Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

The headquarter of the United Nations is at New York. The United Nations is headquartered in New York City, in a complex designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison, and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952.

The main purpose of the Group of 77 was to defend the economic and trade interests of the developing nations of the world. The primary goals of the G-77 are to maintain the independence and sovereignty of all developing countries, to defend the economic interests of member countries by insisting on equal standing with developed countries in the global marketplace, to establish a united front on issues of common concern, and to strengthen ties between member countries. Because of the historical significance of the meeting, the name G-77 has been kept despite the group’s growth to include more than 130 countries.

The largest party of Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party, endorses the Northern Ireland peace deal between British and Irish governments in 1998. The Belfast Agreement is also known as the Good Friday Agreement, because it was reached on Good Friday, 10 April 1998. It was a peace agreement between the British and Irish governments, and most of the political parties in Northern Ireland, on how Northern Ireland should be governed.

The last ruler of the Mughal dynasty was Bahadurshah Zafar. The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, also known as Zafar, died in a British prison in Burma in 1862. As the last of the dynastic line that extended back to the sixteenth century, he had in his earlier years presided over a culturally sophisticated court, but as the British East India Company extended its control over more of India, his rule was clearly coming to an end.

The headquarter of the Warsaw Treaty Organization were at Moscow. It was founded after the admission of West Germany to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the equivalent organization of Western Europe. Its headquarters were in Moscow, and it was effectively controlled by the Soviet Union.

The main objective of the Department of Atomic Energy is to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world'.

The last Asian Games took Place in 2010 at Guangzhou, China. China set a new games record with 199 gold medals.

The important minerals of Assam are petroleum.

The headquarter of BSF(India) is at New Delhi. The Border Security Force (BSF) is the border police organisation of India. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces of India, and was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965, "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected there with".

The headquarter of Lalit Kala Academy is at New Delhi. Its headquarters are at Ravindra Bhawan, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi.