Tag: general knowledge

If you take 2 apples away from 3 apples, you physically have 2 apples in your possession. This tests whether you focus on what's taken (what you have) versus what's left behind.

Naresh Goyal was the founder and Chairman of Jet Airways until its grounding in 2019. This is factual knowledge about Indian aviation business leadership.

You must light the match first before you can light any of the other items. This is a classic lateral thinking puzzle that tests if you consider the logical sequence of actions.

All but 9 died means that 9 survived. The phrase 'all but X' indicates X are the exception that remain. Many incorrectly subtract 9 from 17.

Vishu is the Malayalam New Year festival celebrated in Kerala in mid-April. Onam is a harvest festival, Pongal is Tamil, and Ugadi (misspelled as gudipavda) is Karnataka/Andhra.

The months with exactly 30 days are April, June, September, and November - totaling 4 months. This pattern is consistent across years including 2008 (a leap year, which only affects February).

The sentence means 'He finished all of the candy except for one last piece which he gave to me.' 'Accept' means to receive, while 'except' means exclusion. Options C and D are misspelled.

The 4th of July is July 4th in Russia as well - it's the same calendar date worldwide. Russia may use a different calendar system historically, but in the modern Gregorian calendar, the date July 4th exists and is called July 4th. This question tests whether you understand that dates are the same globally.

1 mile equals approximately 1609.34 meters, which is longer than 1 kilometer (1000 meters), 1000 meters (exactly 1 kilometer), or 10000 centimeters (which equals only 100 meters). This is a unit conversion question requiring knowledge that 1 mile is about 1.6 kilometers.

This quote reflects Gandhi's core philosophy that physical imprisonment cannot conquer the human spirit. He consistently maintained that external chains cannot bind the mind's freedom. The other options were freedom fighters but this spiritual approach to imprisonment is distinctly Gandhian.