General Knowledge Questions

Which team won the 2016 Champions Trophy Women's Hockey tournament defeating Netherlands in the finals in London?

The people of the Indus Valley Civilisation worshipped ___

ZIKA virus which causes neurological birth disorders is transmitted by

Which of the following is a correct pair according to increasing atomic number from left to right?

Who among these union ministers in the PM Narendra Modi cabinet belongs to the Shiv Sena party?

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is annually awarded for outstanding achievement in which area?

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.

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

much about the ____________ of the sun

For dilution of a concentrated acid, we should add: