General Knowledge Questions

As per the 2016-17 Budget, the largest source of money to the Government of India is

Who is the newly appointed Foreign Secretary of India who took charge in early 2018?

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Impetus

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.

Many a travelogue I read nowadays are about how the traveller went on a road less travelled ___________ some off-the-track trek or to an unknown destination or simply into the wild. How no internet ________________ is what you need to reconnect with yourself! How leaving your watch and phone __________ and going into the world of no check-ins and no updates would bring you solitude! These write-ups are laced with adjectives describing the geography of the region and filled with__________ details of the author’s days in that remote place. And, ironically, they all end with a strange advice to travel, and tell no one. I beg to _________.

and tell no one. I beg to _________.

How many versions of each trait will be there in each child as per the rules for the inheritance of traits?

The President of India appoints how many Chief Election Commissioner(s)?

In June 2017, who has become the first local body in the country to issue ‘municipal bonds’ in nearly one and a half decade?

For a certain shoe factory the fixed costs are Rs 200,000, selling price is Rs 2000 per pair of shoes and variable cost is Rs 1200 per pair, what is the breakeven quantity?