideshow in PowerPoint12. F12 - Goes to the Next Page in a Split Screen in Microsoft WordExercise 6: Memory Units1. 4 bit - 1 nibble 2. 8 bit - 1 byte 3. 1024 B - 1KB (Kilo Byte) 4. 1024 KB - 1MB (Mega Byte)5. 1024 MB - 1GB (Giga Byte) 6. 1024 GB - 1TB (Tera Byte)7. 1024 TB - 1PB (Peta Byte) 8. 1024 PB - 1EB (Exa Byte) 9. 1024 EB - 1ZB (Zeta Byte) 10. 1024 ZB - 1YB (Yota Byte)Exercise 7: Important Full Forms1. WPM - Words per minute2. PPM - Pages per minute3. DPI - Dot per inch4. RPM - Rate per minute (or) revolution per minute5. HDD - Hard Disk Drive6. ODD - Optical Disk Drive7. ROM - Read Only Memory
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 1238. RAM - Random Access Memory9. DDR - Double Data Rate10. VGA - Video Graphics Array11. DVI - Digital Video Interface 12. HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface13. MODEM - Modulator/Demodulator14. UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunication System 15. HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access16. EDGE - Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution17. EVDO - Evolution-Data Optimized 18. KBPS - Kilobit per second19. MBPS - Megabit per second (1024 kbps)Exercise 8: Hand Gestures1. d) Victory 2. f) Rock on 3. g) Hug 4. j) Love5. n) Good luck 6. a) Applause 7. k) Like 8. c) Love you9. b) Hi, Hello! 10. i) Gratitude 11. e) Stop 12. h) Call me13. o) Greet, support 14. m) Raised hand 15. p) Ok hand 16. l) DislikeExercise 9: Quick Quiz1. Ada Lovelace 2. Megabit per second (1024 kbps)3. 1 byte 4. F10 5. Bjarne Stroustrup 6. John McCarthy 7. Jan Koum 8.The first computer programmer9. James Gosling 10. 1024 MB 11. 2005 12. High Definition Multimedia Interface 13. Refreshes Internet browser pages 14. MosaicUnit 11: The World of SportsExercise 1: Famous Sports Organizations1. Football2. Cricket3. ITF (International Tennis Federation)4. FIBA5. Badminton World Federation (BWF)6. International Golf Federation (IGF)7. United World Wrestling (UWW)8. IOC (International Olympic Committee)9. UEFA (Union of European Football Associations)10. IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations)11. WTA (Women’s Tennis Association)Exercise 2: Famous Tournaments1. FIFA World Cup 2. ICC Cricket World Cup3. World Ice Hockey Championship 4. The Masters5. NBA 6. Wimbledon 7. Golf
124 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 8. Hockey 9. Lawn Tennis 10. Table Tennis11. Football 12. FIVB Volleyball World Cup13. Yachting 14. Basketball 15. Badminton16. Ice Hockey 17. F1 World ChampionshipExercise 3: Number of Players1. Badminton - 1 or 2 2. Baseball - 9 3. Basketball - 54. Bridge - 4 5. Carrom - 2 or 4 6. Cricket - 117. Chess - 1 8. Football - 11 9. Rugby Football - 15 10. Kabaddi - 7 11. Hockey - 11 12. Polo - 413. Tennis - 1 or 2 14. Volleyball - 6 15. Water Polo - 7Exercise 4: Kings of Sports1. Dhyan Chand / Wayne Gretzky 2. Roger Federer3. Lin Dan / Lee Chong Wei 4. Babe Ruth5. Tiger Woods 6. Ingemar Stenmark7. Muhammad Ali 8. Sir Donald Bradman / Tendulkar 9. Richie McCaw 10. Eddy Merckx11. Michael Phelps 12. LeBron James / Michael Jordan13. Wayne Gretzky 