Explore topic-wise MCQs in Basic GK.

This section includes 189 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.

Insulin was invented by?

A. Eijkman
B. Betting
C. Domagk
D. H. G. khurana
Answer» C. Domagk
2.

By which instrument the purity of milk is measured?

A. Lactometer
B. manometer
C. Pyrometer
D. Tachometer
Answer» B. manometer
3.

Who invented the television?

A. Niels Bohr
B. J. Ale. Baird
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Village Well
Answer» C. Alexander Fleming
4.

Speed of sound is maximum?

A. in air
B. In water
C. in vacuum
D. Steel
Answer» E.
5.

In which special group all multicellular animals are kept?

A. Metazoa
B. Protozoa
C. Porifera
D. Arthropoda
Answer» B. Protozoa
6.

Atmospheric pressure gauge is?

A. Barometer
B. Periscope
C. Hydrometer
D. Thermometer
Answer» B. Periscope
7.

Who discovered the atom bomb?

A. Atohan
B. Albert Einstein
C. Kepler
D. Rutherford
Answer» B. Albert Einstein
8.

Which of the following is a non-conserved force?

A. force of gravity
B. force of viscosity
C. interatomic force
D. electrostatic force
Answer» C. interatomic force
9.

The nature of the path traveled by the particle is determined by?

A. by acceleration
B. with velocity
C. by displacement
D. none of the above
Answer» E.
10.

What is the following is the softest?

A. Alum
B. Diamond
C. Terlium
D. Topaz
Answer» C. Terlium
11.

What do players use for instant power?

A. Sucrose
B. Vitamin C
C. salt
D. Milk
Answer» B. Vitamin C
12.

Which gas is used for unnatural ripening of fruits?

A. Ethylene
B. ethane
C. carbon dioxide
D. Acetylene
Answer» B. ethane
13.

Hypo which is used in photography, chemically called?

A. Silver Bromide
B. sodium thio sulfate
C. sodium phosphate
D. sodium nitrate
Answer» C. sodium phosphate
14.

What is the smallest unit of a chemical compound?

A. Atomic
B. electron
C. Proton
D. Molecules
Answer» E.
15.

Gun powder is a mixture of?

A. soil and TNT
B. sulphur, clay and charcoal
C. saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal
D. TNT and charcoal
Answer» D. TNT and charcoal
16.

Why is sodium stored in kerosene?

A. To maintain in its original form
B. It gets oxidised in air
C. evaporation starts in the air
D. it starts burning in air
Answer» C. evaporation starts in the air
17.

Which substance is added to make natural rubber hard and bouncy?

A. Petrol Jelly
B. sulfuric acid
C. sulfur
D. Sponge
Answer» D. Sponge
18.

Which of the following is essentially produced in the fermentation process?

A. ethyl alcohol
B. Methyl alcohol
C. acetic acid
D. yeast
Answer» B. Methyl alcohol
19.

Which acid is used in making battery?

A. sulfuric acid
B. nitric acid
C. hydrochloric acid
D. acetic acid
Answer» B. nitric acid
20.

The marshy gas which is produced on decomposition of organic matter and is mostly found in coal mines, is the name of that gas?

A. ethane
B. Methane
C. carbon dioxide
D. carbon monoxide
Answer» C. carbon dioxide
21.

Filling helium in balloons is considered more useful than hydrogen, because?

A. it is cheap
B. less heavy
C. more flying ability
D. it does not form explosive mixture with air
Answer» E.
22.

Which element forms the maximum number of compounds with hydrogen?

A. Oxygen
B. Silicon
C. Carbon
D. Nitrogen
Answer» D. Nitrogen
23.

Which element is found the most in minerals and rocks?

A. Carbon
B. Silicon
C. Hydrogen
D. Boron
Answer» B. Silicon
24.

Polythene is industrially produced by polymerisation of

A. Methane
B. Acetylene
C. Ethylene
D. Styrene
Answer» D. Styrene
25.

Vinegar is acidic in nature due to

A. Citric acid
B. sulfuric acid
C. hydrochloric acid
D. acetic acid
Answer» E.
26.

By which process oil is converted into Vegetable Ghee?

