Basic General Knowledge MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Zawar (Rajasthan) is famous for zinc mines. Zawar is a township created by mining company Hindustan Zinc Limited, for extraction of zinc and lead. An 80MW power plant provides electricity for mining zinc and lead from three major mines.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist who is best known for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
In a normal human body, the total number of red blood cells is 30 trillion. Women have roughly 4 to 5 million red blood cells per microliter of blood, whereas men have about 5 to 6 million per microliter of blood. Red blood cells comprise approximately 70% of total human body cell number.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The national flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on July 22, 1947. Our present flag was adopted on July 22, 1947 by the Constituent Assembly as a Free India National Flag. The colours and their significance remained the same as the previous one. In this flag dharma charkha of Emperor Asoka was replaced with the spinning wheel as the emblem on the flag.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
State Bank of India has the maximum number of branches. SBI becomes world’s second bank to have 10,000 branches. State Bank of India on Sunday became only the second bank in the world to have 10,000 branches when Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram inaugurated its latest branch in Puduvayal district of Tamil Nadu

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The unit of energy in MKS system is joule. 1 Joule (J) is the MKS unit of energy, equal to the force of one Newton acting through one meter.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
To prevent loss of weight plants reduce transpiration by shedding of leaves, reducing the size of leaves and developing hair around stomata.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The conservation hawks and owls is important to mankind chiefly because these birds eat many harmful rodents.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
In terms of absolute number of persons living in urban areas, Maharashtra continues to lead with 50.8 million persons which comprises 13.5 percent of the total urban population of the country. Uttar Pradesh accounts for about 44.4 million, followed by Tamil Nadu at 34.9 million.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The first attempt in printing was made in England by William Caxton. William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat, and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England, in 1476, and as a printer was the first English retailer of printed books.