General Knowledge Questions

Q:

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) Position of the sun, Earth and Moon in a straight line of 180oangle is known as syzygy. B) Syzygy conjunction causes solar eclipse.
C) Syzygy opposition causes lunar eclipse. D) Syzygy conjunction occurs at the time of perihelion only.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Syzygy conjunction occurs at the time of perihelion only.

Explanation:

In astronomy, a syzygy is a straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations.

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0 1895
Q:

The Attorney General of India is the ______ of the Government of India.

A) Chief Account Officer B) Chief Law Officer
C) Chief Election Officer D) Chief Audit Officer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chief Law Officer

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0 1895
Q:

Who has the highest individual score in ODIs?

A) Rohit Sharma B) Virender Sehwag
C) Martin Guptill D) Chris Gayle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rohit Sharma

Explanation:

Rohit Sharma has the highest individual score in ODIs and with 264 runs against SriLanka.

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12 1895
Q:

Fitness can be achieved only through

A) endurance B) frequency
C) accuracy D) resistance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) frequency

Explanation:

Fitness can be achieved only through frequency.

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1 1895
Q:

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

 

Be under no illusions

 

A) Not be duped by a cheater B) Get out of a magic spell
C) Don’t have the habit of daydreaming D) Be fully aware of the true state of affairs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Be fully aware of the true state of affairs

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Filed Under: English
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0 1894
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.

 

Without habit, personality could not exist; for we could never do a thing twice alike, and ___________ would be a new person each succeeding moment. The acts which give us our own peculiar _____________ are our habitual acts--the little things that do themselves moment by moment without care or attention, and are the truest and best expression of our real selves. Probably _______ one of us could be very sure which arm he puts ________ the sleeve, or which foot he puts into the shoe, first; and yet each of us ____________ formed the habit long ago of doing these things in a certain way.

 

twice alike, and ___________ would be a new person

 

A) hence B) if
C) but D) also
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hence

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0 1894
Q:

Who is the author of "Swami and Friends"?

A) Sudeep Nagarkar B) Devdutt Pattanaik
C) R. K. Narayan D) Aravind Adiga
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) R. K. Narayan

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1 1894
Q:

Who is the author of the book "My Truth".

A) Khuswant Singh B) Kiran Bedi
C) Narendra Modi D) Indira Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Indira Gandhi

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