Daily Top-20 MCQs (Set-6)
for CSS, PMS, PCS, FPSC and related Exams
Which team won ICC World Cup 2019?
- England
The largest salt water lake in the world is?
- Caspian Sea
Tag: World GK MCQs
World’s Famous Battles | World General Knowledge
The Tet Offensive: 1968
The decisive battle in the Vietnam War, this was launched by the Viet Cong of North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States and their allies on January 30, 1968 during the Vietnamese New Year or “Tet.” The offensive, which occurred prior to a ceasefire, had the Viet Congs disguised as revelers in a countrywide and well-coordinated attack with more than 80,000 Communist troops striking 100 towns and cities, and was considered the largest military operation conducted by either side during the war. Since the War of 1812, this was the first time that American forces were unable to gain victory.
World General Knowledge | Tribes and Races of the World
Having a general knowledge of the world can be beneficial in a variety of ways. It can help you to understand current events, make informed decisions, and better understand the perspectives of others. It can also make you more well-rounded and culturally aware, which can be beneficial in both personal and professional settings. Additionally, having a general knowledge of the world can make you a more interesting and engaging person to talk to, as you will have a wider range of topics that you can discuss with others.
Countries by Area (World General Knowledge)
The independent country is not only self-governed nation with own authorities, this status needs the international diplomatic recognition of sovereignty. Thereby, we can say, that the total number of independent states in the world are 197, including fully recognized 193 members of the United Nations, 2 countries, Vatican City and Palestine, have the status of permanent observers in the UN. Another 2 states we include are Kosovo (recognized by 111 UN members) and Taiwan (recognized by 22 countries).
Vatican City
Vatican City State was founded following the signing of the Lateran Pacts between the Holy See and Italy on February 11th 1929.
These were ratified on June 7th 1929. Its nature as a sovereign State distinct from the Holy See is universally recognized under international law.
The Top 10 Economies in the World | World General Knowledge
Note: This list is based on estimates for 2017 by IMF’s World Economic Outlook Database, April 2017. Select data is from the CIA World Factbook. (Nominal GDP = gross domestic product, current prices, U.S. dollars, GDP per capita (PPP) = gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) per capita, current international dollar, and GDP based on PPP = gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) valuation of country GDP, current international dollar)
1) United States
The U.S. economy remains the largest in the world in terms of nominal GDP. The $19.42 trillion U.S. economy is 25% of the gross world product. The United States is an economic superpower that is highly advanced in terms of technology and infrastructure and has abundant natural resources. However, the U.S. economy loses its spot as the number one economy to China when measured in terms of GDP based on PPP. In these terms, China’s GDP is $23.19 trillion exceeds the U.S. GDP of $19.42 trillion. However, the U.S. is way ahead of China in terms of GDP per capita in nominal terms as well as PPP; GDP per capita (PPP) for the U.S. economy is approximately $59,609 versus $16,676 in China. In nominal terms, China’s GDP per capita further falls to $8,480.
Key Global Warming Terms
Important for Competitive Exams
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
The chemical compound carbon dioxide (also known by its shorthand CO2) is the primary greenhouse gas and driver of climate change.
Greenhouse Gas
A greenhouse gas is a chemical compound found in the Earth’s atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and other human-made gases.
Emissions
In the climate change space, emissions refer to greenhouse gases released into the air that are produced by numerous activities, including burning fossil fuels, industrial agriculture and melting permafrost, to name a few. These gases cause heat to be trapped in the atmosphere, slowly increasing the Earth’s temperature over time.
In each of the following questions a number of possible answers are given, out of which one answer is correct. Find out the correct answer.
Insert the missing number
5. 8. 12. 17. 23. 38
(a) 29
(b) 30
(c) 32
(d) 25
Answer: (b)
Insert the missing number
4. 9. 20. 43. 90. —
(a) 185
(b) 172
(c) 179
(d) 165
Answer: (a)
Insert the missing number
1.1.4. 8. 9. 27. 16.
(a) 25
(b) 36
(c) 125
(d) 64
Answer: (d)
Marketing Aptitude and Computer Knowledge MCQs (Solved)
A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a–
(a) Program
(b) Command
(c) User response
(d) Processor
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Top 10 Key Space Missions | World General Knowledge Series
Since Russia’s Sputnik 1 satellite entered space on 4 October 1957, thousands of spacecraft – including Earth satellites and deep-space probes – have launched into the cosmos.
Over the last 6 decades, space travel has come on leaps and bounds, with the development of liquid and solid fuels and the use of solar panels and radioactive power sources among many of the impressive innovations, allowing space agencies across the planet to undertake evermore ambitious missions that would once have never been thought possible.
Ten key missions that have advanced the field of space travel to a whole new level are:
Pioneer 10 and 11 (1972 – 2003)
1972 – 2003)
- The purpose of NASA’s Pioneer missions was to learn about the outer reaches of the Solar System.
- These two spacecraft were, at the time of their launch, the most scientifically advanced vehicles to venture into the Solar System.
- They contained a number of technical instruments that had never been used in space before, which included a charged particle instrument to measure the extent of the Sun’s influence as they travelled towards the edge of the Solar System, and an ultraviolet photometer to determine the composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere.
- While communication was lost in 2003 (Pioneer 10) and 1995 (Pioneer 11), the probes continue to make their way out of the Solar System, with each possessing an on board plaque detailing the origins of the spacecraft lest they are ever discovered by intelligent life-forms from another world.
- The Pioneer spacecraft were Earth’s first deep space probes, and held the record for being the furthest man made objects from Earth until they were overtaken by the Voyager probes in the 1990s.
Famous Muslim Scientists | World General Knowledge Series
Abu Ali Sina or Avicenna 980 – June 1037
Abu Ali al-Hussain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina was a Persian physician and philosopher. He was born in 980 A.D. at Afshana near Bukhara (in present-day Uzbekistan) then capital of the Samanid Dynasty. He was an encyclopeadist, philosopher, physiologist, physician, mathematician, astronomer, logi1cian and poet. He gained the titles of Shaikh al-Ra’is (leader among the wise men) and Hujjat al-Haq (proof of God), displayed a remarkable aptitude for learning from an early age.
Contributions and Achievements
- His most important medical works are the Qanun (Canon) and a treatise on cardiac drugs (hitherto unpublished) Qanun contains many examples of good observation – distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy; contagious nature of phthitis; distribution of diseases by soil and water; careful description of skin troubles, of sexual diseases; and supervisions; of nervous ailments (including love sickness); many psychological and pathological facts clearly analyzed if badly explained.
- Sina’s interest in mathematics was philosophical rather than technical and such as we would expect in a late Neoplatonist. He explained the casting out of nines and its application to the verification of square and cubes. Many of his writings were devoted to mathematical and astronomical subjects.
- He composed a translation on Euclid.
- He made astronomical observations, and devised a contrivance the purpose of which was similar to that of the vernier, that is, to increase the precision of instrumental readings.
- He made a profound study of various physical questions – motion, contact, force, vacuum, infinity, light, and heat. He observed that if the perception of light is due to the emission of some sort of particles by the luminous source, and speed of light must be finite.
- He made investigations on specific gravity.
- He did not believe the possibility of chemical transmutation, because in his opinion the differences of the metals were not superficial, but much deeper; coloring or bronzing the metals does not affect their essence.