50 Miscellaneous Gk MCQs about World

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Here are 50 Miscellaneous Gk MCQs about World:

Q.1 Who was the first American woman to win 3 Olympic gold medals?

A) Mickey Wright

B) Wilma Rudolph

C) Allyson Felix

D) Simone Biles

Answer: B) Wilma Rudolph

Q.2 What nick name was given to Abraham Lincoln because of his honesty?

A) Honest Abe

B) Bard of Avon

C) Man of Destiny

D) Samuel Clemens

Answer: A) Honest Abe

Q.3 During Boston Tea Party how many boxes were thrown in water?

A) 350

B) 400

C) 330

D) 342

Answer: D) 342

Q.4 Don Bradman played his last Test Match against which country?

A) England

B) New Zealand

C) Australia

D) West Indies

Answer: C) Australia

Q.5 Who is known as the father of Atom bomb?

A) George Stephenson

B) Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

C) Robert Boyle

D) Richard Errett

Answer: B) Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

Q.6 Which is the longest road tunnel in the world?

A) Yamate Tunnel, Japan

B) West Connex, Australia

C) Laerdal, Norway

D) Maijishan Tunnel

Answer: C) Laerdal, Norway

Q.7 Which is the longest river in North America?

A) Mississippi river

B) Colorado river

C) Ohio river

D) Columbia river

Answer: A) Mississippi river

Q.8 Daily Mirror is the newspaper of which city?

A) New York

B) London

C) Paris

D) Tokyo

Answer: B) London

Q.9 Who is the youngest person in the world to win Noble Prize?

A) Malala Yousafzai

B) Niels Bohr

C) James Chadwick

D) Enrico Fermi

Answer: A) Malala Yousafzai

Q.10 What is the nick name of famous footballer Pele?

A) The Greatest

B) Hulk

C) Black Pearl

D) The Cowboy

Answer: C) Black Pearl

Q.11 Who was the author of the book ‘The world as I see it’?

A) Alexander Graham Bell

B) Albert Einstein

C) Alfred noble

D) Marie Curie

Answer: B) Albert Einstein

Q.12 Which instrument is used for measuring atmospheric pressure?

A) Barometer

B) Audiometer

C) Ammeter

D) Altimeter

Answer: A) Barometer

Q.13 Who was the founder of Socialism?

A) Edith Abbott

B) Karl Marx

C) Albert Bandura

D) Harris Perlman

Answer: B) Karl Marx

Q.14 Who was known as the King of Pop?

A) James Brown

B) Mary Wigman

C) Michel Jackson

D) Jerome Robbins

Answer: C) Michel Jackson

Q.15 World Television Day is celebrated on?

A) 21st November

B) 5th September

C) 11th October

D) 10th December

Answer: A) 21st November

Q.16 Where is the headquarter of World Wildlife Fund?

A) Geneva, Switzerland

B) Gland, Switzerland

C) Paris, France

D) Vienna, Austria

Answer: B) Gland, Switzerland

Q.17 Who discovered Polio vaccine?

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Dr Edward Jenner

C) Leon Calmette

D) Johan E. Salk

Answer: D) Johan E. Salk

Q.18 Who invented water Thermometer?

A) Galileo Galilei

B) Gabriel Fahrenheit

C) Zacharias Janssen

D) Isaac Newton

Answer: A) Galileo Galilei

Q.19 Which is the southernmost capital city of the world?

A) Cape Town

B) Canberra

C) Wellington

D) Buenos Aires

Answer: C) Wellington, New Zealand

Q.20 Who was the first astronaut to toilet on moon?

A) Neil Armstrong

B) Alan Bean

C) James B. Irwin

D) Buzz Aldrin

Answer: D) Buzz Aldrin

Q.21 Which is the southernmost city of the world?

A) San Julian

B) Cape Town

C) Wellington

D) Ushuaia

Answer: D) Ushuaia, Argentina

Q.22 Which is the national sports of Myanmar?

A) Muay Thai

B) Chinlone

C) Badminton

D) Baseball

Answer: B) Chinlone

Q.23 Which is the largest flower in the world?

A) Rafflesia Arnoldii

B) Hibiscus

C) Magnolia

D) Neptune Grass

Answer: A) Rafflesia Arnoldii

Q.24 Which is the largest city of Pakistan?

