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The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


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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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Rakshasa type of marriage is 

 

A) marriage by purchase B) marriage by capture
C) marriage by giving dowry D) marriage by seduction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) marriage by capture

Explanation:

Rakshasa marriage is the marriage of a maiden involving her forcible abduction from her home after her kinsmen have been slain or wounded much like its practice in Khazakh and Uzbek cultures where it is still practised as a ritual.

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Which are two chemicals used to purify water?

A) Chlorine & Fluorine B) Fluorine & Iodine
C) Chlorine & Hydrogen peroxide D) Fluorine & Iodine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chlorine & Hydrogen peroxide

Explanation:

Removing the contaminents if any in the water which causes harm to our health is involved in the purifying of water. 

 

This process involves chemicals. Chloramines, Hydrogen peroxide, Iodine are the chemicals which are used in purifying water.

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Q:

Select the antonym of

 

provision

 

A) removal B) cater
C) plan D) stock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) removal

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Is statement about the clergy is true or false?

 

Village priests led a lifestyle similar to that of the nobility.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

At that time, the king would directly consult to a priest whenever He want to make the decision for the people. This mean that the role of the priest at that time is similar to the role of ministers on modern day's government. This make the priests have equal standing with other nobles.


 


Hence, Village priests led a lifestyle similar to that of the nobility according to clergy is true.

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Which of the following statements about the philosopher Shankara is/are true?

1.Shankara espoused a form of Vedanta called Advaita.

2.He elaborated on the philosophy of Gaudapada.

3.Shankara tried to demonstrate that the Upanishads and Brahmasutras contain a unified, systematic philosophy.

4.Shankara founded the Amanaya Mathas.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 and 2 only   B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 3 and 4 D) 4 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

Adi Shankara or Shankara, was an early 8th century Indian philosopher and the ologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.
He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism. It is with his teacher Govinda, that Shankara studied Gaudapadiya Karika, as Govinda was himself taught by Gaudapada.

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There are three types of lists in Indian Constitution, viz., the Union List, the State list and the _____

 

 

A) District List B) Panchayat List
C) Concurrent List D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Concurrent List

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Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-

Debilitate

A) Weaken B) Attack
C) Surmount D) Destroy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Weaken

Explanation:

Debilitate means make someone very weakSurmount means overcomeSo, Debilitate is nearest in meaning to weaken

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Select the antonym of

mere

A) unadorned B) immense
C) sheer D) blunt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) immense

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