14. Usain Bolt 15. Jan-Ove Waldner / Ma Long 16. Karch Kiraly17. Michael Schumacher 18. Pelé 19. Tom Brady 20. Khabib NurmagomedovExercise 5: National Games1. Baseball 2. Table Tennis 3. Hockey4. Football (Soccer) 5. Bandy 6. Sumo Wrestling7. Football (Soccer) 8. Football (Soccer) 9. Football (Soccer)10. Football (Soccer) 11. Ice Hockey 12. Australian Rules Football 13. Taek-won-do 14. Charrería 15. Football (Soccer)16. Football (Soccer) 17. Ice Hockey 18. Football (Soccer)19. Badminton 20. VolleyballExercise 6: Trophies in Global Sports1. FIFA World Cup 2. World Series Trophy3. NBA Championship Trophy 4. Wimbledon Trophy5. The Masters Trophy 6. Stanley Cup7. Webb Ellis Cup 8. ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy 9. The Kentucky Derby Trophy 10. Tour de France Trophy11. Formula 1 World Championship Trophy12. World Figure Skating Championships Trophy 13. World Heavyweight Championship Belt14. WWE Championship Belt15. FIVB Volleyball World Championship Trophy16. Olympic Gold Medal17. Indy 500 Trophy18. FIS World Cup Trophy
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 125Exercise 7: Paris Olympics 20241. Paris, France 2. Games Wide Open 3. July 26 – August 114. 32 5. 329 6. 2067. 10,500 8. Every 4 Years 9. Five Rings10. Five Continents 11. Athens, Greece 12. 913. 1900 14. 1924 15. 1960 (Rome)Exercise 8: Quick Quiz 1. France (Paris) 2. Ice Hockey 3. Taek-won-do4. Usain Bolt 5. 15 6. Cricket7. 5 8. Volleyball 9. 199310. Cricket 11. Pelé 12. 1877Unit 12: MiscellaneousExercise 1: Mathematical Symbols 1. (/) Division slash 2. (=) Equal to 3. (≠) Not equal to 4. (:) Ratio 5. (δ) Delta 6. (ω) Omega 7. (α) Alpha 8. (±) Plus or Minus 9. (∞) Infinite10. (∼) Approximate 11. (θ) Theta 12. (≡) Identical to13. ( ) For all 14. (π) Pi 15. (∝) Proportional to16. ( ) Square root 17. (3 ) Cube root 18. ( ) Because19. ( ) Right angle 20. ( ) Perpendicular 21. ( ) Right triangle 22. (||) Parallel to 23. (∂) Partial differential 24. (∫) Integral25. ( ) Union 26. ( ) Intersection 27. (∈) Element of 28. (∑) Summation (sum of) 29. (≈) Almost equal to30. (≅) Approximately equal to 31. (≤) Less than or equal to 32. (≥) Greater than or equal toExercise 2: Mathematical Figures1. 3 Sides 2. 12 sides 3. 6 Sides 4. 5 Sides 5. 8 Sides6. 10 Sides 7. 11 Sides 8. 9 Sides 9. 4 Sides 10. 7 SidesExercise 3: Signs and Symbols1. Medical Aid 2. Revolution 3. Mourning or Protest 4. Suffering from infectious disease 5. Truce6. Family Planning 7. Peace 8. Culture and Civilization9. Direction 10. Love 11. Friendship12. JusticeExercise 4: Colours 1. Blue 2. Yellow 3. Orange 4. Navy 5. Mustard 6. White7. Dark green 8. Red 9. Pink 10. Lime 11. Coral 12. Blue violet13. Grey 14. Indigo 15. Purple 16. Green 17. Aqua 18. Teal 19. Black 20. Brown 21. MaroonExercise 5: Smallest in the World1. Vatican City 2. Mercury 3. Bee Hummingbird4. Australia 5. Arctic Ocean 6. Baltic Sea 7. Wolffia (Watermeal) 8. Fairy Fly (Tinkerbella nana)
