Basic General Knowledge MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Silvassa is the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is composed of two separate geographical entities: Nagar Haveli, wedged between Maharashtra and Gujarat, and, 1 km to the northwest, the smaller enclave of Dadra, which is surrounded by Gujarat.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The measurement of Lawn Tennis court for singles 78 ft. by 27 ft. A tennis court is 78 feet long and 27 feet wide. To the nearest foot, what is the length of the diagonal of a Tennis court.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
It is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by IDF and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The college of Military Engineering is situated at Kirkee (Pune).

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin was Alexander Fleming. In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, though he did not realize the full significance of his discovery for at least another decade. He eventually received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
People who secretly indulge in anti-national or anti-government activities and help the enemy are called Fifth column. A fifth column is any group of people who undermine a larger group from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or nation. The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine. Fifth column Refers to traitors or people who secretly indulge in anti-national or anti -government activities and help the enemy.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Mining and various small-scale industries like manufacturing soaps, paper and so on industries are found in Goa. Goa has a strong presence in mining, tourism and pharmaceuticals sectors. Mining (iron ore and manganese), pharmaceuticals, iron and steel industries are present in North Goa while mining and shipbuilding industries are present in South Goa.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The Roman governor and principal assassin in the murder of Julies Caesar was Marcus Junius Brutus. Marcus Junius Brutus, often referred to simply as Marcus Brutus or Brutus, was a Roman senator during the political turmoil of the late Roman Republic. He took a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Sunnis and Shias are the important sects of Islam. Shia and Sunni Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. They chose sides following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in AD 632.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Super conductivity is a phenomenon in which the resistance of a substance becomes zero at very low temperature. Superconductors are solids that at low temperatures exhibit zero resistance to the flow of electrical current, a phenomenon known as superconductivity. The temperature at which the electrical resistance of a substance drops to zero is its superconducting transition temperature (T c).