Annual Exam Booster Test 1

One who has lost both his parents is usually termed an / a ____________

The two men you see hiding behind the rock are:

• Watson & Sherlock

• Sherlock Holmes & Mortimer

• Holmes & Lestrade

• Watson & Lestrade

Choose the right reason for the Assertion: 'Sherlock Holmes exposed Sir Henry to great fright and attack by the hound by urging him to walk across the moor at night'.

• The hound had to be given a chance to kill him.

• Holmes was an accomplice in the crime of Stapleton.

• Holmes didn't expect the fog.

• The guns of Holmes and Watson did not fire on time.

It was by the usage of ___________ that the hound was made diabolical in appearance.

• Sodium

• Potassium

• Radium

• Phosphorus

The plural form of 'cactus' is:

• cactus

• cacti

• cactuses

Why did Stapleton scheme to kill Sir Henry?

• He wanted to inherit his paternal property

• Sir Henry was a cruel baronet who expelled his father

• He was forced to kill Sir Henry by the supernatural hound

• He was playing pranks on Sir Henry just to scare him

Identify the two famous personalities in this image captured during the 2006 PADMA awards ceremony.

• Dr Kalam and Dr Sudha Murthy

• Dr Kalam and Triveni, the Kannada Writer

• Dr Kalam and Krishtakka

Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character created by:

• Gerald Durrell

• Rudyard Kipling

• Conan Doyle

• Henry Derozio

______ is the official process to discover the cause of someone's death.

• Legend

• Inquest

• Sinister

• Unearthing

• Finesse

Name the deceased baronet in the play: The Hound of the Baskervilles.

• Sir Henry Baskerville

• Hugo Baskerville

• Sir Charles Baskerville

• Stapleton Baskerville