This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Epsom (England) is the place associated with A) Shooting. B) Polo. C) Snooker. D) Horse racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horse racing. 2. Durand Cup is associated with the game of A) Cricket. B) Hockey. C) Volleyball. D) Football. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Football. 3. The headquarter of OAU (Organization of African Unity) are at A) Washington DC. B) Paris. C) Jakarta, Indonesia. D) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 4. The General Assembly meets regularly A) Once year. B) After every three months. C) Once a month. D) Twice a year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Once year. 5. The Rh factor refers to A) A hormone carried by the blood. B) The ratio of red corpuscles to white corpuscles in the blood. C) A process that speeds up the clothing of blood. D) A protein substance found in the blood of some people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A protein substance found in the blood of some people. 6. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) was established in A) 1973. B) 1958. C) 1988. D) 1964. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1973. 7. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is a well known freedom fighter of A) Myanmar. B) Afghanistan. C) Bangladesh. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bangladesh. 8. Calcutta is situated on the banks of the river A) Hoogly. B) Brahmaputra. C) Krishna. D) Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hoogly. 9. Who among the following was the first chief of the Air Staff? A) H Moolgavkar. B) Sir Gerald Gibbs. C) Sir Thomas Elmhirst. D) Sir Ronald Lvelaw Chapman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir Thomas Elmhirst. 10. What is the measurement of the volleyball court? A) 12 m x 11 m divided into two parts by a net. B) 18 m x 9 m divided into two parts by a net. C) 8 m x 7 m divided into two parts by a net. D) 5 m x 4 m divided into two parts by a net. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18 m x 9 m divided into two parts by a net. 11. Which of the following is a non metal that remains liquid at room temperature? A) Chlorine. B) Bromine. C) Helium. D) Phosphorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bromine. 12. Germany signed the Armistice Treaty on ..... and World War I ended A) May 30, 1918. B) February 15, 1918. C) November 11, 1918. D) January 19, 1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) November 11, 1918. 13. Jharkhand has ..... state on its eastern end. A) Chhattisgarh. B) Bihar. C) West Bengal. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West Bengal. 14. Which one of the following hydroelectric projects does not belong to Tamil Nadu? A) Kundan. B) Aliyar. C) Idukki. D) Periyar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idukki. 15. Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottamthullal are the famous dances of A) Orissa. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Karnataka. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala. 16. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at A) Dispur. B) Marmago. C) Darjeeling. D) Dehradun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Darjeeling. 17. Of the UN Agencies, which one specifically aims at further economic development by encouraging productive private enterprise? A) International Finance Corporation. B) United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. C) International Monetary Fund. D) World Bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) International Finance Corporation. 18. Which of the following was not one of the important port towns of the cholas? A) Kaveripattinam. B) Korkai. C) Mahabalipuram. D) Masula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Masula. 19. The buoyancy depends on A) The depth to which the body is immersed. B) The shape of the body. C) The mass of the body. D) The mass of the liquid displaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mass of the liquid displaced. 20. When was Shakespeare born? A) 1776 AD. B) 1564 AD. C) 1642 AD. D) 1618 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1564 AD. 21. Queensland and Northern Territory A) Australia. B) Afghanistan. C) Belgium. D) East Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australia. 22. The country without income tax is A) Kuwait. B) Singapore. C) Burma. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kuwait. 23. The world smallest country is A) Vatican City. B) Canada. C) Maldives. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vatican City. 24. The Law of Natural Selection is associated with A) Mendel. B) Kepler. C) Darwin. D) Dalton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Darwin. 25. Steel is more elastic than Rubber because A) Its density is high. B) Ratio of stress to strain is less. C) It is a metal. D) Ratio of stress to strain is more. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ratio of stress to strain is more. 26. Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in A) 1971. B) 1961. C) 1981. D) 1991. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1991. 27. The total number of members of UN Security Council is A) 5. B) 20. C) 15. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 28. The two elements that are frequently used for making transistors are A) Boron and aluminium. B) Silicon and germanium. C) Iridium and tungsten. D) Niobium and columbium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silicon and germanium. 29. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at A) Dhar. B) Gulbarga. C) Delhi. