General Knowledge Quiz 100

General Knowledge s Quiz 100

Try this current affairs quiz to keep uptodate about the recent news.

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1. When is World Toilet Day celebrated?

November 5
November 19
October 19
December 1

2. What was a major consequence of the Columbian Exchange for Native American populations?

Introduction of new metals
Spread of Old World diseases
Growth of European cities
Decline of European agriculture

3. What is the term for the widespread transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds after 1492?

The Great Migration
The Industrial Exchange
The Columbian Exchange
The Atlantic Revolution

4. Lothar Meyer is best known for his contribution to which scientific development?

Discovery of electrons
Development of the periodic table
Theory of evolution
Invention of the steam engine

5. Who is the chairman of TVS Motor Company, a recipient of Padma Bhushan in 2020?

Anand Mahindra
Ralf Speth
Venu Srinivasan
Suresh Krishna

6. Who was the leader of the Mahad Satyagraha?

Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Subhas Chandra Bose

7. Who played a key supporting and organizing role alongside Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in the Mahad Satyagraha of 1927?

M. C. Rajah
R. B. More
Jyotiba Phule
Gopal Baba Walangkar

8. What is the study of signs and symbols called?

Semantics
Semiotics
Philology
Iconography

9. The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right, is a famous political philosophy work discussing the relationship between individuals and the state. Who is the author of this influential book?

Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes

10. The Etalin Hydroelectric Project, a 3,097 MW hydropower project planned on the Dri and Talo rivers, is one of India’s largest hydropower projects and lies in a major Himalayan biodiversity hotspot inhabited by the Idu-Mishmi community. In which state is this project located?

Sikkim
Arunachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Himachal Pradesh

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