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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
  • All India Services:
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ICC World T20 in 2016 was won by

A) India B) England
C) New Zealand D) West Indies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) West Indies

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Amir Khusrow was the disciple of whom?

A) Mirza Ghiyas Beg   B) Nizamuddin Auliya
C) Asadulla Beg D) Sheikh Salim Chisti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nizamuddin Auliya

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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.

Morality is _____ with ethics and symbolises the doctrine of actions right or wrong. Politics is the _____ of expediency and need not always be _____. If something is wrong and _____ expedient, it cannot be _____.

and need not always be _____.

A) wrong B) right
C) neutral D) different
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) right

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Japan is called the 'Land of the rising sun' because

A) Sun rises there as soon as it sets B) Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky throughout the day in Japan
C) Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it has  earliest sunrise D) The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it has  earliest sunrise

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Who presented the first Union Budget in 1947?

A) Indira Gandhi B) Morarji Desai
C) R. K. Shanmukham Chetty D) John Mathai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

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Which drug is used to cure Incontinence?

A) Oxybutynin B) Ranitidine
C) Azithromycin D) Levothyroxine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Oxybutynin

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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.

 

A month before he was scheduled to be hanged from the ________________ , the president granted him clemency.

 

A) gallows B) balcony
C) stands D) frame
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) gallows

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What did J. B. Dunlop invent?

A) Pneumatic rubber tire B) Car Music System
C) Steering Wheel D) Diesel Engine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pneumatic rubber tire

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