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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:
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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.

 

By courtesy of

 

A) Be very polite. B) Do a philanthropic act forcefully.
C) Be brave and face risks for the team. D) Given or allowed by.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Given or allowed by.

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The hormone that helps plants respond to drought is

A) abscisic acid B) cytokinin
C) gibberellin D) ethylene  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) abscisic acid

Explanation:

During drought, plants would be in scarcity for water. For ensuring the mineral loss of water through stomata, the plant starts to produce abscisic acid.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

As global temperatures rise, an untreatable new strain of the flu might _________ up at any moment.

A) fill B) crop
C) bring D) chop
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) crop

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India's famous Mars ­Mission was called?

A) BRO B) SIS
C) MOM D) DAD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) MOM

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Marathi is the official language of _________.

A) Chandigarh B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
C) Daman and Diu D) Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Expectant mothers are more ____________ to lung damage due to smoking.

A) vulnerable B) disposed
C) sensitive D) affected
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) vulnerable

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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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In India, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act came into force in 1981, but was amended in ________ to include noise as an air pollutant.

A) 1987 B) 1997
C) 2007 D) 2017
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1987

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