General Knowledge Questions

Everyone of us have a blind spot which is a small portion within the visual field of every eye where the optic nerve and blood vessels leave the eyeball. Optic nerve is connected to brain ehich carries images of what we see.

Augustus was a Roman statesman and military leader who served as the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. Jesus was born in 4 BC.

Hence, Augustus was the Roman Emperor when Jesus was born.

Blood Platelets are the components of the blood that are helpful in clotting of the blood.

Appropriations are annual decisions made by Congress about how the federal government spends some of its money. In general, the appropriations process addresses the discretionary portion of the budget – spending ranging from national defense to food safety to education to federal employee salaries, but excludes mandatory spending, such as Medicare and Social Security, which is spent automatically according to formulas.

Hence, congress grants funds to federal agencies and programs during the appropriations process.

Ashis Nandy traced the roots of colonialism's mandate to absolutize the relative differences between cultures to the cultural arrogance of Enlightenment Europe.