List of countries and parliaments-Legislative assemblies-Quiz

Countries have unique names for their legislative bodies. Some countries have unicameral while some others have bicameral parliaments. Questions on this topic can be expected in Bank, PSC exams and for Quiz, Trivia competitions


Afghanistan - Shora
Andorra - General Council
Albania - Kuvendi
Azerbaijan - Melli Majlis
Algeria - National Popular Assembly
Angola - National Popular Assembly
Argentina - National Congress
Australia - Federal Parliamen
tAustria - National Assembly
Bahamas - General Assembly
Bahrain - Consultative Council
Bangladesh - Jatiya Sangshad
Belize - National Assembly
Bhutan - Tsogdu
Bolivia - National Congress
Brazil - National Congress
Brunei - National Assembly
Botswana - National Assembly
Britain - Parliament (House of Commons & House of Lords)
Bulgaria - National Assembly
Cambodia - National Assembly
Congo Democratic - Rep. of National Legislative Council
Colombia - Congress
Canada - House of Commons and Assembly Senate
China - National People's Congress
Comoros - Legislative Council and Senate
Chile - Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Costa Rica - Legislative Council and Senate
Crotia - Sabor
Cuba - National Assembly of People's Power
Czech Republic - Chamber of - Deputies and Senate
Denmark - Folketing
Dominica - House of Assembly
Ecuador - National Congress
El Salvador - Legislative Assembly
East Timor - Constituent Assembly
Ethiopia - Federal Council and House of Representative
Estonia-Rigikogu
Egypt - People's Assembly
Fiji Islands - Senate & House of Representative
France - National Assembly
Finland - Eduskusta
Germany - Lower House and Upper House
Guyana - National Assembly
Greece - Chamber of Deputies
Hungry - National Assembly
Iceland - Althing
India - Lok sabha&Rajya sabha
Indonesia - People's Consultative
Iran - Majlis
Iraq - National Assembly
Israel - Knesset
Italy - Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Japan - Diet
Jordan - National Assembly
Korea (North) - Supreme People's Assembly
Korea (South) - National Assembly
Kurdistan Region--Kurdistan National Assembly
Kuwait - National Assembly
Latvia-Saiema
Laos - People's Supreme Assembly
Lebanon - National Assembly
Lesotho - National Assembly and Senate
Lithuania - Seimas
Luxembourg - Chamber of Deputies
Libya - General People's Congress
Malaysia - Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara
Maldives - Majlis
Madagascar - National People's Assembly
Mongolia - The Great Khural
Mozambique - National Assembly
Myanmar - People's Assembly
Nepal - Rashtriya Panchayat
Netherlands - The Staten General
New Zealand - Parliament(House of Representatives)
Oman - Manarc
Pakistan - National Assembly & Senate
Paraguay - Senate & Chamber of Deputies
Philippines - The Congress
Papua New Guinea - National Parliament
Poland - Sejm
Romania - Great National As­sembly
Russia - Duma & Federal Council
Samoa-Fono
Senegal - National Assembly
Seychelles - People's AssemblyS
outh Africa - House of Assembly
Spain - Cortes Generales
Sweden - Riksdag
Saudi Arabia - Majlis Al-Shura
Sudan - Majlis Watahi
Switzerland - Federal Assembly
Syria - People's Council
Turkey - Grand National Assembly
USA - Congress
Ukraine--Verhovna Rada
Vietnam - National Assembly
Venezuela - National Congress
Yugoslavia - Federal Assembly
Zambia - National Assembly

Books and Authors Quiz

Books and authors is a topic for every cometitive exam. Be it PSC or Bank exams. Useful for Quizes and Trivias also


Mac Beth--------------------Shakespeare
Odyssey---------------------Homer
Illiod------------------------Homer
Rubayyat-------------------Omar Khayyam
Shakuntalam----------------Kalidasa
Jungle Book-----------------Rudyard Kipling
Count of Monte Cristo-------Alexander Dumas
War and Peace--------------Leo Tolstoy
Communist Manifesto-------Karl Marx
Call of the wild-----------------Jack London
A Tale of Two Cities-----------Charles Dickens
Robinson Crusoe-----------Daniel Defoe
Adventures of Tom Sawyer---Mark Twain
Gulliver's Travels----------Jonathan Swift
Freedom at Midnight-------Larry Collins&Dominic Lappierre
Train to Pakistan----------Khushavant Singh
God of Small things---------Arundhati Roy
Old man and the sea-------Ernest Hemingway
Main kamph---------------Adolf Hitler
Discovery of India---------Jawaharlal Nehru

Cities and Rivers--Major world cities on the river banks Quiz

Rivers are the cradle of human civilization. All major cities around the world were founded on the banks of the rivers. Questions will be asked for Bank, PSC and other competitive exams based on this.


Alexandria-----Nile
Antwerp------Scheldt
Belgrade------Danube
Shanghai -----Hwangpu
Damascus-----Barda
Bangkok------Chao Phraya
HongKong----Pearl
Philadelphia--- Delaware
Madrid -------- Manzanares
Dresden ------- Elbe
Baghdad-------Tigris
Jakarta--------Liwung
Paris----------Seane
Rome---------Tiber
Tokyo--------Sumida
Washington---Potomac
New york-----Hudson
Seoul---------Hann
Saintpetersburg----Neva
Lisbon--------Tagus

Secretariat assistant main exam Kerala PSC old question paper

The Secretariat assistant main exam is scheduled on 11 th October 2008. Over 11,000 candidates will be competing for nearly 1000 posts in Kerala Government viz.Secretariat, PSC, Vigilance, Local fund audit etc. Here I am providing the Questions on General Knowledge that were asked in 2005 main exams. It is expected that the Questions will be mainly from Indian history, Geography, General science and Current affairs

Indian history--40%
Geography ----20%
General Science -10%
Current affairs---30%.

