Basic General Knowledge MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option B.
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.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The first batch of women pilots was commissioned on December 17, 1994.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The treaty which ushered in NATO, was signed by the member nations at Washington. On 4 April 1949, the foreign ministers from 12 countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, D.C.: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The largest city of India is Mumbai. Mumbai is the second most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi, the largest city of Maharashtra and the most populous city in India by population.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
South Indian temples have tall towers with curving sides that taper at the top and gateway towers shaped like trapezoidal pyramids.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Study of earthquakes is known as seismology. Seismologists study earthquakes by going out and looking at the damage caused by the earthquakes and by using seismographs. A seismograph is an instrument that records the shaking of the earth’s surface caused by seismic waves.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at Darjeeling. It is recognized as one of the best mountaineering institutes in the world.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984. On 31 October 1984, Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was killed by her Sikh bodyguards. The assassination sparked four days of riots that left more than 8,000 Indian Sikhs dead in revenge attacks.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Shaurya Chakra made up of bronze is awarded for gallantry otherwise than in the face of the enemy. The Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice while not engaged in direct action with the enemy. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, sometimes posthumously.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Thomas Cup is associated with badminton. The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men’s Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport’s global governing body.