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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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Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which game?

A) Polo B) Badminton
C) Golf D) Tennis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Golf

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Who is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology"?

A) Robert Hooke B) Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek
C) Carl Linnaeus D) Charles Darwin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Apposite

 

A) kind B) favourable
C) eloquent D) appropriate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) appropriate

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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.

 

He had to ______ his theft.

A) repent for B) repent in
C) repented D) repenting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) repent for

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

The beggar said to me, "Please give me something to eat."

A) The beggar requested me to give him something to eat. B) The beggar requests me to give him something to eat.
C) The beggar requested me to have given him something to eat. D) The beggar requests me to give him something to be eaten.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The beggar requested me to have given him something to eat.

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The Agra fort was built by ___________.

A) Shah Jahan B) Akbar
C) Jahangir D) Babur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Akbar

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Who was appointed by Akbar as his Court Musician?

A) Abul Fazal B) Mian Tansen
C) Raja Birbal D) Raja Todar Mal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mian Tansen

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Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?

A) Deccan Plateau B) Ganga­Brahmaputra Valley
C) Plains of northern India D) Western Ghats
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ganga­Brahmaputra Valley

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