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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 the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Ignorance is bliss

 

A) Lack of knowledge is a curse B) Sometimes it is better for you if you do not know all the facts
C) Fools believe they know more than the wise D) To be truly happy one should ignore everything else
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sometimes it is better for you if you do not know all the facts

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

I could not find the book.

A) I myself can not find the book. B) The book could not be found by me.
C) By me the book can not be found. D) Finding of the book could not be done by me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The book could not be found by me.

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Helium is added to the oxygen supply of deep sea divers because it is _________

A) less poisonous than nitrogen B) Lighter than nitrogen
C) Readily miscible with oxygen D) less soluble in blood than nitrogen at high pressure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) less soluble in blood than nitrogen at high pressure

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Which circuit is used to store one bit of data ?

A) Register B) Flip Flop
C) Vector D) Encoder
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Flip Flop

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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.

Decrease or fade gradually before coming to an end

A) Surge B) Accrual
C) Peter D) Swell
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Peter

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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) analoges B) analogese
C) analogues D) analoguese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) analogues

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) Centre for Science and Environment in a recent study found that a number of commonly available brands of prepackaged breads tested positive for potassium bromate and potassium iodate. B) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recommended to the Health Ministry to remove potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives.
C) The Union Government banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basisof the above recommendation. D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.

Explanation:

CSE in its recommendation asked Indian regulator FSSAI to act immediately and ban the two chemicals.

It says that Indian bread manufacturer’ use two chemicals, banned in many countries but not in India, being used by bread industry are potassium bromate (KbrO3) and potassium iodate (KIO3).

The government (FSSAI) banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basis of the above recommendation.

The regulator had recommended to the health ministry removal of potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives after a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

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Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 60-megawatt Tuirial Hydroelectric power project. The project is being constructed in which of the following state?

A) Sikkim B) Assam
C) Meghalaya D) Mizoram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mizoram

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The 60-megawatt Tuirial Hydroelectric power project has been inaugurated by PM from Aizawal, Mizoram. Now Mizoram has become third power-surplus state in North-East after Sikkim and Tripura.Note: Tuirial Dam is an earth fill and gravity dam near Kolasib in the state of Mizoram in India.

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