General Knowledge Questions

National Institute of Aeronautical Engineering is located at Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.

The four most common soil erosion prevention methods are vegetation, geotextiles, mulch, and retaining walls.

By planting grass in areas of concentrated water flow, farmers can prevent much of the soil erosion that results from runoff, as the grass stabilizes the soil while still providing an outlet for drainage.

Preventing soil erosion is critical in protecting your property and exposed soil, whether from wind, weather, running water, and even the after-effects of the forest fire.

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly was a former Indian Cricket team captain mostly called as DADA.

Each state in the U.S. has a state legislature. The state legislatures main purpose is to make and pass laws at the state level.

An integral part to each state government - indeed where the people of each state are best represented - is the state legislature.

State legislatures are the respective representative bodies for the people of each state.
The primary responsibility of any state legislature is to design, draft, and vote on bills and laws to govern each state. Bills and laws generally go through several committees prior to being voted on in the entire assembly, through which the bills and laws are changed, amended, or killed altogether.

Archetypes were models of people, behaviors, or personalities. They were inborn tendencies that play a role in influencing human behavior.

For example: A hero, an innocent, the villain, the mentor, etc...

1. The mentor is a common archetype in literature. The mentor is usually old, and this person often has some kind of magical abilities or a much greater breadth of knowledge than others possess.

2. Characters representing the innocent archetype are often women or children. These character archetypes are pure in every way.

3. The villain wants to stop the hero archetype from achieving his or her goal. The villain is often evil, though there is often a reason—however warped that reason may be—why villains are so bad. Villains often want nothing more than to control and have power over everyone and everything around them.

Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala has topped in city governance ranking of the Annual Survey of India’s City Systems (ASICS) 2016 conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. This year it was the fourth edition the annual survey which had evaluated 21 major cities from the 18 states. It highlighted inadequacies in urban governance that could affect public service delivery and quality of life.