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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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Name the British General who was responsible for the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre.

A) Hastings B) Cornwallis
C) Dyer D) Dalhousie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dyer

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Opprobrium

A) Adulation B) Ignominy
C) Mystical D) Preclude
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Adulation

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What is the name of the deadly volcano in Indonesia that erupted again in May 2016?

A) Mount Singabung B) Mount Merapi
C) Mount Rinjani D) Mount Agung
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mount Singabung

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What is the minimum paid-up equity capital for small finance banks?

A) Rs 10 crore  B) Rs 500 crore 
C) Rs 100 crore  D) Rs 200 crore 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs 100 crore 

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The minimum paid-up equity capital for small finance banks shall be Rs. 100 crore. 

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The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in

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

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".


With time now available for leisure, my father (discover) a new side to himself

 

 

A) discovering     B) has discovered  
C) had discove   D) no improvement  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) has discovered  

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Who has been appointed as the Head of the Committee constituted to frame guidelines on playing National Anthem in cinemas?

A) B. R. Sharma B) Dinesh Sharma
C) Govind Jain D) Jayant Gupta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) B. R. Sharma

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Which of the following disease is not caused by water pollution?

A) Cholera B) Typhoid
C) Asthma D) Diarrhoea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Asthma

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