20 Assorted MCQ GK Questions Test

This world is not stagnant or static. This world everyday undergoes change, sometimes too fast, sometimes too slow and some times in a bizarre way. Hence it is necessary for us to keep abreast of the latest global developments in science, technology political scenario and economic area. Here is a small MCQ Test to hone our GK skills. Click the appropriate answer. Press the 'get score' button at the buttom to see your score. You can press the 'get score' button any number of times and at any time. The Test is quite flexible.

1.Andre Greipel and Mark Cavendish are associated with

cycling boxing canoeing swimming

2.Ping pong is another name for

lawn tennis badminton table tennis football

3.Rupert Murdoch is a ____tycoon.

steel shipping timber media

4.Deuterium which is expected to be an important future source of energy, is an isotope of

Helium Hydrogen Nitrogen Oxygen

5.CSP Technology is used in the production of ___ power.

Hydro-electric Nuclear Solar Thermal

6.Which of the following diseases is not obesity related?

T.B. Heart disease kidney failure diabetes

7.What percentage of Earth's surface is urbanised?

1 to 5% 5.1 to 10% 10.1 to 20% 20.1 to 30%

8.Excess use of iodised salt can cause

eunuchoidism hyperthyroidism hypothyroidism NOT

9.Scientific study of languages can be called

lexicology limnology linguistics lingua franca

10.The American President who declared that Dollar would not be converted into gold:

Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Richard Nixon Harry Truman

11.Which of the following countries is not rich in oil reserves?

Iraq Afghanistan Sudan Venezuela

12.Baath Party is a political party in

Iraq Jordan Syria Turkey

13.The Atlantis ISS which operated nearly for 30 years has closed recently. ISS full form is International Space

Shuttle Station Saloon Ship

14.The last Expedition of Atlantis to ISS was

Expedition 26 Expedition 27 Expedition 28 Expedition 28

15.1. U.S. 2.Germany 3.Japan 4.China. If we rank these countries according to the size of the foreign direct investments they have made above abroad, the rank will be:

1-3-2-4 3-1-2-4 4-1-3-2 4-3-1-2

16.Shortselling and heavy leveraging techniques involve

high risk low risk insider trading hedging

17.VAT is levied on

cost of production selling price market price difference between cost of production and sales price

18.Which of the following organisations is the successor of GATT?

FDA FAO WHO WTO

19.The only industrialised Nation which does not use the Metric system of Weights and Measurements?

U.K. U.S.A. Uganda Ukraine

20.Yousuf Raza Gilani is Pakistan's 2011-July

President Prime Minister Chief of Army Chief Jutice

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