Basic General Knowledge — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) was established in 1957. It is a leading ISO 9001-2015 certified shipyard on the West Coast of India, functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India.

DRDL stands for Defence Research and Development Laboratary, under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) - with thrust on design, development and flight evaluation of various types of Missile Systems for the Indian armed forces.

Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. General Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja, DSO (15 June 1899 – 1 January 1964), also known as K.S. Rajendrasinhji, was the first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian army, and the second Indian, after Field Marshal K. M.

FRS stands for Fellow of Royal Society. Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of London judges to have made a 'substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science'.

Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the Earth's gravitational pull.

GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is international agreement signed in 1947 between non-communist nations with the object of encouraging and agreement which seeks to achieve its aim by arranging and encouraging bargaining with trade concession.

Coral reefs in India can be found in Rameshwaram. Coral reefs on the Tamil Nadu coast are located in Palk Bay near Rameswaram and in the Gulf of Mannar.

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

Golden Temple, Amritsar is India's largest Gurdwara. The Golden Temple Amritsar India (Sri Harimandir Sahib Amritsar) is not only a central religious place of the Sikhs, but also a symbol of human brotherhood and equality. Everybody, irrespective of cast, creed or race can seek spiritual solace and religious fulfilment without any hindrance. It also represents the distinct identity, glory and heritage of the Sikhs.

During World War I Germany was defeated in the Battle of Verdun on the western front and Romania declared war on the eastern front in the year 1916 AD. Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace and no more fighting) that had been prepared by Britain and France. At the start of 1918, Germany was in a strong position and expected to win the war.

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

Hamid Karzai was chosen president of Afghanistan in 2002. The Karzai administration was the government of Afghanistan under President Hamid Karzai, who became the head of state of Afghanistan in December 2001 after the Taliban government was overthrown. Karzai was appointed at the 2002 Loya Jirga as the Interim President of the Afghan Transitional Administration.

The Durand Cup is an association football (soccer) tournament held annually in India. It is the oldest football tournament in Asia and the third oldest in the world, after the English FA Cup and the Scottish Cup. The Durand Cup has a rich history and tradition in Indian football, making it a significant event in the sport. Therefore, the correct option is B, which associates the Durand Cup with the game of football.

The headquarters of the United Nations is a distinctive complex in New York City (USA). The United Nations has three additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters or headquarter districts. These are located in Geneva (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria), and Nairobi (Kenya).

First International Peace Congress was held in London in 1843 AD. The first International Congress was held in London at the suggestion of Joseph Sturge and on the initiative of the American Peace Society in 1843. The host was the London Peace Society. 294 British, 37 American and six Continental delegates attended.

For seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine under water, the instrument used is periscope. It can be through or around the object that made it visible. In addition to this, it avoids any sort of direct sight line from the point of observation to the object being observed.

Dr. Zakir Hussain was the first Muslim president of India. He was the co-founder of Jamia Millia Islamia University. Born on February 8, 1897, in Hyderabad, he was the country's first Muslim president, from May 13, 1967, until his death on May 3, 1969.

G-15 is an economic grouping of Third World Nations. The countries listed in G-15 group are Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.

Fathometer is used to measure Ocean depth. Fathometer is a depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water. The Richter Scale is used to measure the intensity of Earthquakes.

Zinc is used for galvanizing iron. Galvanization (or galvanizing as it is most commonly called in that industry) is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting.

Economic goods are all commodities that are limited in quantity as compared to their demand. An economic good is a good or service that has a benefit (utility) to society. Also, economic goods have a degree of scarcity and therefore an opportunity cost.

For purifying drinking water alum is used for coagulation of mud particles. Aluminium Sulfate, Shortly known as Alum, when added to raw water reacts with the bicarbonate alkalinities present in water and forms a gelatinous precipitate. The water over this sediment is almost clean other than some fine particles dissolved in it.

Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in 1958 in Tokyo. Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan between 25 May and 30 May 1958 with five teams participating in a round robin competition.

ESCAP stands for Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) serves as the United Nations' regional hub promoting cooperation among countries to achieve inclusive and sustainable development.

Firdausi was a poet and well known for his epic 'Shahnama'. Firdausi was a well known poet of Mahmud of Ghazni and wrote a book ,Shahnama, which is about the history of Persia.

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at Darjeeling. It is recognized as one of the best mountaineering institutes in the world.

Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was a German Physicist, devised temperature scale and developed the mercury thermometer in 1714. He invented the alcohol thermometer (1709), the first mercury thermometer (1714) and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale. He also showed the boiling points of liquids vary with changes in pressure and that water can remain liquid below its freezing point.

During the first crusade, crusaders reached Jerusalem and captured it in 1099 AD. They arrived at Jerusalem in June 1099 and took the city by assault on 7 July 1099, massacring the defenders. A brief attempt by the Saracens to recapture Jerusalem was repulsed at the Battle of Ascalon.

Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of four individuals to have won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being Marie Curie, John Bardeen and Frederick Sanger).

Free market is market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand. The free market is an economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control. It is a summary description of all voluntary exchanges that take place in a given economic environment.

East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of Asia. East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on 20 May 2002 and joined the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.

Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the force of cohesion. The force of cohesion is defined as the force of attraction between molecules of the same substance.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the servants of India Society, served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1907 and started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune. Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer who founded a sectarian organization to work for relief of the underprivileged of India.

GNLF stands for Gorkha National Liberation Front. Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) is a political party in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India.

Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in increased height. In children and adolescents, excessive levels of growth hormone can result in a condition called gigantism. Children with this condition may have unusually long arms and legs and may grow to heights of 7 to 8 feet or more.

Fa-Hien was the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya. He is also renowned for his pilgrimage to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha (modern Nepal).

August 3, 1914 - Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium.

ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation Organization. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency, established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).

India's first Technicolor film Jhansi Ki Rani in the early 1950s was produced by Sohrab Modi.

The British Geological Survey reports that as of 2005, Kodarma district in Jharkhand state in India had the largest deposits of mica in the world.