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Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


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In a Parliamentary form of Government ___________

A) The Legislature is responsible to the Judiciary B) The Executive is responsible to the Legislature.
C) The Legislature is responsible to the Executive D) The Judiciary is responsible to the Legislature
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Executive is responsible to the Legislature.

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'Queensbury rules' is code of rules that directly influences which of the following sport?

A) Tennis B) Boxing
C) Polo D) Billiards
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Boxing

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Which   one   of   the   following   statements about the justice Party is not correct?

A) It  clamoured  for  the  same  kind  of separate  communal  representation  for the Non-Brahmins as had been granted to  the  Muslims  by  the  Morley-Minto Reforms. B) It   was   patronized   mainly   by   richer landowning   and   urban   middle   class Non-Brahmins.
C) It  succeeded  in  getting  the  provision for  28  reserved  seats  for  the  Non-Brahmins  in  the  Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms. D) It   supported  the   call   given   by   the Congress toboycott elections in 1920.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It   supported  the   call   given   by   the Congress toboycott elections in 1920.

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The Justice  Party  was  a  political party in the Madras Presidency of British  India.  It  was founded    byT.    M.    Nairand P. Theagaraya     Chetty     in     1916. Communal division between Brahminsand non-Brahmins  began  in  the  presidency during   the   late-19th   and   early-20th century, mainly due to caste prejudices and disproportionate Brahminical representation in government jobs. The    Justice    Party's    foundation marked  the  culmination  of  several efforts to establish  an organisation to  represent  the  non-Brahmins  in Madras.  Founders  of  Justice  Party though  that  Congress  was  mainly Brahmin    party,    so    it    started opposing Congress

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Who was conferred with the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature?

A) Bob Dylan B) Oliver Hart
C) Yoshinori Ohsum D) J. Michael Kosterlitz
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bob Dylan

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Inert gases are

A) Miscible with water B) Not stable
C) Chemically unreactive D) Chemically very active
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chemically unreactive

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To curb black money in the economy, which of the followingcommittees has been formed in 2016?

A) Deepak Mohanty Committee B) Suresh Prabhu Committee
C) Justice BM Shah committee D) Nachiket Mor Committee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Justice BM Shah committee

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Salil Parekh, who took charge as the new CEO of Infosys, is moving out from which company to join and lead Infosys?

A) IBM B) Accenture
C) Capgemini D) Wipro
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Capgemini

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Who is the author of "The Secret Of The Nagas (Shiva Trilogy­2)"?

A) Amish Tripathi B) Durjoy Datta
C) Keshav Aneel D) Savi Sharma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amish Tripathi

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