Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

In a normal human body, the total number of red blood cells is 30 trillion. Women have roughly 4 to 5 million red blood cells per microliter of blood, whereas men have about 5 to 6 million per microliter of blood. Red blood cells comprise approximately 70% of total human body cell number.

INS Venduruthy is an Indian Navy base located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala. It serves as the Headquarters of the Southern Naval Command.

In Winter season we need more fat. Researchers suggest that we have a natural tendency to overeat in the winter because, historically, food was more scarce.

There are 23 Districts and total of 168 statutory towns and 69 census towns in Punjab. Thus there are total 237 towns (or say cities) in Punjab. Major cities of Punjab include Mohali, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar.

India participated in Olympics Hockey in 1928. The 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, when India won the gold, was the country's first step towards ascending the hockey throne.

If force is expressed in Newton and the distance in metre, then the work done is expressed in Joule. Work done is expressed in force divided by distance. SI unit is joule.

Adult dogs have 42 permanent teeth compared to a measly 32 average human teeth (not counting any wisdom teeth. Those are "bonus"). Puppies possess 28 baby teeth while human babies will have 20 deciduous or “baby” teeth.

10 million red blood cells the bone marrow produce every second. The formation of a red blood cell from hemocytoblast takes about 2 days. The body makes about two million red blood cells every second.

Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain with one title each.

If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body decreases. This is because you see a moving body on the rotating earth's surface itself is in the reference frame. So when the earth rotates, the centripetal force acts towards the centre of rotation.