Quiz 41: Basic General Knowledge →All Exams

1. In which among the following oceans, most coral reefs are found?
[A]Indian Ocean
[B]Pacific Ocean
[C]Atlantic Ocean
[D]Arctic Ocean


2. Which among the following is known as Quick Lime?
[A]CaO
[B]CaCO2
[C]Ca(OH)2
[D]CaCl2


3. Which among the following is known as White Vitriol?
[A]Zinc Sulphate
[B]Zinc Chloride
[C]Zinc Phosphate
[D]Zinc Oxide


4. In which year first general election held in India?
[A]1950
[B]1951
[C]1952
[D]1953


5. Which among the following is NOT a Vedanga?
[A]Kalpa
[B]Sankya
[C]Nirkuta
[D]Chhanda


6. When there is a possibility of approaching storm than the mercury in the barometer falls / rises?
[A]rises
[B]falls
[C]remains constant
[D]rises drastically


7. In which state Talchar thermal power plant is located?
[A]Karnataka
[B]Odisha
[C]West Bengal
[D]Himachal Pradesh


8. Hirakund Dam is located on which river?
[A]Rihand
[B]Mahanadi
[C]Subarnrekha
[D]Bhargavi


9. Universalization of Secondary Education was an aim of which among the following five year plans?
[A]9th
[B]10th
[C]11th
[D]None of them


10. Husari and Bihunas are two main forms of dancing of which among the following states?
[A]Assam
[B]Arunachal Pradesh
[C]West Bengal
[D]Karnataka


11. At which among the following places, Gautam Buddha preached his last sermon?
[A]Sarnath
[B]Rajgir
[C]Vaishali
[D]Pavapuri


12. For approximately , which among the following periods, Goa was under Portuguese?
[A]1.5 century
[B]2.5 century
[C]3.5 century
[D]4.5 century


13. Which among the following sites in Haryana, is the place as per legends where Lord Krishna delivered the sermon of Bhagavad Gita?
[A]Jyotisar
[B]Pehowa
[C]Shahabad
[D]Ladwa


14. In which month, Vishu is celebrated in Kerala?
[A]January
[B]February
[C]March
[D]April


Explanation
15. The Malwa Plateau is spread in which among the following states?
[A]Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat
[B]Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
[C]Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharastra
[D]Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharastra