Tuesday 13 October 2015

Quiz on Sobriquets

Quiz on Sobriquets

Quiz on Sobriquets

A sobriquet is a nickname often more popular than the real name of a person or place or thing. It is usually a familiar name not a pseudonym.

Test your knowledge how many Sobriquets do you know?


Q1: Name the Indian political leader who is also popularly called 'Loknayak'?

(a) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(b) Jayprakash Narayn
(c) Atal Bihari Bajpai
(d) Vallabh Bhai Patel


Q2: Who is also known as Frontier Gandhi?

(a) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(b) Feroz Gandhi
(c) Abdul Gaffar Khan
(d) C R Das


Q3: Who is popularly called Iron Lady?

(a) Margaret Thatcher
(b) Madonna
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Lady Gaga


Q4: Who is also called as Grand Old Man of India?

(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) Subhash Chander Bose
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Dada Bhai Naroji


Q5: Who is often called as the king of Rock n Roll?

(a) Michael Jackson
(b) Bruce Springsteen
(c) Elvis Presley
(d) George Michael




Q6: Which place is famous as City of Golden Gate?

(a) New York
(b) San Francisco
(c) London
(d) Paris


Q7: Which nation is popularly called as Land of Maple?

(a) USA
(b) Nepal
(c) Scotland
(d) Canada


Q8: Which city is also famous as City of Diamonds in India?

(a) Surat
(b) Ujjain
(c) Jaipur
(d) Kolar


Q9: Which place is popularly called as Land of White Elephants?

(a) Bhutan
(b) Thailand
(c) Myanmar
(d) Nepal


Q10: Which  place is also known as Garden City of India?

(a) Sri Nagar
(b) Kolkata
(c) Pune
(d) Bangaluru


Answer:
1: (b) Jayprakash Narayn
2: (c) Abdul Gaffar Khan
3: (a) Margaret Thatcher
4: (d) Dada Bhai Naroji
5: (c) Elvis Presley
6: (b) San Francisco
7: (d) Canada
8: (a) Surat
9: (b) Thailand
10: (d) Bangaluru

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