Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

Zakir Hussain was the third President of India and India's second vice President. Zakir Husain Khan was an Indian economist and politician who served as the third President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. He previously served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962.

The purpose of SAARC is to promote the welfare of the people of South Asia, to improve the environment of security in the region and to accelerate economic growth and cultural development.

On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes.

Nainital, located in Uttarakhand (formerly known as Uttaranchal), is a famous hill station in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas.

Nainital is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,938 metres (6,358 feet) above sea level. Therefore, 6,400 feet is the closest and most appropriate answer among the given options.

Disclaimer: The elevation of different places within and around Nainital may vary because of differences in location and measurement points. Some areas may be slightly higher or lower than the standard reference elevation. For competitive examinations, approximately 6,400 feet above sea level is considered the standard answer for this question.

When a given amount of air is cooled the amount of moisture it can hold decreases. If you increase the temperature, however, the amount of water vapor the air can hold increases, so the relative humidity decreases.

France first became a republic on the 22nd of September 1792; this was the day that the National Convention abolished the French monarchy, ruled by the Capetian dynasty and various branches of it since 987 AD.

The purpose of OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) is to sustained economic growth, employment and higher standards of living.

In 1896 at Athens was weightlifting introduced in Olympics. Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.

The purpose of 'United Nations Conference on Trade and Development' (UNCTAD) is to promote International Trade with a view to accelerate economic growth of developing countries. The organization's goals are to: "maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist them in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis".

The population density of Kerala is 819/sq. km. The average density of population of the state is 819 persons per sq.km. Kerala's urban population figures to 1,74,55,506 persons which is about one-fourth of the total population. Rural population in Kerala is 1,59,32,171.