This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 576 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 576 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Larry Page and Sergey Brin started what computer application? A) Twitter. B) Facebook. C) Google. D) Yahoo!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Google. 2. How many fence posts are required to surround a field that is 12 metres square, if a post must be provided every metre? A) 48. B) 47. C) 24. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 48. 3. Which of these Canadian provinces is the smallest by population? A) Prince Edward Island. B) Newfoundland and Labrador. C) Saskatchewan. D) New Brunswick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Edward Island. 4. Which country officially observes the Shalivahana Shaka alongside the Gregorian Calendar? A) India. B) Pakistan. C) Burma (Myanmar). D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 5. Winston Churchill started his first term as British Prime Minister during which event? A) American War of Independence. B) Boer War I. C) The Indian Mutiny. D) World War II. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World War II. 6. Which of these series of books was created by Roger Hargreaves? A) SpongeBob SquarePants. B) Thomas the Tank Engine. C) Winnie the Pooh. D) Mr. Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Men. 7. Quantrill's Raiders, a loosely organised force of Partisan rangers under the leadership of William Clarke Quantrill, fought in which war? A) Korean War. B) American War of Independence. C) Spanish-American War. D) American Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American Civil War. 8. Which of these was a long running British TV drama series? A) The Onedin Line. B) The Body Line. C) The Plimsoll Line. D) The Mason-Dixon Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Onedin Line. 9. What is the area immediately to the north of the savannas in southern Sudan called? A) Steppes. B) Sahara. C) Sahel. D) Seashore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sahel. 10. What does "QE" stand for in a national or international finance system? A) Quantitative easing. B) Qualitative easing. C) Quantity-revised economy. D) Quantum economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantitative easing. 11. What two teams were the first to compete in the Major League World Series in the USA in 1903? A) New York Yankees; Kansas City Royals. B) Cincinnati Reds; Cleveland Naps. C) McGraw's Giants; Philadelphia A's. D) Boston Americans (later the Boston Red Sox); Pittsburgh Pirates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boston Americans (later the Boston Red Sox); Pittsburgh Pirates. 12. In parts of the UK what does "tethera" mean? A) Tied. B) Three. C) Different. D) Vacillate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three. 13. Who was the last living survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, who died on 31 May 2009 aged 97? A) Dr. Robert Ballard. B) Millvina Dean. C) James Cameron. D) Kate Winslet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Millvina Dean. 14. Who danced for King Herod and then asked for the head of John the Baptist? A) Christine Keeler. B) Mata Hari. C) Salome. D) Gypsy Rose Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salome. 15. After her death on 26 July 1952, whose embalmed body was displayed in her office for almost 2 years, buried in a crypt in Milan, Italy, under the name "María Maggi", exhumed In 1971 and flown to Spain (where her widower kept it in his home), and buried in the family tomb in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1974? A) Eva Perón. B) Maria Callas. C) Pearl Bailey. D) Mae West. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eva Perón. 16. Which of these is a qualitative research method often used in the social sciences to write about a human society/culture through observation, interviews, questionnaires, etc. and to describe the nature and cultural systems of the group being studied? A) Ethnology. B) Ethnography. C) Anthropology. D) Sociology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethnology. 17. Tehran is situated at the southern end of which body of water? A) Kara Sea. B) Lake Baikal. C) Caspian Sea. D) Lake Constance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caspian Sea. 18. What event between 1857 and 1859 was centred on the cities of Meerut, Delhi, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Oudh, Jhansi and Gwalior? A) Indian Mutiny. B) Indian Independence. C) The Black Hole. D) Partition of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Mutiny. 19. What does a glossary at the end of a book contain? A) A list of colleagues of the writer. B) Pronunciation of words in the book not in the same language. C) A list of references used in writing the book. D) A list of terms in the book that are either newly introduced, unusual, or specialised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A list of terms in the book that are either newly introduced, unusual, or specialised. 20. The Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on 11 April 1814 by representatives of France, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, Russia, and Prussia, had a marked effect on the personal life of whom? A) Captain James Cook. B) Sir Francis Drake. C) Tsar Nicholas II. D) Napoleon Bonaparte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Napoleon Bonaparte. ← 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