General Knowledge: Indian Geography, Science & Bollywood

Lakshya is a 2004 Indian war drama film directed by Farhan Akhtar, starring Hrithik Roshan as Lieutenant Karan Shergill. The film follows his journey from being aimless to finding purpose in the Indian Army during the Kargil War.

Koi... Mil Gaya is a 2003 science fiction film starring Hrithik Roshan as Rohit Mehra, a developmentally disabled young man who befriends an alien. It was the first installment of the Krrish franchise and earned Hrithik critical acclaim.

Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon is a 2003 romantic comedy film starring Hrithik Roshan alongside Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. It was directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya and featured Hrithik in a romantic lead role.

Lakshadweep means "one hundred thousand islands" in Sanskrit/Malayalam, but the actual archipelago consists of only 36 islands, with 10 inhabited and 26 uninhabited. The name is poetic and cultural rather than literal - similar to how "Thousand Islands" (1,864 islands) doesn't actually have a thousand islands.

Coimbatore earned the title "Manchester of South India" due to its extensive textile industry and numerous cotton mills, similar to how Manchester in UK became famous during the Industrial Revolution. The city remains a major textile manufacturing and trading hub.

The Taj Mahal is located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of Yamuna River. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan between 1632-1653 as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Agra is approximately 200 km from Delhi.

Gol Gumbaz is located in Bijapur (now Vijayapura), Karnataka. Built in 1656, it houses the tomb of Mohammad Adil Shah and is famous for its massive dome (approximately 44 meters in diameter) and unique whispering gallery where even faint sounds echo around the dome.

Jharia is famous for its coal reserves and mining operations in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand (historically part of Bihar until 2000). The Jharia coalfield contains one of India's largest coal deposits and has been experiencing underground fires since the early 20th century.

The kilogram (kg) is the SI base unit for mass. It is defined by taking the Planck constant h as exactly 6.62607015 × 10^-34 joule-seconds. Previously, it was defined as the mass of a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in France.

The metre (m) is the SI base unit for length. Since 1983, it has been defined as the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. This definition provides an exact, unchanging standard.

The ampere (A) is the SI base unit for electric current. Since 2019, it is defined by taking the elementary charge e as exactly 1.602176634 × 10^-19 coulombs. Current is defined as the flow of electric charge per unit time.

Kelvin (K) is the SI base unit for thermodynamic temperature. It is named after William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. Celsius and Fahrenheit are other temperature scales but Kelvin is the standard SI unit.

The Ganga is India's longest river, flowing approximately 2,525 km. While the Indus is longer overall, much of it flows through Pakistan. In terms of rivers entirely or predominantly within India, Ganga is the longest.

Candela (cd) is the SI base unit for luminous intensity - the power of light emitted in a particular direction. It measures how bright a light source appears to the human eye.

The Sone river is a major tributary of the Ganga. It originates in Amarkantak and joins the Ganga near Patna. The Sone is one of the largest southern tributaries of the Ganga system.

Mole (mol) is the SI base unit for amount of substance. It measures the number of particles (atoms, molecules, ions) in a sample. One mole contains approximately 6.022 × 10^23 particles (Avogadro's number).

Kerala has the world's largest deposit of thorium, primarily found in the monazite sands of its coastal areas. India has the world's second-largest thorium reserves, with Kerala's beaches being a major source.

Goa is India's smallest state by area, covering approximately 3,702 square kilometers. Despite its small size, it has a significant cultural and economic impact, particularly in tourism.

Joule is the SI derived unit for energy, work, and heat. It is defined as the energy transferred when a force of one newton acts over a distance of one meter. Watt measures power (energy per time), not energy itself.

Kolkata is located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, which is a distributary of the Ganges River. The city grew around this river and it remains central to its identity and economy. Lucknow is on the Gomti River, Agra on the Yamuna, and Ahmedabad on the Sabarmati.