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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
  • All India Services:
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Arsenic problem in India is primarily due to

A) Overexploitation of coal in Bihar and Bengal B) Overexploitation of arsenopyrite in the hinterland
C) Overexploitation of ground water in the affected areas D) Overexploitation of surface water in the affected areas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Overexploitation of ground water in the affected areas

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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) Archaeological research in Sarasota documents more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people. B) More than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people have been documented in the archaeological research in Sarasota.
C) Sarasota’s archaeological research has recorded more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people. D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.

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‘Documentation of the seasonality in native people’ doesn’t make sense.

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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.

Quash

A) Support B) Revoke
C) Annul D) Cancel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Support

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Heat flows as a result of difference of _____.

A) Temperature B) Density
C) mass D) Volume
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Temperature

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Before independence,Zimbabwe was a colony of ________

Answer

Britain

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Subject: World History

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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.

 

Be in the air

 

A) Harmful gaseous effluents from a factory. B) To fly like a bird or a plane.
C) When an emotion or idea is on everyone's mind. D) To be likely to happen.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) When an emotion or idea is on everyone's mind.

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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.

 

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

 

A) Ardent B) Fervent
C) Apathetic D) Melancholic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Apathetic

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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.

A policeman caught her.

 

A) She was caught by a policeman. B) She is catch by a policeman.
C) She caught by a policeman. D) She is caught by a policeman.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) She was caught by a policeman.

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