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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?

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The ______________ of gurudakshina is very ancient and it is ________________ to the Indian culture and tradition. If you are absolutely ______________ about India, then it's advisable that you first try to understand the meaning of a guru and the ________________ of his presence in the lives of those around him. This, in turn, will help you to understand what guru dakshina is. In ancient India, a teacher or a guru was a spiritually _____________ guide.


The ______________ of gurudakshina is very ancient

A) habit B) approach
C) perception D) concept
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) concept

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Who takes the decision regarding the savings and loan activities in a Self Help Group (SHG)?

A) Private Bank B) Reserve Bank of India
C) Members of group D) Non Government Organizations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Members of group

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What was a major contribution of John Muir?

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John Muir encouraged the establishment of various parks in the United States' National Park System, including the Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.

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Which Railway station in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been renamed as 'Maa Barahi Devi Dham'?

A) Dandupur railway station B) Amroha railway station
C) Basti railway station D) Subedarganj railway station
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dandupur railway station

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Starting late-2014, scientists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) working _______ satellite data tracking the rift found that the defect in the Larsen C was growing _________. By 2016 the crack became 70 miles long and 300 feet ________. By January 2017 it measured 109 miles in length and 1,500metres in breadth. On July 12, it broke. The broken shelf, now __________ official iceberg, was massive, indeed the ____________-ever such iceberg, weighing 1.1trillion tons and measuring 2,200 square miles.

 

shelf, now __________ official iceberg

 

A) a   B) an  
C) the D) once
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) an  

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Who made the first chocolate bar?

A) Nestle B) The Hershey Company
C) Joseph Fry & Sons D) Pearson's
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Joseph Fry & Sons

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A raised hammer possesses

A) Kinetic energy B) Mechanical energy
C) Muscular energy D) Potential energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Potential energy

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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.

 

What is it? ______ it wait?

 

A) may B) can’t
C) would D) is
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) can’t

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