Basic General Knowledge MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The term hit wicket in cricket refers to when the batsman, while hitting the ball, strikes his own wicket with his bat or body and is declared out. Cricket rules specify that if a batsman hits his wicket down with his bat or body after the bowler has entered his delivery stried and the ball is in play then he is out. The striking batsman is also out if he hits his wicket down while setting off for his first run.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The first launch of the missile ‘Trishul’ was made in September, 1995. The Trishul missile project was commissioned in 1983 as a part of Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. The project was to be completed by 1992 and the missile would be fitted to Brahmaputra-class frigates as an anti-sea skimmer.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Salt is the major mineral found in Punjab. The Salt Range is a hill system in the Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt. The range extends along the south of the Pothohar Plateau and the North of the Jhelum River. And in the Indian state of Punjab, Coal is the major natural resource found.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Liquids transmit pressure equally in all directions. This is known as Pascal’s Law. Pascal’s law says that pressure applied to an enclosed fluid will be transmitted without a change in magnitude to every point of the fluid and to the walls of the container. The pressure at any point in the fluid is equal in all directions.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Big Blue is a nickname for IBM. Big Blue arose in the early 1980’s in the popular and financial press as nickname for IBM. The name has unclear specific origins, but is generally assumed to refer to the blue tint of the cases of its computers.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The news agency Cetreko belongs to Czechoslovakia.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
IDA stands for International Development Agency. The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It was established in 1960 to complement the existing International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) by lending to developing countries which suffer from the lowest gross national income, from troubled creditworthiness, or from the lowest per capita income.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Silver bromide is useful in photography. When silver bromide is exposed to light it undergoes photochemical decomposition. The silver ions present in silver bromide are reduced to silver metal which remains as an opaque image on the photographic film.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
2010 Commonwealth Games took place at New Delhi, India. The vibrant city of New Delhi, home to 14 million people, hosted the Commonwealth Games in October 2010. This was the first time India has hosted the Games and only the second time the event has been held in Asia (Kuala Lumpur in 1998 was the first).

✅ The correct answer is option C.
In 2200 BC the Indonesian settlement in the Malay Peninsula took place.