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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 word similar in meaning to the word given.
Hoodwink

A) Defraud B) Illicit
C) Secret D) Stare
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Defraud

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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 _____ his camera on the table.

A) laid B) lain
C) lay D) lie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) laid

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Trickle down theory ignores the impact of economic growth on

A) Investment B) Savings
C) Income distribution D) consumption
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Income distribution

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.


P: Republic Day of India is celebrated every year on 26th of January.
Q: A huge celebration event is organised annually in the national capital, New Delhi.
R: It is celebrated at the Rajpath, India Gate before the President of India.
S: A grand ceremonial parade of Indian army takes place at Rajpath to honour the Indian Flag.

A) PQRS B) SRQP
C) QRPS D) QSRP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) PQRS

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Which among the following is a cloud computing platformand infrastructure created by Microsoft?

A) Simple Storage Service B) Atmos
C) Openstack Swift D) OceanStore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

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Microsoft is a cloud computing platform andinfrastructure created by Microsoft for building,deploying, and managing applications and servicesthrough a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. Azure was announced in October 2008 andreleased on 1 February 2010 as Windows Azure, beforebeing renamed to Microsoft Azure on 25 March 2014

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Propyne and propene can be distinguished by

A) AgNO₃ in ammonia B) conc. H₂SO₄
C) dil. KMnO₄ D) Br₂ in CCl₄
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) AgNO₃ in ammonia

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Propene, being an alkene, and propyne, being a alkyne, are distinguished using the common chemical tests namely ammoniacal silver nitrate or ammoniacal cuprous chloride. Ammoniacal silver nitrate is also called as Tollen's reagent.

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Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

A) Shivasamudram Falls - Kaveri B) Dhuandhar Falls - Narmada
C) Sahastra dhara Falls - Baldy D) Gerosoppa Falls - Kaveri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gerosoppa Falls - Kaveri

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Kala Ghoda Arts festival is held in which city?

A) New Delhi B) Pune
C) Hyderabad D) Mumbai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mumbai

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