Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Part-5

1. In which world cup cricket final, Australia beat England?
a) 1983, Lord's - England
b) 1987, Kolkata - India
c) 1992, Melbourne - Australia
d) 1996, Lahore - Pakistan

Answer: b

2. India is the ____ grower of pulses.
a) largest
b) smallest
c) appropriate for national need
d) None of the above

Answer: a

3. In cricket, a run taken when the ball passes the batsman without touching his bat or body is called.
a) leg bye
b) bosie
c) bye
d) drive

Answer: c

4. How many non-permanent Security Council (UNO) members are from Afro-Asian countries?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 5
d) 15

Answer: c

5. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at
a) Kolkata
b) Trombay, Maharashtra
c) Kalpakkam, Chennai
d) Indore

Answer: c

6. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for
a) Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
b) Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
c) Medicine in 1954, peace prize in 1962
d) Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962

Answer: c

7.Free market is
a) a condition in the international market where nations do not impose customs duty or other taxes on import of goods
b) market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand
c) ports that are exempted from payment of customs duty on articles of commerce, primarily to encourage tourism
d) None of the above

Answer: b

8. East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of
a) Europe
b) asia
c) South America
d) Africa

Answer: b

9. Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the
a) centrifugal force
b) force of adhesion
c) force of friction
d) force of cohesion

Answer: d

10. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
a) founded the servants of India Society
b) served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1907
c) started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune
d) All of the above

Answer: d