General Knowledge Questions

 In August 2017, Indian Government has launched a portal to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce called ‘e-RAKAM’. What does ‘M’ stand for?

Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Kalinga War was fought in the year _______

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: About 30 new hydro projects are now under execution with an installed capacity of 5,600 MW.
Q: However, with the rapid increase in demand for power, higher priority was given to the pithead super thermal power stations as their gestation period was smaller than that of the hydel schemes.
R: Many projects were taken up for execution after independence and at one time (1962-63), the capacity contribution from hydro schemes was equal to thermal schemes.
S: The first hydro generating unit in India was commissioned in Darjeeling (W.Bengal) in 1897.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Melody

Which country will be hosting 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup?

Dara Shikoh was killed in conflict with his brother _______________.

Which among the following is used to generate light, to weld metals?