General Knowledge Questions

In the names Mangifera indica (mango), Solanum tuberosum (potato) and Panthera leo (lion), what does the three names, indica, tuberosum and leo, represent?

British achieved political power in India after which of the following ?

Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India?

During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow __________.

Who appoints the members of the State Public Service Commission ?

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.

______________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I wish to add is a ___________________. The rituals of apology and the question of justice, reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an inventiveness _____________ ethical thinking which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.

They require a rigour and an inventiveness _____________ ethical thinking

In which battle was Siraj ud–Daulah defeated by Lord Clive?

To curb black money in the economy, which of the followingcommittees has been formed in 2016?