General Knowledge

Guindy National Park is located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the smallest national parks in India and is situated within the city limits. Junagarh is in Gujarat, Jalpaiguri is in West Bengal.

A resistance thermometer (or resistance temperature detector) measures electrical resistance of a conductor, which changes predictably with temperature. This resistance change is then used to determine temperature. It's not used for measuring salt solution concentrations or spectrum analysis.

Sir Walter Scott wrote 'Ivanhoe' in 1819, a historical novel set in 12th-century England during the time of King Richard I. The novel became one of his most famous works and has been adapted into numerous films and television series. R.L. Stevenson wrote adventure novels like 'Treasure Island', while Ravindra Nath Tagore was a Bengali poet and writer.

A jockey is a professional horse rider who competes in horse racing events. The term is specifically associated with the sport of horse racing, where jockeys ride racehorses at high speeds. Boxing involves boxers, chess involves chess players, and neither sport uses jockeys.

France is a founding member of the European Union and uses the Euro as its official currency since 2002, when it replaced the French Franc. Iceland uses the Icelandic Krona, Ghana uses the Ghanaian Cedi, and neither country uses the Euro as their currency.

Botany is the scientific study of plants, including their structure, properties, classification, and ecological relationships. It is a branch of biology that focuses specifically on plant life. The physics of the earth would be geophysics, and the study of tissues would be histology.

Meghdoot (Meghaduta) is a Sanskrit lyric poem written by the ancient Indian poet Kalidasa around the 4th-5th century CE. It's about a cloud messenger (megh-doot) carrying a message from an exiled yaksha to his wife. Kalidasa is considered one of India's greatest Sanskrit poets, also known for works like 'Abhijnanasakuntalam' and 'Raghuvamsa'.

Ottawa (misspelled as 'Qttawa' in the question) is the capital city of Canada, located in the province of Ontario. It became the capital in 1857 and houses the Parliament of Canada. Santiago is the capital of Chile, Beijing is the capital of China, making Ottawa the correct choice among the options.

Patna is the capital city of Bihar, one of India's 28 states. It is located on the southern bank of the Ganges River and has historical significance dating back to ancient times when it was known as Pataliputra. Raipur is the capital of Chhattisgarh, and Panaji (Panjim) is the capital of Goa.

Warren Hastings served as the first Governor-General of Fort William in Bengal from 1773 to 1785, making him the first British Governor-General of India under the Regulating Act of 1773. Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy and first Governor-General of independent India. General K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.

Rudé Právo (spelled 'Rude Prava' in the question) was a Czech newspaper published in Prague, formerly the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Prague is the capital of Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia). London is the capital of UK, Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia.

AM stands for Ante Meridian, a Latin phrase meaning 'before midday.' It refers to the time period from midnight (12:00 AM) to just before noon (11:59 AM) in the 12-hour clock system. The opposite is PM (Post Meridian, meaning 'after midday').

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was known as the 'Maiden Queen' or 'Virgin Queen' because she never married and remained unmarried throughout her 45-year reign. 'Lady of the Lamp' refers to Florence Nightingale, the famous nurse.

The Swaythling Cup is the prestigious trophy awarded to the winning men's team in the World Team Table Tennis Championships. It was donated by Baroness Swaythling (mother of Ivar Montagu, an early table tennis pioneer) in 1926.

Yusuf Pathan was awarded Man of the Match in the inaugural IPL 2008 final for his all-round performance. He scored 33 runs off 17 balls and took 3 wickets for 22 runs, helping Rajasthan Royals defeat Chennai Super Kings. This was in the first-ever IPL final.

Priyaranjan Dasmunsi received the Best Parliamentarian Award for 2007. This annual award is given by the Indian Parliamentary Group to recognize outstanding contributions to parliamentary proceedings. Dasmunsi was a senior Congress leader and Minister.

Iodine is a chemical element with atomic number 53. Its symbol is 'I' (single letter), derived from its Greek name 'iodes' meaning violet-colored. Options like 'Io' or 'Id' are incorrect standard chemical symbols.

The Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA) was founded in 1928 by revolutionaries including Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, and Sukhdev. It emerged from the Hindustan Republican Association after the Kakori train action (1925) and subsequent arrests.

ISRO's PSLV-C9 successfully launched 10 satellites in April 2008. This mission created a world record by placing the maximum number of satellites (10) in a single launch, including CARTOSAT-2A and 8 foreign nanosatellites. Earlier PSLV missions had fewer satellites.