General Knowledge Questions

Wayne Rooney, the famous footballer, hails from which country?

What will you call a system of taxation under which the poorer sections are taxed at higher rates than the richer sections?

Which of the following rivers does not make an estuary?

In October 2017, how many companies were shortlisted for adoption of 14 monuments under ‘Adopt a Heritage Scheme’?

A computer language that expresses the presentation of structured documents, such as CSS, is called _____.

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

He built the theatre as a tribute to his rootings (1)/ and the thought of it outlasting him, (2)/ would surely have given him the greatest joy. (3)/ No error. (4)

Venus is the _______ planet from the Sun.

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: E-waste is valuable as a source of secondary raw material.
Q: But it is also toxic if disposed of improperly.
R: When we talk about recycling household and work place things, we tend to ignore or are less aware of how to deal with the electrical and electronic waste (sometimes called e-waste).
S: Due to rapid technology change, obsolescent items have created a fast growing mass of electronic waste around the globe.