This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Typhoid is a disease of A) Liver. B) Lungs. C) Intestine. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Snooker. B) Racking Horse. C) Tennis. D) Skiing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skiing. 5. Which of the following metals was not known to Indus Valley people? A) Bronze. B) Copper. C) Silver. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron. 6. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to A) Jones Salk. B) J. Perkins. C) Alb E. Sabin. D) J.L. Baird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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 cohesion. B) Centrifugal force. C) Force of friction. D) Force of adhesion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Force of cohesion. 9. Modern Indo-Aryan languages are based on an ancient language called A) Sanskrit. B) Hindi. C) Kannada. D) Tamil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 10. K.S. Ranjit Singhji was A) First Bar-at-law. B) First Air Marshal. C) First Indian test cricketer. D) First Field Marshal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First Indian test cricketer. 11. The proposed date of implementing GST is A) December 1, 2016. B) April 1, 2017. C) May 1, 2017. D) June 1, 2017. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) April 1, 2017. 12. Which is the place of worship for Judoists? A) Monastery. B) No church or temple. C) First 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) Oxygen. B) Ozone. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 14. DDT is an A) Insecticide. B) Explosive. C) Enzyme. D) Antibiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insecticide. 15. The branch of science that studies cells is called A) Entomology. B) Cytology. C) Hormonology. D) Homoplasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytology. 16. What is the theme of the 2016 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM)? A) Nirmal Ganga. B) Child Education. C) Swachh Bharat. D) Women Empowerment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women Empowerment. 17. 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. 18. Radio Carbon Dating is use to estimate the age of A) Soil. B) Rocks. C) Fossils. D) Monuments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossils. 19. 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. 20. NREGA was renamed 'MNREGA' on A) October 2, 2007. B) February 2, 2008. C) October 2, 2009. D) October 2, 2010. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) October 2, 2009. Next →Related QuizzesGeneral 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 9Basic General Knowledge Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books