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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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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.

A) Accurate B) Business
C) Sedentery D) Jewellery
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sedentery

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Capital budgeting is primarily concerned with

A) planning future financing needs B) minimizing the cost of capital
C) capital formation in the economy D) evaluating investment alternatives
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) evaluating investment alternatives

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Capital budgeting is the process by which a company or an industry determines whether projects such as investing in R&D, opening a new branch, replacing a machine are worth pursuing. A project is worth pursuing if it increases the value of the company. Capital budgeting also known as investment appraisal. 

 

It is primarily concerned with evaluating investment alternatives.

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Which of the following is present in a prokaryotic cell?

A) chloroplast B) nucleoid
C) mitochondrion D) nuclear envelope
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) nucleoid

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What does the legislative branch do?

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In federal and state government, the legislative branch's primary function is to make laws.

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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.

 

Altruism

 

A) Charity B) Kindness
C) Compassion D) Spite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Spite

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What is the resistance (in ohm) of an electrical component if a current of 0.5 A passes through it on application of 20 V of potential difference across it?

A) 10 B) 20
C) 80 D) 40
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 40

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

My cousin has written this essay.

 

A) This essay has been written by my cousin. B) This essay was written by my cousin.
C) This essay has been wrote by my cousin. D) My cousin wrote this essay.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) This essay has been written by my cousin.

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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.

 

A little bird told me

 

A) Have a strong network of spies from where you get reliable information from which you can profit. B) Used to indicate that the speaker knows something but chooses to keep the identity of their informant secret.
C) A secret which is known by everybody. D) A person unknowingly letting out a secret.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Used to indicate that the speaker knows something but chooses to keep the identity of their informant secret.

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