1. Which is the generally accepted theory that describes the end if Indus civilization. ?
2. What are the three great phases of development of Budhism in India?
3. What were the main features of Gupta Administration?
4. What is the significance of the Second Battle of Tarain in Indian History?
5. What is Permanent Settlement act introduced in 1793?
6. What do you know about the rise and fall of Nalanda University?
7. What is Gandhi-Irwin truce?
8. What was Khilafat Movement?
9. Do you find any differences in the approaches of Gokhale and Tilak to British rule?
10. What was the impact of the Partition of Bengal on National Movement?
11. What is Bio-diesel?
12. What is meant by the Decibel (dB)?
13. What is El Nino?
14. What is meant by chromosomes?
15. What is Vitamin K?
16. What do you know about Haritholsavam?
17. What is Kerala Kalamandalam?
18. What is KERAFED?
19. What is MGP?
20. What was the Mopil rebellion?
21. What was Golden Quadrilateral?
22. What is the project Sagarmatha?
23. What is 93rd Constitutional Amendment Bill?
24. What is Valmiki-Ambedkar Awas Yojana?
25. What is Antyodaya Anna Yojana?

Quiz on Gandhiji --- Questions on Gandhiji's life

1.Where was was Gandhiji born?

Ans: Porbandar

2.What was Gandhi's childhood nickname?

Ans:Manu or Moniya

3.What was the name of Gandhi's father?

Ans:Karamchand

4.In his teens Gandhi had a friend who often told him if he ate meat, he would grow stronger. Gandhi also picked up smoking from him for a while. Later Gandhi wrote a letter to his father and apologized. Who was this friend?

Ans: Shiekh Mehtab

5.At what age was Gandhi married?

Ans: Thirteen

6.Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for the purpose of smoking in a letter, promising never to steal in future and asking for adequate punishment. To whom was this letter addressed?

Ans: Father

7.To represent which company's case did Gandhi go to Durban, South Africa in 1893?

Ans:Dada, Abdulla & Co

8.While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push him out bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place

Ans: Maritzburg

9.How many sons did Gandhiji have?

Ans: four

10.On Gandhi's suggestion, which organization was formed in 1894 by the Indian community in South Africa?

Ans: Natal Indian Congress

11. In 1910, Hermann Kallenbach, a white farmer donated his farm near Johannesburg to Gandhi where he established an 'ashram'. What was the name of this 'ashram'?

Ans:Tolstoy Farm

12.Which country Gandhiji visited in October 1901?

Ans: Mauritius

13. Which year Gandhi take the vow of 'brahmacharya' or celibacy for life?

Ans:1906

14.In 1913, Gandhi protested a South African law that had

Ans: Made all non-Christian marriages illegal

15.Which mythological character impressed Gandhiji for life when he saw a play on his life?

Ans: Harischandra

16.In what year did Gandhi leave South Africa for the last time?

Ans: 1914

17.In 1915, Gandhi was awarded a medal which he returned to the Government in 1920 as a gesture of non cooperation towards the British Government. Name the medal.

Ans: Kaiser-i -Hind

18.Who advised Gandhiji to remain as an observer and student in the country for a year before taking part in Indian Politics?

Ans: Gopal Krishna Gokhle

19. Which was the place from where Gandhiji started his recruiting campaign for the War on behalf of the British Government.

Ans: Kheda

20.The book "Unto This Last" greatly captivated and transformed Gandhi. He later translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author?

Ans: John Ruskin

21.Gandhi's autobiography "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English?

Ans:Mahadev Desai

22.Gandhiji's first major struggle in the country was stagged on the soil of Champaran district in Bihar in 1917 in connection with indigo plantation. Who was largely instrumental in persuading Gandhiji to visit Champaran and lead the struggle over there?

Ans: Raj Kumar Shukla

23.In connection with the inauguration of the so-called Rowlatt satyagraha, Gandhiji started a Satyagraha Sabha in

Ans: Bombay

24.At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition?

Ans: Ahmedabad

25. A wave of violent communal riots swept over country in 1924 on account of which Gandhiji felt very much upset and was in great distress, knowing not what to do. The terrible riots that broke out at a particular place led Gandhi to do penance by observing a fast for 21 days. Which was that place?

Ans: Kohat

26.Who commented "Mr Gandhi's religious and moral views are, I believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them in politics."

Ans: Lord Reeding

27.Gandhi first organized mass "non-cooperation" with the British in what year?

Ans:1920

28. Gandhiji withdrew his non-cooperation due to the killing of Police men at which place?

Ans: Chauri Choura

29.In how many days was the 241 mile-journey from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi covered on foot by Gandhi and his volunteers?

Ans:24

30.Who was nominated by Gandhiji to lead the satyagrahais on the Dandi March in the event of his arrest?

Ans:Abbas Tyabji

31. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected President of the Congress in 1938 with Gandhiji's goodwill. He wanted a second term, but Gandhiji did not approve of it. Despite the disapproval, Bose fought the election and won it, defeating the official candidate by over 200 votes. Gandhiji took it as a personal defeat. Identify the candidate.

Ans:Pattabhi Sitaramayya

32. What is the name of the building which served as Gandhi's residence in Mumbai from 1917-1934?

Ans: Mani Bhavan

33.What personal tragedy did Gandhi suffer in 1943?

Ans: His youngest son died

34.After Independence in 1947, Gandhi felt the Congress had outlived its usefulness. To keep it away from unhealthy competition with political parties and communal bodies, Gandhi sketched a draft constitution for the Congress to transform it into a social organization. What was it called?

Ans:Lok Sevak Sangh