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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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Which top Bollywood actor has been a long-standing brand ambassador for the car maker Hyundai Motors?

A) Salman Khan B) Abhishek Bachchan
C) Shah Rukh Khan D) Akshay Kumar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shah Rukh Khan

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Who invented the pendulum clock?

A) Galileo Galilei B) Christiaan Huygens
C) Frederick Jones D) Davidson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Christiaan Huygens

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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.

 

At the eleventh hour

 

A) At the last moment B) Very late at night.
C) At a very odd time. D) Luckily have sufficient time to wrap up things.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) At the last moment

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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.

A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation

 

A) Obeisance B) Panegyric
C) Homage D) Tirade
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tirade

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Who introduced the term 'Hindu rate of growth' ?

A) Amartya Sen B)
C) Raj Krishna D) V. K. R. V. Rao
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)

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The 'Beijing Declaration' is concerned with which one of the following issues?

A) Rights of children B) Rights of women
C) Right to development D) Reduction of tariffs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rights of women

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The Beijing Declaration was a resolution adopted by the UN at the end of the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995. The resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning the equality of men and women.

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.

Both of us had a different opinion about it.

A) Both of us has  B) Each of us had 
C) Each of us have  D)  No improvement 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Each of us had 

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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 teachers informed the students that the class had been cancelled.

A) Informing the students that the class is cancelled was done by the teachers. B) The class has been cancelled, this the teachers informed the students.
C) The students were informed by the teachers that the class had been cancelled. D) The teachers cancelled the class and informed the students.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The students were informed by the teachers that the class had been cancelled.

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