Quiz 636: GK Questions for IBPS and SSC Examinations

The ‘Paracel Islands’ and ‘Spratly Islands’, sometimes seen in news are disputed territories among which of the following? <ol> <li>China</li> <li>Taiwan</li> <li>Vietnam</li> </ol> Select the correct option from the codes given below:

Consider the following volcanoes: <ol><li>Mt. Kilimanjaro</li><li>Mt. Cotopaxi</li><li>Mauna Loa</li></ol>Which of the above volcanoes is/are active?

Which of the following local winds is/are not correctly matched in the region which they blow? <ol> <li>Mistral – cold northerly wind from central France and the Alps to Mediterranean</li> <li>Sirocco – Southerly wind from north Africa to southern Europe</li> <li>Chinook – Warm dry westerly wind off the Rocky Mountains</li> <li>Harmattan – Dry northerly wind across central Africa</li> </ol> Select the correct option from the codes given below:

The nutritional supplements Spirulina, Chorella and the Vitamin-C supplement, Dunaliella are actually :

The first British ‘Presidency’ in India was established at :

Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India for the first time during the reign of which among the following Mughal Emperors?

Neel-Darpan’ by Din Bandhu Mitra portrays the plight of :

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great 19th Century Social Reformer who waged a struggle for/against which of the following social cause?

Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?

Human Papilloma Virus is related to which of the following diseases?