Explore topic-wise MCQs in Basic GK.

This section includes 58 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Basic GK knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Maximum Protein is found

A. gram
B. Peas
C. Soybean
D. Wheat
Answer» D. Wheat
2.

Ornithology is the study of?

A. Birds
B. fly
C. Parushkavachi
D. insect
Answer» B. fly
3.

Toxicology is the study of

A. Human behavior
B. Poison
C. soil erosion
D. rock
Answer» C. soil erosion
4.

Nephrology is associated with?

A. Liver
B. Lung
C. kidney
D. duodenum
Answer» D. duodenum
5.

Oncology is associated with the treatment of which disease?

A. Osteoporosis
B. Diabetes
C. renal failure
D. Cancer
Answer» E.
6.

Which of the following branch of medical science is related to the treatment and study of liver?

A. Helology
B. Heptology
C. Heterology
D. Geriatrics
Answer» C. Heterology
7.

Science in which animal/human anatomy is learned by dissection?

A. Hematology
B. Osteology
C. Anatomy
D. Heptology
Answer» D. Heptology
8.

'Pediatrics' is related to the study of which of the following?

A. bone disease
B. heart disease
C. Pediatrics
D. Eye diseases
Answer» D. Eye diseases
9.

Which of the following is the study of man?

A. Archaeology
B. Archeology
C. Anthropology
D. Andrology
Answer» D. Andrology
10.

The written document which an anthropologist prepares from research depicting culture?

A. Ethnography
B. Cultural Relativism
C. Ethnocentrism
D. Ethnobotany
Answer» B. Cultural Relativism
11.

Application of genetic laws for the betterment of mankind is related to

A. Euphenix
B. eugenics
C. Life Sciences
D. All these
Answer» C. Life Sciences
12.

Which of the following is that branch of physiology and medicine, which deals with specific diseases and conditions of men?

A. Andrology
B. Estacology
C. Bioecology
D. Desmology
Answer» B. Estacology
13.

Which instrument is used to examine the internal organs of the body?

A. Cardiogram
B. Endoscope
C. Stereoscope
D. Microscope
Answer» C. Stereoscope
14.

Rhinoscope is an instrument for checking?

A. nose
B. brain
C. ear
D. eye
Answer» D. eye
15.

Which one is used by doctors in examining patients?

A. Hygroscope
B. Spectroscope
C. Stethoscope
D. stroboscope
Answer» D. stroboscope
16.

In which year was the first human heart transplant done?

A. 1967
B. 1959
C. 1972
D. 1955
Answer» B. 1959
17.

Whose discovered the first antibiotic?

A. W. Fleming
B. C. Waxman
C. Louis Pasteur
D. A. Fleming
Answer» E.
18.

Which of the following animals can live for the longest period without drinking water?

A. Giraffe
B. Kangaroo Rat
C. Kangaroo
D. Camel
Answer» C. Kangaroo
19.

Due to whose discovery Waxman was given the Nobel Prize?

A. Chloromycetin
B. Streptomycin
C. Neomycin
D. penicillin
Answer» C. Neomycin
20.

The following is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria?

A. Salmonella
B. E.coli
C. Rhizobium
D. Pseudomonas
Answer» D. Pseudomonas
21.

The nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in the nodules present in the roots of leguminous plants are?

A. mortal
B. symbiotic
C. protophagy
D. none of these
Answer» C. protophagy
22.

By genetic manipulation, which bacterial strain of bacteria grown from natural isolates can be used to treat spilled oil in the ocean?

A. Clostridium
B. Agrobacterium
C. Nitrosomonas
D. Pseudomonas
Answer» E.
23.

Does refrigeration help in food preservation?

A. killing bacteria
B. reducing the rate of biochemical reactions
C. destroying enzyme action
D. by covering the food item with a layer of ice
Answer» C. destroying enzyme action
24.

What is the bacterial decomposition of organic matter in anaerobic conditions called?

A. Fertilization
B. Composting
C. Fermentation
D. contamination
Answer» D. contamination
25.

Who is the founder of Homeopathy?

A. Laneck
B. Domac
C. Waxman
D. Heinemann
Answer» E.
26.

Who presented the 'Like Cures Like' homeopathic principle?

A. Hippocrates
B. Samuel Heinemann
C. Samuel Cockburn
D. Georges Vitoulcus
Answer» C. Samuel Cockburn
27.

Which one of the following is not a feature of a virus?

