Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

The countries that had maintained research stations in Antarctica under Antarctic Trade are Chili, France and Japan, Argentina, Australia, Belgium and South Africa and New Zealand, Norway, the former USSR, the UK and the USA.

The first development flight of SLV-3 took place on May 31, 1981. The first successful launch took place on 18 July, 1980. It was a four-stage rocket with all solid-propellant motors. The first launch of the SLV took place in Sriharikota on 10 August 1979.

The Enron project is a gas-fired power project. The Dabhol Power Company (now called RGPPL - Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited) was a company based in Maharashtra, India, formed in 1992 to manage and operate the controversial Dabhol Power Plant. The Dabhol plant was built through the combined effort of Enron as the majority share holder, and GE, and Bechtel as minority share holders.

The chief purpose of crop rotation is to check the loss of top soil of its mineral content. By crop rotation soil is able to get its lost nitrogen content and other minerals. It helps to check the minerals in the soil. And also it improves the soil fertility.

World's busiest airports by passenger traffic is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, USA. The Atlanta, Georgia, airport is the busiest passenger airport in the world, handling more than 107 million passengers in 2018, according to Airports Council International.

The first session of the UN General Assembly was convened on 10 January 1946 in the Methodist Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations.

The first rice straw power plant has been set up at Jalkheri, Punjab. The Jalkheri Power Plant becomes operational, not only about 80,000 MT per annum of rice straw shall be consumed for producing electricity, but this will also save environment from getting polluted which otherwise is polluted due to burning of rice straw by farmers.

The founder member of EFTA are Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Sweden. During the 1960s, these countries were often referred to as the "Outer Seven", as opposed to the Inner Six of the then European Economic Community (EEC).

The first historical mention of the holding of the ancient Olympic Games occurred about 2775 years ago.

The first Afro-Asian Games were held between October 24, 2003 and November 1, 2003 in Hyderabad, India.