Basic General Knowledge MCQs

Question 1

Which country hosted the first Asian Games?

Accepted Answer

India

Answer

Indonesia

Answer

Iran

Answer

Malaysia

Question 2

Which Indian satellite had a main function to perform X-ray experiments in space and send back data to earth?

Accepted Answer

Aryabhatta

Answer

Bhaskara II

Answer

Bhaskara IL

Answer

None of the above

Question 3

Which is the language used in Bihar?

Accepted Answer

Hindi

Answer

Marathi and English

Answer

Urdu

Answer

Bangla

Question 4

Which is India's largest library with a collection of over 190 million volumes of reading and information material?

Accepted Answer

National Library

Answer

National Book Trust

Answer

National Educational Resource Centre

Answer

None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following UN agencies has its headquarters at Paris?

Accepted Answer

UNESCO

Answer

ILO

Answer

FAO

Answer

IMO

Question 6

Which amongst the following has the lowest metabolic rate of oxygen consumption (mm3/g hour)?

Accepted Answer

Elephant

Answer

Dog

Answer

Horse

Answer

Man

Question 7

Which of the following causes Poliomyelitis?

Accepted Answer

Enterovirus

Answer

Dengue virus

Answer

Mumps virus

Answer

Rhabdovirus

Question 8

Where is the BARC's Research Centre?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata

Answer

Nuclear Research Lab, Kashmir

Answer

High Altitude Research Lab, Gulmarg

Question 9

Zawar (Rajasthan) is famous for

Accepted Answer

zinc mines

Answer

ship manufacturing

Answer

salt

Answer

major port