General Knowledge Questions

Q:

Verses ascribed to poet-saint Kabir have been compiled in which of the following traditions?

1. Bijak in Varanasi

2. Kabir Granthavali in Rajasthan

3. Adi Granth Sahib

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 and 2 only B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 2 and 3 only D) 3 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions. The Kabir Bijak is preserved by the Kabirpanth (the path or sect of Kabir) in Varanasi and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh, the Kabir Granthavali is associated with the Dadupanth in Rajasthan, and many of his compositions are found in the Adi Granth Sahib.

Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the Kabir, and as such is the holy scripture for followers of the Kabirpanthi religion. The Bijak, an anthology of Kabir’s verses compiled in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and/or Bihar, is one of Kabir’s most influential works.In the case of the Guru Granth Sahib, Kabir’s poems were collected to be sung and are organized in ragas.

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Q:

Select the antonym of

sacred

A) pious B) hallowed
C) divine D) profane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) profane

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Biological catalysts are protein molecules which

1. speed up a chemical reaction

2. remain unchanged after reaction

3. function optimally at 37 deg C.

4. do not have an enzymatic activity

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 only B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 2 and 3 only D) 1, 3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

Enzymes are biological catalysts. Enzymes are the catalysts involved in biological chemical reactions.

A fundamental task of proteins is to act as enzymes—catalysts that increase the rate of virtually all the chemical reactions within cells.

A catalyst remains chemically unchanged itself at the end of a reaction.

Each enzyme has a temperature that it works optimally in, which in humans is around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 37 degrees Celsius –the normal body temperature for humans.

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Select the synonym of

to lash

A) to endear B) to fondle
C) to chastise D) to snuggle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to chastise

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Select the synonym of

deprive

A) bestow B) confer
C) dispossess D) endow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) dispossess

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Select the antonym of

 

provision

 

A) removal B) cater
C) plan D) stock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) removal

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As an object falls freely its ___________________.

 

A) kinetic energy gets converted into potential energy B) potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy
C) momentum gets converted into gravitational force D) gravitational force gets converted into momentum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

The invention of the turbine by

 

P : the beginning of jet transport

Q : Ohain in Germany in 1939 signalled

R : Frank whittle in England and Hans von

 

A) QRP B) RQP
C) PQR D)  RPQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) RQP

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