Basic General Knowledge Quiz - 29 | 25 Questions MCQ Test General Knowledge Current Affairs

QUESTION: 1

Which of the following causes Poliomyelitis?

A. Dengue virus
B. Enterovirus
C. Mumps virus
D. Rhabdovirus

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QUESTION: 2

Where is the BARC's Research Centre?

A. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata
B. Nuclear Research Lab, Kashmir
C. High Altitude Research Lab, Gulmarg
D. All of the above

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QUESTION: 3

Zawar (Rajasthan) is famous for

A. ship manufacturing
B. zinc mines
C. salt
D. major port

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QUESTION: 4

Which language of India belongs to Dravidian family?

A. Languages of Northern India
B. Languages of Southern India
C. Languages of Eastern India
D. Languages of Western India

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QUESTION: 5

Which of the following cities will be the host of XIX Commonwealth Games 2010?

A. London
B. Delhi
C. Melbourne
D. Auckland

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QUESTION: 6

Which of the following became the first black President of South Africa?

A. Nelson Mandela
B. George Washington
C. Jamo Kenyatta
D. None of the above

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QUESTION: 7

Which of the following cities of Maharashtra have airports?

A. Mumbai and Nagpur
B. Pune
C. Sholapur and Akola
D. All of the above

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QUESTION: 8

Where did last world cup soccer tournament took place (2010)?

A. Japan and South Korea
B. France
C. South Africa
D. West Germany

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QUESTION: 9

When was Ranasingha Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka, assassinated?

A. 1963
B. 1973
C. 1983
D. 1993

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QUESTION: 10

Which of the following are the native languages of Manipur?

A. Manipuri and English
B. Marathi and Hindi
C. Manipuri
D. None of the above

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QUESTION: 11

Where did the three leaders, F.D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, meet in 1943 and agreed on the need for maintaining international peace?

A. Moscow
B. San Francisco
C. Teheran
D. Washington D.C.

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QUESTION: 12

Where was the headquarters of European Union located?

A. Brussels
B. Paris
C. London
D. Rome

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QUESTION: 13

When was the city Rome found by Romulus?

A. 753 BC
B. 604 BC
C. 660 BC
D. None of the above

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QUESTION: 14

Which launch vehicle is capable of placing around 1540 kg of INSAT class of satellites in geosynch-ronous transfer orbit of earth?

A. SLV-S
B. PSLV
C. ASLV
D. GSLV

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QUESTION: 15

Which industries are common in Andhra Pradesh?

A. Cement and paper
B. Asbestos and units of HMT, BHEL
C. Hindustan Shipyard and Bharat Dynamics Limited
D. All of the above

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QUESTION: 16

Which of the following act as a channel of transmission of blood to the heart in the human body?

A. Arteries
B. Muscle fibres
C. Nerves
D. Veins

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QUESTION: 17

Which of the following of the members of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)?

A. Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait
B. Libya, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria
C. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela
D. All of the above

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QUESTION: 18

Which of the following acts as a resistance against in the body?

A. Carbohydrates
B. Red corpuscles
C. Vitamins
D. White corpuscles

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QUESTION: 19

Which of the following chemicals is useful in photography?

A. Aluminium hydroxide
B. Potassium nitrate
C. Silver bromide
D. Sodium chloride

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QUESTION: 20

Which are the important meeting of the Commonwealth?

A. Biennial meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM)
B. Annual meeting of the finance minister of the member countries
C. Regular meeting of the minister of education, law, health and other minister
D. All of the above

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QUESTION: 21

When was slavery abolished in Britain?

A. 1830
B. 1837
C. 1843
D. 1833

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QUESTION: 22

Which is the biggest literary award of Britain?

A. David Cohen Award
B. Kalinya Award
C. Owen Global Prize
D. Golden Bear Award

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QUESTION: 23

Which industries are found in Goa?

A. Mining and various small-scale industries like manufacturing soaps, paper and so on
B. steel and cement industries
C. Oil refineries
D. None of the above