Basic General Knowledge MCQs

Question 1

For purifying drinking water alum is used

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for coagulation of mud particles

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to remove gases

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to kill bacteria

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to remove salts

Question 2

Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in

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1958 in Tokyo

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1966 in Bangkok

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1962 in Jakarta

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1970 in Bangkok

Question 3

ESCAP stands for

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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific

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European Society Council for Africa and Pacific

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Economic and Social Commission for Africa and Pacific

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None of the above

Question 4

Firdausi was

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Both option A and B

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a poet

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well known for his epic 'Shahnama'

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None of the above

Question 5

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at

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Darjeeling

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Dispur

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Marmago

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Dehradun

Question 6

Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was

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All of the above

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a German Physicist

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devised temperature scale

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developed the mercury thermometer in 1714

Question 7

During the first crusade, crusaders reached Jerusalem and captured it in

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1099 AD

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1000 AD

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1200 AD

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1515 AD

Question 8

Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for

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Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962

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Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962

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Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

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Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962

Question 9

Free market is

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market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand

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a condition in the international market where nations do not impose customs duty or other taxes on import of goods

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ports that are exempted from payment of customs duty on articles of commerce, primarily to encourage tourism

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None of the above