General Knowledge Questions

A lemon kept in water in a glass tumbler appears to be bigger than its actual size when viewed from the sides. This is because of

Which is the form of energy that does NOT occur while riding a bicycle?

The word development in economics pertains to

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA are working on world’s most expensive earth-imaging satellite to use dual frequency. Its name is ______

Which of the following CANNOT be called a Debt instrument as referred in financial transactions?

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

A brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

each getting its _______________ by its union with

On the basis of whose recommendations the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has ended the Haj subsidy from 2018?

Who are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India?