This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A growth rate stated as 1 + half + a third + a quarter + ..... is what kind of growth? A) Logarithmic. B) Exponential. C) Geometric. D) Quadratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logarithmic. 2. With what type of music is Scott Joplin associated? A) Heavy metal. B) Ragtime. C) Grunge. D) Country and Western / Punk crossover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ragtime. 3. Who is acknowledged as the founder of Singapore as a trading post and European settlement in 1819? A) General James Wolfe. B) Edward Gibbon Wakefield. C) Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. D) Dr. David Livingstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. 4. Which is likely to be most useful in treating the symptoms of a cold? A) Warfarin. B) Digitalis. C) Lemon and honey. D) Insulin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lemon and honey. 5. Which Roman emperor, having seen a vision, tolerated Christians, became attached to the faith, and began the union between the Church and the Empire? A) Pontius Pilate. B) Nero. C) Constantine the Great. D) Julius Caesar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constantine the Great. 6. Where is the greatest tidal range in the southern hemisphere, second greatest in the world A) Kimberley, West Australia. B) Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand. C) Halona Blowhole, Hawaii, USA. D) Wingan Inlet, Victoria, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kimberley, West Australia. 7. Who launched a perfume called "Lovely"in 2005? A) Sarah Jessica Parker. B) Kylie Minogue. C) Beyoncé. D) Jennifer Aniston. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarah Jessica Parker. 8. Which of these is a small glazed ceramic bowl used for the preparation and serving of food? A) Borodin. B) Mannequin. C) Harlequin. D) Ramekin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ramekin. 9. Which of these planets has the greatest extremes of temperature? A) Mercury. B) Uranus. C) Saturn. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury. 10. The membership of which British intellectual socialist group formed in London in 1884 included George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, Ramsay MacDonald, Emmeline Pankhurst and Bertrand Russell? A) The Darin Society. B) The Dion Society. C) The Fabian Society. D) The Rydell Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Fabian Society. 11. Who adopted the surname "Mountbatten" in 1947? A) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. B) Joseph Goebbels. C) Lawrence of Arabia. D) Lord Louis Battenberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 12. In 1979 Briton Anthony Blunt was exposed as a Soviet spy. What was his area of interest? A) International trade. B) Banking. C) Engineering. D) Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Art. 13. Which of these was a hit single for the Beach Boys in the 1960s? A) Texas Boys. B) New York Dolls. C) California Girls. D) Kansas Cheerleaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) California Girls. 14. If you can see the Arc de Triomphe where could you be standing? A) On Mount Fuji. B) On top of the Eiffel Tower. C) Beside the Parthenon. D) Under the Brandenburg Gate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On top of the Eiffel Tower. 15. Which of these is not one of the great apes? A) Chimpanzee. B) Gibbon. C) Gorilla. D) Orangutan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gibbon. 16. Of the various origins suggested for the Australian expression "fair dinkum", one is Midlands English; which is another popular one? A) Dutch. B) Aboriginal. C) French. D) Cantonese. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cantonese. 17. What is the "dermis" ? A) Hair. B) The thing that hangs down the back of your throat. C) Skeleton. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skin. 18. In 2001 John Ruiz became the first Latin American to win the title of World Boxing Association World Heavyweight Champion. From whom did he win the title? A) David Haye. B) Lennox Lewis. C) James "Lights Out" Toney. D) Evander Holyfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evander Holyfield. 19. What was the fate of Mary Queen of Scots in Donizetti's opera "Maria Stuarda" ? A) She goes mad and commits suicide. B) She was stabbed to death by her lover. C) She was beheaded. D) She died of consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was beheaded. 20. What is Neptune's main satellite? A) Phobos. B) Charon. C) Deimos. D) Triton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triton. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books