Common GK Questions Quiz with Answers

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION

According to our Constitution, everyone enjoys the right to follow the religion of his or her choice. This freedom is considered as a hallmark of democracy.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has launched the 'Kaushalya Matritva Yojana' and handed over cheques of Rs 5,000 to five women beneficiaries for safe motherhood at a state-level conference.

Louise Lightfoot was an Australian dancer, choreographer, and dance historian, born in Sydney in 1902.

She is best known for her work as a pioneer of modern dance in Australia and for her contributions to the development of dance as an academic discipline.

Lightfoot studied dance in Europe and the United States, where she trained with some of the leading figures of modern dance, including Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey.

In 1936, she founded the New South Wales Ballet Company, which was the first professional ballet company in Australia.

Lightfoot was also a respected dance critic and historian and wrote several books and articles on the history and theory of dance. She was popularly called the ‘Australian Mother of Kathakali’

Xuan Zang and other pilgrims spent time studying in Nalanda, (Bihar) the most famous Buddhist monastery of the period.

The Vice-President of India is elected by members of an electoral college consisting of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.

State Legislatures do not take part in the election of Vice-President.

Qualification [Article 66 (3)]: Should be a citizen of India.

Should have completed 35 years of age.

Should be qualified for election as a Member of the Rajya Sabha. Should not hold any office of profit.

The chemical name of baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate or sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3).

Lake Victoria is located at the border of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania in the African continent.

River Nile originates from Lake Victoria and drains into the Mediterranean Sea.

Victoria Lake is the largest tropical lake in the world and one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world by area.

Its area is 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km).

Among the freshwater lakes of the world, it is only behind the Lake Superior of North America.

Its waters fill a shallow depression in the centre of the great plateau that stretches between the Western and Eastern Rift Valleys.

A tissue is a group of cells having a common origin and usually performing a common function. A plant is made up of different kinds of tissues. Meristematic Tissue- Cells have a capacity for division. Permanent Tissue- Cells have no capacity for division.

Landing Area: 9 meters in length and 2.75 meters in width.

Take-off Board: 13 meters behind the pit (Men) and 11 Meters behind for (Women) and is white in color, 1.22 Meter length, and 20 cm in width.

Plasticine Indicator Board: Indicate foul in the long jump. The length is 1.22 Meters and the Width is 10 cm

Runway of Triple Jump: 40-45 meter

Triple jump Phases are Approach run, Take off, Hop, Step, Jump, and Landing. In Triple Jump, the white flag indicates: the trail is valid.

The correct answer is Sodium hydroxide. Sodium hydroxide is considered a strong base as all the available [OH] in NaOH is present in the solution as [OH−] and available to accept protons. Sodium hydroxide is the strongest base because it totally dissociates to form sodium ions and hydroxide ions.