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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 coil wire in the electric room heater or electric cooking heater is called __________.

A) Circuit B) Element
C) Filament D) Cells
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Element

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Who discovered Potassium?

A) Humphry Davy B) Alan Turing
C) Bill Gates D) Tim Berners-Lee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Humphry Davy

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Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above .....

A) Tropic of Capricorn B) Tropic of Cancer
C) Poles D) Equator
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Equator

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

I didn’t go to office because I was ill.

A) felt B) had become
C) had felt D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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No improvement required. Illness is a condition and not a feeling.

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C++ is ________.

A) an operating system B) a programming language
C) a software D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a programming language

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Which among the following is not correctly paired?

A) Shivaji­Afzal Khan B)  Nurjahan­Mahabat Khan
C)  Akbar­Rana Pratap D)  Babar­Bairam Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Babar­Bairam Khan

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Angelique Kerber is a/an ___________________ professional tennis player and former world No. 1, and a three time Grand Slam champion. 

A) German B) American
C) France D) Swiss
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) German

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Angelique Kerber is a German professional tennis player and former world No. 1, and a three time Grand Slam champion. Having made her professional debut in 2003, Kerber rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the No. 92 ranked player in the world. 

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The term "Doab" means

A) a land between two mountains B) a land between two lakes
C) a land between two rivers D) a land between two seas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) a land between two rivers

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