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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.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

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.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


Where we need General Knowledge?

  • Bank Exams
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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The Ministry of Communication has recently launched a Pan India scholarship programme for school children called TDeen Dayal SPARSH Yojana’. The objective of the scheme is to increase the reach of

A) sports B) philately
C) music D) web designing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) philately

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Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha today launched a Pan India scholarship program for school children called Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana to increase the reach of Philately. Under the scheme of SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby), it is proposed to award annual scholarships to children of Standard VI to IX having good academic record and also pursuing Philately as a hobby through a competitive selection process in all postal circles.The Minister said that to avail this scholarship, a child must be a student of a recognized school within India and the concerned school should have a Philately Club and the candidate should be a member of the Club.

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Who invented Dynamite?

A) J B Dunlop B) Alfred Nobel
C) James Simons D) Peter Hargreaves
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alfred Nobel

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Which of the following is not correctly paired?

A) Sania Mirza- Tennis B) Saina Nehwal - Badminton
C) Jhoolan Goswami - Cricket D) Jeev Milka Singh - Chess
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jeev Milka Singh - Chess

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Which of the following State has become India's first carbon free State?

A) Himachal Pradesh B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Himachal Pradesh

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

He says, “Everybody is here.”

 

A) He says everybody was here B) He says that everybody is here
C) He says that everybody was here D) He said everybody were here
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He says that everybody is here

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 In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Temporal

 

A) Material B) Fleshly
C) Earthly D) Spiritual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Spiritual

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What is the unit of the physical quantity "Magnetic field strength"?

A) joule per meter B) newton per meter
C) kelvin per meter D) ampere per meter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ampere per meter

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Who taught you to ride?

A) By whom is you taught to ride? B) By whom were you taught to ride?
C) Riding by you was taught by who? D) Riding by you was taught by whom?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) By whom were you taught to ride?

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