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Noetic MCQ’s
Mentioned below are 25 Multiple-choice Questions. Kindly tick the suitable correct
option.

1. What is the dictionary meaning for the term “Noesis”?

• Unconsciously replace facts with fantasy in one’s memory
• Radically new or original
• The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
• Holding that material phenomena can be known & knowledge of
spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible

2. “Grand Slam” tournaments, also called the Majors are the most important Tennis
events and comprise of the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and
the US Open. Winning these four Majors and a Gold Medal in tennis at the
Summer Olympics has been called a “Golden Slam” since 1988. Andre Agassi is
the only other player to achieve a “Golden Slam”, but Agassi did not do it in one
calendar year, so his is called a “Career Golden Slam”. Who is the only other
player to achieve a Golden Slam?
• Steffi Graff
• Roger Federer
• Martina Navratilova
• Pete Sampras
• John McEnroe

3. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American refused to give up her

bus seat to make room for a white passenger. Four days later, Parks was tried on
charges of disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance and found guilty and
fined $10, plus $4 in court costs. This individual action of civil disobedience
sparked a mutiny. She is also regarded as “the first lady of civil rights”, and “the
mother of the freedom movement”.
Which prominent American activist and Nobel Prize Winner, is credited with the
“Civil Rights” or “Civil Obedience” movement in America?
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Nelson Mandela
• Che Guevara
• Henry David Thoreau

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4. “This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood. The words expressly are, a pound
of flesh. Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh; but, in the cutting it, if
thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood”, is extracted from which of
Shakespeare’s work?
• Hamlet
• Macbeth
• Merchant of Venice
• The Tempest

5. In 1962, during the Cold War, “The Cuban Missile Crisis”, regarded as the
closest the world ever came to Nuclear War; was a confrontation between?
• United States and the Middle East
• United States, United Kingdom and Cuba
• Cuba and the Allied Powers
• Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States

6. The “Water and Diamond Paradox” by Adams Smith, is the apparent

contradiction that, although water is on the whole more useful, in terms of
survival, than diamonds, yet diamonds command a higher price in the market.
Why diamonds are more expensive than water, though water is the essence of life.
This disparity can be better explained by theory?
• Marginal Utility
• Laws of Demand and Supply
• Rational Choice Theory or Choice Theory
• Opportunity Cost

7. The ceiling of the “Sistine Chapel”, located at Apostolic Palace (official

residence of the Pope in Vatican City) is 1720 square meters and took four years
to paint 343 figures from the Bible and classical times. Among the most famous
paintings on the ceiling are the ‘Creation of Adam’, ‘Adam and Eve’ in the
‘Garden of Eden’, ‘the Great Flood’, and ‘the Prophet Isaiah’. Around the
windows are painted the ancestors of Christ. Which artist painted the Sistine
Chapel?
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Claude Monet
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Michelangelo
• Pablo Picasso

8. “My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own
happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his
noblest activity, and reason as the only absolute”, refers to Ayn Rand’s
Philosophy of?
• Realism

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• Altruism
• Objectivism
• Mysticism

9. The capital city of “Iceland”; an European ‘island country’ located in the North
Atlantic Ocean, is?
• Budapest
• Minsk
• Reykjavik
• Helsinki

10. “I have not failed 1000 times, I have successfully discovered 999 ways not to not
make the light bulb, before I learned a way to make one’, was famously quoted by
which Inventor?
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Albert Einstein

11. “What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in
pursuit of the child”, was famously quoted by famous Irish playwright?
• George Bernard Shaw
• George Augustus Moore
• Oscar Wilde
• James Joyce

12. Dégagé”, an Oxford Dictionary word, with the meaning?

• Marked by practical hardhead intelligence
• Summon into action or bring into existence, often by magic
• Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instincts
• Showing lack of emotional involvement

13. The “Nine Worthies” are nine historical, scriptural, mythological or semi-
legendary figures who, in the “Middle Ages”, believed to personify the ideals of
chivalry; and were neatly divided into triads. These men were considered to be
paragons of chivalry within their particular tradition; be it Pagan, Jewish or
Christian. Which one of the following is not one of the “Nine Worthies”?
• Hector
• Alexander the Great
• Julius Caesar
• King Arthur
• Hercules

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14. “The Theory of Evolution” was conceived by?

• Charles Darwin
• Stephen Hawking
• David Attenborough
• Adams Smith

15. The conversion rate of 1 Pound is equivalent to how many kilograms?

• 0.45 kilograms
• 1.25 kilograms
• .85 kilograms
• 1.65 kilograms

16. The following are Intelligence Agency names, except one. Identify the odd one?
• CIA
• MI6
• IRS
• KGB

17. The “Bhagvat Gita”, meaning “Song of God” is the most important Scripture in
History and Philosophy, and regarded as one of the gems of Hindu literature. It is
a dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna, and comprises roughly of 700
verses. The Bhagvat Gita is a part of?
• The Ramayana
• The Upanishads
• The Vedas
• The Mahabharata

18. In Philosophy, “A is A" is the “Law of Identity”, meaning facts are facts, and
existence exists regardless of anyone’s awareness, knowledge or opinion; was
advocated by which famous Philosopher?

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• Plato
• Aristotle
• Socrates
• Karl Marx

19. In Chinese Tradition, it is bad omen to gift someone a watch or a clock because?
• It is perceived as a waste of time?
• It implies that one’s time is running out?
• It’s regarded as a cheap gift?
• It implies that time and tide waits for no one?

20. A group of Whales are referred to as?

• A Bloc of Whales
• A Pod of Whales
• A Congregation of Whales
• A Bunch of Whales

21. The Emblem symbolizes the “La Grande Armée”, an arsenal of 600,000 men, and
lead by which famous warrior from history?
Alexander the Great
Chengiz Khan
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Spartans
• King Arthur

22. An aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer, film director, philanthropist, and
one of the wealthiest man in the world, he is also regarded as one of the most
influential aviators in history. He set multiple world air-speed records, and also
acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines (TWA). He produced movies like-
‘Hell's Angels’, ‘Scarface’ and ‘The Outlaw’. Who is he?
• Charles Augustus Lindbergh
• Richard Branson
• Alberto Santos-Dumont
• Howard Hughes
• Guy Ritchie

23. This famous 15th Century mural painting named “The Last Supper”, representing
the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus when Jesus announces

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that one of his Twelve Apostles would betray him; was painted by which famous
artist?

• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Claude Monet
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Michelangelo
• Pablo Picasso

24. Dante’s “Divine Comedy” (Italian: La Divina Commedia) is an epic poem written
by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered
the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works
of world literature. He is regarded as “the Supreme Poet “ & “Father of the Italian
language”. From which culturally rich Italian city did Dante belong to?
• Tuscany
• Rome
• Florence
• Venice
• Milan

25. “Sushrutha”, one of the earliest surgeons of recorded history (600 B.C.) is
believed to be the first individual to describe Rhinoplasty (Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic
Surgery, and Reconstruction). The detailed description of the Rhinoplasty operation
by Sushrutha is amazingly meticulous, comprehensive and relevant today. The
historic contribution of Sushrutha, the ancient surgeon of India, is recorded in a
treatise called “Sushrutha Samhita” – a unique encyclopedia of surgery and a
text on all of the major concepts of Ayurvedic Medicine. He laid down the basic

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principles for plastic surgery, used by surgeons today; and he is venerated as the
Father of Surgery and Ayurveda.

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