General Knowledge Test

Leonardo da Vinci painted 'The Last Supper' between 1495-1498 on the wall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. It depicts the scene of Jesus announcing that one of his twelve apostles would betray him.

Resonance is the phenomenon where a system oscillates at maximum amplitude at a specific frequency. This principle is fundamental to tuning circuits in radios to select specific broadcast frequencies.

Nargis played the lead role of Radha in the 1957 classic film 'Mother India'.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen served as the Secretary General of NATO from 2009 to 2014, covering the year 2012.

Uma Sharma is a renowned Indian classical dancer known for her expertise in the Kathak dance form.

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, and its international secretariat is located in London.

A gel is a colloid where a liquid is dispersed in a solid medium. Examples include jelly or butter.

The chemical behavior of an element is primarily determined by the arrangement of its electrons in shells, specifically the valence electrons.

 Aristophanes is regarded as the father of comedy.

Invar is an alloy primarily composed of iron and nickel, known for its uniquely low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Diamond is an allotrope of carbon, which is a chemical element. Ruby, sapphire, and emerald are mineral varieties (compounds/mixtures).

Root nodules in leguminous plants contain symbiotic bacteria (like Rhizobium) that fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by plants.

Cotton fibers grow from the surface of the seeds in the cotton boll, making them surface fibers.

A carrot is a modified taproot that stores food, classifying it as a root tuber.

Fishes use gills to extract dissolved oxygen from the water, which is their primary method of respiration.

A sessile leaf is one that lacks a petiole (leaf stalk) and attaches directly to the stem. Calotropis is a classic example of this.

The Nile is traditionally considered the longest river in the world, followed closely by the Amazon.

Rome is historically and famously known as the City of Seven Hills because it was built on seven hills surrounding the city center.

A misanthrope is defined as a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, located in Shibpur, Howrah (near Kolkata), is the largest botanical garden in India.

Mohammed Rafi won 6 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer during his career.

Nag is an Indian third-generation 'fire-and-forget' anti-tank guided missile.

The power of a lens in dioptres (D) is the reciprocal of its focal length in metres (f = 1/P). Since 1/1 = 1 metre, and 1 metre equals 100 cm, the focal length is 100 cm.