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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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In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to ______________ to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers.

A) Madras B) Bombay
C) Surat D) Ahmedabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ahmedabad

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Bear in mind

A) Respect B) Observe
C) Remember D) Pretend to listen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Remember

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Who elects the members of Rajya Sabha?

A) Elected members of the Legislative Council B) The People
C) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly D) Lok Sabha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) infarnal B) dorsally
C) somwhat D) mangoose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) dorsally

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India’s first national sports university is to be set in which Indian state?

A) Bihar B) Punjab
C) Assam D) Manipur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Manipur

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The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to set up India’s first national sports university in Imphal, Manipur. The proposed university will be spread over 325 acres and cost Rs 524 crore.

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Indira Goswami, the famous editor, poet, scholar and writter won the Jnanpith Award in which language?

A) Bengali B) Odia
C) Assamese D) Hindi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Assamese

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Which team won the 2015 Pro Wrestling League title?

A) Punjab Royals B) Haryana Hammers
C) Bengaluru Yodhas D) Mumbai Garuda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mumbai Garuda

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An object is placed on the principal axis of a cortex lens of focal length 10 cm. If the distance of the object from the lens is 30 cm, what is the distance of the image formed?

A) 20 cm B) 15 cm
C) 30 cm D) 10 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 15 cm

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