General Knowledge Questions

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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 itby selecting the appropriate option.

 

She kept thinking, “How lucky Serena ______!”

 

A) can B) could be
C) is D) supposedly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) is

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Highest Civilian Honour received by Shri Shri Ravi Shankar is ___________.

A) Padma Shri B) Padma Bhushan
C) Padma Vibhushan D) Bharat Ratna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Padma Vibhushan

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Q:

Who was the last Mughal emperor?

A) Babar B) Noor Jehan
C) Akbar D) Bahadur Shah
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bahadur Shah

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Q:

Plant tissues are of how many types?

A) 3 B) 2
C) 5 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3

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Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.


Come to terms with something

 

A) To become friends with your opponents. B) Accept that you are a loser even though you have potential.
C)  Become unnecessarily depressed. D) To gradually accept a sad situation.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To gradually accept a sad situation.

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Q:

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

The result is that the impact of humanities and liberal arts on _____________ action and day-to-day activities seems to be distinctly on the wane. ______________ and conventional approaches of teaching coupled with stasis that makes them traverse the __________ beaten path of course curricula isn’t helping society see the relevance of humanities and social science ____________ a technology-driven, changing world. The approach inevitably will be nuanced and there will be a need to weak the course content and fine-tune it to come ____________ with newer products to stay relevant and act as a facilitator to business and industry.

 

them traverse the __________ beaten path of course

 

A) similarly B) as same as
C) same D) similarity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) same

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Q:

___ is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.

 

 

A) Sublimation B) Evaporation
C) Condensation D) Liquidation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sublimation

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Q:

Living things constitute the biotic component of the ___________________.

A) mesosphere B) biosphere
C) thermosphere D) heliosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) biosphere

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