Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

The exhaled air contains a mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which nitrogen has the highest percentage. Exhaled air contains less oxygen and more carbon dioxide, it is also saturated with water vapour. Exhaled air contains: 78% nitrogen and16% oxygen.

The full-fledged Commonwealth Games were first organized in 1930 at Hamilton in Canada. 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.

Wright Brothers are regarded inventors of the Aeroplane. The Wright brothers Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) – were two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.

World War II was fought between Axis Power (Germany, Italy and Japan) against the Allies (Britain, USSR, USA, France). World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries including all the great powers eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

The basic cause of World War II was an unjust Treaty of Versailles, rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and Japan's policy of expansion and imperialism of England and France.

The country, which was admitted to the membership of the United Nations in September 2002, is East Timor. On 27 September 2002, East Timor was renamed to Timor-Leste, using the Portuguese language, and was admitted as a member state by the UN.

The committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the prize for peace. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian parliament). The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2019.

The date of operation of first open heart surgery in India was February 15, 1961. "It was in Nair Hospital on February 15, 1961, that Dr K N Dastur performed the country's first open-heart surgery to fix the hole in 19-year-old Hemlata's heart,'' said Nair Hospital dean Dr R Rananavre on Tuesday.

The first Indian to be awarded the Oscar for lifetime achievements in cinema in 1992 was Satyajit Ray. Satyajit Ray won the National Award for the Best Director six times, which is the most by any filmmaker so far. In total, he won 32 National Awards by the Government of India. Satyajit Ray received an Honorary Academy Award in 1992, becoming the first Indian to receive an Honorary Oscars.

The element of an electric stove made nicrome. Nichrome 80/20 is an ideal material, because it has relatively high resistance and forms an adherent layer of chromium oxide when it is heated for the first time.