This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > Basic General Knowledge – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic General Knowledge Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The drug produced through bio-technology for cancer treatment is A) T.S.H. B) H.G.H. C) Insulin. D) Interferon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interferon. 2. Richter scale is used for measuring A) Humidity of air. B) Velocity of wind. C) Intensity of earthquakes. D) Density of liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intensity of earthquakes. 3. UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) was established in A) 1919. B) 1945. C) 1946. D) 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1946. 4. For seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine under water, the instrument used is A) Telescope. B) Spectroscope. C) Periscope. D) Kaleidoscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periscope. 5. Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on A) May 8. B) May 18. C) June 8. D) June 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May 8. 6. Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Africa. 7. The credit of inventing the television goes to A) Baird. B) Faraday. C) Marconi. D) Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baird. 8. Which of the following does not contain a coinage metal? A) Copper and Gold. B) Copper and Silver. C) Silver and Gold. D) Zinc and Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zinc and Gold. 9. Major Somnath Sharma who was honoured with Paramveer Chakra posthumously in 1947 belonged to A) Gorkha Rifle. B) Garhwal Rifle. C) Dogra Regiment. D) Kumaon Regiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kumaon Regiment. 10. The total number of Judges of the International Court of Justice is A) 10. B) 12. C) 15. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 11. Under article 61 of the UN Charter, the membership of the Economic and Social Council was which of the following years from 27 to 54? A) 1963. B) 1973. C) 1978. D) 1983. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1973. 12. The Indian Air Force celebrated its Golden Jubilee in A) 1962. B) 1972. C) 1982. D) 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1982. 13. The Zika virus is spread by A) Pigs. B) Birds. C) Mosquitoes. D) Goats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mosquitoes. 14. Panipat is modern name A) Delhi. B) Kurukshetra. C) Sonepat. D) Faridabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kurukshetra. 15. Which country's Parliament became first in the world to run fully on solar energy? A) Russia. B) France. C) Pakistan. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pakistan. 16. In which of the following states in English the Official Language? A) Orissa. B) Kerala. C) Nagaland. D) Tripura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nagaland. 17. Which of the following is the lightest metal? A) Mercury. B) Lithium. C) Lead. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithium. 18. The largest airport in the world is A) King Khalid International Airport. B) Cochin International Airport. C) Palam Airport. D) Indira Gandhi International Airport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Khalid International Airport. 19. Which of the following wild life sanctuaries is in Assam? A) Periyar. B) Sunderban. C) Manas. D) Dudwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manas. 20. Which gas is used for the preparation of Soda water A) Oxygen. B) Ammonia. C) Hydrogen. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon Dioxide. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeneral QuizzesBasic General Knowledge Quiz 1Basic General Knowledge Quiz 2Basic 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