This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The World Largest desert is A) Sonoran. B) Sahara. C) Kalahari. D) Thar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sahara. 2. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow? A) Abstention from stealing. B) Non-injury. C) Non-attachment. D) Brahmacharya or continence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstention from stealing. 3. The largest Island in the Indian Ocean is A) Madagascar. B) Sumatra. C) Sri Lanka. D) Maldives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madagascar. 4. Gravity setting chambers are used in industries to remove A) Suspended particulate matter. B) CO. C) SOx. D) NOx. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspended particulate matter. 5. Where was the headquarters of European Union located? A) Brussels. B) Rome. C) London. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brussels. 6. The deepest lake in thw world is A) Lake Superior. B) Victoria Nyanza. C) Baikal Lake. D) Wular Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lake Superior. 7. Which is the highest literary award of the world? A) Magsaysay Award. B) Pulitzer Prize. C) Booker Prize. D) Nobel Prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Booker Prize. 8. The state which has the largest number of sugar mills in India is A) Haryana. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Bihar. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh. 9. The Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin was A) Albert Einstein. B) Alexander Fleming. C) Aryabhatta. D) Archimeder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexander Fleming. 10. The number of permanent members of the UN Security Council is A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 11. The number of chromosomes in human body is A) 44. B) 46. C) 42. D) 48. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 46. 12. Chlorophyll is a naturally occurring chelate compound in which central metal is A) Iron. B) Calcium. C) Magnesium. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnesium. 13. The red blood cells are in the A) Liver. B) Heart. C) Bone marrow. D) Lymph nodes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow. 14. Filaria is caused by A) Bacteria. B) Virus. C) Mosquito. D) Protozoa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mosquito. 15. The Pilotless target aircraft, fabricated at the Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore, is A) Nishant. B) Lakshya. C) Arjun. D) Cheetah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lakshya. 16. Of the following foods, which one is the best source of protein? A) Butter. B) Fish. C) Lettuce. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fish. 17. First China War was fought between A) China and France. B) China and Egypt. C) China and Greek. D) China and Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China and Britain. 18. The deciduous trees will A) Synthesise their own food. B) Not lose their leaves. C) Depend on others for their food. D) Shed their leaves every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shed their leaves every year. 19. India's first Technicolor film ..... in the early 1950s was produced by ..... A) 'Mirza Ghalib', Munshi Premchand. B) 'Mirza Ghalib', Sohrab Modi. C) 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sir Syed Ahmed. D) 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi. 20. Fastest shorthand writer was A) Khudada Khan. B) J.R.D. Tata. C) J.M. Tagore. D) Dr. G. D. Bist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. G. D. Bist. 21. Which of the following is not an isotope of hydrogen? A) Deuterium. B) Protium. C) Yttrium. D) Tritium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yttrium. 22. Deficiency of Iron leads to A) Anaemia. B) Rickets. C) Dental Cavity. D) Malaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaemia. 23. The first NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) conference was held at A) Lusaka (Zambia). B) Belgrade (Yugoslavia). C) Caire (Egypt). D) Algeria (Algeria). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belgrade (Yugoslavia). 24. Who will be honoured with the 2016 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award? A) Amjad Ali Khan. B) Muzaffar Ali. C) Shubha Mudgal. D) Wahiduddin Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shubha Mudgal. 25. Study of life in outer space is known as A) Endbiology. B) Exobiology. C) Neobiology. D) Enterbiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exobiology. 26. The Infantry school (Army) is situated at A) Bareilly. B) Deolali. C) Pune. D) Mhow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mhow. 27. Who among the following was the first lady Prime Minister in the World? A) Shirimavo Bhandaranaike. B) Mary Eugenia Charles. C) Indira Gandhi. D) Golda Meir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shirimavo Bhandaranaike. 28. Which of the following agencies related to the United Nation was in existence before the Second World War? A) International Labour Organisation. B) Food and Agricultural Organisation. C) International Monetary Fund. D) World Health Organisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) International Labour Organisation. 29. The corresponding Gregorian date of the saka month, Bhadra is A) July 23. B) September 23. C) August 23. D) October 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) August 23. 30. The brighest planet is A) Neptune. B) Mars. C) Mercury. