General Awareness

As of 2019, India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories. The number of states changed from 29 to 28 when Jammu and Kashmir was reorganized into two Union Territories in 2019. This is the current administrative structure of India.

Kavaratti is the capital of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were held in Beijing, China.

The Times of India group (Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.) is owned by the Sahu Jain family.

Iron was not known to the people of the Indus Valley Civilization or other early Bronze Age civilizations, which relied on copper and bronze.

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as the leader of Cuba.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the solar system combined.

Mars is known as the Red Planet because of the iron oxide (rust) prevalent on its surface, which gives it a reddish appearance.

Tata Motors acquired the British luxury car brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in 2008.

The Phantom is a comic strip created by Lee Falk, which debuted in 1936.

A joey is the term for a young kangaroo, as well as other marsupials like koalas and wallabies.

Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka.

Pashto and Dari are the two official languages of Afghanistan. Urdu is primarily spoken in Pakistan, while Russian and Balochi are not official languages of the nation.

Prakash Amte, along with his wife Mandakini Amte, received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2008 for Community Leadership for their work with the Madia Gonds in Maharashtra. Baba Amte is his father, known for different social work.

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) carries the genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all known organisms. It is the fundamental molecule of heredity.

The India Government Mint has four units, one of which is located in Kolkata (Alipore). The other locations are Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Noida.

Humayun's Tomb is a famous Mughal monument located in New Delhi. It was commissioned by his wife, Empress Bega Begum.

The stapes, located in the middle ear, is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body. These bones are collectively known as the ear ossicles.

Carlous Linnaeus (Carl Linnaeus) is regarded as the father of taxonomy for his system of binomial nomenclature. Aristotle made early classifications, Hippocrates is the father of medicine, and Pauling is a modern chemist.

Sher Shah Suri constructed the Grand Trunk Road in the 16th century, connecting Sonargaon in Bengal to Peshawar. While the question mentions Mughal emperor, Sher Shah was actually the Sur dynasty ruler who briefly interrupted Mughal rule before Akbar and the later Mughals expanded the road.

Arthropods, like most complex animals, exhibit bilateral symmetry, meaning their bodies can be divided into two similar halves along a single plane.

Shah Jahan is buried in the Taj Mahal, which is located in Agra. He was interred there next to his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

The Emu is a large flightless bird native to Australia. Owls, flamingos, and toucans are all capable of flight.