Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

Ecology deals with relation between organisms and their environment. Ecology is the study of the interaction of organisms in an area with their environment. This interaction constitutes an overall adaptation of the organisms to their environment which also includes the continuity of species. However, the availability of organisms in an area is dependent on the type of environment.

Filaria is caused by Mosquito. Filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type. These are spread by blood-feeding diptera such as black flies and mosquitoes.

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.