Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Part-8

1. Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him, is known as
a) Letter of Credit (L/C)
b) inflation
c) laissezfaire
d) None of the above

Answer: a

2. First Afghan War took place in
a) 1839
b) 1848
c) 1843
d) 1833

Answer: a

3. Gulf cooperation council was originally formed by.
a) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
b) Second World Nations
c) Third World Nations
d) Fourth World Nations

Answer: a

4. First China War was fought between
a) China and Egypt
b) China and Greek
c) China and Britain
d) China and France

Answer: c

5. Dumping is
a) selling of goods abroad at a price well below the production cost at the home market price
b) the process by which the supply of a manufacture's product remains low in the domestic market, which
c) prohibited by regulations of GATT
d) All of the above

Answer: a

6. Guwahati High Court is the judicature of
a) Assam
b) Nagaland
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) All of the above

Answer: d

7. Friction can be reduced by changing from
a) rolling to sliding
b) sliding to rolling
c) dynamic to static
d) potential energy to kinetic energy

Answer: b

8. During eleventh Antarctic Expedition in Nov. 1991/March 1992 ____ was installed.
a) Second Permanent Station 'Maitree'
b) First permanent station 'Dakshin Gangotri'
c) SODAR (Sonic Detection And Ranging)
d) None of the above

Answer: c

9. From the following, choose the set in which names of Secretary-Generals of the UNO are arranged in correct chronological order?
a) Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim.
b) U Thant, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie, Kurt Waldheim.
c) U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie
d) Trygve Lie, U Thant , Dag Hammarskjoeld, Kurt Waldheim.

Answer: a

10. Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?
a) Taoism
b) Shintoism
c) Judaism
d) Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)n

Answer: b