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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
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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.
To give the devil his due

A) To punish the wrong person B) To give credit to even a notorious person
C) To let the enemy learn the lesson on his own D) To stand in the way of the devil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To give credit to even a notorious person

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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.
Once a month we visit the temple.

A) Visiting the temple is done by us once a month. B) We ourselves visited the temple once a month.
C) Once a month the temple is visited by us. D) Monthly there is a visit by us to the temple.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Once a month the temple is visited by us.

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0 1901
Q:

The celebrated novel the godfather was authored by

A) Mario Puzo B) John Milton
C) Vito Corleone D) Harold Robbins
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mario Puzo

Explanation:

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The celebrated novel the godfather was authored by Mario Puzo.

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Q:

Silicon carbide is used for

A) Making cement paste B) Cutting very hard substances
C) Making statues D) Disinfectant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cutting very hard substances

Explanation:

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Silicon Carbide is a semiconductor which has silicon and carbon. It is also called as carborundam.

Silicon carbide is used for cutting very hard substances.

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Filed Under: General Science
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2 1901
Q:

Scientific medicine typically develops in

Answer

Scientific medicine typically develops in industruial societies.

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0 1901
Q:

Which of the following statements about Woodrow Wilson is true?

A) He wanted to place strict government controls on corporations. B) He overturned discriminatory laws against African Americans.
C) He advocated eliminating the income tax. D) He opposed reforms to the banking system.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) He wanted to place strict government controls on corporations.

Explanation:

Woodrow Wilson was one of the major "Progressives" in American government and so 'He wanted to place strict government controls on corporations.'

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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.

 

Place or insert between one thing and another

 

A) Oust B) Efface
C) Purge D) Interpose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Interpose

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

There was an old study

A-of marathon runners which

B-heart muscle during post-mortem

C-showed significant fibrosis of the

 

 

A) ABC B) ACB
C) CBA D) CAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ACB

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