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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
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Which country became seventh member of South Asia Sub regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) on 31 March 2017?

A) Myanmar B) Bhutan
C) Nepal D) Maldives
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Myanmar

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In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 :Helen graduated in 1904with special honours in English.
S6:Here dress was torn and roses were snatched from her hat.
P:She was twenty-four years old.
Q:She was invited to the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 to awaken worldwide interest in the education of the deaf-blind.
R:But on Helen Keller Day the crowds got out of hand.
S:Requests were already flowing in for appearances and for magazine articles.

The proper sequence should be 

A) Q P S R B) S P R Q
C) P S Q R D) S QR P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) P S Q R

Explanation:

The starting statement talked about Helen and her graduation. So, the continuing statement would be talking about the age of Helen when she completed her honours. So, P would be the succeeding statement. So, P being the first statement eliminates all other options. Thus, the correct sequence is PSQR.

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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.
Pillar to post

A) Main support of an object B) One place to another
C) To be reluctant D) To incite others
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) One place to another

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Who discovered malaria causing germs?

A) Christiaan Bernard B) Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
C) Dmitry Ivanovsky D) Martinus William Beijerinck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

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Limonitic ore is the ore of which metal?

A) Iron B) Aluminium
C) Zinc D) Cobalt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Iron

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Limonite is one of the two principal iron ores, the other being hematite, and has been mined for the production of iron.

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Who has built the Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) in Chittorgarh?

A) Maharana Pratap B) Rana Kumbha
C) Rana Sanga D) Kunwar Durjan Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rana Kumbha

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When we see an object, the image formed on the retina is ________

A) Real and inverted B) Real and erect
C) Virtual and erect D) Virtual and inverted
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Real and inverted

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The ozone layer is mainly found in the lower portion of the _______.

A) stratosphere B) troposphere
C) mesosphere D) thermosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) stratosphere

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