General Knowledge Questions

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

We don't need our computers to be infinitely fast, just a whole lot (faster than) they are today.

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Prebiotics are the lesser-known gut-health promoters which serve as food for good bacteria inside the gut. "We found that dietary prebiotics can improve non-REM (random eye movement) sleep, as well as REM sleep after a stressful event," said Robert Thompson, a PhD researcher at University of Colorado Boulder in the U.S. Prebiotics are dietary fibres found naturally in foods like artichokes, raw garlic, leeks and onions.

When beneficial bacteria digest prebiotic fibre, they not only multiply, improving overall gut health, but they also release metabolic by-products. Researchers fed three-week-old male rats a diet of either standard chow or chow that included prebiotics. They then monitored the rats' body temperature, gut bacteria and sleep-wake cycles — using electroencephalogram (EEG), or brain activity testing over time. Findings revealed that the rats on the prebiotic diet spent more time in non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep, which is restful and restorative, than those on the non-prebiotic diet.

What are prebiotics?

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

It is high time

P-­about the cost and
Q­-the government started thinking
R­-quality of power supply

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

It was never meant

P-upon fundamental rights
Q-to become a tool
R-to broaden the scope of restrictions

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

It secured support from

P-government, a significant development in itself
Q-other sections of the
R-Opposition, and defeated the

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Due to poor organic matter

P-­in soil is below the required
Q­-incorporation, organic carbon
R­-level in most parts of India

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The idea was

P-to spend as little money
Q-while avoiding loss of lives
R-as possible

In India, the term ‘hot money’ is used to refer to