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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:
  • Group 'A' Services:
  • Group 'B' Services:
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Animals belonging to phylum _____________ are fundamentally characterised by the presence of a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord and paired pharyngeal gill slits.

A) Annelida B) Chordata
C) Arthropoda D) Platyhelminthes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chordata

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Albert Sabin is known for developing _____.

A) smallpox vaccine B) polio vaccine
C) penicillin D) hepatitis B vaccine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) polio vaccine

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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.
The kids were laughing at the old lady.

A) The old lady is laughing at the kids. B) The old lady was being laughed at by the kids.
C) The old lady was being laughed by the kids. D) The old lady was laughed at by the kids.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The old lady was being laughed at by the kids.

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

A) Autumn B) Desperate
C) Reciept D) Traffic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reciept

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Which one of the following teams was defeated by India to win the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup title, 2017?

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

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The 2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup was the ninth Hockey Asia Cup for women.

•It was held from 28 October to 5 November 2017 in Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan.

•The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2018 World Cup in England.

•India won their second title, after beating China in the final.

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Marble comes under which category of rocks?

A) Sedimentary B) Igneous
C) Metamorphic D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Metamorphic

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Recently the Government of India cleared the proposal for the production of 18 indigenous ‘Dhanush’ artillery guns to be produced in India by

 

A) Indian Army B) US Army
C) Indian Ordnance factory Board D) Indian and US Army jointly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indian Ordnance factory Board

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The Dhanush is a 155 mm towed howitzer used by the Indian Army.The gun has been developed by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata, after going through design documents running into over 12,000 pages. These documents were given to India as part of the first phase of “Transfer of Technology” (ToT) under the Bofors gun deal.

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Aung San Suu Kyi is the

A) Prime Minister of Myanmar B) President of Myanmar
C) Foreign Minister of Myanmar D) Home Minister of Myanmar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Home Minister of Myanmar

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