General Knowledge Questions

Q:

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

To be on cloud nine

A) To extremely happy B) To feely lucky
C) To experience the feeling of being intoxicated D) To make one last attempt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To extremely happy

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0 1995
Q:

Where is a transistor most likely to be found ?

A) Wrist watch B) Fuse
C) Hearing aid D) Fluorescent lamp
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hearing aid

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0 1995
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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) tidlers B) thistlees
C) pulchritude D) tenderred
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) pulchritude

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0 1995
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In which form is the supplied heat energy stored during change in temperature of substance?

A) Heat energy B) Kinetic energy
C) Potential energy D) Both kinetic and potential energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kinetic energy

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0 1995
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The earliest reference to sati custom is made in which of the following inscriptions?

A) Allahabad Pillar inscription B) Eran inscription of Bhanugupta
C) Aihole inscription of Pulkesin II D) Bhitan inscription of Skandgupta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Eran inscription of Bhanugupta

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2 1995
Q:

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

 

Add insult to injury

 

A) To further a loss with mockery to worsen an unfavourable situation. B) A disgrace becomes worse when friends and family disown you.
C) The world usually slanders a fallen person rather than help him. D) A suffering is compounded if you are hurt at the same place again.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To further a loss with mockery to worsen an unfavourable situation.

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0 1994
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All this does not bode _______________ for even the loosest definitions of cosmopolitanism. A city by definition is a space, as ________________ historians and sociologists have already told us, which ideally privileges and _________________ the unexpected encounter, and calls on its citizens to be able to respond humanely even to those _______________ are not linked to us in familial, ethnic, nationalist or caste ___________________.

 

All this does not bode _______________ for even the loosest definitions of cosmopolitanism.

 

 

A) well B) nice
C) good D) fine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) well

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0 1994
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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) declination B) declenation
C) declinasion D) declenasion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) declination

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1 1994