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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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____________ comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution.

A) Nalanda B) Rani ki vav
C) Hill Forts of Rajasthan D) Fatehpur Sikri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nalanda

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The absolute zero is a temperature at which _______

A) molecular motion in a gas would cease B) water freezes
C) all gases become liquid D) all gases become solid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) molecular motion in a gas would cease

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Filed Under: Chemistry
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1 1880
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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Acquisision B) Acqiusition
C) Acquisition D) Acquisetion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Acquisition

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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.

 

Chicken out

 

A) Quickly move from one position to another in a game of chess or war. B) Be a lover of non vegetarian delicacies.
C) Be easily confused over small issues. D) To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.

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1 1879
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Which was the first garden­-tomb in the Indian subcontinent?

A) Tomb of Jahangir B) Humayun's Tomb
C) Taj Mahal D) Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Humayun's Tomb

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Filed Under: General Awareness
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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.

 

The police is unduly harassing me.

 

A) I am unduly harassed by the police. B) I was unduly harassed by the police.
C) I have being unduly harassed by the police. D) I am being unduly harassed by the police.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I am being unduly harassed by the police.

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The value of acceleration due to gravity (g) at a distance of 2R from the surface of earth, where R is the radius of earth is ______.

A) g/3 B) g/4
C) g/9 D) g/2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) g/9

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Filed Under: Physics
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2 1879
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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Drug which causes people to sleep easily

A) Poppy B) Soporific
C) Beguile D) Pedant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Soporific

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