126 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 9. Stout Floater (Stygobromus hayi) 10. Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat11. Quarks (fundamental particle in physics) 12. Nanodiamonds 13. SMSS J031300.36-670839.3 14. Segue 2 (smallest known galaxy) 5. Michigan Micro Mote (M3) 16. Circovirus (smallest known virus)Exercise 6: Strange World Records1. Ram Singh Chauhan 2. Brush Walton 3. Jyoti Amge 4. Nilansi Patel 5. Sultan Kösen 6.Jiroemon Kimura (116 years) 7. Tomiko Itooka 8. João Marinho Neto 9. Sarwan Singh 10. Erin Honeycutt 11. Mehmet Özyürek 12. Aurel BacsExercise 7: Verbal Classification 1. beak (wing, fin, and rudder are all parts of an airplane) 2. Slice (core, seeds, and pulp are all parts of an apple. A slice would be apiece taken out of an apple). 3. bay (Apeninsula, island, and cape are all landforms; a bay is a body of water)4. favorable (Fair, just, and equitable are all synonyms meaning impartial. Favorable means expressing approval)5. beautiful (Others imply rarity or uniqueness)6. parallel (Acute, right, and obtuse are geometric terms describing particular angles. Parallel refers to two lines that never intersect) 7. triangle (A circle, oval, and sphere are all circular shapes with no angles.Atriangle is a different kind of shape with angles and three straight sides) 8. pliers (scythe, knife, and saw are all cutting tools. Pliers are tools, butthey are not used for cutting)9. theology (Biology, chemistry, and zoology are all branches of science. Theology is the study of religion)10. instruct Evaluate, assess, and appraise are all synonyms; instruct does not mean the same thing)11. trial (Defendant, prosecutor, and judge are all persons involved in a trial. A trial is not a person)12. aorta (The heart, liver, and stomach are all organs of the body. The aorta is an artery, not an organ) 13. lawyer (The mayor, governor, and senator are all persons elected togovernment offices; the lawyer is not an elected official)14. excite (Flourish, prosper, and thrive are all synonyms; excite does not mean the same thing)15. cushion (Seat, rung, and leg are all parts of a chair. Not all chairs have cushions)Exercise 8: One Word Substitution1. Omniscient 2. Reticent 3. Theist 4. Centenarian5. Philanthropist 6. Insolvent 7. Polyglot 8. Stoic9. Optimist 10. Glutton 11. Catalogue 12. Illegible13. Fatalist 14. Pessimist 15. Fastidious 16. AnonymousExercise 9: Related to Killing1. Mariticide 2. Parricide 3. Genocide 4. Infanticide5. Regicide 6. Homicide 7. Suicide 8. Patricide9. Matricide 10. Fratricide 11. Sororicide 12. UxoricideExercise 10: Mixed Bag1. 15 2. In 37 languages 3. Nepal
Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 127 4. Subscriber Identification Modules 5. 8 minutes 20 seconds6. Umesh Prasad Mainali 7. 48. North Atlantic Treaty Organization 9. The elephant10. 235 11. 30 million kilometersUnit 13: IQ TestExercise 1: IQ Test No. 1 (Number series)1. 272 2. 330 3. 174 4. 438.755. 429 6. 2052 7. 1927 8. 393.759. 13 10. 343 (This doesn’t match any option directly)Exercise 2: IQ Test No. 2 (Number series)1. 37 (Option iv) 2. 35 (Option i) 3. 48 (Option iii)4. 90 (Error in options) 5. 75 (Error in options) 6. 1215 (Option iv)7. 127 (Option iii) 8. 222 (Option ii) 9. 144 (Option i)10. 110 (Option ii) 11. 