Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

Cement and paper, Asbestos and units of HMT, BHEL and Hindustan Shipyard and Bharat Dynamics Limited industries are common in Andhra Pradesh.

Veins act as a channel of transmission of blood to the heart in the human body. Blood enters the heart through two large veins, the inferior and superior vena cava, emptying oxygen-poor blood from the body into the right atrium of the heart. As the atrium contracts, blood flows from your right atrium into your right ventricle through the open tricuspid valve.

Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are the members of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries).

White corpuscles acts as a resistance against in the body. White blood cells (also called leukocytes or immune cells) are cells which form a component of the blood. They help to defend the body against infectious disease and foreign materials as part of the immune system.

Silver bromide is useful in photography. When silver bromide is exposed to light it undergoes photochemical decomposition. The silver ions present in silver bromide are reduced to silver metal which remains as an opaque image on the photographic film.

Biennial meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM), Annual meeting of the finance minister of the member countries and Regular meeting of the minister of education, law, health and other minister are the important meeting of the Commonwealth.

Slavery Abolition Act(1833), in British history, act of Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada. It received Royal Assent on August 28, 1833, and took effect on August 1, 1834.

David Cohen Award is the biggest literary award of Britain. The David Cohen Prize has established itself as the greatest honour a British or Irish writer can receive within these islands. It is also conducted with proper secrecy and dignity.

Mining and various small-scale industries like manufacturing soaps, paper and so on industries are found in Goa. Goa has a strong presence in mining, tourism and pharmaceuticals sectors. Mining (iron ore and manganese), pharmaceuticals, iron and steel industries are present in North Goa while mining and shipbuilding industries are present in South Goa.

The Economic and Social Council body of UNO carries on the function of the UNO with regard to international, economic, social, cultural, education, wealth and related matters.