Basic General Knowledge Test 16

The largest airport in the world is________

a. Palam Airport

b. Indira Gandhi International Airport

c. Cochin International Airport

d. King Khalid International Airport

The increased use of groundwater for irrigation purposes has led to________

a. salinization

b. lowering of the water table

c. water logging

d. All of the above

The headquarter of ECA (Economic Commission for Africa) are situated at ________

a. Bangkok

b. Geneva

c. Addis Ababa

d. Baghdad

The member states of European Union are________

a. Belgium, Denmark, France and Greece

b. The Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy

c. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK

d. All of the above

The height of the net in the center of the tennis court is________

a 2 ft. 10 inches

b. 2 ft. 11 inches

c. 2 ft. 1 inch

d. 3 ft. 2 inches

The last or 13th NAM (Non-aligned Movement) conference was held on________

a. September 2000 at Jakarta (Indonesia)

b. September 2001 at Cartagene

c. September 2002 at Durban

d. September 2003 at Kuala Lumper

The sacred text of Confucianism is________

a. The Tripitaka

b. The Analects

c. Quran

d. no specific text

The National Convention framed the new Republican constitution of France in 1795, according to which________

a. the executive authority of the state was vested in a committee of five directors, called the Directory

b. a bicameral legislature was established

c. both (a) and (b)

d. None of the above

The playground of lawn tennis is called________

a. court         

b. ring

c. arena         

d. rink

The number of principal organs of the United Nation is________

a. 3     

b. 4

c. 5     

d. 6

The Reliance Cup was earlier known by the name of________

a. Benson and Hedges Cup

b. McDowell's Challenge Cup

c. Prudential Cup

d. Rothmans Cup

The Rh factor refers to________

a. a protein substance found in the blood of some people

b. a hormone carried by the blood

c. the ratio of red corpuscles to white corpuscles in the blood

d. a process that speeds up the clothing of blood

The UN charter was finalized at________and become effective on________.

a. San Francisco, 24th October, 1945

b. Dumbarton Oaks, 5th March, 1944

c. Yalta, 2nd February, 1945

d. Teheran, 24th October, 1943

The total number of members of UN Security Council is________

a. 5     

b. 10

c. 15  

d. 20

Unofficial, and usually illegal, system of providing people with more then their share of goods and services where their prices are controlled, is called________

a. black money

b. blue chip

c. black market

d. black economy

To which of the following countries does the news agency Cetreko belong?

a. Czechoslovakia

b. Indonesia

c. France       

d. USA

To produce sound it is necessary that________

a. the source should execute longitudinal vibrations

b. the source should execute transverse vibrations

c. the source may execute any type of vibrations

d. the vibrations of source are not necessary

The UN library is known by the name of________

a. Nation's library

b. U Thant library

c. Hammarskjoeld library

d. Trygve Lie library

What is the S.I. unit of temperature?

a. Kelvin       

b. Celsius

c. Centigrade

d. Fahrenheit

When did Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies?

a. 1455 AD

b. 1492 AD

c. 1139 AD

d. 1556 AD

What was the purpose of EFTA (European Free Trade Association)?

a. To remove all tariffs on trade of industrial goods between the member countries

b. To aid the creation of a single west European market to help boost world trade

c. both (a) and (b)

d. None of the above

When did Hitler became President of Germany?

a. 1934          

b. 1935

c. 1936          

d. 1937

What is the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?

a. Group of 53 former colonies of Britain

b. Group of 12 former republics of dissolved USSR

c. Group of 10 Latin America countries

d. Group of Islamic countries in Saudi Arabia region

What is the literacy rate of Mizoram?

a. 88.49 per cent

b. 63.31 per cent

c. 67.11 per cent

d. 50.23 per cent

Which countries from the membership of CACM (Central American Common Market)?

a. Costa Rica, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

b. Bogota, EI Salvedor, Honduras

c. Washington DC, Bogota, Guatemala

d. All of the above

Which of the following are the members of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)?

a. Bhutan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan

b. Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka

c. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

d. None of the above

Where is the permanent secretariat of the SAARC?

a. Kathmandu

b. New Delhi

c. Islamabad

d. Colombo

Which of the following agencies related to the United Nation was in existence before the Second World War?

a. Food and Agricultural Organisation

b. International Labour Organisation

c. World Health Organisation

d. International Monetary Fund

Which is the place of worship for Judoists?

a. Synagogue

b. First temple

c. No church or temple

d. Monastery

Which amongst the following mammals has the highest metabolic rate in terms of oxygen consumption (mm3/g hour)?

a. Dog           

b. Mouse

c. Rabbit        

d. Rat