logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home General Knowledge English See What Others Are Saying!
  • Question
  • 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. Learning is defined as


  • Options
  • A. the knowledge of that which is before us
  • B. the knowledge about us
  • C. the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others
  • D. the knowledge related to the businesses of men

  • Correct Answer
  • the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others 

  • Tags: Bank Exams

    More questions

    • 1. In the United States the television broadcast standard is...?

    • Options
    • A. PAL
    • B. NTSC
    • C. SECAM
    • D. RGB
    • Discuss
    • 2. Where is the headquarters of Intel located?

    • Options
    • A. Redmond, Washington
    • B. Tucson, Arizona
    • C. Santa Clara, California
    • D. Richmond, Virginia
    • Discuss
    • 3. Where was the yo-yo invented?

    • Options
    • A. France
    • B. United States
    • C. Philippines
    • D. England
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is concerned with the study of characteristics, origin and development of land forms?

    • Options
    • A. Ecology
    • B. Geography
    • C. Geology
    • D. Geomorphology
    • Discuss
    • 5. Who was the first Indian batsman to hit a century on Test debut against England at England's home?

    • Options
    • A. Sachin Tendulkar
    • B. Abbas Ali Baig
    • C. Kapil Dev
    • D. Wassim Jaffer
    • Discuss
    • 6. When did Sachin Tendulkar make his Test debut?

    • Options
    • A. 1986
    • B. 1991
    • C. 1990
    • D. 1989
    • Discuss
    • 7. The first electric train of India 'Deccan Queen' was run between

    • Options
    • A. Howrah and Delhi
    • B. Bombay and Surat
    • C. Kalyan and Pune
    • D. New Delhi and Madras
    • Discuss
    • 8. Electric current is measure by

    • Options
    • A. commutator
    • B. anemometer
    • C. ammeter
    • D. voltmeter
    • Discuss
    • 9. Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

    • Options
    • A. Potato Peterson
    • B. Turnip Townsend
    • C. Cabbage Carlson
    • D. Swede Svenson
    • Discuss
    • 10. The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include

    • Options
    • A. Caledonian mountain rise, life comes ashore
    • B. Appalachians and Central European mountains come up
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment