General Knowledge Questions

Which of the following indicates the circle of the Saranath Pillar?

What does 'GIFT' stand for?

What is the shape of the two guard cells which enclose stomata?

______________ of a wave is the rate of transfer of energy per unit area perpendicular to the direction of travel of the wave.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

Everyone around

A-stood as a misfit among them

B-me turned out to be

C-an early-riser and I

In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct

1. A traveller had spent many a year in Africa.
P."How did you manage it?" asked one of his friends, greatly impressed.
Q. On his return home, he narrated his adventures to his friends.
R. "Oh, it was nothing", replied the traveller.
S. "When I was in El Doab", he said, "I made fifty Arabs run!"
6. "I ran, and they ran after me!"

Children especially in western countries who receive very little sunshine suffer from

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To make a fuss about