Basic General Knowledge Test 9

How many times has Brazil won the World Cup Football Championship?

a. Four times                                                

b. Twice

c. Five times                                                

d. Once

Plorence(Chadwick) is the associated place for which of the following sport?

a. Snooker

b. Racking Horse

c. Skiing

d. Tennis

Steel is more elastic than Rubber because________

a. Its density is high

b. It is a metal

c. Ratio of stress to strain is more

d. Ratio of stress to strain is less

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

Ornithology is the________

a. Study of bones

b. Study of birds

c. Study of smells

d. None of the above

Robert Koch worked on________

a. Tuberculosis      

b. Cholera

c. Malaria      

d. Diabetes

Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for________

a. Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962

b. Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962

c. Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962

d. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

The agreement according to which the UK, the USA and the former USSR cannot assist other countries in acquiring technology to develop nuclear weapons, is known as________

a. Izmir Treaty

b. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)

c. both (a) and (b)

d. None of the above

The 'Red Triangle' symbol denotes________

a. Air India

b. Family planning

c. Culture and civilization

d. None of the above

P.T. Usha, who came close to bagging a bronze finished fourth in ________in 1984 Olympics.

a. 400 m final

b. 800 m final

c. 400 m hurdle

d. the marathon

Photophobia is________

a. A disease cause by too much sunlight

b. Abnormal intolerance of light

c. The adjustment of the eye for light

d. The ability to perceive light

Pressure cooker cooks rice faster because________

a. It always lets the steam escape

b. High pressure crushes the hard covering of rice grains

c. It does not let the heat energy escape easily

d. high pressure raises the boiling point of water

The ancient Olympics Games came to a sudden end when the Roman Emperor Theodosius banned them as paper manifestations. The modern Olympic Games were received after a lapse of nearly________

a. Ten centuries

b. Twelve centuries

c. Fifteen centuries

d. Eighteen centuries

Reproductive cells in human beings are produced________

a. In greater numbers for a longer period of time in the male

b. For a longer period in the female than in male

c. In equal number in both sexes

d. In greater numbers by the female than by the male

Study of earthquakes is known as________

a. Ecology     

b. Seismology

c. Numismatics         

d. None of the above

The 2005 Australian Open Tennis Championship titles for men's and women's singles were won, respectively by________

a. Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf

b. Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams

c. Andre Agassi and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

d. Marat Safin and Serena Williams

Penicillin was invented by________

a. Dr Jonas E. Salk

b. Gregory Mendal

c. Paul Ehrlich

d. A. Fleming

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

The Africa fund (Action for Resisting Invasion, Colonialism and Apartheid) under India's leadership was instituted by________

a. UNO          

b. SAARC

c. NAM          

d. the Commonwealth

Rohinton Baria Trophy is associated with________

a. Football

b. Hockey

c. Cricket 'Inter-University'

d. Inter-university sports and athletics

Rangaswamy Cup is associated with________

a. Archery      

b. Cricket

c. Football     

d. Hockey

Rare Earth factory is situated in________

a. Allepey (Kerala)

b. Alwaye (Kerala)

c. Ambernath (Maharashtra)

d. Avadi (Tamil Nadu)

Pakistan left the Commonwealth in 1972, but rejoined as 49th member of the Commonwealth in________

a. 1984          

b. 1991

c. 1997          

d. 2000

Primary rainbow is formed when light suffers________

a. Two internal refractions before emerging out of the drop

b. One internal refractions before emerging out of the drop

c. No internal refraction

d. Either one or two internal refractions before emerging out of the drop

Which is the highest literary award of the world?

a. Nobel Prize

b. Booker Prize

c. Pulitzer Prize

d. Magsaysay Award