General Knowledge Questions

UV rays coming from Sun, majorly causes which cancer?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Lacking foresight or intellectual insight

Some amount of plasma, proteins and blood cells escape through the pores present in the walls of capillaries into the intercellular spaces in the tissue and form ______.

Which of the following fuel has maximum calorific value?

What is the name of the asteroid that causes Geminid meteor shower display around 15 December of every year?

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: The depletion of organic nutrients in the soil has reached alarming proportions, thanks to indiscriminate use of chemical fertiliser in Green Revolution areas.
Q: As against an acceptable level of ‘soil organic carbon’ of well over 5 percent, soils in Punjab are said to have levels far below 1 percent.
R: Besides, 5.3 billion tonnes of soil is eroded annually, at a rate of 16.4 tonnes/hectare.
S: The nutrient imbalance has been skewed by the overuse of urea (N) vis-a-vis phosphatic (P in chemical parlance) and potassic (K) fertiliser.

According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions ___________ was known as the land gifted to temples?

Under which Article of Indian Constitution an emergency can be declared on the grounds of failure of constitutional machinery in the states?