This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 101 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the principle laid down in Adam Smith's "Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" published in 1776? A) Business and trade should be controlled by government intervention. B) The world's population is increasing faster than its ability to produce food. C) Business and trade should not be hampered by government intervention. D) Industrialisation is the only means to economic prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Business and trade should not be hampered by government intervention. 2. When and where was a standardised time system first used? A) 1886, Japan. B) 1883, Pennsylvania, USA. C) 1909, Amsterdam. The Netherlands. D) 1847, UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1847, UK. 3. Who is Norman Cook better known as? A) Jay Z. B) Fifty Cent. C) Eminem. D) Fatboy Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fatboy Slim. 4. The Irving Berlin song "White Christmas" was sung first by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds in the film "Holiday Inn" in what year? A) 1965. B) 1942. C) 1915. D) 1905. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1942. 5. "Things to do before you die" was the subject of which 2007 film? A) Friends. B) The Dead Pool. C) The Bucket List. D) My Name Is Earl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bucket List. 6. What do the three horse races known as "The Run for ..... ", variously, " ..... the Roses", " ..... the Black-Eyed Susans" , and " ..... the Carnations" constitute? A) The Deutsches Derby. B) The Classics. C) Grand Prix de Paris. D) American Triple Crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American Triple Crown. 7. In which country is the La Quebrada cliff and the Acapulco Bay at its foot? A) Cuba. B) Ecuador. C) Panama. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico. 8. What are carpels? A) Bones in the wrist. B) Leaf like, seed-bearing structures in the innermost part of a flower. C) Foot bones. D) Lobed flower petals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leaf like, seed-bearing structures in the innermost part of a flower. 9. "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa", a sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, was designed and completed by whom? A) Nicola Salvi. B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. C) Alessandro Galilei. D) Pietro Bracci. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 10. The object of which card game is to make, for example, pairs, sequences, and 15 and 31 points, where scores are marked by means of pegs in a board? A) Poker. B) Rummy. C) Euchre. D) Cribbage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cribbage. 11. What does Fresnel's equation describe? A) Change of a particle's wavefunction, related to its kinetic and its potential energy. B) Force in terms of mass and acceleration. C) The relationship between electricity and magnetism. D) Behaviour of light when incident on media of differing refractive indices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behaviour of light when incident on media of differing refractive indices. 12. Which country won the Women's Rugby Super Series 2016? A) New Zealand. B) Canada. C) England. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canada. 13. If Christmas Eve falls on a Monday, what day will New Year's Day be? A) Monday. B) Tuesday. C) Sunday. D) Wednesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuesday. 14. In the British series of "The Office", the character of Gareth is played by which actor? A) Mackenzie Crook. B) Ricky Gervais. C) Stephen Merchant. D) Martin Freeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mackenzie Crook. 15. What is next in the series:Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Brasilia, Cayenne ..... ? A) Port of Spain. B) Caracas. C) Georgetown. D) Paramaribo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paramaribo. 16. Since 1957, competitions in what sport are governed by FIL? A) Luge. B) Fencing. C) Lacrosse. D) Floorball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Luge. 17. Which of these links the hauntingly catastrophic events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 with work on decoding genomes? A) Linus Pauling. B) Maurice Wilkins. C) Francis Crick. D) Rosalind Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maurice Wilkins. 18. Examples of which species live in fresh water, on dry land, up trees, underground, everywhere from the tropics to the sub-arctic, and in some cases are toxic? A) Frogs or toads. B) Cockroaches. C) Dragonflies. D) Earthworms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frogs or toads. 19. What would you use to neutralise an acid? A) Alkali. B) Alcohol. C) Water. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alkali. 20. What event, devised by Jennifer McCreight, took place on 26 April 2010 in response to reports that Hojatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi, Friday Prayer Leader for Tehran in Iran, had blamed earthquakes on women who dress immodestly? A) Ho R U. B) Slag Day. C) Iran dress down day. D) Boobquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boobquake. ← 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