Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

Mouse amongst the following mammals has the highest metabolic rate in terms of oxygen consumption (mm³/g hour).

In 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as first black President. The African National Congress won 63%of the votes in the election, and Mandela, as leader of the ANC, was inaugurated on 10 May 1994 as the country's first black President, with the National Party's F.W. de Klerk as his first deputy and Thabo Mbeki as the second in the Government of National Unity.

Thermal sources of energy tapped in India has shown the largest growth till the Eighth plan. Thermal energy (also called heat energy) is produced when a rise in temperature causes atoms and molecules to move faster and collide with each other.

International Court of Justice body of UNO gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), sometimes called the World Court, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). The ICJ settles disputes between states and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues referred to it by the UN.

Booker Prize is the highest literary award of the world. The leading literary award in the English speaking world, which has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. Awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Ms. Medha Patkar is associated with the Sardar Sarovar project. Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is one of the biggest dams on Narmada where the non-violent people's struggle has questioned social and environmental costs, undemocratic planning and unjust distribution of benefits.

Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottamthullal are the famous dances of Kerala.

Jaspal Rana is associated with Shooting. Jaspal Rana (born 28 June 1976) is an Indian shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category.

Lala Lajpat Rai is also known as Sher-e-Punjab and Punjab Kesari. He was born on 28 January 1865 in Dhudike (now Moga district) of Punjab. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari meaning The Lion of Punjab also known as Sher-E- Punjab in Punjabi for his contribution to the freedom movement.

Modern football is said to have evolved from England. Football is one of a family of football codes, which emerged from various ball games played worldwide since antiquity. The modern game traces its origins to 1863 when the Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association.