This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is considered as the biggest port of India? A) Mumbai. B) Kolkata. C) Cochin. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai. 2. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in A) 1917. B) 1918. C) 1919. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1919. 3. Marsh gas is A) Methane. B) Nitrogen. C) Ethane. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methane. 4. The chemical name of Chloroform is A) Sulphuric acid. B) Trichloromethane. C) Sodium Chloride. D) Sodium Carbonate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trichloromethane. 5. The first attempt in printing was made in England by A) Isaac Newton. B) James Watt. C) James Arkwright. D) William Caxton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Caxton. 6. At which of the following coasts of India is the average sea level measured? A) Mumbai. B) Chennai. C) Cochin. D) Vishakhapatnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai. 7. Who among the following was the first Defence Minister of India? A) KM Cariappa. B) N Gopalaswami Ayyangar. C) Sardar Patel. D) Maulana Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N Gopalaswami Ayyangar. 8. 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. 9. "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) George Bush. B) Barack Obama. C) APJ Abdul Kalam. D) Pranab Mukherjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barack Obama. 10. East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of A) Africa. B) Europe. C) Asia. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asia. 11. Which among the sources of energy tapped in India has shown the largest growth till the Eighth plan? A) Nuclear. B) Gas. C) Thermal. D) Hydro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermal. 12. Rabindranath Tagore receive Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of A) Economy. B) Literature. C) Physics. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literature. 13. What is the literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh? A) 22.63 per cent. B) 54.40 per cent. C) 77.13 per cent. D) 68.59 per cen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 77.13 per cent. 14. The number of judges is European Court of Human Rights are A) 5. B) 11. C) 15. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 21. 15. South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in A) May 1993. B) May 1994. C) May 1995. D) May 1996. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May 1994. 16. When did Margaret Thatcher became the first women Prime Minister of Britain? A) 1800. B) 1979. C) 1989. D) 1998. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1979. 17. Soil acidity is generally corrected by A) Proper irrigation. B) Adding sodium hydroxide. C) Liming. D) Application of fertilizers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liming. 18. The process of revival of learning that swept across Europe in 15th and 16th centuries is called A) Communism. B) Renaissance. C) Crusade. D) Feudalisam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renaissance. 19. Which metal pollute the air of a big city? A) Lead. B) Copper. C) Chromium. D) Cadmium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lead. 20. Which one of the following is a landlocked harbour? A) Haldia. B) Ennore. C) Mumbai. D) Vishakhapatnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vishakhapatnam. ← 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