Basic General Knowledge MCQs

Question 1

The 2012 Olympics Games were held in

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London

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Tokyo

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Beijing

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Sydney

Question 2

Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in

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1991

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1961

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1971

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1981

Question 3

Pan - American Highway, north-west Alaska to Southernmost Chile is the worlds

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longest road

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busiest road

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highest road

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None of the above

Question 4

Raja Rammohan Roy

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All of the above

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was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj

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advocated widow remarriage and woman's education

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was a social reformer who tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage

Question 5

South Indian temples have

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Both A and B

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tall towers with curving sides that taper at the top

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gateway towers shaped like trapezoidal pyramids

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None of the above

Question 6

South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in

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May 1994

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May 1993

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May 1995

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May 1996

Question 7

Recently lead free petrol was introduced in our country because

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they cause less pollution

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they are not needed now as anti-knock agents

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they tower the efficiency of the engine

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to reduce the cost of petrol

Question 8

Rabindranath Tagore receive Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of

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literature

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peace

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physics

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economy

Question 9

People who secretly indulge in anti-national or anti-government activities and help the enemy are called

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Fifth column

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Second column

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Third column

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Fourth column