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delhi. 30. When is Lal Bahadur Shastri's death anniversary? A) January, 27. B) January, 11. C) January, 20. D) January, 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) January, 11. 31. Which substance is used to retard the setting action of cement? A) CaSO.2HO. B) CaO. C) NaO + KO. D) AlO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CaSO.2HO. 32. The exhaled air contains A) A mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide only. C) A mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which nitrogen has the highest percentage. D) A mixture which has more carbon dioxide than oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which nitrogen has the highest percentage. 33. The 2014 football world cup is scheduled to be held in A) China. B) Japan. C) Brazil. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brazil. 34. Who among the following was the woman Chief Justice of a High Court? A) Rani Jethmalani. B) Sujata Manohar. C) Geete Mukherjee. D) Leila Seth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leila Seth. 35. The crop most susceptible to frost is A) Wheat. B) Cotton. C) Red Gram. D) Black Gram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat. 36. The currency notes are printed in A) Nasik. B) New Delhi. C) Nagpur. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nasik. 37. Which is considered as the biggest port of India? A) Mumbai. B) Cochin. C) Kolkata. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai. 38. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in A) 1919. B) 1920. C) 1918. D) 1917. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1919. 39. The chemical name of Chloroform is A) Trichloromethane. B) Sodium Chloride. C) Sodium Carbonate. D) Sulphuric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trichloromethane. 40. The first attempt in printing was made in England by A) William Caxton. B) James Arkwright. C) Isaac Newton. D) James Watt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Caxton. 41. At which of the following coasts of India is the average sea level measured? A) Vishakhapatnam. B) Cochin. C) Chennai. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumbai. 42. Who among the following was the first Defence Minister of India? A) Maulana Azad. B) N Gopalaswami Ayyangar. C) Sardar Patel. D) KM Cariappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N Gopalaswami Ayyangar. 43. A lunar eclipse occurs when A) The earth comes between the sun and the moon. B) The sun comes between the earth and the moon. C) The moon comes between the sun and the earth. D) The sun, the moon and the earth are not in the same line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The earth comes between the sun and the moon. 44. "Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you. You have made me a better President" , was said by A) APJ Abdul Kalam. B) Pranab Mukherjee. C) Barack Obama. D) George Bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barack Obama. 45. East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of A) Asia. B) Africa. C) South America. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 46. Which among the sources of energy tapped in India has shown the largest growth till the Eighth plan? A) Hydro. B) Gas. C) Thermal. D) Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermal. 47. Rabindranath Tagore receive Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of A) Peace. B) Economy. C) Physics. D) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Literature. 48. What is the literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh? A) 68.59 per cen. B) 54.40 per cent. C) 22.63 per cent. D) 77.13 per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 77.13 per cent. 49. The number of judges is European Court of Human Rights are A) 11. B) 15. C) 21. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21. 50. South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in A) May 1995. B) May 1994. C) May 1993. D) May 1996. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May 1994. 51. When did Margaret Thatcher became the first women Prime Minister of Britain? A) 1800. B) 1998. C) 1989. D) 1979. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1979. 52. Soil acidity is generally corrected by A) Proper irrigation. B) Adding sodium hydroxide. C) Application of fertilizers. D) Liming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liming. 53. The process of revival of learning that swept across Europe in 15th and 16th centuries is called A) Feudalisam. B) Crusade. C) Renaissance. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance. 54. Which metal pollute the air of a big city? A) Cadmium. B) Lead. C) Chromium. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lead. 55. Which one of the following is a landlocked harbour? A) Haldia. B) Ennore. C) Mumbai. D) Vishakhapatnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vishakhapatnam. 56. Shore temple is located at A) Patna. B) Mahabalipuram. C) Calicut. D) Sanapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahabalipuram. 57. What is the S.I. unit of temperature? A) Kelvin. B) Celsius. C) Centigrade. D) Fahrenheit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kelvin. 58. Which Bank has the maximum number of branches? A) ICICI Bank. B) State Bank of Patiala. C) State Bank of India. D) HDFC Bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State Bank of India. 59. The hottest planet in the solar system A) Jupiter. B) Mars. C) Venus. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 60. Select the odd one out A) Euro. B) Riyal. C) Currency. D) Dollar. 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