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General Knowledge -Tribes and Races

TRIBES & RACES

Afridis: A war-like race of hill men on the north-west frontier of Pakistan (tribal area of Waziristan).

Bedouins: Nomadic tribe of Arabia, spread over the whole of Northern Africa and Western Asia.

General Knowledge -Animals and plants

Albatross: Sea birds; North Pacific, off the American coast.
Alpaca: Animal found in Chile (South America).
Anatolian goat: Angora wool is sheered from this goat.

General Knowledge -Physical geography

The Earth—Its Motions and their Effects
The earth has two motions, viz., (1) Rotation around its axis or the daily
motion. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line inclined at 66.5° to the plane of the orbit of the earth. The earth rotates round its axis from west to

General Knowledge -Capitals and countries


General Knowledge -Crops and minirals


Bajra (millets): Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Barley: U.P., Bihar, Haryana. Its cultivation requires cool climate.
Cardamom: Karnataka. India is the largest producer of cardamom in the world.
Cashewnut: Kerala.

General Knowledge -famous places in india



Adina Mosque: Pandua (West Bengal)
Ajanta Caves: Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
Akbar’s Tomb: Sikandra, Agra

Aksherdham: Gandhinagar, Gujarat

General Knowledge -scientific appliances and working pricples


Aeroplane: An aeroplane usually consists of the following three parts: (i) Wings, (ii) The engine and the propeller; and (iii) The tail. Working: In order to operate an aeroplane, the propeller is made to revolve at a very high speed with the help of a powerful petrol engine. The direction of

General Knowledge -Scientific instruments and laws


Altimeter: an apparatus used in aircraft for measuring altitudes.
Ammeter: is used for to measure intensity of sound.
Anemometer: is an instrument for measuring the force and velocity of wind.
Audiometer: an instrument to measure intensity of sound.

General Knowledge -Inventions and discoveries



Anderson—Discovered positive electrons.
Archimedes—Discovery of the Principles of lever and of specific gravity; invention  of the famous Archimedean screw. 
Avogadro—An Italian scientist known for Avogadro’s Hypothesis.

General Knowledge -Full Forms

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ABM: Anti Ballistic Missiles
ABVP: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
AC: Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra
ACU: Asian Currency Union