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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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In April 2016, amid rising tension over North Korea, which country launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier?

A) South Korea B) Japan
C) China D) USA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) China

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Mission Indradhanush ­ a programme introduced recently in the country by the NDA Government is related to:

A) Systematic immunization of children against disease B) Providing insurance cover to farmers against crop failure
C) Development of fisheries in rural areas D) Development of multiple cropping in hilly region
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Systematic immunization of children against disease

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What is the unit of the physical quantity Entropy?

A) watt per kelvin B) newton per kelvin
C) pascal per kelvin D) joule per kelvin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) joule per kelvin

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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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Besides CO2, the other green house gas is

A) CH4 B) N2
C) Ar D) O2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CH4

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

QUIESCENT

A) IGNORANT B) DORMANT
C) INNOCENT D) IMPROPER
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) DORMANT

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) gratifying B) gretifying
C) gratifyeing D) gretifyeing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) gratifying

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

The online shopping site lowered the prices.

 

A) Lowering of the prices was done by the online shopping site. B) The prices were lowered by the online shopping site.
C) The prices had been lowered by the online shopping site. D) The prices have been lowered by the online shopping site.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The prices were lowered by the online shopping site.

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