This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 538 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 538 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Between 1960 and 1987, Maurice Yaméogo, Lt. Col. Sangoulé Lamizana, Col. Saye Zerbo, Maj. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Capt. Thomas Sankara and Capt. Blaise Compaoré were involved in the politics of which country? A) Fiji. B) The Republic of Kiribati. C) The People's Republic of Benin. D) Burkina Faso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burkina Faso. 2. With what is the Indonesian term "lahar" associated? A) The nest of the komodo dragon. B) Strong ocean current. C) Volcanic eruptions. D) A type of interisland ferry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic eruptions. 3. What is a cuscus? A) A musical instrument. B) A species of grain found in New Guinea. C) An item of dress in Noumea. D) A marsupial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A marsupial. 4. What branch of medicine deals with the cause, origin and nature of disease? A) Dermatology. B) Psychology. C) Pathology. D) Cardiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathology. 5. What was used instead of paper in ancient Egypt? A) Papyrus. B) Platypus. C) Pyroxene. D) Papacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Papyrus. 6. What name is given to a cultural and societal phenomenon characterised by an excessive preoccupation with the individual's own appearance, accompanied by difficulties coping with the aging process and with the requirements of maturation? A) Cynanthropy. B) New World Syndrome. C) Paris syndrome. D) Dorian Gray Syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dorian Gray Syndrome. 7. How many years are there in the Chinese zodiac cycle? A) 60. B) 12. C) 10. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 8. Until the year 2000, how many US vice presidents had become president when a sitting President died, resigned or was removed from office? A) 9. B) 5. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9. 9. What is or are the mandible(s)? A) The jaw or beak. B) Sand used for creating a religious symbol. C) Tool for peeling citrus fruit. D) Chewing teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The jaw or beak. 10. A film poster inspires the amnesiac who begins the 2001 film "Mulholland Drive" to take the name Rita, the name of the actress on the poster. What is the film she appears in? A) Tonight and Every Night. B) Gilda. C) Salome. D) The Lady from Shanghai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gilda. 11. Which of these British papers is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper? A) The Observer. B) News of the World. C) The Guardian. D) The Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Observer. 12. In the 10 years before the US Open Tennis Championship was held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City, where was it held? A) Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia. B) Philadelphia Cricket Club, Grove Avenue, Philadelphia. C) Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island. D) West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York. 13. Its secretive nature, connection to classified aircraft research, and reports of unusual phenomena have led which part of the USA to be a focus of UFO and conspiracy theories? A) Rockhampton. B) Woomera. C) Bikini. D) Area 51. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Area 51. 14. According to the proverb, the way to hell is paved with what? A) Good intentions. B) Good ideas. C) Good deeds. D) Golden rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good intentions. 15. Which of these is a term used in chess? A) Checkbuddy. B) Checkwife. C) Checkhusband. D) Checkmate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Checkmate. 16. What is the effect of the submerged shoal, the Barra del Indio, in the Río de la Plata west of Samborombón Bay? A) Divides the river into inner freshwater and outer brackish areas. B) Provides a safe breeding site for a species of river dolphin. C) Makes the widest, fastest white water area in the world. D) Provides a base for a river community to build its houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divides the river into inner freshwater and outer brackish areas. 17. On which of these would one find a "masthead" ? A) Daily newspaper. B) Toilet bowl. C) Mirror. D) Salt shaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daily newspaper. 18. Where was the industrial accident on 2-3 December 1984 that caused the deaths of 3, 000 to 16, 000 people, for which 7 ex-employees were convicted in June 2010 and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment & a fine of about US$ 2, 000 each? A) Chernobyl, Ukraine. B) Bhopal, India. C) Greenham Common, England. D) Pasadena, Texas, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhopal, India. 19. The mathematician, al-Khwarizmi, in the royal court of Baghdad in the 9th century CE gave his name to what procedure or formula for solving a problem? A) Algebra. B) Algorithm. C) Algol. D) Alkhema. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algorithm. 20. At which Olympic Games did the People's Republic of China participate for the first time? A) 1984, Los Angeles. B) 1988, Seoul. C) 1952, Helsinki. D) 1964, Tokyo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1984, Los Angeles. ← 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