General Knowledge Questions

A Mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon due to unequal heating of different parts of the atmosphere in which light rays bend to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky.

The government has decided to observe anti-Emergency day on June 25-26 and asked all its ministers to hold programmes across the country to remind people how Emergency was clamped by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975.

Rainfall and addition of fresh water from rivers reduce salinity neat the coasts.

Stalk means the main stem of a herbaceous plant.

Synonyms for Stalk are - Shoot, trunk, cane, bent, reed, straw, bine, stock,...

The Story telling or The narrative form of paintings were the early examples of art photography which were often imitated.

S8 is an elemental form of sufur. In elemental form it can't be reduced or oxidized. Hence, it oxidation number is zero and thus sulfur is zerovalent here.

A computer software are of two types. They are :

1. System software

2. Application software

Systems software includes the operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function. 

Application software includes programs that do real work for users.

Hence, Operating system is an example of system software.

Economic resources include land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship. 

Entrepreneurship is also considered an economic resource because individuals are responsible for creating businesses and moving economic resources in the business environment.

These economic resources are also called as Factors of production.