This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 26 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him, is known as A) Laissezfaire. B) Letter of Credit (L/C). C) Inflation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Letter of Credit (L/C). 2. When was Ranasingha Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka, assassinated? A) 1963. B) 1973. C) 1983. D) 1993. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1993. 3. Philology is the A) Science of languages. B) Study of architecture. C) Study of muscles. D) Study of bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science of languages. 4. The first and the last Indian Governor General of India was A) Rajagopalachari.C. B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. C) Lord Mountbatten. D) W.C.Banerjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajagopalachari.C. 5. The Secretary-General is required to submit an annual report on the work of the UN to A) The Security Council. B) The General Assembly. C) All of the above simultaneously. D) The Trusteeship Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The General Assembly. 6. For safety, the fuse wire used in the mains for household supply of electricity must be made of metal having A) High resistance. B) High melting point. C) Low melting point. D) Low specific heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low melting point. 7. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) was established in A) 1955. B) 1956. C) 1958. D) 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1957. 8. Sharavati projects is in A) Karnataka. B) Andhra Pradesh. C) Kerala. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karnataka. 9. The Central Command of Army is located at A) Mhow. B) Lucknow. C) Pune. D) Udhampur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lucknow. 10. Where is the permanent secretariat of the SAARC? A) New Delhi. B) Kathmandu. C) Islamabad. D) Colombo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kathmandu. 11. Mina is the tribe of A) Nagaland, Assam. B) Rajasthan. C) Tripura. D) Sikkim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajasthan. 12. Which body of UNO gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO? A) International Court of Justice. B) The Security Council. C) Trusteeship Council. D) Secretariat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) International Court of Justice. 13. What is the literacy rate of Maharashtra? A) 44.24 per cent. B) 55.25 per cent. C) 66.26 per cent. D) 77.27 per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 77.27 per cent. 14. The General Assembly meets every year in regular sessions which begin on A) Third Tuesday in September every year. B) Fourth Monday in September every year. C) First Monday in March every year. D) Second Tuesday in March every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third Tuesday in September every year. 15. The first Indian to swim across English Channel was A) Mihir Sen. B) V.Merchant. C) Arati Saha. D) P.K Banerji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mihir Sen. 16. The first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission was A) Dr.Vickram Sarabhai. B) Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. C) Dr.C.V.Raman. D) Dr.H.J.Bhabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr.H.J.Bhabha. 17. The architect of North and South Blocks of Central Secretariat in Delhi was A) Sir Edward Lutyens. B) Herbert Bakers. C) Ropert T Russel. D) Antonin Reymond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Edward Lutyens. 18. When and where was basketball introduced in Olympics as a medal event? A) 1992 at Barcilona. B) 1936 at Berlin. C) 1928 at Paris. D) 1900 at Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1936 at Berlin. 19. Sulphur is not present in A) Chlorapatite. B) Coal. C) Gypsum. D) Iron pyrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chlorapatite. 20. Karoline Mikkelsen was the first woman to A) Set foot on the moon. B) Climb Mt. Everest. C) Reach North Pole. D) Reach South Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reach South Pole. ← 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