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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


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Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

In some seats, the

P-­winning margin, thereby
Q­-votes for NOTA have been larger than the
R­-determining the result

 

A) RPQ B) QRP
C) QPR D) PRQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QPR

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

He would often

P-­Brahmacharya if his protests were not functioning the way
Q-­he expected
R-­critique his own life of

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

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Q:

__________ is called the 'low country' of the earth

 

A) Spain B) Holland
C) Italy D) Hungary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Holland

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.


Most of


P: had urban backgrounds


Q: Ministers of Japan


R: the erstwhile Prime

 

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

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Q:

Where is the tomb of Sher Shah located?

 

A) Sasaram B) Delhi
C) Kalinger D) Sonargaon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sasaram

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Select the antonym of

to lament

A) to deplore B) to bawl
C) to laud D) to bemoan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to laud

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Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.

Statement I :King Ashoka abolished capital punishment and disbanded his army.

Statement II :After Kalinga War, Ashoka was remorseful and become a Buddhist.

A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Explanation:
Edict 13 on the Edicts of Ashoka Rock Inscriptions reflect the great remorse the king felt after observing the destruction of Kalinga: The lethal war with Kalinga transformed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka into a stable and peaceful emperor, and he became a patron of Buddhism.
 
He ended the military expansion of the empire. The Kalinga war became his first and last war. He made some significant changes in the state policy of Magadh.
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How many members does the United State Senate consist of

 

A) 100 B) 200
C) 300 D) 400  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 100

Explanation:

The constitution of United States prescribes that the Senate be composed of two senators from each state. As there are 50 states in USA, therefore there are 100 members in the United State Senate.

 

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