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Practise 229 General Knowledge questions from General Knowledge for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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1. Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?

  1. AHaiti
  2. BWest Indies
  3. CNeil Armstrong
  4. DSoviet Union
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Answer: C

Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon on 20 July 1969.

2. Who invented the first practical typewriter?

  1. AChristopher Latham Sholes
  2. BYuri Gagarin
  3. CNeil Armstrong
  4. DNew Zealand
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Answer: A

Christopher Latham Sholes is credited with inventing the first practical typewriter.

3. Which is the largest rainforest in the world?

  1. ANitrogen
  2. BRafflesia
  3. CAmazon Rainforest
  4. DPeregrine Falcon
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Answer: C

The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.

4. Which is the smallest continent by population?

  1. AAustralia
  2. BKochi
  3. CIndia
  4. DThailand
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Answer: A

Antarctica has no permanent population, making it the continent with essentially zero population, though Australia/Oceania is the smallest continent with a permanent population.

5. Which is the largest artery in the human body?

  1. ADiabetes
  2. BHydrogen sulfide
  3. CGoitre
  4. DAorta
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Answer: D

The aorta is the largest artery in the human body.

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