General Knowledge Questions

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


Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second­hand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his next­door neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective.


A learned man, as described in the passage,

A) cares about men and things B) does not care about men and things
C) cares about the shapes of objects. D) cares about his neighbours
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) does not care about men and things

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding

A) Thistle B) Stifle
C) Sceptre D) Pestle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pestle

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

A) To make someone fool B) To make space to red
C) To take revenge D) To waste time by doing foolish things
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To waste time by doing foolish things

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Which metal is responsible for Itai-Itai disease?

A) Cadmium B) Nickel
C) Chromium D) Mercury
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cadmium

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Kanha National Park saving the rare and almost extinct species of the Swamp Deer, also known as

A) Barasingha B) Black Buck
C) Chinkara D) Nilgai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Barasingha

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The law of supply indicates that, other things equal

A) sellers will offer more of a product at low prices than at high prices. B) buyers will purchase less of a good at high prices than at low prices.
C) Sellers will offer more of a product at high prices than at low prices. D) the product supply curve is downward sloping.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sellers will offer more of a product at high prices than at low prices.

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Where is the Cathedral of Notre Dame located?

A) London B) Rome
C) Genoa D) Paris
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Paris

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The Cathedral of Notre Dame is located in paris(France) . It was one of the earliest French Cathedrals to be built in the Gothic style. It was built between A.D 1163 and AD 1270. About the 12th century, a new style- the Gothic -was developed in France.

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The common name of hydrogen peroxide is

A) borax B) bleach (liquid)
C) baking soda D) gypsum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) bleach (liquid)

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