Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

Fathometer is used to measure Ocean depth. Fathometer is a depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water. The Richter Scale is used to measure the intensity of Earthquakes.

Zinc is used for galvanizing iron. Galvanization (or galvanizing as it is most commonly called in that industry) is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting.

Economic goods are all commodities that are limited in quantity as compared to their demand. An economic good is a good or service that has a benefit (utility) to society. Also, economic goods have a degree of scarcity and therefore an opportunity cost.

For purifying drinking water alum is used for coagulation of mud particles. Aluminium Sulfate, Shortly known as Alum, when added to raw water reacts with the bicarbonate alkalinities present in water and forms a gelatinous precipitate. The water over this sediment is almost clean other than some fine particles dissolved in it.

Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in 1958 in Tokyo. Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan between 25 May and 30 May 1958 with five teams participating in a round robin competition.

ESCAP stands for Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) serves as the United Nations' regional hub promoting cooperation among countries to achieve inclusive and sustainable development.

Firdausi was a poet and well known for his epic 'Shahnama'. Firdausi was a well known poet of Mahmud of Ghazni and wrote a book ,Shahnama, which is about the history of Persia.

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at Darjeeling. It is recognized as one of the best mountaineering institutes in the world.

Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was a German Physicist, devised temperature scale and developed the mercury thermometer in 1714. He invented the alcohol thermometer (1709), the first mercury thermometer (1714) and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale. He also showed the boiling points of liquids vary with changes in pressure and that water can remain liquid below its freezing point.

During the first crusade, crusaders reached Jerusalem and captured it in 1099 AD. They arrived at Jerusalem in June 1099 and took the city by assault on 7 July 1099, massacring the defenders. A brief attempt by the Saracens to recapture Jerusalem was repulsed at the Battle of Ascalon.