This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Founded of Boys Scout and Civil Guide was A) Robert Montgomery. B) Baden Powell. C) Charles Andrews. D) Richard Temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baden Powell. 2. Small amounts of iodine are necessary in our diet to A) Stimulate pituitary gland. B) Stimulate clotting of blood. C) Compensate for underactive the thyroid gland. D) Prevent pellagra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compensate for underactive the thyroid gland. 3. Which of the following acts as a resistance against in the body? A) Red corpuscles. B) Vitamins. C) White corpuscles. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White corpuscles. 4. Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying drinking water, because A) It dissolves the impurities of water. B) It is an oxidising agent. C) It is a reducing agent. D) It is a sterilising agent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is an oxidising agent. 5. When and where athletics introduced in the Olympics? A) 1900 at Paris. B) 1896 at Athens. C) 1995 at Athens. D) 1992 at Barcelona. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1896 at Athens. 6. Entomology is the science that studies A) Insects. B) Behavior of human beings. C) The formation of rocks. D) The origin and history of technical and scientific terms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insects. 7. The number of already named bones in the human skeleton is A) 212. B) 206. C) 200. D) 218. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 8. Satellite launching station is located at A) Salem (Tamilnadu). B) Warangal (Andhra Pradesh). C) Sriharikotta (Andhra Pradesh). D) Solapur (Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sriharikotta (Andhra Pradesh). 9. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for Peace in A) 1954. B) 1979. C) 1988. D) 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1979. 10. The term butterfly is associated with A) Boxing. B) Swimming. C) Kabaddi. D) Wrestling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming. 11. First human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky, was conducted in A) 1968. B) 1967. C) 1922. D) 1958. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1967. 12. The first English Newspaper in India was started by A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Dadabhai Noroji. C) Lord William Bentinck. D) JA Hickey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) JA Hickey. 13. Which of the following metals remain in liquid for under normal conditions? A) Zinc. B) Mercury. C) Uranium. D) Radium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury. 14. Red Cross was founded by A) Trygve Lie. B) Badel Powell. C) J.H.Durant. D) Cursetji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) J.H.Durant. 15. The name of Ronaldinho is associated with the game of A) Hockey. B) Football. C) Badminton. D) Gymnastics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Football. 16. During World War I Germany was defeated in the Battle of Verdun on the western front and Romania declared war on the eastern front in the year A) 1917 AD. B) 1915 AD. C) 1914 AD. D) 1916 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1916 AD. 17. In which state is Jog falls located A) Kerala. B) Tamil nadu. C) Karnataka. D) Maharastra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karnataka. 18. Which of the following UN agencies has its headquarters at Paris? A) FAO. B) IMO. C) ILO. D) UNESCO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) UNESCO. 19. Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's A) Highest railway station. B) Largest railway station. C) Longest railway station. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Largest railway station. 20. The Election Commission can be removed by A) Home Minister. B) The President. C) The Parliament. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parliament. 21. Pressure cooker cooks rice faster because A) It does not let the heat energy escape easily. B) It always lets the steam escape. C) High pressure crushes the hard covering of rice grains. D) High pressure raises the boiling point of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High pressure raises the boiling point of water. 22. When a moving bus stops suddenly, the passenger are pushed forward because of th A) Inertia of the bus. B) Friction between the passengers and the earth. C) Between the earth and the bus. D) Inertia of the passengers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inertia of the passengers. 23. Geeta Chandran is well known as a / an A) Bharatnatyam dancer. B) Classical Carnatic Vocalist. C) Exponent of Violin. D) Film Director. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bharatnatyam dancer. 24. Obsidian, Andesite, Gabbro and Perodite are A) Intrusive rocks. B) Sedimentary rocks. C) Extrusive rocks. D) Metamorphic rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrusive rocks. 25. Numismatics is the study of A) Numbers. B) Coins. C) Stamps. D) Space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coins. 26. After independence, the first state organized on the basis of language age is A) Punjab. B) Gujarat. C) Karnataka. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andhra Pradesh. 27. Malfunctioning of which of the following organs causes jaundice? A) Pancreas. B) Liver. C) Stomach. D) Kidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liver. 28. For galvanizing iron which of the following metals is used? A) Zinc. B) Lead. C) Copper. D) Aluminium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zinc. 29. The Lok Sabha is also known as A) Council of states. B) The Upper House. C) Parliament. D) The House of the People. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The House of the People. 30. Who is the chairman of GST Council? A) Prime Minister. B) Finance Minister. C) Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog. D) Finance Secretary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finance Minister. 