General Knowledge MCQs

Bakhtar is the news agency of what country ?

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Bakhtar is the news agency of what country ?

A. Iran
B. Iraq
C. Uzbekistan
D. Afghanistan

Bakhtar News Agency. Bakhtar News Agency is the official state news agency of the Afghan government, based in Kabul. The agency is a major source of news for all media in Afghanistan, gathering domestic and international news and providing information to outlets.

Atom was a name given by ____________ ?

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Atom was a name given by ____________ ?

A. Democritus
B. Bohr
C. Rutherford
D. Archimedes

Democritus was a Greek philosopher who was the first person to use the term atom (atomos: meaning indivisible). He thought that if you take a piece of matter and divide it and continue to divide it you will eventually come to a point where you could not divide it any more.

About how many taste buds does the average human tongue have?

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About how many taste buds does the average human tongue have?

A. 5000
B. 10000
C. 12000
D. 3000

Taste buds have very sensitive microscopic hairs called microvilli (say: mye-kro-VILL-eye). Those tiny hairs send messages to the brain about how something tastes, so you know if it’s sweet, sour, bitter, or salty. The average person has about 10,000 taste buds and they’re replaced every 2 weeks or so.

The first mobile phone was created In___________?

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The first mobile phone was created In___________?

A. 1970
B. 1973
C. 1980
D. 1983

Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, his rival.