Basic general knowledge

[amp_mcq option1=”1979-80″ option2=”1980-81″ option3=”1981-82″ option4=”1982-83″ correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionIndia’s Integrated Missiles Development Programme was started in ____ under the chairmanship of Dr.

[amp_mcq option1=”Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf” option2=”Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams” option3=”Marat Safin and Serena Williams” option4=”Andre Agassi and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionThe 2005 Australian Open Tennis Championship titles for men’s and women’s singles were won, respectively by

[amp_mcq option1=”the amount of moisture it can hold decreases” option2=”its absolute humidity decreases” option3=”its relative humidity remains constant” option4=”its absolute humidity increases” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionWhen a given amount of air is cooled

[amp_mcq option1=”Food and Agricultural Organisation” option2=”International Labour Organisation” option3=”World Health Organisation” option4=”International Monetary Fund” correct=”option2″]

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

[amp_mcq option1=”Chittorgarh (Rajasthan)” option2=”Kochi (Kerala)” option3=”Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)” option4=”Durgapur (West Bengal)” correct=”option2″]

Detailed SolutionTomb of Vasco-da-Gama is situated at

[amp_mcq option1=”indirect tax levied at each stage of production and distribution, from the primary produce to the re” option2=”tax calculated on the selling price, but in declaring the liability to the government, the seller is” option3=”both (a) and (b)” option4=”None of the above” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionValue Added Tax (VAT) is

[amp_mcq option1=”hydrosphere” option2=”troposphere” option3=”lithosphere” option4=”atmosphere” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionThe main reserves of phosphorus in the biosphere is in the

[amp_mcq option1=”2000 years ago” option2=”2200 years ago” option3=”2400 years ago” option4=”2775 years ago” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionThe first historical mention of the holding of the ancient Olympic Games occurred about

[amp_mcq option1=”increases with temperature” option2=”decreases with temperature” option3=”does not change with temperature” option4=”becomes zero at very low temperature” correct=”option4″]

Detailed SolutionSuper conductivity is a phenomenon in which the resistance of a substance

[amp_mcq option1=”by weathering” option2=”by wind erosion” option3=”by water erosion” option4=”of its mineral content” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionThe chief purpose of crop rotation is to check the loss of top soil