Basic General Knowledge MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option C.
When light passes from air into glass it experiences change of wavelength and speed. Waves change speed when they pass across the boundary between two different substances, such as light waves refracting when they pass from air to glass. This causes them to change direction and this effect is called refraction.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
John F. Kennedy, President of USA, died in 1963. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Hamid Karzai was chosen president of Afghanistan in 2002. The Karzai administration was the government of Afghanistan under President Hamid Karzai, who became the head of state of Afghanistan in December 2001 after the Taliban government was overthrown. Karzai was appointed at the 2002 Loya Jirga as the Interim President of the Afghan Transitional Administration.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Soil acidity is generally corrected by liming. Soil acidity can be corrected easily by liming the soil, or adding basic materials to neutralize the acid present. The most commonly used liming material is agricultural limestone, the most economical and relatively easy to manage source. The limestone is not very water-soluble, making it easy to handle.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
India has been represented as a non-permanent member of the Security Council (UNO) during 1972-73, 1984-85 and 1991-92.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in May 1994. South Africa withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth in 1961 after it declared itself a Republic under the leadership of Prime Minister H.F Verwoerd. The country’s move followed a storm of criticism for its racial policies by Commonwealth members.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The purpose of United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) is studying population dynamics, collecting population data and evolving population policies, family planning and related programmes.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The headquarter of the International court of Justice (UNO) are located at Hague (Netherlands). It is the main judicial organ or branch of the United Nations. In short, International Court of Justice is ICJ, sometimes people call it the World Court. In French language, it is Cour internationale de justice. Established ICJ in 1945, ICJ has its headquarters at The Hague, Netherlands.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Tansen was a great exponent of Indian classical music and one of the nine gems in the court of Akbar. Tansen, the magical musician, was one of the ‘Navratna’ (nine gems) at the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was born in Gwalior as a son of Mukund Misra, who was a poet. As a young child he learnt music from the legendary teacher of his time, Haridas Swami.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Habeas Corpus Act 1679 provided facilities to a prisoner to obtain either speedy trial or release in bail, states that no one was to be imprisoned without a writ or warrant stating the charge against him and safeguarded the personal liberties of the people against arbitrary imprisonment by the king’s orders.