General Knowledge

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The velocity of sound in air (under normal condition) is 332 m/sec.

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Shankracharya was the founder of Advaitic philosophy. He was an early 8th century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism.

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INS Venduruthy is an Indian Navy base located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala. It serves as the Headquarters of the Southern Naval Command.

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The increased use of groundwater for irrigation purposes has led to salinization, lowering of the water table and water logging. The increasing exploitation of groundwater for irrigation purposes has led to declining groundwater tables and a threat of sodification and salinization due to use of poor quality groundwater.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
National Institute of Oceanography is located at Panaji (Goa). The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) with its headquarters at Dona Paula, Goa, and regional centres at Kochi, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, is one of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi.

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In certain diseases antibiotics are administered. The object is inhibit the growth of bacteria. An antimicrobial is a substance that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, or protozoans. Antimicrobial drugs either kill microbes (microbiocidal) or prevent the growth of microbes (microbiostatic).

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Army headquarters is located in the Indian capital, New Delhi, and it is under the overall command of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Gravity setting chambers are used in industries to remove suspended particulate matter. A Gravitational Settling Chamber is a rectangular chamber in which several horizontal trays are fixed. When the polluted gas enters the chamber, its velocity is kept low so that the particulates get sufficient time to settle down due to gravity.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Costa Rica, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua countries from the membership of CACM (Central American Common Market). Central American Common Market (CACM), Spanish Mercado Común Centroamericano (MCCA), association of five Central American nations that was formed to facilitate regional economic development through free trade and economic integration. Established by the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration signed by Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua in December 1960, its membership expanded to include Costa Rica in July 1962. The CACM is headquartered in Guatemala City.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Steel is more elastic than Rubber because ratio of stress to strain is more. Steel is more elastic than rubber because steel comes back to its original shape faster than rubber when the deforming forces are removed.