This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Typhoid is a disease of A) Lungs. B) Liver. C) Stomach. D) Intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intestine. 2. Paleontology is a branch of science that deals with the A) The forms of life as revealed by fossils of animals or plants. B) Formation of new stars. C) Behavior of animals. D) Origin and growth of plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The forms of life as revealed by fossils of animals or plants. 3. ..... is known as the 'Rice Bowl of India" ? A) Odisha. B) Andhra Pradesh. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh. 4. Plorence(Chadwick) is the associated place for which of the following sport? A) Racking Horse. B) Tennis. C) Snooker. D) Skiing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skiing. 5. Which of the following metals was not known to Indus Valley people? A) Copper. B) Bronze. C) Silver. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron. 6. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to A) J.L. Baird. B) Jones Salk. C) Alb E. Sabin. D) J. Perkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jones Salk. 7. The trophy know by the name of Grand Prix is associated with A) Table tennis, lawn tennis and shooting. B) Table tennis and lawn tennis. C) Table tennis. D) Lawn tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Table tennis, lawn tennis and shooting. 8. Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the A) Force of adhesion. B) Force of friction. C) Centrifugal force. D) Force of cohesion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Force of cohesion. 9. Modern Indo-Aryan languages are based on an ancient language called A) Tamil. B) Sanskrit. C) Kannada. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 10. K.S. Ranjit Singhji was A) First Indian test cricketer. B) First Air Marshal. C) First Bar-at-law. D) First Field Marshal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Indian test cricketer. 11. The proposed date of implementing GST is A) June 1, 2017. B) December 1, 2016. C) April 1, 2017. D) May 1, 2017. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 1, 2017. 12. Which is the place of worship for Judoists? A) Monastery. B) First temple. C) No church or temple. D) Synagogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synagogue. 13. The air we inhale is mixture of gases. Which of the following gases in the mixture is highest in percentage? A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Ozone. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen. 14. The branch of science that studies cells is called A) Cytology. B) Hormonology. C) Entomology. D) Homoplasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cytology. 15. What is the theme of the 2016 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM)? A) Swachh Bharat. B) Child Education. C) Nirmal Ganga. D) Women Empowerment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women Empowerment. 16. The 2005 Australian Open Tennis Championship titles for men's and women's singles were won, respectively by A) Marat Safin and Serena Williams. B) Andre Agassi and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. C) Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams. D) Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marat Safin and Serena Williams. 17. Radio Carbon Dating is use to estimate the age of A) Fossils. B) Monuments. C) Soil. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossils. 18. What is Operation Flood? A) A scheme to control flood. B) A scheme for distribution of water for irrigation. C) A mission programme of production and distribution of milk. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mission programme of production and distribution of milk. 19. NREGA was renamed 'MNREGA' on A) February 2, 2008. B) October 2, 2007. C) October 2, 2010. D) October 2, 2009. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) October 2, 2009. 20. The first field Marshal of India was A) Sunder Ji. B) KM Cariappa. C) SHFJ Maneksaw. D) A Vaidya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SHFJ Maneksaw. 21. The last or 13th NAM (Non-aligned Movement) conference was held on A) September 2000 at Jakarta (Indonesia). B) September 2002 at Durban. C) September 2001 at Cartagene. D) September 2003 at Kuala Lumper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) September 2003 at Kuala Lumper. 22. Dr. Urjit Patel has been appointed the new Governor of RBI. He is ------------ Govornor of RBI. A) 24th. B) 26th. C) 23rd. D) 25th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24th. 23. Pakistan left the Commonwealth in 1972, but rejoined as 49th member of the Commonwealth in A) 1991. B) 1997. C) 2000. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1991. 24. Which of the following is not a feature of Indian Foreign Policy? A) Non alignment. B) Panchsheel. C) Opposition to United Nations. D) Opposition to Imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opposition to United Nations. 25. When did Ashoka became emperor of India? A) 264 BC. B) 336 BC. C) 279 BC. D) 375 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 264 BC. 26. Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in A) 1970 in Bangkok. B) 1958 in Tokyo. C) 1966 in Bangkok. D) 1962 in Jakarta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1958 in Tokyo. 27. The rapidly growing mass of phytoplankton covering the surface water of a lake or pound is known as A) Water pollution. B) Water bloom. C) Water hyacinth. D) Eutrophication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eutrophication. 