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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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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) Diarrhoea B) Diarhea
C) Diarrhea D) Diarrohea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Diarrhoea

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Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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Which of the following Indian chilly is considered one of the hottest in the world?

A) Bhut Jolokia B) Bhut Mahabora
C) Lal Chitin D) Lal Shamak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bhut Jolokia

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1919
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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Being a _____ doctor, he never shirks work.

A) conscious B) conscience
C) conscientious D) consensus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) conscientious

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1919
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Tremulous

A) Feeble B) Frugal
C) Stable D) Vital
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stable

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1919
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What does GUI stand for with respect to a computer?

A) Group User Interface B) Graphic Utility Interaction
C) Graphical User Interface D) Graphical Utility Interface
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Graphical User Interface

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Filed Under: Computer

3 1919
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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

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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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Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

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Maanch is a folk dance from

A) Haryana B) Kerala
C) Assam D) Madhya Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Madhya Pradesh

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Filed Under: Indian Culture
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

14 1918
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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.

 

Be glad to see the back of

 

A) Be always welcome whenever you go back. B) Talk bad about somebody you hate behind their back.
C) Be happy when a person leaves. D) Feel happy that you backed off from a fruitless plan.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Be happy when a person leaves.

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , GRE , TOEFL

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