This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 834 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 834 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Manfred von Brauchitsch from eastern Germany, who drove in Grand Prix and European Championships in the 1930s winning, and sometimes losing with spectacularly bad luck, was associated with what car? A) BMW's model 328. B) A Mercedes Benz Silver Arrow. C) The AFM-1. D) SMC's Staver 65. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Mercedes Benz Silver Arrow. 2. After a long history of forceful action, genocide, theft and forced trading carried out by various countries and trading blocs, Britain captured the islands of Maluku, or the Moluccas, over 1796 to 1810, and held them until 1817. What were the islands called in the west? A) The Society Islands. B) The Canary Islands. C) The Spice Islands. D) The Nicobar Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Spice Islands. 3. The first nuclear reactor was built in 1942 in which US city? A) Las Vegas. B) Chicago. C) Phoenix. D) Dallas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chicago. 4. Between 1950 and 1953 the US forces are said to have dropped 635, 000 tons of bombs and 32, 557 tons of napalm across what country? A) Philippines. B) North Vietnam. C) Laos. D) North Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North Korea. 5. The river which carved out the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, is thought to have begun in its present course about how long ago? A) 10, 000 years. B) 50, 000 years. C) 1 billion years. D) 17 million years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 17 million years. 6. How far away is the nearest known system, as of 2022, that astronomers are reasonably confident contains a black hole? A) 1.2 billion light years. B) 3, 300 light years. C) 1, 560 light years. D) 458 light years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 560 light years. 7. Idi Amin, dictator in Uganda from 1951 to 1960, was a champion in his country in what sport? A) Boxing. B) Synchronised swimming. C) Curling. D) Skiing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boxing. 8. Generala, or Dados, is what kind of game? A) Cue and balls. B) Cards. C) Ball. D) Dice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dice. 9. Which sea serves the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim in Pakistan? A) Caspian Sea. B) Arabian Sea. C) Bay of Bengal. D) Persian Gulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arabian Sea. 10. December 1865 Pulaski, Tennessee, USA, saw the first meeting of what notorious organisation? A) Black Panther Party. B) The Knights of Columbus. C) White Knights. D) Ku Klux Klan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ku Klux Klan. 11. The Schengen Agreement, a treaty signed between five states of the European Community in 1985, provided for the removal of what? A) Border controls between countries. B) Nuclear weapons. C) The Berlin Wall. D) Military bases in Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Border controls between countries. 12. The game of Parcheesi involves an appropriately marked gameboard, two dice, players and what else? A) Four playing pieces per player. B) Sixty-four playing pieces. C) Six playing pieces and a Queen each. D) One playing counter each. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four playing pieces per player. 13. Which boxer was known as the "Manassa Mauler" ? A) Mike Tyson. B) James J Jeffries. C) Joe Louis. D) Jack Dempsey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jack Dempsey. 14. Which 1982 album by Dire Straits included the tracks "Telegraph Road", "Private Investigations" , "Industrial Disease" and "It Never Rains" ? A) Love over Gold. B) Brothers in Arms. C) On Every Street. D) Making Movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love over Gold. 15. FIA introduced a new racing category, with its first race in September 2014 in Beijing, China, and finishing June 2015 in London, UK. What distinguishes it from the other categories? A) The cars are diesel-fuelled. B) The cars are fully electric. C) The cars are solar-powered. D) The circuits are all located in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cars are fully electric. 16. Under the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), which followed the War Of The Spanish Succession, Spain ceded Minorca and which other area to Britain? A) Sark. B) Canary Islands. C) Gibraltar. D) Barcelona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gibraltar. 17. Who were the contenders in the longest cricket test match ever played? A) England v South Africa. B) New Zealand v South Africa. C) England v West Indies. D) West Indies v India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England v South Africa. 18. Which of these cities is the highest administrative capital in the world? A) Bogotรก, Colombia. B) Quito, Ecuador. C) La Paz, Bolivia. D) Guatemala City, Guatemala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) La Paz, Bolivia. 19. Which film musical ends with "Eliza? Where are my slippers?" A) Mary Poppins. B) South Pacific. C) My Fair Lady. D) Gigi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My Fair Lady. 20. Which one of these explains the meaning of "silly" ? A) All of these. B) Innocent. C) Stupefied. D) Feeble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of these. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books