Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

Hundred year war was fought between France and England during the late Middle Ages. It lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453. The war started because Charles IV of France died in 1328 without an immediate male heir (i.e., a son or younger brother).

In Butter and paraffin wax, the two substances forming the pair are chemically most dissimilar. Butter is an unsaturated compound or an olefin in contrast to wax which is a saturated compound. So butter will show more reactivity for reactants. As such, they show different chemical nature.

India's Integrated Missiles Development Programme was started in 1982-83 under the chairmanship of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. On 8 January 2008, the DRDO formally announced the successful completion of the IGMDP.

INS Agrani (Petty Officers' School) is situated at Coimbatore. Indian Naval Station Agrani is a leadership training establishment of the Indian Navy, it comes under the Eastern Naval Command and conducts courses for middle level sailors. This station was commissioned in 1965.

Hybridization is cross-fertilization between two varieties. Hybridization refers to the natural or deliberate pollination between two plants. It occurs all the time in the wild as many plants are cross-pollinated and when the pollen from one plant lands on the stigma of another plant, and if fertilization is successful in producing seed, then hybridization has occurred.

In 1987, Kolkata - India world cup cricket final, Australia beat England. The final of the Reliance World Cup was played in Eden Gardens, Calcutta on Sunday 8 November 1987. The match was won by Australia who defeated England by 7 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the first Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England.

India is the largest grower of pulses. Madhya Pradesh is India's largest pulse producing state, which accounts for 23% of total pulse production in the country. Madhya Pradesh is followed by Uttar Pradesh (18%), Maharashtra (14%), Rajasthan (11%) and Andhra Pradesh (9%).

In cricket, a run taken when the ball passes the batsman without touching his bat or body is called bye. A bye is a run scored by the batting team when the ball has not been hit by the batsman and the ball has not hit the batsman's body.

5 non-permanent Security Council (UNO) members are from Afro-Asian countries.

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at Kalpakkam, Chennai. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is one of India's premier nuclear research centres. It is the second largest establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), next to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), located at Kalpakkam, 80 km south of Chennai, India. It was established in 1971 as an exclusive centre dedicated to the pursuit of fast reactor science and technology, due to the vision of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.