This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following rivers crosses the Equator twice? A) Nile. B) Zaire. C) Niger. D) Amazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zaire. 2. National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) was setup in A) 1980. B) 1985. C) 1990. D) 1995. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1980. 3. Kathak, Nauntanki, Jhora and Kajri are the important dances of A) Chhattisgarh. B) Jharkhand. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) Uttaranchal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh. 4. The dance performed by women to invoke rain in Bihar is A) Faguna or Fog. B) Jata Jatin. C) Purbi. D) Bihu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jata Jatin. 5. The dance in Himachal Pradesh, performed indoor, solo or duet, especially when life comes to a standstill during cold winter is A) Munzra. B) Luddi dance. C) Rouf. D) Giddha parhaun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Munzra. 6. The botanical name of wheat plant is A) Oryza sativa. B) Triticum vulgare. C) Ricinus communis. D) Pisum sativum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triticum vulgare. 7. Film and TV institute of India is located at A) Pune (Maharashtra). B) Rajkot (Gujarat). C) Pimpri (Maharashtra). D) Perambur (Tamilnadu). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pune (Maharashtra). 8. Which of the following is the lighest gas? A) Hydrogen. B) Ammonia. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen. 9. When the batsman, in cricket, is out without scoring a single run, is called A) Duck. B) Drive. C) Flight. D) Googly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duck. 10. The first man-made satellite, Sputnik I was launched by the former USSR in A) 1955. B) 1957. C) 1967. D) 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1957. 11. The significance of peace is denoted by which of the following symbol? A) Lotus. B) Red flag. C) Olive branch. D) Green light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green light. 12. Which language is spoken in Karnataka? A) Malayalam. B) Kannada. C) Marathi. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kannada. 13. Quartz crystals normally used in quartz clocks etc. is chemically A) A mixture of germanium oxide and silicon dioxide. B) Germanium oxide. C) Sodium silicate. D) Silicon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silicon dioxide. 14. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for A) Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962. B) Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962. C) Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962. D) Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962. 15. During World War II, when did Germany attack France? A) 1940. B) 1941. C) 1942. D) 1943. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1940. 16. Jaldapara Sanctuary is located in A) Madhya Pradesh. B) West Bengal. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West Bengal. 17. Most commonly used bleaching agent is A) Alcohol. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Chlorine. D) Sodium chloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chlorine. 18. The Second Italian Satellite launched from Soviet Union was A) Bhaskara-1. B) Aryabhatta. C) Rohini. D) Apsara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhaskara-1. 19. The President of the constituent Assembly was A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. C) Dr. K.M. Munshi. D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. 20. Robert Koch worked on A) Diabetes. B) Malaria. C) Cholera. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tuberculosis. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeneral 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 7Basic General Knowledge Quiz 8Basic General Knowledge Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books