General Knowledge Questions

The US constitution defines citizenship in the 14th Amendment first section in the first clause.

Qatar to withdraw from OPEC as of Jan 2019. OPEC, The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental organisation of 14 nations, founded in 1960 in Baghdad, Iraq.

Its members are Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Kuwait, Ecuador, Angola, Gabon.

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organization that promotes conservation of tropical forest resources and their sustainable management, use and trade.Headquarters: Yokohama, Japan

Temperate Cyclones are cyclones of mid-latitudes and hence are primarily under influence of permanent winds of mid-latitudes i.e. westerlies. Their movement is therefore eastwards of their origin with average velocity of 32km per hour in summers and 48km per hour in winters.

Movement of Tropical CyclonesNormally, they move from east to west under the influence of trade winds because trade winds are permanent winds of tropical latitudes. The general direction is therefore westwards from their origin. They advance with varying velocities. Weak cyclones move at the speed of about 32km per hour while hurricanes attain the velocity of 180km per hour or more.

The first electric train of India was opened in 1925. The first electric train ran between Bombay (Victoria Terminus) and Kurla, a distance of 16 km.