World General Knowledge

WORLD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE RELATED QUESTIONS AND FREE ONLINE PREPARATION TEST

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who amongst the following leaders took major initiative in the formation of the League of Nations?

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Woodrow Wilson
  3. Franklin Roosevelt
  4. George Washington
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the biggest fresh water lake in the world?

  1. Chilka Lake
  2. Caspian Lake
  3. Dal Lake
  4. Lake Superior
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following countries is known as the Land of Midnight Sun?

  1. Belgium
  2. Holland
  3. Norway
  4. Sweden
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During the period of French Revolution, who among the following appealed for better methods of Education through his book?

  1. John Locke
  2. Rousseau
  3. Thomas Paine
  4. Voltaire
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An international conference on Asian Security in the 21st Century was held in January 2000 in

  1. Dhaka
  2. New Delhi
  3. Thimpu
  4. New York
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Great Britain is divided into four areas. Three of these are England, Ireland and Scotland. Which is the fourth?

  1. New castle
  2. Wales
  3. Sussex
  4. Yorkshire
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The African Union whose cooperation was sought by G-4 to expand the UN Security Council has a strength of

  1. 43 members
  2. 53 members
  3. 63 members
  4. 34 members
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The term of the UN Secretary General is

  1. 4 years
  2. 5 years
  3. 6 years
  4. 10 years
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Plato belonged to the philosophic school of

  1. Epicureanism
  2. Existentialism
  3. Idealism
  4. None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is known as the world's Eternal City?

  1. Athens
  2. Berlin
  3. Cairo
  4. Rome
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Iraq does not share its borders with

  1. Syria
  2. Jordan
  3. Kuwait
  4. Ethiopia
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Russian Revolution took place in:

  1. 1912
  2. 1916
  3. 1913
  4. 1917
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Hitler became the chancellor of Germany in:

  1. 1933 AD
  2. 1924 AD
  3. 1939 AD
  4. 1945 AD
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Nerve centre of the UNO is

  1. General Assembly
  2. Security council
  3. Secretariat
  4. International court of justice
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Give the correct chronological sequence of the following:

  1. Russian Revolution
  2. American War of Independence
  3. Spanish Revolution
  4. The French Revolution
  1. 1, 2, 4, 3
  2. 2, 4, 3, 1
  3. 2, 1, 4, 3
  4. 4, 2, 3, 1
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The second largest island in the world is

  1. Borneo
  2. Madagascar
  3. New Guinea
  4. Greenland
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following countries are the world's highest waterfalls located?

  1. Canada
  2. Venezuela
  3. India
  4. Laos
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following cities is known as the City of Golden Gates?

  1. San Francisco
  2. Brussels
  3. Rome
  4. Amritsar
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Lenin's death took place in:

  1. 1924
  2. 1922
  3. 1971
  4. 1939
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Zhou Enlai on

  1. 7th January, 1976
  2. 9th January, 1976
  3. 8th January, 1976
  4. 15th January, 1976
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first President of the United States of America was:

  1. William George
  2. Jamer A Garfield
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. George Washington
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Martin Luther King was assassinated in:

  1. 1965
  2. 1968
  3. 1966
  4. 1969
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why Alexander had attached 'Porus'?

  1. to win his kingdom
  2. to win his friendship
  3. to plunder his wealth
  4. to increase his territories
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When was first Atomic bomb exploded?

  1. 1945
  2. 1946
  3. 1948
  4. 1949
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The new member of SAARC?

  1. Pakistan
  2. Iran
  3. Afghanistan
  4. China