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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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World Investment Report is published by which organizations?

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

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

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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.

 

A fool's paradise

 

A) An average person appears smart in company of fools. B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.
C) A paradise is ruined when fools enter it. D) Pretending that everything is going fine when actually all is being lost.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.

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

Purloin

 

A) Steal B) Filch
C) Lift D) Compensate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Compensate

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Who was the first Indian astronomer to calculate the time taken by earth to orbit the sun?

A) Aryabhatta B) Ved Bhatnagara
C) Bhaskaracharya D) Bishu devtamapi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bhaskaracharya

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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.

 

once in a blue moon

 

A) an imaginary situation B) feeling sad
C) a beautiful sight D) to happen very rarely
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to happen very rarely

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Which of the following was not done during the time of Lord Curzon?

A) Partition of Bengal B) Formation of Bhartiya Lok Sevv Mandal
C) Establishment of the Famine Commission D) Formation of Hunter Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Formation of Hunter Commission

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Get cracking

A) To delay little longer B) To destroy at the end
C) To waste time in waiting D) To start doing something
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To start doing something

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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'.

 

It has been shown that (A)/ very high doses of vitamin C actually (B)/ causes cancer cells to grow. (C)/ No Error (D).

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

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