World Amazing Facts WORLD -TEN BIGGEST COUNTRIES (In Area) Sl.No. Country Area (sp.km.) Location 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Russia Canada China U.S.A. Brazil Australia India Argentina Kazakhstan Sudan 1,70,75,000 99,76,139 95,61,000 93,72,614 85,11,965 76,82,300 32,87,263 27,76,654 27,17,300. 25,05,813 Europe – Asia N. America Asia N. America S.America Australia Asia S. America Europe – Asia …
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Science GK Questions and Answers 1. What is a dead pixel? Ans: A dead pixel is a defective pixel that remains unlit on an LCD screen, monitor, camera, charge-coupled device or CMOS sensor. The term ?dead pixel? is often erroneously applied to other defective pixels, but they have separate terms. A permanently lit pixel is a hot pixel, and a …
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Solar System GK ?Questions and Answers 1. What is a circumpolar star? Ans: Due to the earth?s rotation, stars generally appear to rise in the east and set in the west. If you go to the poles, you will find that stars revolve around the earth but don?t go under or come above the horizon. They are visible for the …
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Sports and Games GK ?Questions and Answers 1. What is a masse shot? Ans: ??? A masse shot, a term in billiards and snooker, is a technique that causes the cue ball to follow a curved path similar to a spin ball in cricket. The masse shot is accomplished by tilting the axis of the ball so that it spins …
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Politics GK? Questions and Answers 1. What is Aristotle?s political cycle? Ans: Aristotle classified six forms of states and believed that these keep revolving in a cyclic order. The cycle begins with monarchy which soon gets perverted into tyranny, which gets replaced by aristocracy ? the rule of a few wise and able people. Aristocracy soon gets perverted into oligarchy …
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PSYCHOLOGY 1. What is the lek paradox? Ans: The lek paradox refers to a phenomenon wherein attractive male and female members of a species will not always produce an attractive offspring. Scientists use it to point out flaws in the Darwinian Theory, which says that two attractive members of a species can only produce an attractive offspring, eventually leading to …
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Physics General Knowledge GK Questions and Answers 1. What is super string theory? Ans: It is a model of fundamental physics whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings, rather than the zero-dimensional point particles which form the basis for the standard model of particle physics. By replacing point-like particles with strings, an apparently consistent quantum theory of …
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Planets Galaxies GK Questions and Answers 1. What are proto-galaxies? Ans: Proto-galaxies or teenage galaxies are smaller galaxies which form larger ones through mergers and collisions over a period of time. Until recently, it was hard to detect these adolescent galaxies since the light they emitted were very faint. But using powerful telescopes, scientists have identified 27 proto-galaxies. They further …
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Medical & Medicine GK Questions and Answers 1. What are nutraceuticals? Ans: Nutraceuticals are foods, or parts of foods, which provide medical or health benefits, including prevention and treatment of disease i.e. nutrients with medical implications. Nutraceuticals, which are generally made from herbal/ botanical raw materials, are functional foods or food components that provide demonstrated physiological benefits or reduce the …
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Music 1. What is the origin of the seven swaras of Indian classical music? Ans:? The notes, or swaras, of Indian music are shadjam (sa), rishabham (re or ri), gandharam (ga), madhyamam (ma), panchamam (pa), dhaivatam (dha or da) and nishadam (ni). Each shuddha swara is traditionally known to have originated from the sound of different animals, and some …
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Materials GK Questions and Answers 1. How are diamonds cut? Ans: Diamonds are cut with special diamond-bladed edges because they are very hard. Diamond cutting is an art, skill and, increasingly, a science of changing a diamond from a rough stone into a faceted gem. In relation to diamonds, cut has two meanings. The first is the shape: round, …
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