General Knowledge Questions

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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 according to the author, are the public sector banks witnessing.

A) A period of profit B) A period of change
C) A period of certainity D) A loss making period
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A period of change

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Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1897
Q:

In IT, the technique of delaying outgoing acknowledgements temporarily is known as

A) AR Acknowledgement B) AR request
C) Piggybacking D) Piggyframing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Piggybacking

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Filed Under: Computer
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1897
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In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Management is a set of _____ that can keep a complicated system of people and technology running _____. The most _____ aspects of management include planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling and problem solving. Leadership is a set of process that creates organization in the first place or adapts, them to _____ changing circumstances. Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that _____ and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

The most _____ aspects of management include planning budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling and problem solving.

A) dangerous B) difficult
C) important D) terrible
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) important

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0 1897
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Who is the recipient of Arjuna Award 2016 in the field of athletics?

A) Vikas Gowda B) Lalita Babar
C) Neeraj Chopra D) Seema Punia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lalita Babar

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1 1897
Q:

A galvanometer can be converted to a voltmeter by connecting

A) a high resistance in parallel B) a high resistance in series
C) a low resistance in series D) a low resistance in parallel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a high resistance in series

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Filed Under: Physics
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0 1897
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On January 16, 2018 the Supreme Court ruled the attacks and interference on adults opting for inter-caste marriage as ‘absolutely illegal’ in the petition filed by which NGO in 2010?

 

A) PRATHAM B) Shakti Vahini
C) Goonj D) Sammaan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shakti Vahini

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Filed Under: Indian Politics
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3 1896
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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

He needs to ______ his soul.

 

A) bare B) bear
C) beer D) bee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) bare

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0 1896
Q:

What is the playing time of National Anthem of India for the full and shorter versions in seconds?

A) 52 & 22  B) 52 & 20
C) 50 & 25 D) 55 & 25
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 52 & 20

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Playing time of the full version of the national anthem is approximately 52 seconds. A short version consisting of first and last lines of the stanza (playing time approximately 20 seconds).

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT

0 1896