General Knowledge Questions

The tides in the sea are primarily due to

Depreciation is loss in value of ________

How many groups and periods are present in the Modern Periodic Table?

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.

The best things in an artist's work are so much a matter of intuition, that there is much to be said for the point ________ view that would altogether discourage____________ inquiry into artistic phenomena on the part of the artist. Intuitions are shy things and apt to disappear if looked into too closely. And there is undoubtedly a danger that ______ much knowledge and training may supplant the natural ____________ feeling of a student, leaving only a cold knowledge of the means of expression ________ its place.

said for the point ________ view that would

If the velocity of a body becomes two times its initial velocity, its kinetic energy becomes n times its initial kinetic energy. What is the value of n?

The name of the space shuttle, which carried the Indian born Kalpana Chawla into space was

The amount of BaSO4 formed on mixing an aqueous solution of 2.08 gm of BaCl2 and excess of dilute H2SO4 is ___.

(atomic weights : Ba = 137, Cl = 35.5, S = 32, O = 16)

Who among the following is NOT a famous dancer of Bharatanatyam?