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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?

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Killing of one's own child

A) Foeticide B) Filicide
C) Infanticide D) Lupicide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Filicide

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Mercantilism was the principle that

A) Wealth is created in business relations B) The goal is an active trade balance of trade
C) To serve protectionism, government subsidies and the issue of protective tariffs D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Mercantilism was the principle that wealth of a nation comes from trading with other nations and also comes by imposing government regulations on all of the nation's economic interests.

 

The main principles of mercantilism:

• the country's wealth is determined by the amount of precious metals in the country,

• Wealth is created in business relations (International Trade)

• The goal is an active trade balance of trade,

• to serve protectionism, government subsidies and the issue of protective tariffs.

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Name the man who in the 1930s raised a volunteer corps of about 100,000 pathans, known as 'Khudai Khidmatgars' or Servants of God and affiliated it to the Congress?

Answer

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

 

Fall back on

A) retreat B) overtaken
C) suffer an accident D) resort to something
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) resort to something

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Stoically B) Stoicaly
C) Stoecally D) Stoecaly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Stoically

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In IT, means that the data available in the database is both accurate and consistent.

A) Data Security B) Data Availability
C) Data Binding D) Data Integrity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Data Integrity

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Disdain

A) Antipathy B) Admiration
C) Derision D) Scorn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Admiration

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Surly

A) Sweet B) Unfriendly
C) Clear D) Pleasant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Unfriendly

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