Basic General Knowledge MCQs

Question 1

East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of

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Asia

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Europe

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South America

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Africa

Question 2

Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the

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force of cohesion

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centrifugal force

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force of adhesion

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force of friction

Question 3

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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All of the above

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founded the servants of India Society

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served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1907

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started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune

Question 4

GNLF stands for

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Gorkha National Liberation Front

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Gross National Liberation Form

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Both option A and B

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None of the above

Question 5

Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in

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increased height

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weakening of bones

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retarded growth

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None of the above

Question 6

Fa-Hien was

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the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya

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the discoverer of Puerto Rico and Jamaica

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the first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China

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None of the above

Question 7

In which year of First World War Germany declared war on Russia and France?

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1914

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1915

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1916

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1917

Question 8

ICAO stands for

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International Civil Aviation Organization

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Indian Corporation of Agriculture Organization

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Institute of Company of Accounts Organization

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None of the above

Question 9

India's first Technicolor film ____ in the early 1950s was produced by ____

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'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi

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'Mirza Ghalib', Sohrab Modi

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'Mirza Ghalib', Munshi Premchand

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'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sir Syed Ahmed