Basic General Knowledge Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. Of the UN Agencies, which one specifically aims at further economic development by encouraging productive private enterprise?

Correct Answer: C) International Finance Corporation.

2. Which of the following was not one of the important port towns of the cholas?

Correct Answer: D) Masula.

3. The buoyancy depends on

Correct Answer: C) The mass of the liquid displaced.

4. When was Shakespeare born?

Correct Answer: A) 1564 AD.

5. Queensland and Northern Territory

Correct Answer: A) Australia.

6. The country without income tax is

Correct Answer: B) Kuwait.

7. The world smallest country is

Correct Answer: B) Vatican City.

8. The Law of Natural Selection is associated with

Correct Answer: A) Darwin.

9. Steel is more elastic than Rubber because

Correct Answer: A) Ratio of stress to strain is more.

10. Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in

Correct Answer: D) 1991.

11. The total number of members of UN Security Council is

Correct Answer: C) 15.

12. The two elements that are frequently used for making transistors are

Correct Answer: B) Silicon and germanium.

13. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at

Correct Answer: A) Delhi.

14. When is Lal Bahadur Shastri's death anniversary?

Correct Answer: A) January, 11.

15. Which substance is used to retard the setting action of cement?

Correct Answer: C) CaSO.2HO.

16. The exhaled air contains

Correct Answer: C) A mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which nitrogen has the highest percentage.

17. The 2014 football world cup is scheduled to be held in

Correct Answer: D) Brazil.

18. Who among the following was the woman Chief Justice of a High Court?

Correct Answer: A) Leila Seth.

19. The crop most susceptible to frost is

Correct Answer: A) Wheat.

20. The currency notes are printed in

Correct Answer: C) Nasik.