General Knowledge Multiple Choice Question
1. The river Danube rises in which
country?
Answer: Germany.
2. Which US state has the sugar maple
as its state tree and is the leading US producer of maple sugar?
Answer: Vermont
3. Which country is nicknamed ‘The
Cockpit of Europe’ because of the number of battles throughout history fought
on its soil?
Answer: Belgium
4. What is the capital of Libya?
Answer: Tripoli
5. Apart from French, German and Romans,
what is the fourth official language of the Switzerland?
Answer: Italian
6. Which country is the world’s largest
producer of coffee?
Answer: Brazil
7. In which city was the world’s first
underground train was service opened in
1863?
Answer: London
8. How many pairs of ribs are there in
the human body?
Answer: 12
9. Which country is separated form
Ethiopia by the Red Sea?
Answer: Yemen
10. What is the main port of Italy?
Answer: Genoa
11. Mount Logan is the highest peak in
which country?
Answer: Canada
12. In which state is Harvard
University?
Answer: New Jersey
13. Which is larger: Norway or Finland?
Answer: Finland
14. Which city was the first capital of
the Kingdom of Italy until 1865?
Answer: Turin
15. What is measured by an ammeter?
Answer: Electric current
16. What is a rhinoceros horn made of?
Answer: Hair
17. Which three countries, apart from
the former Yugoslavia, share borders with Greece?
Answer: Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey
18. The Palk Strait separates which two
countries?
Answer: India and Sri Lanka
19. Ga is the symbol for which element?
Answer: Gallium
20. In the Greek alphabet, what is the
name for the letter O?
Answer: Omicron
21. What, in the 16th and 17th century,
was a pavana?
Answer: A dance
22. A nephron is the functional unit of
which organ in the human body?
Answer: Kidney
23. In which country is the ancient
city of Tarsus?
Answer: Turkey
24. The Khyber Pass links which two
countries?
Answer: Afghanistan and Pakistan
25. Name the six US states that
comprise New England.
Answer: Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.
26. Which musical instrument is played
by both exhaling and inhaling?
Answer: Harmonica (or mouth organ)
27. The northern part of which country
is called Oesling?
Answer: Luxembourg
28. Napier is a city in which country?
Answer: New Zealand
29. What is the Hook of Holland?
Answer: A port in the southeast
Netherlands.
30. The river Douro forms part of the
border between which two countries?
Answer: Spain and Portugal
31. In which country is the Great Slave
Lake?
Answer: Canada
32. Which six countries border the
Black Sea?
Answer: Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania,
Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
33. Kathmandu is the capital of which
country?
Answer: Nepal
34. What name is given to a mixture of
bicarbonate of soda and tartaric acid used in cooking?
Answer: Baking powder
35. AOL are an internet service
provider. What does AOL stand for?
Answer: America Online
36. Who discovered penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming
37. Which English queen had an extra
finger on her hand?
Answer: Anne Boleyn
38. Which precious metal has the symbol
Pt?
Answer: Platinum
39. The Gobi desert extends over which
two countries?
Answer: China and Mongolia
40. Apart from America, which is the
only country in the world to which alligators are native?
Answer: Answer: China
41. Which are the highest types of
clouds: stratocumulus or cirrus?
Answer: Cirrus
42. Which ancient measure of length was
based on the length of the arm from fingertip to elbow?
Answer: Cubit
43. After World War I, Transylvania
became part of which country?
Answer: Romania
44. Which sea in Northern Europe is
bounded by several countries including
Sweden, Finland, Poland and Germany?
Answer: The Baltic
45. A road tunnel runs from Pelerins in
France to Entreves in Italy under which mountain?
Answer: Mont Blanc
46. The Barents Sea is part of which
ocean?
Answer: Arctic
47. Which two countries are either side
of the mouth of the River Plate?
Answer: Argentina and Uruguay
48. Quicklime is an alkaline powder
obtained by strongly heating which other material?
Answer: Chalk
49. What is the longest river solely in
England?
Answer: Thames
50. The Great Barrier Reef is off coast
of which Australian state?
