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

 

Plaudit

 

A) Criticism B) Jeering  
C) Praise   D) Silence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Praise  

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A bound collection of maps is called ___________.

A) Cryosphere B) Geomorphology
C) Atlas D) Contour lines
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Atlas

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What is the capital of Canada?

A) Wellington B) Canberra
C) Oslo D) Ottawa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ottawa

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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 take the cake

A) To have something unexpectedly good to eat B) To get a lovely gift
C) To grab the prize before others D) To to be especially good; outstanding
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To to be especially good; outstanding

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What is the mean temperature of Earth?

A) 6 degree Celsius B) 16 degree Celsius
C) 26 degree Celsius D) 36 degree Celsius
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 16 degree Celsius

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What is the capital of Uttarakhand?

A) Almora B) Pithoragarh
C) Chamoli D) Dehradun
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dehradun

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The modern periodic table consists of 18 groups and 7 periods. What is the atomic number of the element placed in the 2nd group and the 4th period?

A) 20 B) 22
C) 18 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20

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

My grandfather said to the visitor, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"

A) My grandfather enquired the visitor who are you, where do you come from. B) My grandfather enquires the visitor who he was and where he came from.
C) My grandfather enquired of the visitor who he was and where he came from. D) My grandfather enquires the visitor who are you, where do you come from.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My grandfather enquired of the visitor who he was and where he came from.

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