A. Presence of DNA or RNA
B. reproduction within the host cell
C. completely parasitic in nature
D. presence of cell wall
Answer» E.
28.

Which type of cell division is used to repair the injury in the body?

A. mitosis only
B. meiosis only
C. both mitosis and meiosis
D. neither mitosis nor meiosis
Answer» B. meiosis only
29.

What is the reason for the curdling of milk?

A. Mycobacterium
B. Staphylococcus
C. Lactobacillus
D. Yeast
Answer» D. Yeast
30.

Plants that grow in highly salty soil are called?

A. Xerophyta
B. Mesophyta
C. Halophyta
D. Thallophyta
Answer» D. Thallophyta
31.

With which of the following are the terms hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia related?

A. body fat
B. Blood sugar
C. cancer
D. none of these
Answer» C. cancer
32.

In which branch do you study flowering plants?

A. Cryptogames
B. Phanerogames
C. Bryophytes
D. Pteridophytes
Answer» C. Bryophytes
33.

Microbe can be seen by?

A. with an empty eye
B. Compound microscope
C. by hand lens
D. electron microscope
Answer» C. by hand lens
34.

Desert plants have long roots because?

A. High soil temperature encourages roots to elongate
B. Roots are long in search of water
C. There is no water in the land. Therefore, it hardens and puts pressure on the roots, due to which it becomes elongated.
D. Roots grow in the opposite direction to the heat of the sun
Answer» C. There is no water in the land. Therefore, it hardens and puts pressure on the roots, due to which it becomes elongated.
35.

Which of the following plants is not a collection organ of a stem?

A. Sugarcane
B. Ginger
C. Potato
D. Sweet potato
Answer» E.
36.

Tears come when peeling onions, because onions expel?

A. Sulfonic acid
B. Sulfenic acid
C. amino acids
D. Carbolic acid
Answer» C. amino acids
37.

Artificial lighting?

A. can destroy foliage
B. may cause photosynthesis
C. can synthesize foliar
D. cannot be the cause of photosynthesis
Answer» C. can synthesize foliar
38.

Hormones are different from Vickers because?

A. Hormones are found only in animals
B. Hormones are found only in plants
C. Hormones are not used in metabolic activities
D. Hormones are fully used in metabolic activities
Answer» E.
39.

Light blue blood in arthropod animals can be due to

A. Hemocyanin
B. hemoglobin
C. hemin
D. Porphyrins
Answer» B. hemoglobin
40.

To what depth are photosynthetic marine plants found?

A. 20-30 m
B. 180-200 m
C. 980-1000 m
D. 1800-2000 m
Answer» B. 180-200 m
41.

How do most insects respire?

A. skin
B. from cleome
C. from the lungs
D. from the nervous system
Answer» E.
42.

Which is the correct ascending hierarchy of groups of taxonomy in taxonomy?

A. Species-Order-Genus-Family
B. Species-Genus-Family-Order
C. Family-Genus-Species-Order
D. Genus-Family-Species-Order
Answer» C. Family-Genus-Species-Order
43.

The presence of funnel cells is a characteristic feature of

A. Roundworms
B. SpongeBob
C. earthworms
D. tongue worm
Answer» C. earthworms
44.

Dolphins of Ganges exist?

A. Reptile
B. breast
C. Invertebrates
D. fish
Answer» C. Invertebrates
45.

Which of these animals have external and internal skeleton?

A. Cockroach
B. Earthworm
C. Frogs
D. Snake
Answer» E.
46.

Heart is a muscle?

A. unmarked and optional
B. Lined and optional
C. having fewer mitochondria
D. stimulated or exacerbated and involuntary by a spontaneously produced stimulus
Answer» E.
47.

A disease that can be caused by the deficiency of nicotinic acid for a long time is?

A. Beri-Beri
B. Pellagra
C. Scurvy
D. anemia
Answer» C. Scurvy
48.

Tissues are made in the body?

A. from fat
B. Carbohydrates
C. protein
D. Vitamin
Answer» D. Vitamin
49.

What causes the dough to rise on the addition of yeast?

A. increase in the number of yeast cells
B. release of carbon dioxide gas
C. rise in temperature
D. increase in the quantity of matter
Answer» C. rise in temperature
50.

The yeast used in making bread is?

A. acts as a catalyst for fermentation
B. does not help in the process of fermentation
C. acts as a protector
D. makes it tastier
Answer» B. does not help in the process of fermentation