General Knowledge Questions

A respirometer is a device used to measure the rate of respiration of a living organism by measuring its rate of exchange of oxygen and/or carbon dioxide.

Simple covalent compounds are generally named by using prefixes metal name + nonmetal name + suffix –ide to indicate how many atoms of each element are shown in the formula. Also, the ending of the last (most negative) element is changed to -ide. The prefixes used are mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexa-, and so forth.

Sodium chloride:

The solubility rules tell you that all halides are soluble with the exception of those formed with siver, mercury, and lead ions. Since this is not the case here, sodium chloride will be soluble.

Silver nitrate:

It is soluble because all nitrates are soluble, without exception.

Potassium sulfate:

It is soluble because all sulfates are soluble with the exception of those formed with silver, calcium, barium, mercury, lead, and strontium ions.

Copper (II) hydroxyde:

It is insoluble because all hydroxides are insoluble with the exception of those formed with alkali metal ions and barium.

As per Central Electricity Authority, the Designated Authority of Government of India for Cross Border Trade of Electricity, 1st time 'India' has turned around from a net importer of electricity to Net Exporter of electricity.

1. India's military expenditure grew around 8.5 percent in 2016, making it the world's fifth largest spender at $55.9 billion, figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

2. As per the figures, the US remains the world's largest military spender registering a growth of 1.7 percent between 2015 and 2016 to $611 billion.

3. China is second and Russia is on the third position in the list.