Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

The sacred place for Buddhists is Lumbini (Nepal) where Buddha was born in Bodh Gaya (Bihar) where Buddha received enlightenment and Kusinagara (UP) where Buddha attained Nirvana.

The national museum is located at New Delhi. Also known as the National Museum of India, the National Museum in New Delhi is one the largest museums in India, situated on the corner of the Janpath and Maulana Azad Road. Established in 1949, the blueprints of the majestic repository were prepared by the Gwyer Committee set up by the Government of India in 1946.

The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organisation so far was Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur. Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur DStJ was an Indian activist and politician. Following her long-lasting association with the Indian independence movement, she was appointed the first Health Minister of India in 1947 and remained in office until 1957.

The News Agency "Associated Press" is of America. The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. Its members are U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP news report, distributed to its members and customers, is produced in English, Spanish and Arabic. The AP has earned 53 Pulitzer Prizes, including 31 for photography, since the award was established in 1917.

The Olympic Flame was lit for the first time at the Amsterdam stadium in 1928. The modern Olympic flame is ignited at the site where the temple of Hera used to stand. When the tradition of an Olympic fire was reintroduced during the 1928 Summer Olympics, an employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam lit the first modern Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.

The significance of peace is denoted by Olive branch. The olive branch is a symbol of peace or victory allegedly deriving from the customs of ancient Greece, particularly regarding supplication to both the gods and persons in power, and is found in most cultures of the Mediterranean basin.

The objective of India's space programme was mass communication and education via satellite, survey and management of natural resources and development of indigenous satellites and satellite launch vehicles.

The Council is composed of 15 Members: Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members .

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awards the Nobel Prize in physics and chemistry.

The prize winning title of Arundhati Roy for Booker's Prize in 1997 was The God of Small Things. Roy was awarded the 1997 Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things. The award carried a prize of approximately US$30,000 and a citation that noted, "The book keeps all the promises that it makes".