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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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X leaves his house facing west, drives 100 km, then turns right and drives 100 km. He then turns left and drives 50 km. In which direction is X facing in relation to his starting point?

A) North east B) South west
C) South east D) North west
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) North west

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Echelon

 

A) Era B) Year
C) Echo D) Rank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rank

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Humidity is a measure of the _______________.

A) pressure in the air B) viscosity of the air
C) air resistance D) moisture in air
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) moisture in air

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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

to cry wolf

 

A) to keep complaining over small issues B) to raise a false alarm
C) to act as if one feels sorry for the other person D) to report to a higher authority the mistakes committed by others
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to raise a false alarm

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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.

Beggars can't be choosers

 

A) those who have nothing have no hope B) all your options close when you are going through a bad time
C) a poor person is forced to kill all his desires D) people with no other options must be content with what is offered
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) people with no other options must be content with what is offered

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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.

 

backseat driver

A) A person who keeps giving advice to others for things that they are not responsible B) The one who is sitting in the back seat behaves like a boss
C) The real power lies in the hands of those who control the strings D) The puppet dances to the actions of the puppeteer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A person who keeps giving advice to others for things that they are not responsible

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Oxide of which of the following will turn red litmus blue?

A) Magnesium B) Phosphorus
C) Sulphur D) Carbon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Magnesium

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Who won the National Snooker Championship 2016?

A) Manan Chandra B) Mahesh Yadav
C) Aditya Mehta D) Pankaj Advani
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Aditya Mehta

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