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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Ideas of welfare state are contained in

A) Fundamental Rights B) Directive Principles of State Policy
C) Preamble of the Constitution D) Part VII
 
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 best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

In bad taste

A) Not suitable or offensive B) To be a bad cook
C) To have a poor choice of fashion style D) To epress honest harsh opinion about someone or something
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Not suitable or offensive

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

Since when (have to start) a business been so easy?

A) has started B) have starting
C) has starting D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) has starting

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Fuse wire is made of an alloy of

A) Tin and Lead B) Tin and Copper
C) Lead and Copper D) Copper and Silver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tin and Lead

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Which of the following river originates in Nepal and flows into the Ganges?

A) Kosi B) Jhelum
C) Chenab D) Ravi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kosi

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BREXIT  refers  to  the  Great  Britain  leaving which one of the following?

A) International Monetary Fund B) Common wealth
C) World Trade Organization D) European Union
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) European Union

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Brexit is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. In a referendum  on  23  June  2016, 51.9%    of    the    participating UK electorate voted  to  leave  the  EU, out of a turnout of 72.2%.

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Which   one   of   the   following   is   not   a semiconductor?

A) Silicon B) Germanium
C) Quartz D) Gallium arsenide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Quartz

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Semiconductors are the basic materials used in the present solid state electronic devices like diode, transistor, ICs, etc. 2. Lattice structure and the atomic structure of constituent elements decide whether a particular material will be insulator, metal or semiconductor. Semiconductors are elemental (Si, Ge) as well as compound (GaAs, CdS, etc.). Silicon, Germanium, Gallium Arsenide are semiconductors, but Quartz is an insulator.

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During which of the following operating conditions of an automobile, carbon monoxide content in exhaust gas is maximum?

A) Acceleration B) Cruising
C) Idle running D) Deacceleration
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Idle running

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