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Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

Learn and practice General Knowledge questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge with very easy and understandable explanations. GK questions are very helpful different type of competitive exams. Page-8 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Basic General Knowledge .
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Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of four individuals to have won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being Marie Curie, John Bardeen and Frederick Sanger).
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Free market is
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Answer: Option B
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Free market is market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand. The free market is an economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control. It is a summary description of all voluntary exchanges that take place in a given economic environment.
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East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of
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Answer: Option B
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East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of Asia. East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on 20 May 2002 and joined the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
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Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the
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Answer: Option D
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Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the force of cohesion. The force of cohesion is defined as the force of attraction between molecules of the same substance.
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Answer: Option D
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the servants of India Society, served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1907 and started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune. Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer who founded a sectarian organization to work for relief of the underprivileged of India.
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GNLF stands for
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Answer: Option B
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GNLF stands for Gorkha National Liberation Front. Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) is a political party in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India.
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Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in
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Answer: Option A
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Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in increased height. In children and adolescents, excessive levels of growth hormone can result in a condition called gigantism. Children with this condition may have unusually long arms and legs and may grow to heights of 7 to 8 feet or more.
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Fa-Hien was
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Answer: Option A
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Fa-Hien was the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya. He is also renowned for his pilgrimage to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha (modern Nepal).
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In which year of First World War Germany declared war on Russia and France?
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Answer: Option A
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August 3, 1914 - Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium.
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ICAO stands for
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Answer: Option C
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ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation Organization. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency, established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).