This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 350 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 350 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What caused 12, 000 deaths in 4 days in London in 1952? A) Earthquake. B) Influenza. C) Hurricane. D) Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smog. 2. Which of these species is hermaphrodite? A) All of them. B) Millipede. C) Slug. D) Cockroach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slug. 3. What is the name for a group of musicians formed to imitate a famous band? A) Tributary band. B) Tribute band. C) Triangular band. D) Trident band. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tribute band. 4. In 1854, John Snow proved that what was transmitted by infected water? A) Malaria. B) Typhoid. C) Cholera. D) Black plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cholera. 5. In computer hardware, if a drive is SSD what is it? A) Solid State. B) Secure Surfing. C) Super Swift. D) Suppressed Server. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid State. 6. According to the fairytale, Cinderella's coach was made from what? A) Paper cups. B) Two Model A Fords welded together. C) Plasticine. D) A pumpkin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A pumpkin. 7. Salvador Allende, General Augusto Pinochet and the "Caravan of Death" are all connected with the history of which country in the 1970s and 1980s? A) Myanmar. B) Mexico. C) Chile. D) South Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chile. 8. Who was named cricketer of the year by the International Cricket Council in 2009? A) Mark Boucher. B) Claire Taylor. C) Mitchell Johnston. D) Dale Benkenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mitchell Johnston. 9. What was the occupation of St Peter, the leader of the Apostles? A) Fisherman. B) Carpenter. C) Tax Collector. D) Telephone technician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fisherman. 10. What does the Book of Kells contain? A) The four Gospels of the life of Jesus Christ. B) The Book of Revelation in the Christian Holy Bible. C) The Acts of the Apostles in the Christian Holy Bible. D) The Book of Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The four Gospels of the life of Jesus Christ. 11. What place was Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE) describing in his "Natural History" when he wrote "twice in every day the ocean ..... hides Nature's everlasting controversy about whether this region belongs to the land or to the sea" ? A) The Nile delta. B) The Netherlands. C) Atlantis. D) Calabria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Netherlands. 12. What word refers to a measure used in Scotland for liquids, chiefly beer, equalling 9 gallons? A) Jerkin. B) Merkin. C) Lurkin'. D) Firkin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Firkin. 13. Which of these was a world famous drug dealer? A) Pablo Escobar. B) Felipe Calderón. C) Rudy Giuliani. D) El Cordobés. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pablo Escobar. 14. What is a high pitched long rhythmically quavering vocal sound, made especially as an expression of sorrow, joy, celebration, or reverence? A) Yodel. B) Tremolo. C) Coloratura. D) Ululation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ululation. 15. Why was Dolly, the sheep cloned in 1996, so named? A) After Dolly Parton. B) She was small and dainty. C) That was the name of the lead scientist's wife. D) From the acronym for DNA Open Learning Institute which co-sponsored the work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After Dolly Parton. 16. According to an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) study published in 2017, what is the source of up to 30% of the 'plastic soup' in the world's oceans? A) Tiny plastic bits washed off products such as synthetic clothes and car tyres. B) Collars from packs of drink cans. C) One-time-use plastic bags. D) Fishing nets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiny plastic bits washed off products such as synthetic clothes and car tyres. 17. What type of design was used for London's Millennium Footbridge across the Thames, that opened on 10 June 2000? A) Wrought iron bridge. B) Stone arch bridge. C) Steel girder bridge. D) Steel suspension bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steel suspension bridge. 18. Where is the Namib? A) Chile. B) South-western coast of Africa. C) The Sahel. D) Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South-western coast of Africa. 19. The Reverend William Oughtred developed which scientific instrument in the 17th century? A) Microscope. B) Slide rule, or slipstick. C) Pipette. D) Stethoscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slide rule, or slipstick. 20. What caused much of Lisbon, Portugal, to be destroyed in 1531 and again in 1755? A) Civil War. B) It was burned to eradicate plague. C) Invasion by Spain. D) Earthquake. 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