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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
  • All India Services:
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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.

An attractively tall, graceful, and dignified woman

A) Terse B) Pithy
C) Sententious D) Statuesque
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Statuesque

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Aurangzeb, the Mughal Emperor died in?

A) 1507 B) 1607
C) 1707 D) 1807
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1707

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Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. The author of the novel 'An Affair Downstairs' is Sherri Browning.
2. The author of the novel 'White Teeth' is Zadie Smith.
3. The author of the novel 'Atonement' is Ian McEwan.

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

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Bubbles of air rise up through liquids due to

A) Surface tension and adherence B)  viscosity and buoyancy
C)  air current over the liquid and buoyancy D)  Up thrust and surface tension
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  viscosity and buoyancy

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.........., the Sultan of Delhi shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad.

A) Iltutmish B) Akbar
C) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban D) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

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The first Commonwealth Games in 1930 was held in which country?

A) Australia B) England
C) New Zealand D) Canada
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Canada

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The Mumbai Stock Exchange was set up in ____________.

A) 1880 B) 1930
C) 1847 D) 1875
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1875

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Which organization will launch two missions named GOLD and ICON to explore the ionosphere?

A) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) B) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
C) China National Space Administration (CNSA) D) European Space Agency (ESA)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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