Basic General Knowledge MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The main crop of Meghalaya is rice. Rice is the dominant food grain crop accounting for over 80% of the food grain production in the state. Other important food grain crops are maize, wheat, other cereals and pulses.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The literacy rate of Punjab is 69.95 per cent.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to increase the alkalinity of the soil. It increases the pH of acidic soil (the lower the pH the more acidic the soil); in other words, soil acidity is reduced and alkalinity increased. it provides a source of calcium and magnesium for plants. It permits improved water penetration for acidic soils.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) company manufactures low and high power communication equipment like radius for the use of defense services and paramilitary organizations.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Kiran Bedi is first woman IPS officer. Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a retired Indian Police Service officer, social activist, former tennis player and politician who is the current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. She is the first female Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and started her serivce in 1975.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
India became a member of the United Nations in 1945. India is a founding member of the United Nations. On June 26, 1945, India was among 50 countries to sign the UN charter. India joined the United Nations after ratifying the UN Charter on October 30, 1945.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Dr. Zakir Hussain was the first Muslim president of India. He was the co-founder of Jamia Millia Islamia University. Born on February 8, 1897, in Hyderabad, he was the country’s first Muslim president, from May 13, 1967, until his death on May 3, 1969.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The branch of science that studies cells is called cytology. It is that branch of science which deals with the structural and functional organisation of cell. It is also known as cell biology.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met at Teheran primarily for creating an effective instrument for maintaining international peace.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism born in Media (Iron) in 660 BC.