General knowledge questions and answers
Science, geography, history and everyday factual understanding.
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01Geography · foundation · Editorial previewWhat is the largest ocean on Earth?+
The Pacific Ocean has the greatest surface area among Earth's oceans.
02Science · foundation · Editorial previewWhat is the chemical symbol for gold?+
Au is the symbol for gold, derived from its Latin name aurum.
03Environment · foundation · Editorial previewWhat is the difference between climate and weather?+
Weather describes short-term atmospheric conditions; climate describes longer-term patterns.
04Civics · foundation · Editorial previewWhat is the role of a constitution?+
It establishes key governmental institutions, their powers and legal limits, and often fundamental rights.
05Time and calendars · advanced · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Time and calendars: An event begins on day 2 and lasts 1 full days. How many 24-hour periods pass?+
Exactly 1 periods of 24 hours pass; that's 24 hours.
06Speed distance time · foundation · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Speed distance time: A vehicle travels at a constant 478 km/h for 9 hours. How far does it travel?+
Distance = speed × time = 478 × 9 = 4302 km.
07Measurement units · foundation · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Measurement units: Convert 1089 kilometres to metres.+
1 km = 1000 m, so 1089 km = 1089000 metres.
08Percentages · intermediate · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Percentages: A sample has 1724 units, of which 1700 meet the stated condition. What percentage meet it, rounded to two decimals?+
98.61% because 1700 ÷ 1724 × 100 = 98.61%.
09Geographical scale · foundation · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Geographical scale: A map uses a scale of 1 cm to 7 km. How many kilometres does 12 cm represent?+
Distance = 7 × 12 = 84 km.
10Population statistics · advanced · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Population statistics: Four measurements are 2922, 29, 2931 and 38. What is their arithmetic mean?+
Sum = 5920; divide by 4 to get 1480.
11Environmental data · intermediate · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Environmental data: A class saves 21 kWh of energy per day for 9 days. What total energy is saved?+
Savings = 21 × 9 = 189 kWh.
12Simple economics · foundation · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Simple economics: Calculate simple interest on ₹414400 at 5% per year for 16 years.+
SI = PRT/100 = 414400 × 5 × 16/100 = ₹331520.
13Data literacy · foundation · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Data literacy: A chart has two counts 2897 and 18. What is the absolute difference?+
Absolute difference = 2897 − 18 = 2879 counts.
14Scientific notation · intermediate · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Scientific notation: There are 13 containers holding 19 mol of particles each. Using Nₐ = 6.022 × 10²³/mol, how many particles in all?+
Total mol = 13 × 19 = 247; entities ≈ 1487.434 × 10²³.
15Ratios · advanced · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Ratios: Split 2970 items between two groups in the ratio 978:12. How many go to the first group?+
The total ratio is 990 parts. First group = 2970 × 978/990 = 2934.
16Probability · foundation · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Probability: A bag contains 1589 blue tokens and 44 red tokens. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red token?+
There are 1633 tokens, so P(red) = 44/1633 ≈ 0.0269.
17Time and calendars · intermediate · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Time and calendars: An event begins on day 17 and lasts 17 full days. How many 24-hour periods pass?+
Exactly 17 periods of 24 hours pass; that's 408 hours.
18Speed distance time · foundation · Editorial previewIn general knowledge — Speed distance time: A vehicle travels at a constant 2811 km/h for 24 hours. How far does it travel?+
Distance = speed × time = 2811 × 24 = 67464 km.
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