General Knowledge Questions

Optical fiber works on the principle of -

In which of the following fields Yamuna Krishnan has been awarded with 9th Infosys award on January 10, 2018?

The man who presented India’s first-ever Budget ?

As a sailor jumps in the forward direction, the boat moves backwards. This example illustrates Newton's :

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.

This is the arresting and dominant fact about modern social discussion; that the quarrel is __________ merely about the difficulties, but about the aim. We agree about the evil; it is about the good that we should tear each ____________ eyes out. We all admit that a lazy aristocracy is a bad thing. We should not by ________ means all admit that an active aristocracy would be a good thing. We all feel angry with an irreligious priesthood; but some of us would _______ mad with disgust at a really religious one. Everyone is indignant if our army is weak, _____________ the people who would be even more indignant if it were strong.

our army is weak, _____________ the people who

What produces the striations of a skeletal muscle cell?

If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g, then the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of a planet whose mass is same as that of earth and radius is half as that of earth is _________________.

Some roots, called _________________, arise from an organ other than the radicle.