General Knowledge Test

General Ashfaq Kayani succeeded General Pervez Musharraf as the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan in 2007.

 Dick Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, under George .W. Bush.

N. Gopalaswami served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India from 2006 to 2009. The question asks for a "former current" CEC, which appears to be a typographical error, but the answer points to a former CEC. The other names listed are not associated with the CEC position.

Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body, while veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

Chanda Kochhar was appointed as the CEO and MD of ICICI Bank in 2009, succeeding K.V. Kamath.

The human middle ear contains three tiny bones in each ear: the malleus, incus, and stapes. Since there are two ears, the total number of ear bones is 3 * 2 = 6.

Amrita Pritam wrote the novel "Death of a City" about the Partition of India. The question title has a typo (Cty instead of City). Amrita Pritam was a prominent Punjabi writer known for her works on Partition and women's issues.

The United Nations was established in 1945 after World War II, with the charter signed on October 24, 1945 (now celebrated as United Nations Day). The question phrasing is slightly awkward with "in the year celebrated on" but the answer is correct.

The hyoid bone is a U-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. It serves as the primary attachment point for the muscles of the tongue.

Hormones are chemical substances produced by glands in the endocrine system that act as messengers, traveling through the bloodstream to regulate various physiological processes in the body.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. It was established to foster global monetary cooperation and financial stability.

Fixed costs do not enter into marginal cost calculation because they remain constant regardless of output level. Marginal cost only includes variable costs that change with production, such as direct costs, comb costs, and still costs.

The Bokaro Steel Plant, located in Jharkhand, was established in 1964 with the collaboration of the Soviet Union. It was the fourth public sector steel plant in India.

The fourth Buddhist council was held at Kundalvana in Kashmir during the reign of the Kushan emperor Kanishka. It was presided over by Vasumitra and Ashvaghosha.

Gol Gumbaz is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur. It is located in the town of Vijayapura (formerly Bijapur) in the state of Karnataka.

In 1608, Captain William Hawkins arrived at the court of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Jahangir granted the British permission to establish a trading factory at Surat.