Basic GK Quiz 2

Badruddin Tyabji served as the third President of the Indian National Congress. He was one of the founding members and first Muslim president of Indian National Congress.

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome).

Guwahati is situated on the south bank of the Brahmaputra. It is called the 'Gateway to North East India'.

M.R.I stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. MRI can be used to detect brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, developmental anomalies, multiple sclerosis, stroke, dementia, infection, and the causes of headaches.

Japanese woman Junko Tabei was the first woman in the world to climb the world's highest peak of Mount Everest. She also became the first woman in the world to do an expedition of all “Seven Summits” — the tallest peak on each continent across the globe. Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) were the first in the world to scale Mount Everest.

The Thar Express is an international passenger train that runs between the Jodhpur (Bhagat Ki Kothi) Rajasthan, India and Karachi, Pakistan.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the world's first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 21 July 1960.

The first governor-general in India (of Bengal) was Warren Hastings, the first official governor-general of British India was Lord William Bentinck, and the first governor-general of independent India was Lord Mountbatten. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, was independent India's first Indian Governor-General. He was also the last one.

The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) is funded by the Government of India. It was established in Nagpur in 1958. NEERI is a pioneer labouratory in the field of environmental science and engineering and part of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

White coal is a form of fuel produced by drying chopped wood over a fire. It differs from charcoal which is carbonised wood. It was used in England to melt lead ore from the mid-sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries. Over the course of the early twentieth century, the term white coal was used for Hydroelectricity, particularly in Europe, because of its capability to produce more energy than any other source except coal.