Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Part-22

1. The Heads of Government of the countries which are members of the Commonwealth meet
a) once a year
b) biannually
c) as and when necessary
d) at intervals of three years

Answer: b

2. The headquarter of the International court of Justice (UNO) are located at
a) New York, USA
b) Bangkok
c) Addis Ababa
d) Hague (Netherlands)

Answer: d

3. The headquarter of all the following international organization are based at Vienna, excepted
a) United Nations Industrial Development Organization
b) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
c) United Nations Development Programme
d) International Atomic Energy Agency

Answer: c

4. The headquarter of European Court of Justice (ECJ) are situated at
a) Paris
b) Luxembourg
c) Strasbourg (France)
d) San Jose, Costa Rica

Answer: b

5. The host of first Olympics in 1896 was
a) Athens, Greece
b) Paris, France
c) Los Angeles, USA
d) London, Great Britain

Answer: a

6. The award instituted to honor outstanding agricultural scientists is
a) Bhatnagar Award
b) Borlaug Award
c) Dadabhai Naoroji Award
d) Arjuna Award

Answer: b

7.The battle tanks designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization in collaboration with Heavy Vehicles Factory and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited are
a) Arjun
b) Vijayanta
c) T-55 and T-72
d) All of the above

Answer: a

8. The chief administrative office of the UNO, which co-ordinates and supervises the activities of the UNO, is
a) the International court of justice
b) the General Assembly
c) the secretariat
d) the Trusteeship council

Answer: c

9. The first women to climb Mt. Everest was
a) Karoline Mikkelson
b) Junko Taibei
c) Valentina Tereshkova
d) None of the above

Answer: b

10. The five intertwined rings or circles on the Olympic Flag made of white silk are
a) from right to left blue, yellow, black, green and red respectively
b) from left to right blue, yellow, black, green and red respectively
c) from right to left blue, black, green, red and yellow respectively
d) from left to right yellow, red, green, black and blue respectively

Answer: b