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venus. 31. Mount Everest was captured by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in the year A) 1953. B) 1952. C) 1951. D) 1954. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1953. 32. The historical name of Uttar Kashi is A) Barahat. B) Saumyakashi. C) Shrikshetra. D) Gangotri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barahat. 33. The natural seaport in eastern coast of India is A) Tuticorin. B) Vishakhapatnam. C) Chennai. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vishakhapatnam. 34. What is the duration of football match? A) Two 45 minute period with a reset at half time. B) Two 15 minute period with a reset at half time. C) Two 35 minute period with a reset at half time. D) Two 25 minute period with a reset at half time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two 45 minute period with a reset at half time. 35. Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to A) Restore nitrates to the soil. B) Make the soil more porous. C) Increase the alkalinity of the soil. D) Increase the acidity of the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase the alkalinity of the soil. 36. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first to A) Journey into space. B) Circle the moon. C) Walk in space. D) Step on the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Step on the moon. 37. To consider the large number of agenda items, General Assembly has how many main committees? A) Five. B) Fifteen. C) Seven. D) Nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seven. 38. Radioactivity has applications in A) Medicine. B) Industry. C) Agriculture. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 39. What is the population density of Madhya Pradesh? A) 68/sq. km. B) 196/sq. km. C) 116/sq. km. D) 202/sq. km. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 196/sq. km. 40. The term yavanika meant A) Theatre. B) Dancer. C) Curtain. D) Foreign goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curtain. 41. Which is the language used in Bihar? A) Urdu. B) Bangla. C) Marathi and English. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hindi. 42. Telengana creation as in independent state is primarily the outcome of A) 15th Lok Sabha. B) 13th Lok Sabha. C) 14th Lok Sabha. D) 16th Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15th Lok Sabha. 43. Which of the following names is associated with 'Green Revolution' as its Chief Architect? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Vinoba Bhave. C) M.S. Swaminathan. D) V. Kurien. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M.S. Swaminathan. 44. The bird that can move its upper jaw is A) Parrot. B) Pigeon. C) Vulture. D) Sparrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parrot. 45. The planet nearest to the Sun is A) Mercury. B) Venus. C) Saturn. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury. 46. First International Peace Congress was held in London in A) 1901 AD. B) 1564 AD. C) 1798 AD. D) 1843 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1843 AD. 47. When was Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci? A) 1431 AD. B) 1556 AD. C) 1504 AD. D) 1492 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1504 AD. 48. The treaty which ushered in NATO, was signed by the member nations at A) Geneva. B) Washington. C) Paris. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washington. 49. Socrates was the wisest man of the ancient world and developed the method of enquiry and instruction, belonged to A) France. B) Athens. C) Greece. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athens. 50. Number of commands of Air Force are A) Five. B) Seven. C) Six. D) Eight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seven. 51. India has been divided into how many Seismic Risk Zones? A) 7. B) 3. C) 1. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 52. Sugarcane Research Institute is located at A) Cuttack. B) Coimbatore. C) Madurai. D) Aduthurai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coimbatore. 53. The first meeting of the SAARC was opened in A) Dhaka, Bangladesh. B) Kathmandu, Nepal. C) Bangalore, India. D) Islamabad, Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dhaka, Bangladesh. 54. Rabindranath Tagore is also known as A) Guruji. B) Netaji. C) Gurudev. D) Mahamana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gurudev. 55. P.T. Usha, who came close to bagging a bronze finished fourth in ..... in 1984 Olympics. A) The marathon. B) 800 m final. C) 400 m hurdle. D) 400 m final. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 400 m hurdle. 56. Satyajit Ray received Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts in A) 1966. B) 1963. C) 1965. D) 1967. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1967. 57. Shares with a fixed rate of dividend that entitle their holders to priority payment over those who hold ordinary shares of a company are called A) Bull. B) Shareholder. C) Preference shares. D) Bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preference shares. 58. The Reliance Cup is associated with A) World badminton (women). B) Badminton. C) Cricket. D) Sea plane race (England). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cricket. 59. Thomas Cup is associated with A) Table tennis. B) Lawn tennis. C) Badminton. D) Billiards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Badminton. 60. What is the range of missile 'Akash'? A) 4 km. B) 150 km. C) 25 km. D) 500 m to 9 km. 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