A. Hydrogenation
B. Distillation
C. Oxidation
D. Reduction
Answer» B. Distillation
27.

Which of the following method is adopted to remove salt from sea water?

A. sublimation
B. Evaporation
C. crystallization
D. distillation
Answer» C. crystallization
28.

On heating potassium chlorate?

A. Nitrogen gas is released
B. Oxygen gas is released
C. Hydrogen gas is released
D. none of these
Answer» C. Hydrogen gas is released
29.

Which of the following gas is not present in the atmosphere?

A. Nitrogen
B. Helium
C. Chlorine
D. Krypton
Answer» D. Krypton
30.

Solute can be separated from solution?

A. filtration
B. evaporation
C. Decantation
D. sedimentation
Answer» C. Decantation
31.

Which acid is used as a dehydrating agent?

A. hydrochloric acid
B. sulfuric acid
C. acetic acid
D. nitric acid
Answer» C. acetic acid
32.

Iron pipes, from which water is supplied, are coated with zinc (Zn) to prevent rusting. This layering process is called?

A. Annealing
B. Vulcanization
C. Yashad coating
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
33.

Malnutrition leads to lack of which?

A. Vitamin 'A'
B. Carbohydrate
C. Vitamin 'C'
D. Protein
Answer» E.
34.

What is a Robot?

A. A type of rocket
B. a bomb
C. A device similar to a human who works according to the order
D. An animal found in the jungles of Africa
Answer» D. An animal found in the jungles of Africa
35.

What is the main factor of rust in iron?

A. oxygen
B. Hydrogen
C. Nitrogen
D. Neon
Answer» B. Hydrogen
36.

Image are formed between two parallel mirrors?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. Eternal
Answer» E.
37.

Which gas is used to purify pond water in cities?

A. Sulfur dioxide
B. Chlorine
C. Nitrogen
D. Ammonia
Answer» C. Nitrogen
38.

When a ship enters the sea from a river?

A. rises up
B. falls down
C. There is no change in its level
D. All of the above
Answer» B. falls down
39.

What is Marble?

A. Shale
B. Neiss
C. Lime Stone
D. Sand Stone
Answer» D. Sand Stone
40.

Any moving body on earth comes to rest due to the following reason?

A. Due to inertial law
B. due to friction force
C. Due to momentum conservation
D. due to the force of gravity
Answer» C. Due to momentum conservation
41.

The rolling ball stops itself after rolling away for some reason, which of the following reasons?

A. Frictional force
B. gravity
C. Inertia
D. None of the above
Answer» B. gravity
42.

What is the reason that the ball bounces higher at a higher place?

A. Because the air pressure is higher at higher places than at the plains
B. Because the atmosphere is sparse at high places, the ball faces less resistance
C. Because the force of gravity is low at high places
D. Because the atmosphere is pure at high places
Answer» D. Because the atmosphere is pure at high places
43.

Which of the following physical properties is not affected by quantity?

A. Volume
B. mass
C. weight
D. density
Answer» E.
44.

When sunlight passes through a prism, which of the following colors has the highest refraction?

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Orange
D. Green
Answer» B. Red
45.

When a man enters a dark room with light, he sees nothing for some time. Later he begins to appear, because?

A. The iris of his eye shrinks
B. The iris of his eye spreads
C. The distance between the lens and retina of his eye increases
D. The length of his eye lens increases
Answer» B. The iris of his eye spreads
46.

Nichrome metal element is used in electric heaters, because?

A. It has high resistivity
B. Its melting point is high
C. More powerful current can be flow in it
D. For all the above reasons
Answer» E.
47.

Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the highest wavelength?

A. Ultraviolet rays
B. Sunlight
C. Gamma rays
D. infrared rays
Answer» E.
48.

Which metal has the highest melting point?

A. Osmium
B. Tungsten
C. Molybdenum
D. aluminum
Answer» C. Molybdenum
49.

What is the lightest metal?

A. Lithium
B. Iridium
C. aluminum
D. Osmium
Answer» B. Iridium
50.

When a metal is heated, its density?

A. increases
B. There is no difference
C. decreases
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above