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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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The Asiatic Society was established in Calcutta by ­

A) Warren Hastings B) Sir William Jones
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy D) Macaulay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sir William Jones

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___________ is the second largest animal phylum.

A) Mollusca B) Chordata
C) Coelomates D) Anneldia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mollusca

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The deficiency of Niacin­a vitamin of B complex group causes the disease _____

A) Marasmus B) Pellagra
C) Rickets D) Night­-blindness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pellagra

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The method of soil conservation in which stones, grass, soil are used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?

A) Mulching B) Contour barriers
C) Rock dam D) Terrace farming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Contour barriers

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In Microsoft Word, there are basically two types of formatting - character formatting and _____________.

A) Paragraph formatting B) Sentence formatting
C) Word formatting D) Font formatting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paragraph formatting

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Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. The author of 'My Country My Life' is L.K Advani.
2. 'Wings of Fire' is an Autobiography of Subhash Chandra.
3. The author of 'The Great Indian Novel' is Shashi Tharoor.

A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3 D) 1, 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 and 3

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
I will write an essay.

A) An essay will have been written by me. B) An essay will be written by me.
C) An essay has been written by me. D) An essay had been written by me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) An essay will be written by me.

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Gravitational force is maximum at which of the following place?

A) At equator B) At tropic of cancer
C) At tropic of Capricorn D) At poles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) At poles

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