Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Basic General Knowledge-GK

National Defence Academy is situated at Khadakvasla. It is the first tri-service academy in the world.

Modvat is modified value added, a term used in excise which is a new scheme of indirect taxes and scheme which allows a manufacturer to claim instant reimbursement of the excise duty paid on the raw.

Number of commands of Air Force are seven in which five Operational and two Functional Commands. These are grouped into 7 commands viz. Western Air Command at Delhi, Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Central Air Command at Prayagraj, Southern Air Command at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar, formerly at Jodhpur, Training Command at Bangalore and Maintenance Command at Nagpur.

Of the following foods, fish is the best source of protein. Fish and seafood are good sources of protein and are typically low in fat. While slightly higher in fat than other varieties, salmon packs in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids which can reduce joint stiffness and inflammation.

MISA stands for Maintenance of Internal Security Act. The Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1971 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies very broad powers – indefinite preventive detention of individuals, search and seizure of property without warrants, and wiretapping – in the quelling of civil and political disorder in India, as well as countering foreign-inspired sabotage, terrorism, subterfuge and threats to national security.

Mount Everest was captured by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in the year 1953. Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stands on the summit of Everest on May 29, 1953 after he and Edmund Hillary became the first people to reach the highest point on Earth.

Karoline Mikkelsen was the first woman to reach South Pole. She was a Danish-Norwegian explorer who on 20 February, 1935 was the first woman to set foot on Antarctica, although whether this was on the mainland or an island is a matter of dispute.

Liquids transmit pressure equally in all directions. This is known as Pascal's Law. Pascal's law says that pressure applied to an enclosed fluid will be transmitted without a change in magnitude to every point of the fluid and to the walls of the container. The pressure at any point in the fluid is equal in all directions.

John F. Kennedy, President of USA, died in 1963. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza.

Lal Bahadur Shastri succeeded Pandit Nehru as the second Prime Minister of India and signed the Tashkent Agreement with Ayub Khan for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan and is also known as “Man of Peace”.