A) Peshawar

B) Karachi

C) Lahore

D) Islamabad

Answer: B) Karachi

Q.25 Khanjar is the joint military exercise between which country?

A) India and Kyrgyzstan

B) Pakistan & Bangladesh

C) India & Maldives

D) India & Oman

Answer: A) India and Kyrgyzstan

Q.26 How many permanent members are there in UN security council?

A) 6

B) 4

C) 7

D) 5

Answer: D) 5

Q.27 What was the old name of Ethiopia?

A) Harare

B) Choson

C) Abyssinia

D) Cathay

Answer: C) Abyssinia

Q.28 Big Ben is located in which city?

A) New York

B) London

C) Chicago

D) Moscow

Answer: B) London

Q.29 Which is the oldest surviving map in the world?

A) Turin Papyrus map

B) Imago Mundi

C) Anaximander map

D) Waldseemüller map

Answer: B) Imago Mundi

Q.30 Alaska and Russia is separated by which strait?

A) Sunda Strait

B) Bering strait

C) Bass Strait

D) Malacca Strait

Answer: B) Bering strait

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Q.31 Which city is known as city of sky Scrapers?

A) London

B) New York

C) Moscow

D) Beijing

Answer: B) New York

Q.32 Durand line is between which countries?

A) Pakistan and Afghanistan

B) Germany and France

C) India and China

D) North Korea and South Korea

Answer: A) Pakistan and Afghanistan

Q.33 ‘Maories’ is the tribes of which country?

A) South Africa

B) India

C) New Zealand

C) Myanmar

Answer: C) New Zealand

Q.34 Which is the longest river of Europe?

A) Volga

B) Danube

C) Rhine

D) Seine

Answer: A) Volga

Q.35 Which is the first country in the world to make constitution?

A) England

B) America

C) China

D) Russia

Answer: B) America

Q.36 Who was the first secretary General of United Nations?

A) Trygve Lie

B) U Thant

C) Kofi Annan

D) Ban ki Moon

Answer: A) Trygve Lie

Q.37 What is the national animal of Australia?

A) Kiwi

B) Emu

C) Kangaroo

D) Camel

Answer: C) Kangaroo

Q.38 Pravda is the newspaper of which country?

A) England

B) America

C) Russia

D) Germany

Answer: C) Russia

Q.39 Which was the last alphabet added in English letters?

A) J

B) Z

C) T

D) W

Answer: A) J

Q.40 Where is the headquarters of Red Cross?

A) Geneva, Switzerland

B) Rome, Italy

C) Washington, USA

D) Paris, France

Answer: A) Geneva, Switzerland

Q.41 What is the meaning of Mesopotamia?

A) Barren Land

B) Land between two rivers

C) Dry Land

D) Underwater Land

Answer: B) Land between two rivers

Q.42 Which country is known as the Sickman of Europe?

A) Italy

B) France

C) Germany

D) Turkey

Answer: D) Turkey

Q.43 Which planet is called the ‘dusty planet’?

A) Mars

B) Mercury

C) Jupiter

D) Uranus

Answer: A) Mars

Q.44 Pablo Picasso belonged to which country?

A) France

B) Britain

C) Spain

D) Germany

Answer: C) Spain

Q.45 The Greeks called which planet as Apollo in the morning and Hermes in evening?

A) Venus

B) Mercury

C) Saturn

D) Neptune

Answer: B) Mercury

Q.46 The capital of which African country is named after US president James Monroe?

A) Egypt

B) Liberia

C) Algeria

D) Namibia

Answer: B) Liberia

Q.47. Which is the most densely populated hot desert in the world?

A) Sahara Desert

B) Gobi Desert

C) Thar Desert

D) Atacama Desert

Answer: C) Thar Desert

Q.48 Which of the following country shares the shortest international boundary with India?

A) Nepal

B) China

C) Myanmar

D) Bhutan

Answer: D) Bhutan

Q.49 Which is the only continent without glacier?

A) Australia

B) Antarctica

C) Europe

D) Africa

Answer: A) Australia

Q.50 Which is the highest Mountain peak in Antarctica?

A) Mount Aconcagua

B) Mount McKinley

C) Mount Kosciuszko

D) Mount Vinson

Answer: D) Mount Vinson

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