Basic General Knowledge – Practice Set 13 (General Awareness) GK MCQ
1) Which of the following is not one of the official language of the United Nations ?
a) Arabic
b) Spanish
c) Hindi
d) Russian
ans: c
2) Umayalapuram K shivaram is well known as an exponent of
a)Flute
b)Mridangam
c)Shehnai
d)Violin
Ans: b
3) The Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change Shared the Nobel Prize With Who Of the following?
a)Al Gore
b)Ban- Ki –Moon
c)Bill Clinton
d) John Howard
ans:a
4)Who is the author of the novel “The Hungry Tide”?
a)Amitav Ghosh
b)Arundhati Roy
c)Shashi Tharoor
d)Ved Mehta
ans:a
5) The bone tibia is found in
a) Skull
b) Leg
c) Arm
d) Mouth
6) Benzene is a polymer of
a) Methane
b) Acetylene
c) Ethane
d) Ethylene
7) Which microorganism causes hepatitis B?
a) Virus
b) Protozoa
c) Bacteria
d) None of these
8) Which of the following is not a Kharif crop?
a) Cotton
b) Groundnut
c) Maize
d) Mustard
9) The fertile land between two rivers is called
a) watershed
b) water divide
c) doab
d) terai
10) The planning commission of india was constituted in the year
a) 1942
b) 1947
c) 1950
d) 1955