General Knowledge Questions

The halogens make up group 17 in the periodic table.

They are five elements:

Chlorine (Cl)

Fluorine (F)

Bromine (B)

Iodine (I)

Astatine (At).

But astatine is not purely halogen as it is radioactive.

Belgium has become the first country to open an honorary consulate office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).

There are plenty of sweet-smelling herbs found on this island along with low trees and shrubs. This dense vegetation is termed as 'Maquis'. Similar vegetaion in California is known as 'Chaparral'.

American financial magazine Barron's has listed the name of HDFC Bank Managing Director Aditya Puri’s name in its list of world’s 30 best CEOs. He holds the 23rd position in the list beating social media giant Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg who is listed on the 30th spot.

1. In the latest Global 500 rankings of most valuable and powerful brands across the globe, Sundar Pichai’s Google has surpassed Apple to achieve the top position.
2. The Brand Finance Global 500 list published on February 2, 2017 had featured Apple as the top brand for continuous five years.
3. However, for 2017, the ranking revealed that Google’s brand value rose by 24 percent to $109.5bn in 2016. The brand value of Apple on the other hand dropped 27 percent to $107bn.
4. This is for the first time since 2011 that Google has been placed at the top spot. The third place has been occupied by Amazon.
5. The ranking is based upon factors such as marketing investment, familiarity, loyalty, staff satisfaction and corporate reputation.