General Knowledge

Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's

• largest railway station

• highest railway station

• longest railway station

• None of the above

Entomology is the science that studies

• Behavior of human beings

• Insects

• The origin and history of technical and scientific terms

• The formation of rocks

Answer explanation

Entomology: The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.

For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

• Physics and Chemistry

• Physiology or Medicine

• Literature, Peace and Economics

• All of the above

Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as

• Labour Party

• Nazi Party

• Ku-Klux-Klan

• Democratic Party

Galileo was an Italian astronomer who

• developed the telescope

• .discovered four satellites of Jupiter

• discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement

• All of the above

Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?

• USA

• Fiji

• India

• UK

Gulf cooperation council was originally formed by

• Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

• Second World Nations

• Third World Nations

• Fourth World Nations

Answer explanation

Gulf cooperation council was created on May 25, 1981, the 630-million-acre (2,500,000 km2) Council comprises the Persian Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The unified economic agreement between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council was signed on November 11, 1981 in Abu Dhabi. These countries are often referred to as The GCC States.

Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on

• May 8

• May 18

• June 8

• June 18

The ozone layer restricts

• Visible light

• Infrared radiation

• .X-rays and gamma rays

• Ultraviolet radiation

Headquarters of UNO are situated at

• New York, USA

• Hague (Netherlands)

• Geneva

• Paris

Answer explanation

The headquarters of the United Nations is a distinctive complex in New York City (USA). The United Nations has three additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters or headquarter districts. These are located in Geneva (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria), and Nairobi (Kenya).