General Knowledge Questions

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Which of the following deserts is rich in gold reserves?

A)  Arabian B)  Thar
C) Mongolian D)  Atacama
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Atacama

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In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

Historians believe that much of Jesus’ story can be reconstructed, without the help of Bible, and with just the views of historians who lived during his time.

I. without the help of Bible, and by just the views

II. without the help from Bible, and with just the views

III. without the help of the Bible, and with just the views

A) Only I B) Only II
C) Only III D) Both I and III
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Only III

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The proper noun “bible”, requires the definite article 'the' before it. Whenever a classic or a holy book is being referred to, the article “the” must be used.
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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) indisposition B) indesposition
C) indispossition   D) indespossition
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) indisposition

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0 1953
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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.


The public sector banks are witnessing in india a period of transition and are at crossroads, where they without giving up social responsibility, should also remain healthy. They need to undertake risky experiments yet perform it innovatively in a way it does not fail. They should make forays into new areas which are rarely tread by them and lose no emerging opportunities. It should be understood that absence of any bad advance is no sign of efficient banking system. It only indicates immense conservatism. However this is no guarantee for profit. There should be a balance between liquidity and risk. Past sins should be forgotten. Novel and pragmatic techniques should be adopted without which banks would be in danger.

 

What would happen if novel and pragmatic techniques are ignored?

A) It will put the banks in danger. B) It will undermine the banks social commitment.
C) It will reveal the untapped talent. D) It will result in inefficient portfolio management.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It will put the banks in danger.

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact, makes much impression on him, and another none. This sculpture in the memory is not without pre-established harmony. The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray. We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and has done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope.

 

When is a man relieved and gay?

A) When he has untapped potential B) When he has put his heart into his work and has done his best
C) When destiny smiles at him D) When he achieves his goal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) When he has put his heart into his work and has done his best

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Where have you first met your husband?

A) had you first met B) did you first met
C) did you first meet D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) did you first meet

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Please do not __________ an offer made by the Chairman.

A) deny B) refuse
C) refrain D) refuge
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) refuse

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
One who values practicality

A) Apotheosis B) Pliable
C) Pragmatist D) Realist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pragmatist

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