EATURED CURRENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQS

1. The world’s largest animal is blue Whale. The world’s largest land animal is
(A) Hippopotamus
(B) Asian elephant
(C) African forest elephant
(D) African bush elephant

2. Which country is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a chemical element?

(A) Botswana
(B) DR Congo
(C) Nigeria
(D) South Africa

3. The famous explorer “Christopher Columbus” was _____ by nationality.

(A) Italian
(B) Scottish
(C) Swedes
(D) French

4. Penicillin (PCN) antibiotics were discovered in 1928 by

(A) Alexander Fleming
(B) Alfred Nobel
(C) Mikhail Kalashnikov
(D) Wright brothers

ANSWERS: CURRENT GK MCQ

1. (D) African bush elephant
2. (B) DR Congo
3. (A) Italian
4. (A) Alexander Fleming

1. We live on the planet Earth. According to the scientists, the Earth was formed about _____ years ago.
(A) 4.6 million
(B) 5.6 million
(C) 4.6 billion
(D) 5.6 billion

2. Dinosaurs and many other species were extinct about _____ years ago.
(A) 55 million
(B) 65 million
(C) 75 million
(D) 85 million

3. The deepest hole in the Earth, ‘Kola Superdeep Borehole’ on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, is about _____ feet deep.
(A) 10,000
(B) 20,000
(C) 30,000
(D) 40,000

4. Panama (a country) connects the two continents

(A) Asia and Europe
(B) Asia and Africa
(C) South America and North America
(D) Asia and Australia

5. Turkey connects the two continents

(A) Asia and Europe
(B) Asia and Africa
(C) South America and North America
(D) Asia and Australia

6. There are 7 continents in the world. The total area of these 7 continents is about
(A) 118 million kilometer square
(B) 128 million kilometer square
(C) 138 million kilometer square
(D) 148 million kilometer square

7. The Panama Canal in Panama is a man-made 77 km waterway that connects

(A) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
(B) Atlantic Ocean and Arctic
(C) Arctic Ocean and Antarctic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean

8. Islands which measure less than one acre (or less than 4046.86 meter square) are often referred to as
(A) atolls
(B) tributaries
(C) islets
(D) archipelagos

9. The Pico Island is located in

(A) Switzerland
(B) Portugal
(C) Turkey
(D) Egypt

10. Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul is popularly known as the

(A) Green Mosque
(B) Blue Mosque
(C) Red Mosque
(D) Yellow Mosque

ANSWERS: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQS

1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. B