Friday, 15 May 2015

Basic General Knowledge Test 12



The Heads of Government of the countries which are members of the Commonwealth meet________

a. once a year
b. biannually
c. at intervals of three years
d. as and when necessary

The headquarter of the International court of Justice (UNO) are located at ________

a. Hague (Netherlands)
b. Addis Ababa
c. Bangkok
d. New York, USA

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

The member states of Benelux Economic Union are________

a. Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
b. Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Iraq
c. Indonesia, Kuwait, Libya
d. Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago

The literacy rate of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is________

a. 81.18 per cent
b. 80.76 per cent
c. 79.23 per cent
d. 78.11 per cent

The longest rail line of the world, Trans-Siberian line, is in________

a. Russia      
b. China
c. USA           
d. Saudi Arabia

The SAF (South Asian Federation) Game, as a part of the SAARC programme, was first held in________

a. 1964          
b. 1974
c. 1984          
d. 1994

The normal threshold of hearing is around________

a. 60-80 db
b. 45-60 db
c. 100-120 db
d. 25-45 db

The refrigerant commonly used for domestic refrigerators is________

a. alcohol
b. ammonia
c. neon           
d. None of the above

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was created in________

a. 1945          
b. 1947
c. 1949          
d. 1951

The principal bodies of the UNO are________
I.          The General Assembly and the Security Council
II.          The Economic and Social Council
III.         International Court of Justice
IV.        Trusteeship Council and secretariat

a. I
b. I, II
c. I,II,III
d. All of the above

The name of Ronaldinho is associated with the game of________

a. football     
b. hockey
c. gymnastics
d. badminton
The treaty which ushered in NATO, was signed by the member nations at ________

a. Geneva     
b. London
c. Paris          
d. Washington

The unit of current is________

a. ohm           
b. watt
c. ampere     
d. None of the above

The transport fleet of Air Force consists of________

a. IL-765        
b. Boeing-731
c. AN-352      
d. All of the above

The term used in billiards are________

a. blocking, held ball, holding, jump ball, pivot
b. target, field, flight, ballsege
c. auxiliary point system, rabbit punch, break, cut
d. blank line, break, bolting, cannon, cue, hazard, in-oft

Triple antigen provides immunity to children against all of the following disease, except________

a. diphtheria  
b. polio
c. tetanus       
d. whooping cough

Trans World Airlines is an International Airline of________

a. United Kingdom
b. United States of America
c. Russia
d. Scandinavia

When did Afghanistan ends monarchy and became a republic?

a. 1949          
b. 1973
c. 1965          
d. 2000

When a given amount of air is cooled________

a. the amount of moisture it can hold decreases
b. its absolute humidity decreases
c. its relative humidity remains constant
d. its absolute humidity increases

When did France became Republic?

a. 1789 AD
b. 1798 AD
c. 1792 AD
d. 1729 AD

When does the Indonesian settlement in the Malay Peninsula took place?

a. 2400 BC
b. 2300 BC
c. 2200 BC
d. 2100 BC

When did US solar system probe Voyager-two discovered six new moons of the planet Uranus?

a. 1986          
b. 1916
c. 1946          
d. 1966

When did China exploded first atomic device?

a. 1962          
b. 1963
c. 1964          
d. 1965

Which company carries the construction of submarines, missile-boats and destroyers and so on for the India navy and offshore supply vessels and well-head platforms and so on?

a. Mazgaon Dock Limited (MDL)
b. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineering Limited (GRSE)
c. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)
d. None of the above

When was Shakespeare born?

a. 1564 AD
b. 1618 AD
c. 1642 AD
d. 1776 AD

Which of the following became the first black President of South Africa?

a. Nelson Mandela
b. George Washington
c. Jamo Kenyatta
d. None of the above

Where did the three leaders, F.D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, meet in 1943 and agreed on the need for maintaining international peace?

a. Moscow
b. San Francisco
c. Teheran
d. Washington D.C.

Where was the headquarters of European Union located?

a. Brussels  
b. Paris
c. London      
d. Rome

When was the city Rome found by Romulus?

a. 753 BC
b. 604 BC
c. 660 BC
d. None of the above


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