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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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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase
and click the button corresponding to it.
Turned down

A) Subject B) Object
C) Reject D) Deject
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reject

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Which of the following pair is incorrect?

A) Muthuswami Dikshitar - Carnatic Music B) Parveen Sultana – Singer
C) M.S. Gopalakrishnan – Violinist D) Nandlal Bose – Flute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nandlal Bose – Flute

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Who was the author of the book, Plagues and Peoples?

A) W.L. Thomas B) Rachel Carson
C) David Cannadine D) William H.McNeill
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) William H.McNeill

Explanation:

Plagues and Peoples is a book on epidemiological history by William Hardy McNeill published in New York City in 1976. It was a critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of the extraordinary impact of infectious disease on cultures as a means of enemy attack. The book ranges from examining the effects of smallpox in Mexico, the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe.

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World Investment Report is published by which organizations?

A) UNESCO B) JICA
C) UNCTAD D) FDI
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) UNCTAD

Explanation:

UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development annually publishes the world investment report from 1991.

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Q:

Which bulb operates on lowest power?

A) Night bulb B) Torch bulb
C) Neon bulb D) GLS bulb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Torch bulb

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) erasable B) nuerones
C) ignomminy D)  trouncees
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) erasable

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

The average age at which(A)/people die of heart diseases(B)/are decreasing.(C)/No error(D)

 

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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Which world heritage site comprises of the Alai Darwaza Gate?

A) Humayun's Tomb B) Mahabodhi Temple Complex
C) Qutub Minar D) Red Fort Complex
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Qutub Minar

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