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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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To curb black money in the economy, which of the followingcommittees has been formed in 2016?

A) Deepak Mohanty Committee B) Suresh Prabhu Committee
C) Justice BM Shah committee D) Nachiket Mor Committee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Justice BM Shah committee

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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.

 

A bad patch

 

A) A potholed road B) A medical bandage
C) A period of difficulty D) Shoddy repair work
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A period of difficulty

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Which Kannada writer received the Sahitya Academy Award for his novel 'Swatantryada Ota'?

A) C.N. Ramachandran B) Vaidehi
C) Girish Karnad D) Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi

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Highest Civilian Honour received by Azim Premji is

A) Padma Shri B) Padma Bhushan
C) Padma Vibhushan D) Bharat Ratna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Padma Vibhushan

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Who was the last Mughal emperor?

A) Babar B) Noor Jehan
C) Akbar D) Bahadur Shah
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bahadur Shah

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What was the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's kingdom?

A) Patna B) Fatehpur Sikri
C) Islamabad D) Lahore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lahore

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__________ amends the Constitution.

A) Ministry of Defence B) Prime Minister's Office
C) Parliament D) Securities and Exchange Board of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Parliament

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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.

National integration means _____ all the people of the nation into a single whole. It is a _____ that bends together all people in one _____ bond no matter what their religion, caste, language or history may be. It is a _____ cementing force whereby all kinds of people live _____ peacefully and can identify themselves as a part and parcel of a nation.

It is a _____ cementing force whereby all kinds of people

A) weakening B) natural
C) strong D) settled
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) strong

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