Basic General Knowledge MCQs

Question 1

The control commend of Army is located at

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Lucknow

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Mhow

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Udaypur

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Kanpur

Question 2

The credit of inventing the television goes to

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Baird

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Edison

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Faraday

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Marconi

Question 3

The first man-made satellite, Sputnik I was launched by the former USSR in

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1957

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1955

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1967

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1970

Question 4

The General Assembly meets every year in regular sessions which begin on

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third Tuesday in September every year

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first Monday in March every year

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fourth Monday in September every year

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Second Tuesday in March every year

Question 5

The chief of the Army staff is assisted by

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both (A) and (B)

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Vice-chief of the Army Staff

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Principal staff officers such as Deputy Chief, Adjutant General, Military Secretary

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None of the above

Question 6

The dance performed by women to invoke rain in Bihar is

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Jata Jatin

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Bihu

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Purbi

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Faguna or Fog

Question 7

The department of Atomic Energy was established in

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1956

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1950

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1964

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1970

Question 8

The exhaled air contains

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a mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which nitrogen has the highest percentage

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carbon dioxide only

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a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen

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a mixture which has more carbon dioxide than oxygen

Question 9

The full-fledged Commonwealth Games were first organized in ____ at ____

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1930; Hamilton in Canada

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1934; London in England

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1932; Sydney in Australia

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1936; Cardiff in UK