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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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One of the following is 'Labour' in Economics.

A) A Musician performing for a benefit fund B) A Painter working for his own pleasure
C) Reading a book as a hobby D) A Mother teaching her own son
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A Musician performing for a benefit fund

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When was Postal Index Number (PIN) or PIN Code introduced in India?

A) 1974 B) 1973
C) 1972 D) 1971
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1972

Explanation:

PIN (Postal Index Number) was introduced in INDIA on August 15, 1972. This is the coding system used by postal services of India for different areas. Totally in our country there are 9 divisions, of which 8 are geographical & 9th is reserved to army.

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Which of the following statements about the cytoskeleton is FALSE?

A) The bacterial cytoskeleton is not required for cell division and DNA segregation B) The cytoskeleton is made up of two types of protein filament
C) Protein monomers that are held together with covalent bonds to form cytoskeletal filaments D) The cytoskeleton of a cell can change in response to the environment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Protein monomers that are held together with covalent bonds to form cytoskeletal filaments

Explanation:

Protein monomers that are held together with covalent bonds to form cytoskeletal filaments is the false statement about the cytoskeleton in the given options.

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Fighting began in Lexington and concord when British troops

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Fighting began in Lexington and concord when British troops came to arrest colonial leaders and take colonial weapons.

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Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?

A) Counter B) Measurement of physical objects
C) Data projection D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

An example of quantitative data is counter which couts the number of people or objects, measurement of physical objects like place length or area, data projection like what value of increase in sales or decrease in production, etc...

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

The state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly

 

 

A) Base B) Sanctity
C) Vile D) Heinous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sanctity

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Which of the following is NOT an example of intermontane plateau?

A) Plateau of Tibet B) Columbia Plateau
C) Patagonia Plateau D) Bolivian Plateau
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Patagonia Plateau

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

Variety of psychological _____ is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels.

A) criticism B) analysis
C) instances D) depth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) analysis

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