General Awareness Questions

Sabeer Bhatia

The Indian Government awarded 325 routes to airlines as well as helicopter operators under its regional connectivity scheme (RCS) with an emphasis on enhancing flight services to hilly and remote areas, including Kargil under the Regional air Connectivity Scheme (RCS) — Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN-2).

In the UDAN - 1 it has 128 routes.

The 828-metre (2,717 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the tallest building since 2008.

Indian Navy 5th largest in world.

The Moscow Metro in Russia carries 8-9 million passengers each day. By comparison, the New york City Subway, USA carries 4.5 million people each day and the London underground , UK, carries just over 3 million.

India being number one in the Tiger population all over the world, Madhya Pradesh state has the highest number of tigers with 526 tigers and Karnataka is second with 524.

Speed has been identified as a key risk factor in road traffic injuries, influencing both the risk of a road crash as well as the severity of the injuries that result from crashes.

Speeding is a factor in 30 % of all fatal accidents.

The Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc)- Bengaluru has topped the list of best universities of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry.