laboursonline – MCQs, Mock Tests | General knowledge(GK) GK MCQ Questions NCERT BOOKS Set -5

DRDL stands for

1. Defence Research and Development Laboratary
2. Differential Research and Documentation Laboratary
3. Department of Research and Development Laboratory
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of

1. Orissa
2. Kerala
3. Tamil nadu
4. Andhra Pradesh

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Fathometer is used to measure

1. Rainfall
2. Ocean depth
3. Sound intensity
4. Earthquakes

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was

1. a German Physicist
2. devised temperature scale
3. developed the mercury thermometer in 1714
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army ?

1. Gen. K.M. Cariappa
2. Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji
3. Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Hamid Karzai was chosen president of Afghanistan in

1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 2002
4. 2003

✅ Correct Answer: 3

For galvanizing iron which of the following metals is used?

1. Lead
2. Aluminium
3. Copper
4. Zinc

✅ Correct Answer: 4

FRS stands for

1. Federation of Regulation Society
2. Fellow Research System
3. Fellow of Royal Society
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Durand Cup is associated with the game of

1. Volleyball
2. Football
3. Cricket
4. Hockey

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Economic goods are

1. Commodities that is available according to their demand
2. Commodities that is available more as compared to demand
3. all commodities that are limited in quantity as compared to their demand
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the

1. Centripetal force due to the earth’s rotation
2. Earth’s gravitational pull
3. Pressure of the atmosphere
4. Moon’s gravitational pull

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Headquarters of UNO are situated at

1. Paris
2. Geneva
3. Haque (Netherlands)
4. New York, USA

✅ Correct Answer: 4

For purifying drinking water alum is used

1. for coagulation of mud particles
2. to remove gases
3. to kill bacteria
4. .to remove salts

✅ Correct Answer: 1

GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is

1. international agreement signed in 1947 between non-communist nations with the object of encouraging
2. agreement which seeks to achieve its aim by arranging and encouraging bargaining with trade concessi
3. Both option A and B
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

First International Peace Congress was held in London in

1. 1564 AD
2. 1798 AD
3. 1843 AD
4. 1901 AD

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in

1. 1966 in Bangkok
2. 1958 in Tokyo
3. 1962 in Jakarta
4. 1970 in Bangkok

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Coral reefs in India can be found in

1. Waltair
2. Trivandrum
3. the coast of Orissa
4. Rameshwaram

✅ Correct Answer: 4

For seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine under water, the instrument used is

1. periscope
2. telescope
3. kaleidoscope
4. spectroscope

✅ Correct Answer: 1

ESCAP stands for

1. European Society Council for Africa and Pacific
2. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific
3. Economic and Social Commission for Africa and Pacific
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

For safety, the fuse wire used in the mains for household supply of electricity must be made of metal having

1. low specific heat
2. high melting point
3. high resistance
4. low melting point

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Dr. Zakir Hussain was

1. first vice president of India
2. first speaker of Lok Sabha
3. the first Muslim president of India
4. first president of Indian National Congress

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Firdausi was

1. a poet
2. well known for his epic ‘Shahnama’
3. Both option A and B
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Golden Temple, Amritsar is India’s

1. largest Gurdwara
2. oldest Gurudwara
3. Both option A and B are correct
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

G-15 is an economic grouping of

1. First World Nations
2. Second World Nations
3. Third World Nations
4. Fourth World Nations

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at

1. Dispur
2. Marmago
3. Dehradun
4. Darjeeling

✅ Correct Answer: 4