Basic General Knowledge: General Knowledge Questions and Answers

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Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers


Q1. What is the Study of human beauty called?

[A] Oncology

[B] Agrostology

[C] Kalology

[D] Argology

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Correct Answer: Kalology


Q2. Yellow colour of papaya is due to

[A] Lycopene

[B] Carotene

[C] Papain

[D] Caricaxanthin

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Correct Answer: Caricaxanthin


 Q3. The Computer size was very large in

[A] Third Generation

[B] Fourth Generation

[C] First Generation

[D] Second Generation

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Correct Answer: First Generation


 Q4. First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?

[A] Arundhati Roy

[B] Salman Rushdie

[C] V.S. Naipaul

[D] Kiran Desai

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Correct Answer: Arundhati Roy


 Q5. The study of Heavenly bodies is called

[A] Astrophysics

[B] Astronomy

[C] Astrology

[D] Astronautics

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Correct Answer: Astronomy


 Q6. Which one of the following rivers is recharged by subsoil water?

[A] Krishna

[B] Narmada

[C] Godavari

[D] Damodar

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Correct Answer: Narmada


 Q7. At which particular place on earth are days and nights of equal length always?

[A] Equator

[B] Prime Meridian

[C] Poles

[D] No where

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Correct Answer: Equator


 Q8. What is the saddest fruit?

[A] Strawberries

[B] Blueberries

[C] Blackberries

[D] Pineapples

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Correct Answer: Blueberries


 Q9. Which country has “This is the root of all evil” written on its coins?

[A] Italy

[B] Cuba

[C] Vatican City

[D] Russia

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Correct Answer: Vatican City


 Q10. Who said, “Inflation is unjust but deflation is inexpedient. Of the two, deflation is worse “?

[A] Amartya Sen

[B] J.N Bhagwati

[C] J.M Keynes

[D] J.G Gurlay

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Correct Answer: J.M Keynes


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