Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Part-31

1. When is the World's Diabetes Day?
a) 14th November
b) 11th December
c) 15th October
d) 1st July

Answer: a

2. When did Margaret Thatcher became the first women Prime Minister of Britain?
a) 1998
b) 1989
c) 1979
d) 1800

Answer: c

3. What is the population density of Madhya Pradesh?
a) 202/sq. km
b) 196/sq. km
c) 116/sq. km
d) 68/sq. km

Answer: b

4. When a moving bus stops suddenly, the passenger are pushed forward because of the
a) friction between the earth and the bus
b) friction between the passengers and the earth
c) inertia of the passengers
d) inertia of the bus

Answer: c

5. What is the literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh?
a) 68.59 per cent
b) 77.13 per cent
c) 22.63 per cent
d) 54.40 per cent

Answer: b

6. The term used when a member of a legislature leaves his party on whose ticket he was elected to join the ruling party or the opposition, is called
a) floor crossing
b) fourth estate
c) fifth column
d) free ports

Answer: a

7.The term hit wicket in cricket refers to
a) when the bowler bowls out three batsman with three successive balls
b) when the batsman intercepts the ball with his leg or any part of his body between the wicket
c) when the batsman, while hitting the ball, strikes his own wicket with his bat or body and is declared out
d) None of the above

Answer: c

8. Under article 61 of the UN Charter, the membership of the Economic and Social Council was which of the following years from 27 to 54?
a) 1963
b) 1973
c) 1978
d) 1983

Answer: b

9. WTO, (World Trade Organization), WHO, (World Health Organization) and IDA (International Development Association) are ___ of General Assembly (UNO).
a) principal organs
b) other United Nations Organs
c) specialized agencies and other autonomous organization
d) they are independent agencies and not a part of UNO

Answer: c

10.When light passes from air into glass it experiences change of
a) frequency and wavelength
b) frequency and speed
c) wavelength and speed
d) frequency, wavelength and speed

Answer: c