Basic General Knowledge MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Coral reefs in India can be found in Rameshwaram. Coral reefs on the Tamil Nadu coast are located in Palk Bay near Rameswaram and in the Gulf of Mannar.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
India participated in Olympics Hockey in 1928. The 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, when India won the gold, was the country’s first step towards ascending the hockey throne.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Pottery was developed in the Indus Valley in 3500 BC.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
India’s Integrated Missiles Development Programme was started in 1982-83 under the chairmanship of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. On 8 January 2008, the DRDO formally announced the successful completion of the IGMDP.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The News Agency “Associated Press” is of America. The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. Its members are U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP news report, distributed to its members and customers, is produced in English, Spanish and Arabic. The AP has earned 53 Pulitzer Prizes, including 31 for photography, since the award was established in 1917.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
School of Aviation Medicine (Air Force) is located at Bangalore.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
In UNO, the new members are admitted to the General Assembly on the recommendation of Security Council and two-third of the members of the General Assembly should vote in favour.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The ‘Black flag’ signifies protest.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Pythagoras was first to prove the universal validity of geometrical theorem. He is known best for the proof of the important Pythagorean theorem, which is about right angle triangles.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which had directly led to the war. The other Central Powers on the German side signed separate treaties.