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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 the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

All Greek to me

 

A) The new person in a group gets the most attention B) Learning a new language is very difficult
C) Saying that one does not understand something that is said or written D) Everything is new when one is in a new country
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Saying that one does not understand something that is said or written

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

 


The conditions ______ which democracy can _______ are _______ to ________ ; but one thing is _______ that democracy is always a slow growth, whereas dictators may _____ to ______ and _______ a new _______ with dramatic success, under _______ conditions.

 


to ______ and

 

A) fame B) generosity
C) glory D) power
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) power

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Which of the following organisms does not fit into the Cell Theory?

A) Bacteria B) Virus
C) Fungi D) Plants
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Virus

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Catch 22

A) A Particular situation in which one cannot do anything B) Close to winning line
C) Able to achieve the target D) Grabbing the opportunity on time
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A Particular situation in which one cannot do anything

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In April 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated phase-I (Link-2) pipeline canal of the ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) in which state?

A) Rajasthan B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Gujarat D) Madhya Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gujarat

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Chernobyl disaster is the result of pollution by_____________

A) Oil spill B) Acid rain
C) Carbon dioxide D) Radioactive waste
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Radioactive waste

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What is the fundamental unit of amount of a substance?

A) Mole B) Candela
C) Kelvin D) Meter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mole

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The disconnected lines drawn on a map for showing slope ­

A) Bench marks B) Contours
C) Form lines D) Hachure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hachure

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