General Knowledge MCQ for Competitive Examinations

General Studies MCQ on General awareness

14-When a shaving brush is dipped and then taken out of water, its hair adheres together due to which of the following properties ?

(A) Friction

(B) Elasticity

(C) Viscosity

(D) Surface Tension

 

15-Echidna is a/an

(A) Egg laying mammal

(B) Pouch bearing mammal

(C) Insectivorous mammal

(D) Flying mammal

 

16-A lake formed when a meandering river, having bent in almost a complete circle is called

(A) Levees

(B) Oxbow lake

(C) Alluvial fan

(D) Alluvial plain

 

17-Lake Baikal, one of the largest fresh water lakes in the world, is in

(A) Russia

(B) Canada

(C) USA

(D) Finland

 

18-Pampas are located in

(A) Africa

(B) Eurasia

(C) South America

(D) North America

 

19-A thin transition layer of Atmosphere which separates Stratosphere and Troposphere is known as

(A) Tropopause

(B) Stratopause

(C) Mesopause

(D) Thermopause

 

20-The largest hot desert of the world is

(A) Kalahari

(B) Gobi

(C) Sahara

(D) Thar

 

21-Deep sea divers breathe using containers filled with

(A) Oxygen only

(B) A mixture of oxygen and helium

(C) A mixture of oxygen and nitrogen

(D) A mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide

 

22-Diopter is the unit of

(A) Power of lens

(B) Focal length of a lens

(C) Aperture

(D) Shutter speed in camera

 

23-The Strait of Gibraltar separates which country and which sea ?

(A) Spain, Morocco and Mediterranean Sea

(B) Portugal, Morocco and Black Sea

(C) Algeria, Spain and Caspian Sea

(D) Portugal, Algeria and Red Sea

 

24-Which of the following are two largest sugarcane producing countries of the world ?

(A) Brazil, India

(B) China, India

(C) Philippines, Indonesia

(D) Indonesia, India

 

25-Who got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the human blood groups and antigens ?

(A) K. Landsteiner

(B) T. Svedberg

(C) O. Warburg

(D) T.H. Morgan

 

26-The International Date Line is an imaginary line passing through the Bering Strait, generally following the meridian of

(A) 0°

(B) 180°

(C) 90°

(D) 60°

 

ANSWERS:

14-(D), 15-(A), 16-(B), 17-(A), 18-(C), 19-(A), 20-(C), 21-(B), 22-(A), 23-(A), 24-(A), 25-(A), 26-(B)