General Knowledge Quiz 23

General Knowledge Quiz 23

Another set of GK Questions

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1. Which one of the following is the World’s largest Wetland System?

Camargue (France)
Pantanal (South America)
Okavango (Botswana)
Kakadu Wetlands (Australia)

2. Which one of the following terms was coined and defined by the Brundtland Commission established by United Nations?

Biodiversity hotspots
Sustainable development
Close-loop Recycling
Eco-Efficiency

3. German biologist Theodor Boveri in his 1914 book warned of oncogenes. Which one of the following is caused by oncogenes?

Typhoid
AIDS
Cancer
Heart attack

4. Who was the first recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award?

Devika Rani
Prithviraj Kapoor
Birendranath Sircar
Pankaj Mullick

5. The Discovery of India was written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942–46 at Ahmednagar fort in Maharashtra, India. To whom did he dedicate the work?

Indira Gandhi
Freedom fighters
Mahatma Gandhi
The prisoners of jail

6. On the appeal of which one of the following personality, who founded the Flag Foundation of India, the Supreme Court of India directed the Government of India to amend the code to allow flag usage by private citizens?

Naveen Jindal
JRD Tata
Rajeev Gandhi
Veer Savarkar

7. Galena is the main ore of

Lead
Iron
Aluminium
Zinc

8. The Day of Five Billion was designated by the United Nations Population Fund as the approximate day on which world population reached five billion. In which year was it?

1982
1987
1992
1990

9. An abnormal and persistent fear of pain is called

Agoraphobia
Acrophobia
Acarophobia
Algophobia

10. Which one of the following is correct about Adidas Brazuca?

Official Sports Shoe of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Biggest stadium of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Trophy of the 2014 FIFA World Cup

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