General Knowledge Questions

Before the shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, the colonies made an attempt to settle the concerns and frustrations raised with the Intolerable Acts through debate and discussion. Thus, the First Continental Congress was called to order on September 5th, 1774.

The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament, which the British referred to as the Coercive Acts, with which the British intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.

Actually by swimming a person can easily burn more than 450 calories upto 920 calories per an hour. So, burn less than 400 calories per hour is not correct regarding swimming.

West Bengal state government will observe Rosogolla Day on November 14 2018 to commemorate the first anniversary of the state’s famous sweet getting Geographical Indication (GI) tag as 'Bengal’s Rosogolla'.

The term for classifying and grouping organisms is Taxonomy. It is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

Atoms are composed of three main particles called electrons, protons and neutrons. We know that, the electrons are negatively charged particles whereas protons are positively charged and neutrons have no charge.

Hence, as the number of electrons and protons are equal and they are oppositely charged, the atom will have no charge as their charges cancel each other.