General Knowledge Questions

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.

The GST (Goods and Services Tax), recently passed by Government will be levied on which of the following products?

On 5 March 2017, who launched an artificial intelligence – driven chatbot named ‘EVA (Electronic Virtual Assistant)’ for customer services? 

On which river is the city Madurai situated?

A ball is dropped from a height of 10 m. It strikes the ground and rebounds up to a height of 2. m. During the collision, the per cent loss in the kinetic energy is

What is the value of acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth?

Who among the following is not a Bharat Ratna recipient?

Tripitakas are sacred books of _______.