This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 625 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 625 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mohandas Gandhi studied law at which English educational institution? A) Bristol University. B) Cambridge University. C) London University. D) London School of Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London University. 2. Whose first book, published in 1920, was "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" ? A) Mark Twain. B) Ngaio Marsh. C) Charles Dickens. D) Agatha Christie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agatha Christie. 3. Which of these is the word for a French stew made using lamb or mutton? A) Lassi. B) Navarin. C) Goulash. D) Quiche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navarin. 4. Still life is a term which can be applied to a certain style of what? A) Forensic pathology. B) Sculpture. C) Zoo-keeping. D) Painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Painting. 5. How heavy is a megagram? A) 0.1 tonnes. B) 10 tonnes. C) 100 tonnes. D) 1 tonne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 tonne. 6. Who was the first Westerner to discover the Victoria Falls? A) James Cook. B) Francis Drake. C) David Livingstone. D) Walter Raleigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David Livingstone. 7. What word can either refer to a nineteenth century mobile theatre device, or, in modern usage, a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum? A) Stripepyjama. B) Cinerama. C) Bananarama. D) Diorama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diorama. 8. The distinctive Ponte JK (Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge) spans what body of water in Brazil? A) Oyapock River. B) Lake ParanoΓ‘. C) Rio Negro. D) Potengi River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake ParanoΓ‘. 9. Where is the region known as Transylvania? A) Moldova. B) Estonia. C) Bulgaria. D) Romania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romania. 10. Which early 19th century English writer, while collaborating in several works, also wrote under the pseudonym of Sempronia? A) Mary Wollstonecraft. B) Mary Cowden Clarke. C) Mary Lamb. D) Mary Brunton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary Lamb. 11. More than 99% of the visible mass of our solar system is contained within what? A) The rings of Saturn. B) The Planets. C) The Asteroid Belt. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sun. 12. Who was the first woman to make a solo flight from England to Australia in 1930? A) Amelia Earhart. B) Jean Batten. C) Amy Johnson. D) Kim Ponders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amy Johnson. 13. "Out of Africa" (1985), starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, is based loosely on the 1937 autobiography of a person from which country? A) The UK. B) Germany. C) Denmark. D) Belgium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denmark. 14. The root vegetable called the swede is also called what other name? A) Rutabaga. B) Winnebago. C) Enchilada. D) Desiderata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rutabaga. 15. The rate of glacier melting in ranges across Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, India, China and Pakistan has doubled in the 21st century, except for glaciers in which? A) The Hindo Kush. B) The Karakoram range. C) The Pamirs. D) The Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Karakoram range. 16. Bear Grylls is the only person to appear in what TV series? A) Lost. B) Man v Wild. C) 24. D) Lone Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man v Wild. 17. Symptoms of what disease include fever, shivering, joint pain, vomiting, anaemia, hemoglobinuria, retinal damage, and convulsions, with cyclical occurrence of sudden coldness followed by rigour, fever and sweating? A) Polio. B) Jaundice. C) Malaria. D) Measles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malaria. 18. In which US Senate election were all senators popularly elected for the first time? A) 1812. B) 1776. C) 1650. D) 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1914. 19. In which country is the city of Cardiff? A) Scotland. B) England. C) Wales. D) Northern Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wales. 20. Which of these sports has an even number of players in a standard team? A) Baseball. B) Volleyball. C) Rugby league. D) Netball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volleyball. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books