General Knowledge Questions

What happens when one S and one P orbital is hybridized?

Electrons in the highest energy level of an atom are called ________.

Name the drug that is yielded from Cinchona tree and is used to cure malaria.

The famous 'Hawa Mahal' is in which city of Rajasthan?

What was Norway's rank in 2016 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme?

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

Obliterate

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 woodpeckers of the West (with one exception) are different _______________ those of the East, and so are the flycatchers, the grosbeaks, the orioles, the tanagers, the humming-birds, _____________ many of the sparrows. ____________ of the purple and bronzed grackles (the latter are _______________ seen on the plains of Colorado, but are not common), the Rockies boast of Brewer's blackbird, ______________ habits are not as prosaic as his name would indicate.

West (with one exception) are different _______________ those of the East

Highest Civilian Honour received by Amitabh Bachchan is ___________.