28. When was Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism born in Media(Iran)? A) 2000 BC. B) 1075 BC. C) 660 BC. D) 740 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 660 BC. 29. When was Prophet Mohamed, the founder of Islam, born? A) 420 AD. B) 1138 AD. C) 570 AD. D) 868 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 570 AD. 30. Of the blood groups A, B, AB and O, which one is transfused into a person whose blood group is A? A) Group A only. B) Group B only. C) Group A and O. D) Group AB only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Group A and O. 31. The significance of the lotus symbol is A) Peace. B) Culture and civilisation. C) Justice. D) Sign of mourning, in protest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Culture and civilisation. 32. The largest ocean in the world is A) The Atlantic Ocean. B) The Pacific Ocean. C) The Indian Ocean. D) The Antarctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pacific Ocean. 33. Guwahati High Court is the judicature of A) Nagaland. B) All of the above. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the above. 34. Where Christmas festival is celebrated in summer? A) France. B) Australia. C) U.S.A. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia. 35. The first Indian and Asian to receive the Noble Prize in Physics was A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Mother Teresa. C) S. Chandrasekha. D) C.V. Raman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C.V. Raman. 36. The National Game of India is A) Football. B) Tennis. C) Hockey. D) Cricket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hockey. 37. G-15 is an economic grouping of A) Fourth World Nations. B) Second World Nations. C) Third World Nations. D) First World Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third World Nations. 38. What is the normal red blood count per cubic mm? A) 5 million red blood cells. B) 3 million red blood cells. C) 4 million red blood cells. D) 2 million red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 million red blood cells. 39. The country's first indigenously built missile boat was A) INS Vibhuti. B) INS Vipul. C) INS Savitri. D) INS Shakti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INS Vibhuti. 40. The drug produced through bio-technology for cancer treatment is A) H.G.H. B) Interferon. C) Insulin. D) T.S.H. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interferon. 41. Richter scale is used for measuring A) Intensity of earthquakes. B) Density of liquid. C) Humidity of air. D) Velocity of wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensity of earthquakes. 42. UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) was established in A) 1919. B) 1946. C) 1945. D) 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1946. 43. For seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine under water, the instrument used is A) Periscope. B) Telescope. C) Kaleidoscope. D) Spectroscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periscope. 44. Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on A) June 18. B) May 8. C) June 8. D) May 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May 8. 45. Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of A) Europe. B) Australia. C) Asia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 46. The credit of inventing the television goes to A) Baird. B) Marconi. C) Edison. D) Faraday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baird. 47. Which of the following does not contain a coinage metal? A) Copper and Gold. B) Copper and Silver. C) Silver and Gold. D) Zinc and Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zinc and Gold. 48. Major Somnath Sharma who was honoured with Paramveer Chakra posthumously in 1947 belonged to A) Dogra Regiment. B) Kumaon Regiment. C) Gorkha Rifle. D) Garhwal Rifle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kumaon Regiment. 49. The total number of Judges of the International Court of Justice is A) 15. B) 18. C) 12. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15. 50. Under article 61 of the UN Charter, the membership of the Economic and Social Council was which of the following years from 27 to 54? A) 1973. B) 1983. C) 1963. D) 1978. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1973. 51. The Indian Air Force celebrated its Golden Jubilee in A) 1992. B) 1972. C) 1962. D) 1982. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1982. 52. The Zika virus is spread by A) Pigs. B) Birds. C) Goats. D) Mosquitoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mosquitoes. 53. Panipat is modern name A) Kurukshetra. B) Faridabad. C) Delhi. D) Sonepat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kurukshetra. 54. Which country's Parliament became first in the world to run fully on solar energy? A) France. B) Germany. C) Pakistan. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pakistan. 55. In which of the following states in English the Official Language? A) Orissa. B) Kerala. C) Nagaland. D) Tripura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nagaland. 56. Which of the following is the lightest metal? A) Lead. B) Silver. C) Mercury. D) Lithium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithium. 57. The largest airport in the world is A) King Khalid International Airport. B) Cochin International Airport. C) Palam Airport. D) Indira Gandhi International Airport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Khalid International Airport. 58. Which of the following wild life sanctuaries is in Assam? A) Periyar. B) Dudwa. C) Sunderban. D) Manas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manas. 59. Which gas is used for the preparation of Soda water A) Ammonia. B) Hydrogen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 60. First University in India was founded at A) Delhi. B) Calcutta. C) Bombay. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcutta. Next →Related QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesBasic General Knowledge Quiz 2Basic General Knowledge Quiz 3Basic General Knowledge Quiz 4Basic General Knowledge Quiz 5Basic General Knowledge Quiz 6Basic General Knowledge Quiz 7Basic General Knowledge Quiz 8Basic General Knowledge Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books