31. Production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) gas which is proposed to be banned in India, is used in which of the following domestic products? A) Cooking gas. B) Television. C) Tube light. D) Refrigerator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrigerator. 32. When did China exploded first atomic device? A) 1964. B) 1965. C) 1962. D) 1963. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1964. 33. Where did the three leaders, F.D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, meet in 1943 and agreed on the need for maintaining international peace? A) San Francisco. B) Moscow. C) Teheran. D) Washington D.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teheran. 34. Which of the following is used in pencils? A) Silicon. B) Graphite. C) Phosphorous. D) Charcoal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graphite. 35. Who among the following is the winner of Miss World 2016? A) Mireia Lalaguna. B) Natasha Mannuela. C) Stephanie del Valle Diaz. D) Yaritza Miguelina Reyes Ramirez. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stephanie del Valle Diaz. 36. 'Pratyusha Banerjee' who was recently found dead (April 2016) in her home in Mumbai, was a A) Socail Activist. B) TV Artist. C) RTI Activist. D) Classical Singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TV Artist. 37. Frederick Sanger is a twice recipient of the Nobel Prize for A) Physics in 1956 and 1972. B) Chemistry in 1958 and 1980. C) Chemistry in 1954 and Peace in 1962. D) Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemistry in 1958 and 1980. 38. On August 1, 2003, the total strength of India's armed forces approximate to A) 1,32,000. B) 10,92,000. C) 71,500. D) 13,92,000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13,92,000. 39. Which of the following is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors? A) Heavy water. B) Liquid Sodium. C) Graphite. D) Cadmium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquid Sodium. 40. To which country does the present UN Secretary-General belongs? A) Sweden. B) Ghana. C) Spain. D) South Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Korea. 41. What is the time difference between India standard Time and Greenwich Meridian? A) 4 1/2 hours. B) 5 1/2 hours. C) 7 1/2 hours. D) 6 1/2 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 1/2 hours. 42. Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of A) Tamil nadu. B) Andhra Pradesh. C) Kerala. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 43. What is the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli? A) Dispur. B) Silvassa. C) Daman. D) Shilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silvassa. 44. The frequency of which of the following is the highest? A) Gamma rays. B) Radio waves. C) Micro waves. D) Light waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gamma rays. 45. The prize winning title of Arundhati Roy for Booker's Prize in 1997 was A) The God of Small Things. B) Amsterdam. C) Last Orders. D) Disgrace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The God of Small Things. 46. What is the population density of Manipur? A) 307/sq. km. B) 207/sq. km. C) 107/sq. km. D) 407/sq. km. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 107/sq. km. 47. Vitamin B12 is most useful for combating A) Night blindness. B) Goitre. C) Rickets. D) Anemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anemia. 48. National Defence Academy is situated at A) Wellington. B) New Delhi. C) Khadakvasla. D) Dehradun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khadakvasla. 49. Which city is called the "City of Nawabs" ? A) Agra. B) Bhopal. C) Delhi. D) Lucknow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lucknow. 50. The clear sky looks blue because A) Diffraction of light. B) Reflection of light. C) Dispersion of light. D) Refraction of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dispersion of light. 51. During the first crusade, crusaders reached Jerusalem and captured it in A) 1200 AD. B) 1099 AD. C) 1000 AD. D) 1515 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1099 AD. 52. Kancheepuram was once the capital of A) Pandiyas. B) Pallavas. C) Cholas. D) Cheras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pallavas. 53. Which continent is known as Dark Continent? A) Asia. B) Australia. C) Africa. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Africa. 54. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by A) R.C. Mazumdar. B) S.N. Sen. C) V.D. Savakar. D) G. Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) V.D. Savakar. 55. Where is the sports stadium, Green Park, located? A) Jamshedpur. B) Kanpur. C) Cuttack. D) Patiala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kanpur. 56. The term which denotes that each side has made equal point at game point, in Tennis, is referred to as A) Fault. B) Baseline. C) Deuce. D) Grand slam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deuce. 57. The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India is A) Dr. Venugopal. B) Dr. R. Valiathan. C) Dr.PKK Ayyangar. D) Dr. R. Kesavan Nair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. Venugopal. 58. Oxford university was founded in A) 1163 AD. B) 1139 AD. C) 215 BC. D) 55 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1163 AD. 59. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in A) 1857. B) 1900. C) 1858. D) 1909. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1857. 60. Which crop is sown on the largest area in India? A) Maize. B) Wheat. C) Sugarcane. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rice. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesBasic General Knowledge Quiz 1Basic General Knowledge Quiz 2Basic General Knowledge Quiz 3Basic General Knowledge Quiz 4Basic General Knowledge Quiz 5Basic General Knowledge Quiz 6Basic General Knowledge Quiz 8Basic General Knowledge Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books