Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Part-15

1. Indian Institute of Petroleum is located at
a) kolkata
b) Dehradun
c) New Delhi
d) Dhanbad

Answer: b

2. In which of the following team events India got a Gold Medal at the 2002 Asian Games?.
a) Kabaddi
b) Hockey
c) 4 x 200 m Relay
d) 4 x 100 m Relay

Answer: a

3. In which year during World War I, USA declared war on Germany, Britain defeated Turkey and captured Baghdad and Jerusalem?
a) 1917
b) 1918
c) 1919
d) 1920

Answer: a

4. In 1947, Algeria became politically unified with France but the 80 percent population revolted against French domination
a) Hindu
b) muslim
c) Christian
d) jain

Answer: b

5.In UNO, the new members are admitted to the General Assembly on the recommendation of ____ and ____ the members of the General Assembly should vote in favour.
a) Security Council; one-third
b) Security Council; two-third
c) International Court of Justice; one-third
d) International Court of Justice; two-thirds

Answer: b

6. Recently lead free petrol was introduced in our country because
a) they are not needed now as anti-knock agents
b) they cause less pollution
c) they tower the efficiency of the engine
d) to reduce the cost of petrol

Answer: b

7. Rabindranath Tagore receive Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of.
a) peace
b) literature
c) physics
d) economy

Answer: b

8. People who secretly indulge in anti-national or anti-government activities and help the enemy are called
a) Second column
b) Third column
c) Fourth column
d) Fifth column

Answer: d

9. Sulphur is not present in
a) coal
b) gypsum
c) iron pyrites
d) chlorapatite

Answer: d

10. Oxygen was independently discovered by
a) Neils Bohr
b) William Ramsay
c) Joseph Priestley
d) Rutherford

Answer: c