General Awareness

The conversion formula from Celsius to Fahrenheit is F = (C * 9/5) + 32. Plugging in 0 for C gives 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Charles Blondin was a famous French tightrope walker and acrobat, best known for crossing the Niagara Falls on a tightrope in 1859.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, followed by Monaco, which is the second smallest independent state.

Francis Bacon is widely credited with the phrase Knowledge is power (scientia potentia est). It appears in his work Meditationes Sacrae.

A young swan is specifically referred to as a cygnet. The other options are misspellings or incorrect terms.

This famous line is from Alexander Pope's poem An Essay on Criticism, written in 1711.

Roman Polanski is a world-renowned film director known for movies such as Chinatown and The Pianist.

An altimeter is an instrument used to measure the altitude or height of an object above a fixed level, such as sea level.

Historically, the largest ancestry group in the United States traces its origins to Great Britain, which significantly influenced the language, law, and culture of the country.

Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, was the mentor and advisor who helped Chandragupta Maurya overthrow the Nanda dynasty and establish the Mauryan Empire.

Periyar National Park in Kerala is well-known for its elephant population and its tiger reserve.

Dakshin Gangotri was the first Indian scientific research base station established in Antarctica as part of the third Indian Antarctic Program in 1983-84.

The Nashik Kumbh Mela is held on the banks of the Godavari River.

After the decline of the Mauryan Empire, the Shunga (or Sanga) dynasty, founded by Pushyamitra Shunga, succeeded them in Magadha.

In the Greek tragedy, upon realizing his horrific fate, Oedipus blinds himself with the brooches from his mother's dress.

Vostok is the Russian word for East. The Vostok program was the Soviet human spaceflight project.

The Mirage 2000 aircraft inducted into the Indian Air Force is known as the Vajra, which means 'thunderbolt' in Sanskrit.

The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world. While Antarctica and the Arctic are technically larger, they are polar deserts.

Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole.

Tortoises are known for their exceptionally long lifespans, with some species living well over 100 years, far exceeding the lifespans of hedgehogs or squirrels.

The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye that converts light into neural signals.

Mecca is located in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia and is the holiest city in Islam.

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was replaced by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995.

Wuthering Heights is the only novel written by Emily Bronte, published in 1847.

Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist and theosophist who became president of the Theosophical Society in 1907.