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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.


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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He said to Raina,"I cannot marry you now but I shall surely do so next year."

 

A) He told Raina that he cannot marry her now but would surely do so the following year. B) He told her that he could not marry Raina then but would surely marry her next year.
C) He told Raina that he could not marry her then but he would surely do so the following year. D) He told Raina that he would not marry her then but would surely do so the next year.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He told Raina that he could not marry her then but he would surely do so the following year.

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Find the resistance (in mega ohm) of a wire of length 8 m, cross sectional area 2 sq.cm and made of a material of resistivity 120 ohm m.

A) 1920 B) 4.8
C) 2.4 D) 960
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4.8

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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.

 

I am putting my life at a stranger’s feet.

A) At the stranger's feet my life has been put by myself. B) My life will put by me at a stranger's feet.
C) My life is being put by me at a stranger's feet. D) Putting of my life at the stranger's feet has been done my me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My life is being put by me at a stranger's feet.

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Which cell disorder in our body is responsible for colour blindness?

A) WBC B) Cone cell
C) Rod Cell D) Neuron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cone cell

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The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Shahjahan was______________

A) Thomas Roe B) William Hawkins
C) Ibn Batuta D) Manucci
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Manucci

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Pisces?

A) Exoskeleton of scales B) Breathing through gills
C) Endoskeleton of bone/cartilage D) Presence of pseudocoelom
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Presence of pseudocoelom

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The Governor takes the oath of office by

A) Chief Justice of High Court B) Chief Justice of India
C) President of India D) Vice President of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chief Justice of High Court

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National Flag of Bangladesh was designed by ____________.

A) Nandlal Bose B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
C) Kamrul Hasan D) Ziaur Rahman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kamrul Hasan

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