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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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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

Someone has invited me to the cruise.

A) Someone has sent invitation to the cruise. B) I had been invited to the cruise.
C)  I have been invited to the cruise. D) I was invite to the cruise by somebody.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C)  I have been invited to the cruise.

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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.
In the Northeast, the sun
X-sets by four in the evening
Y-morning and in winter it
Z-rises as early as four in the

A) XYZ B) YZX
C) ZYX D) ZXY
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ZYX

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Most viruses that infect plants possess

A) single-stranded DNA B) single-stranded RNA
C) double-stranded DNA and RNA D) double-stranded RNA only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) single-stranded RNA

Explanation:

Generally viruses that infect plants have single stranded RNA. Viruses infecting animals have double stranded RNA or DNA. Viruses which infect bacteria have double stranded DNA.

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What is nature of pH of Milk?

A) Slightly Acidic B) Slightly Basic
C) Highly Acidic D) Highly Basic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Slightly Acidic

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Due to incresed weapon launching missions of North Korea, which country has launched a spy satellite to monitor it?

A) South Korea B) USA
C) China D) Japan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Japan

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

A) Century B) Finance
C) Remember D) Sponser
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sponser

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Choose the word that best defines the given phrase‘Prolonged inability to sleep’

A) Amnesia B) Utopia
C) Nausea D) Insomnia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Insomnia

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Amnesia means a partial or total loss of memory.
Utopia means an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
Nausea means a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.
Insomnia means habitual sleeplessness; inability to sleep
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

things that have been discarded as worthless.

A) remains B) flotsam
C) shambles D) havoc
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) flotsam

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