Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Part-18

1. The first meeting of the SAARC was opened in
a) Jakarta, Indonesia
b) Delhi, India
c) Dhaka, Bangladesh
d) Islamabad, Pakistan

Answer: c

2. The General Assembly meets regularly
a) once a month
b) once a year
c) twice a year
d) after every three months

Answer: b

3. The fighter force of Air Force is comprised of
a) MIG-21 variant
b) MIG-23s, MIG-25s, MIG-27s, MIG-29s
c) Jaguars
d) All of the above

Answer: d

4. The control commend of Army is located at
a) Mhow
b) Udaypur
c) Lucknow
d) Kanpur

Answer: c

5. The credit of inventing the television goes to
a) Edison
b) Baird
c) Faraday
d) Marconi

Answer: b

6. Penicillin was invented by
a) A. Fleming
b) Paul Ehrlich
c) Gregory Mendal
d) Dr Jonas E. Salk

Answer: a

7. Super conductivity is a phenomenon in which the resistance of a substance
a) increases with temperature
b) decreases with temperature
c) does not change with temperature
d) becomes zero at very low temperature

Answer: d

8. The Africa fund (Action for Resisting Invasion, Colonialism and Apartheid) under India's leadership was instituted by
a) UNO
b) NAM
c) SAARC
d) the Commonwealth

Answer: b

9. Rohinton Baria Trophy is associated with
a) football
b) hockey
c) cricket 'Inter-University'
d) inter-university sports and athletics

Answer: c

10. Rangaswamy Cup is associated with
a) Badminton
b) cricket
c) football
d) hockey

Answer: d