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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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Lichen is an association between which of the two ?

A) Algae and fungus B) Algae and tree
C) Fungus and tree D) Bacteria and legume plant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Algae and fungus

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Which one is not included in Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFIs)?

A) EXIM B) SIDBI
C) NABARD D) BOI
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) BOI

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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.

Do you ____________ own a copy of Shakespeare's Hamlet?

A) chance B) chances
C) perchance D) by chances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) perchance

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Which one of the following is a good electrical conductor?

A) Graphite B) Diamond
C) Peat D) Charcoal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Graphite

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:
(a) Price > MC in both short and long run
(b) Faces highly elastic demand

A) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Pure competition B) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition
C) (a) Pure competition, (b) Monopolistic competition D) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure competition
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition

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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.
Both taciturn and _____ , Daniel seldom spoke and never spent money.

A) wary B) cheap
C) discreet D) miserly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) miserly

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Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?

A) Robert Clive B) William Bentick
C) Warren Hastings D) Charles Cornawallis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Warren Hastings

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Which one of the following temples of India has won the ‘UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit, 2017’ for cultural heritage conservation?

A) Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati  B) Sri Ranganathaswami Temple, Srirangam
C) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai D) Kedarnath Temple, Kedarnath
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sri Ranganathaswami Temple, Srirangam

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The massive renovation and restoration effort at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam has won the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017 for cultural heritage conservation.

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