933 (No match) 12. 23 (Option i)13. 49 (Option ii) 14. 384 (Option iii)Exercise 3: IQ Test No. 3 (Letter series) 1. i. Y 2. ii. I 3. iv. Z 4. iv. X 5. iv. O6. iv. T 7. iv. F 8. iii. X 9. ii. P 10. ii. T 11. i. JR 12. i. NQ 13. i. VW 14. i. ABDGKQExercise 4: IQ Test No. 4 (Letter series) 1. iii. VIJ 2. iii. B2C3D 3. iv. JAI 4. ii. KLMA5. iii. ISS 6. iv. VE7 7. i. HGF 8. ii. NEO9. iii. IJI 10. iv. PQ3U 11. ii. UAT 12. iii. D2E3FExercise 5: IQ Test No. 5 (Blood relations) 1. Brother 2. Uncle & Nephew 3. Sister4. Niece 5. Grandson 6. Wife7. Sister 8. Niece 9. None of these10. Daughter of Neha’s mother 11. Son 12. SisterExercise 6: IQ Test No. 6 (Image patterns)1. i 2. ii 3. iv 4. iii Exercise 7: IQ Test No. 7 (Puzzle)1. 25 2. 74Exercise 8: IQ Test No. 8 1. 6 (The number in the first circle is arrived at by adding the numbers at thetop i.e. 6 + 3 + 8 = 17. Similarly, 7 + 8 + 9 = 24, and 2 + 3 +1 = 6.)2. 67 (Each number is obtained by adding together the digits of the previous number to the previous number. 67 = 56 + 5+ 6.) 3. 42 (As you go down, double the previous number and subtract 10)4. 91 {47 + 35 (53 reversed)} = 8273 + 18 (81 reversed) = 91Exercise 9: IQ Test No. 91. 49 (Square the values in the segments on the left half, and put the results in the opposite segment on the right) 2. 4 (Working in rows, the central value equals the sum of the squares of theleft and right hand numbers)
128 Mastermind General Knowledge & IQ Answer key 3. 9 (The answer is 4. 4 is the difference between 3 and 7 in this puzzle.)4. 30 (Numbers increase by 7, then 6, 5, 4 and 3)5. 1266. (Each number is the previous number plus the digits in the previous number that are odd. 1266 = 1255 +1 + 5 + 5.)Exercise 10: IQ Test No. 10 (Verbal Analogies)1. iv. direction 2. ii. bear 3. iv. page 4. ii. soup5. i. gallon 6. ii. ignorant 7. i. gloomy 8. ii. musician 9. iii. elastic 10. i. arrogant 11. i. terrified 12. i. decreaseUnit 14: Self testExercise 1: Test Yourself-11. 16th Magh 2. Italy 3. Argentina 4. APJ Abdul Kalam5. Leprosy 6. Oxygen 7. Camel 8. Stapes, Ear bone9. Mauna Loa 10. 29 11. Vatican City 12. France13. 212°F 14. Amelia EarhartExercise 2: Test Yourself-2 1. 2 2. 12 edges 3. 1 4. 3600 seconds5. Perimeter 6. Variable 7. Only 1 8. None of the above9. Cuboid 10. Aryabhatta 11. Decagon 12. Pentadecagon13. 360 14. 1, 2 and 3Exercise 3: Test Yourself-3 (Numbers edited from 11-15) 1. White 2. Pradeep Kumar Rai 3. Six players 4. Light5. Wireless Fidelity 6. 24 7. Platypus 8. Sputnik 19. Curling 10. 1896 11. Raft/Waddle 12. Coca-Cola13. Vitamin C 14. Gamma rays 15. United StatesExercise 4: Test Yourself-4 1. Your name 2. A nut 3. Tomorrow 4. A piano5. An exam 6. An egg 7. Your breath 8. A sponge9. A bottle 10. The ball stays red 11. A river12. A bottle 13. A mapExercise 5: Test Yourself-5 1. ii. rover : wanderlust 2. ii. satire : anger3. ii. devotion : reverence 4. iii. accountant : meticulous5. ii. mason : stone 6. ii. elation : jubilance7. iii. jingle : commercial 8. iii. cautious : emotional9. iii. analogy : comparison 10. i. dream : fantasy11. iii. ephemeral : immortal 12. ii. independence : autonomy