Answer: Queensland
51. What is the name of the milky fluid
obtained from trees which is used to produce rubber?
Answer: Latex
52. Of what is etymology the study?
Answer: Insects
53. Of where is Amman the capital?
Answer: Jordan
54. How many innings are there for each
team in a game of baseball?
Answer: Nine
55. Which is the only mammal with the
power of active flight?
Answer: Bat
56. Which lower level of clouds are
commonly called ‘rain clouds’?
Answer: Nimbus
57. What is the longest river in India?
Answer: Ganges
58. Which metallic element has the
property of catching fire if dropped in hot water?
Answer: Sodium
59. Which month of the year obtains its
name from the Latin verb for ‘to open’?
Answer: April
60. On what river does Rome stand?
Answer: Tiber
61. Quanta is the national airline of
which country?
Answer: Australia
62. What in Scotland is the meaning of
the prefix ‘Inver’?
Answer: River mouth
63. Which US state has the lowest
population?
Answer: Alaska
64. Which county is nicknamed the
Garden of England?
Answer: Kent
65. Which African country was formerly
called French Sudan?
Answer: Mali
66. Which sport was originally called
‘soccer-in-water’?
Answer: Water polo
67. Which unit of measurement is
derived from the Arabic Quirt, meaning seed?
Answer: Carat
68. Which Italian city was originally
built on seven hills?
Answer: Rome
69. What does the acronym NAAFI stand
for?
Answer: Navy, Army and
Air Force Institutes
70. Dolomite is an ore of which metal?
Answer: Magnesium
71. Manama is the capital of which
country?
Answer: Bahrain
72. On which river does Berlin stand?
Answer: River Spree
73. What type of clock was invented in
1656 by Christian Huygens?
Answer: The pendulum clock
74. In which desert is the world's
driest place?
Answer: Atacama (Chile)
75. Which is the world's saltiest sea?
Answer: The Red Sea
76. ___________ and which is the least
salty?
Answer: The Baltic Sea
77. Which nun won the Nobel Prize for
peace in 1979?
Answer: Mother Teresa
78. How many points in the pink ball
worth in snooker?
Answer: Six
79. Which scientist was named 'Person
of the Century' by Time Magazine?
Answer: Albert Einstein
80. What kind of creature is a monitor?
Answer: Lizard
81. Which medical specialty is
concerned with the problems and illnesses of children?
Answer: Pediatrics
82. Who sailed in Santa Maria?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
83. What name is given to the
stiffening of the body after death?
Answer: Rigor mortis
84. Which country was formerly known as
Malagasy Republic?
Answer: Madagascar
85. Addis Ababa is the capital of which
country?
Answer: Ethiopia
86. The name of which North African
city literally means ‘white house’?
Answer: Casablanca
87. Of what sort of fish is the dogfish
a small variety?
Answer: Shark
88. Which Asian country was divided at
the 38th parallel after World War II?
Answer: Korea
89. What is the name of the Winter
Olympics event that combines cross country skiing and shooting?
Answer: Biathlon
90. Which American science-fiction
writer wrote Fahrenheit 451?
Answer: Ray Bradbury
91. For which powerful opiate is
diamorphine the technical name?
Answer: Heroin
92. How many dominoes are there in a
normal set?
Answer: 28
93. Who was cartoonist who created
Batman?
Answer: Bob Kane
94. Aerophobia is a fear of flying, agoraphobia
is a fear of open spaces, what is acrophobia a fear of?
Answer: Heights
95. In computing, how is a
modulator-demodulator more commonly known?
Answer: Modem
96. An auger bit is used to drill what
type of material?
Answer: Wood
97. What part of the wheelbarrow is the
fulcrum?
Answer: The wheel
98. What C is a device used to
determine small lengths, of which a vernier is one type?
Answer: Caliper
99. Rip, chain and band are types of
which tools?
Answer: Saw
100. What calibrated tool was the standard
tool for engineers and scientists prior to the invention of the hand-held
calculator?
Answer: Slide rule
Post A Comment:
0 comments so far,add yours
If you have any good suggestion for this blog,please a massage in comment box.