General Knowledge Questions

Several Budget proposals, including the reintroduction of the tax on long-term capital gains (LTCG) exceeding 1 lakh from the sale of shares, will kick in from 01st April 2018, the beginning of the 2018-19 financial year. 

WASP's means White Anglo Saxon Protestants are the people who live in a society in America whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially England.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a Member of Parliament for 12 times i.e, 10 times for lok sabha and 2 times for rajya sabha.

Coagulation is a chemical process that involves neutralization of charge. Coagulation during water treatment is designed to remove particles suspended in water.

 Protein cantaining foods are the major source of dietary sulfur. Foods like eggs are rich in sulfur content.

No. Boiling water is not a chemical change. Because in this process it doesn't loss its properties. It just changes its state i.e, from liquid state to gaseous.

Hence, Boiling water is a Physiacl change and not a chemical change.

As per the decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system has been rolled out from 1st of April this year (2018).

Airtel Payments Bank is the first payment bank in India. A payments bank is a new category of banks conceptualized by the Reserve Bank of India, which operates at a smaller scale than an actual bank and doesn't involve any credit risk. It can carry out most banking operations but can't advance loans or issue credit cards.

The RBI as of date has given licences to 11 payments bank of which six are currently operational. These include

1. Aditya Birla Payments Bank,
2. Airtel Payments Bank,
3. India Post Payments Bank,
4. Fino Payments Bank,
5. Jio Payments Bank (and)
6. Paytm Payments Bank.