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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 best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Zip your lip

A) Keep quiet about something. B) To talk fast.
C) To not think before speaking. D) The silence before a storm.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Keep quiet about something.

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Which among the following writs is issued to quash the order of a Court or Tribunal?

A) Mandamus B) Prohibition
C) Quo Warranto D) Certiorari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Certiorari

Explanation:

A writ of certiorari is issued to quash the order passed by an inferior court or tribunal in excess of jurisdiction.

A writ of prohibition is issued to prevent an inferior court or tribunal to go ahead with the trial of a case in which it has assumed excess of jurisdiction.

 

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A) Goa attained full statehood in 1987 B) Diu is an island in theGulfof Khambhat
C) Daman & Diu were separated from Goa by the 56thAmendment of the Constitution of India D) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.

Explanation:

Dadra and Nagar Haveli was the conflict in which the territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli passed from Portuguese rule to Indian Union rule in 1954. Dadra and Nagar Haveli were small Portuguese overseas territories, part of Portuguese India from 1779 until 1954.

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What is the connection between National Sovereignty and Demilitarization?

Answer

National Sovereignty is the condition of a nation that has self-rule, a stable government and the right to exist without interference from other nations.


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Demilitarization is the process of reducing and even eliminating the armed forces of a nation.

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In the union Budget 2015-16, two new IIMs will be opened in which of the following states?

A) Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab B) Andhra Pradesh, Punjab
C) Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir D) Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir

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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 mobile phone which was primarily used to communicate with the outside world, (1)/ has now become our primary instrument (2)/ of being wrapped up in our own self. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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Planning in India derives its objectives and social premises from which of the following?

A) Public Policy B) Directive Principles of State Policy  
C) Fundamental Rights   D) Fundamental Duties
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Directive Principles of State Policy  

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

A transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self

 

A) Woe B) Nirvana
C) Depression D) Despondency
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nirvana

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