This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 959 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 959 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is not a type of rice? A) Arborio. B) Jau. C) Jarrah. D) Ponni. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jau. 2. Which country was proclaimed an independent republic under the leadership of Bernardo O'Higgins on 12 February 1818 after an army led by him and José de San Martín defeated the royalists? A) Republic of Ireland. B) Argentina. C) Chile. D) San Marino. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chile. 3. Who, in 2010, became the first person from outside the British Isles to win the World Snooker Championship title since Cliff Thorburn in 1980, and the first non British player to win the title since Ken Doherty in 1997? A) John Higgins. B) Mark Selby. C) Neil Robertson. D) Graeme Dott. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neil Robertson. 4. The band "Frankie Goes To Hollywood" released which of these albums? A) Welcome To The Pleasure Dome. B) Rattle and Hum. C) Kontroversy. D) Beggars' Banquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Welcome To The Pleasure Dome. 5. Which of these is not one of Newton's Laws of Motion? A) To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. B) A body at rest or moving continues in that state unless acted on by external forces. C) When a body is acted on by a force the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the force. D) A pendulum will swing in a pattern consistent with the earth's rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A pendulum will swing in a pattern consistent with the earth's rotation. 6. What economic theory was originated by Major C H Douglas? A) Capitalism. B) Communism. C) Social Credit. D) Quantum economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social Credit. 7. What was badly damaged when the ship "Shen Neng I" got into difficulties on 3 April 2010? A) Canary Wharf, London. B) The beaches on the Côte d'Azur. C) The gannet colony at Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand. D) The Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 8. What is orf? A) Alopecia in goats and sheep. B) A form of mediaeval instrumental music. C) A viral skin infection, primarily in sheep and goats. D) Ecclesiastical script. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A viral skin infection, primarily in sheep and goats. 9. Several caves in Spain are sites of prehistoric rock paintings. Approximately when were the earliest, line motifs and stencilled hands, believed to have been painted? A) 35, 000 BCE. B) 63, 000 BCE. C) 20, 000 BCE. D) 17, 000 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 63, 000 BCE. 10. What event in Spain on 30 July 1749 led to a Royal Proclamation by King Ferdinand VI in October and subsequently to royal intervention by the new Bourbon king, Charles III, in 1765? A) The end of the War of the Austrian Succession. B) Arrest of up to 12, 000 Romany. C) Ferdinand V married Barbara of Portugal. D) Declaration of the War of the Seven Reductions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrest of up to 12, 000 Romany. 11. Which city won the right to host the Centennial Olympic Games over the early favourite, Athens in Greece? A) Sydney, Australia. B) Toronto, Canada. C) Nagano, Japan. D) Atlanta, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atlanta, USA. 12. With which country does Russia have its shortest international border? A) North Korea. B) Ukraine. C) Estonia. D) Latvia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North Korea. 13. David Broome was a successful competitor in what sport in the 1960s and 1970s? A) Tennis. B) Show jumping. C) Swimming. D) Gymnastics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Show jumping. 14. Where was the Saffron Revolution? A) Georgia. B) Colombia. C) Thailand. D) Burma/Myanmar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burma/Myanmar. 15. Which of these buildings has a "strangers gallery" ? A) House of Commons, UK. B) White House, USA. C) The Capitol, USA. D) St Paul's Cathedral, UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) House of Commons, UK. 16. The game Hare and Hounds is typically played on which shape board? A) Two-ended spearhead with orthogonal and diagonal lines running through. B) Six pointed. C) Hexagon. D) Oblong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two-ended spearhead with orthogonal and diagonal lines running through. 17. What was the name of the "state" that was never officially admitted into the Union of the USA after delegates from some North Carolina counties declared independence from North Carolina in 1784, and, in 1788, went back to being part of North Carolina? A) Pizzicato. B) Washing Day. C) Burlington Bertie. D) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franklin. 18. When did the simplified style of samba known as Bossa Nova beat develop? A) 1890s. B) 1920. C) 1980s. D) Late 1950s and early 1960s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Late 1950s and early 1960s. 19. Jonah Lomu is associated with which of these sports? A) Squash. B) Synchronised swimming. C) Ice hockey. D) Rugby union. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rugby union. 20. Which description is used for some kinds of rose, mushroom and fern? A) Kidney. B) Cabbage. C) Button. D) Morel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Button. ← 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