General Knowledge 36

Raghuram Rajan chaired the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms in 2008-2009, which submitted its report in 2009. He was a prominent economist who later became RBI Governor.

Michel Sleiman served as the President of Lebanon from 2008 to 2014.

The kidneys are the primary organs responsible for filtering blood and removing waste products from the body in the form of urine.

The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) is a research laboratory located in Chennai, India.

The National Horticultural Mission was launched by the Government of India in 2005 to promote holistic growth of the horticulture sector.

R. Radhakrishna served as the Chairman of the National Statistical Commission in 2010.

The maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha is 250, but its current strength in 2011 was 245 members.

According to the Constitution of India, a Money Bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha on the recommendation of the President of India.

The 'dog days' refer to the period of particularly hot and sultry weather during the summer months of July and August.

ISKCON stands for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

In Roman numerals, M is 1000 and C is 100. Placing C before M (CM) means 1000 minus 100, which equals 900.

In legal terms, a 'donee' is the person who receives a gift, while the 'donor' is the person who gives it.

An accordion is a portable musical instrument with a keyboard and bellows. The other options, such as a dart or a conclave, are not musical instruments.

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh was an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister for Rural Development and held a Ph.D. in Mathematics. The other listed ministers did not hold a Ph.D. in that specific field.

Martti Ahtisaari, a former President of Finland, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his lifelong work in international peace mediation. The other individuals listed received their prizes in different years or for different reasons.

Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries, spent his early working years in Aden, Yemen, where he worked as a gas station attendant. The other individuals listed did not spend their early years in Yemen.

To mollify means to appease the anger or anxiety of someone, effectively making their feelings less intense. Nullify means to invalidate, while magnify means to increase in size.

Autopsy is a post-mortem examination of a dead body to determine cause of death. Canister is a container, Biospy (typo for biopsy) is for living tissue, and Morsal is not a standard English word.

Diu is a coastal town and island that is part of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is not part of Gujarat or Goa, making 'None of these' the correct choice.

Article 355 of the Indian Constitution imposes a duty on the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance. Article 356 relates to the imposition of President's Rule.