Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

On a night when the sky is clear, the temperature may dip considerably; on a cloudy night the temperature will usually dip much less. The reason for this difference is that the clear sky allows radiant energy to escape readily from the earth.

Normally the Commonwealth Games are held at intervals of 4 years. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then.

Mahakavi Kalidas was one of the greatest Sanskrit poet and dramatist, lived during the region of Chandragupta Vikaramaditya and famous works include Shakutala, Raghuvansha, Meghdoot and Kumara Sambahava.

Olympic emblem is composed of five intertwined rings, each of a different colour, representing the five continents of the world as Blue ring - Europe; Yellow ring - Asia; Black ring - Africa; Red ring- America; Green ring - Oceania. It represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.

Hygrometer is the instrument used to measure relative humidity. Humidity is the measure of the amount of moisture in the air.

National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) was setup in 1980. A central organization of the government of India responsible for managing data from imaging satellites.

Mina is the tribe of Rajasthan. Mina is a caste inhabiting Rājasthān and Punjab states in northern India, and Punjab province, Pakistan, who speak Hindi and claim descent from the Rājputs. The Mina are possibly of inner Asiatic origin, and tradition suggests that they migrated to India in the 7th century with the Rājputs, but no other link between the two has been substantiated.

King Hammurabi raised the first army of the world in 2000 BC. Hammurabi (also known as Khammurabi and Ammurapi, reigned 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon, assumed the throne from his father, Sin-Muballit, and expanded the kingdom to conquer all of ancient Mesopotamia.

National Institute of Occupation Health is located at Ahmedabad. National Institute of Occupational Health, also known as Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt or STAMI is a government body organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.

Kanishka was the king of Kushan dynasty, a great conqueror but later became a follower of Buddha and the only ruler of India whose territory extended up to central Asia.