General Knowledge Questions

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

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The somatosensory receptors in human beings detect ______.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Drivel

The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Mr. Sen is absent today. He _____ sick

Due to incresed weapon launching missions of North Korea, which country has launched a spy satellite to monitor it?

Who was awarded Banga Bibhushan, the highest civilian award of West Bengal, for 2018?

What is an 'ante-dated' cheque?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Char Dham highway development project orChardham Mahamarg Vikas Paiiyojna at ...........