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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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After the defeat at Plassey, Sirajuddaullah was assassinated and ________ was made the nawab.

A) Mir Jafar B) Mir Qasim
C) Haider Ali D) Tipu Sultan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mir Jafar

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Which one of the following forms the base of vegetable fibres?

A) Cellulose B) Proteins
C) Fats D) Oils
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cellulose

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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 3rd group and the 4th period?

A) 23 B) 21
C) 19 D) 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 21

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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.

Because she had a ______________ demeanour, she was a desirable friend.

A) pleasant B) severe
C) mean D) nasty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) pleasant

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The liberation of oxygen during photosynthesis is due to __________

A) hydrolysis of carbohydrates B) photolysis of water
C) reduction of CO2 D) breakdown of chlorophyll
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) photolysis of water

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Which of the following is the Mascot of Indian Railways?

A) Morris, the cat B) Murugan, the peacock
C) Nandi, the bull D) Bholu, the elephant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bholu, the elephant

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Capitalism falls under _ economic system?

A) Market B) Planned
C) Command D) Mixed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Market

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Capitalism is an economic system in which private individuals or businesses own capital goods i.e, economy is characterized by private ownership of the means of production. The production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market known as a market economy and not on central planning known as a planned economy.

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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.

 

She ______ in a small European country.

 

A) nourished B) better
C) satisfied D) lived
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) lived

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