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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
  • All India Services:
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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

I said to my friends, "let us go to a picnic for a change".

A) I asked my friends if they would go to a picnic for a change. B) I asked my friends to go to a picnic for a change.
C)  I permitted my friends to go to a picnic for a change. D) I suggested to my friends that we should go to a picnic for a change.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I suggested to my friends that we should go to a picnic for a change.

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Champions of the 2nd football Indian Super League (ISL) were

A) FC Goa B) Channaiyin FC
C) Delhi Dynamos D) Atletico de Kolkata
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Channaiyin FC

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Grand Anicut Canal system, is located in which state?

A) Tamil Nadu B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Telangana D) Andhra Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tamil Nadu

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Which Indian city was gifted by the Portuguese as dowry to Charles II, the king of England, when he got married to the sister of the King of Portugal in 1662?

 

A) Daman B) Cochin
C) Goa D) Mumbai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mumbai

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Who is the newly appointed Foreign Secretary of India who took charge in early 2018?

A) Vijay Keshav Gokhale B) Usha Rani
C) Nitin Kumar Yadav D) Rajni Sekhri Sibal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vijay Keshav Gokhale

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__ was a Chinese Buddhist monk, who studied Buddhist Scriptures at Nalanda and is famous for his 17 year long trip to India between AD 627 to 643.

A) Megasthenes B) Hiuen Tsang
C) Fa-hien D) Al Beruni
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hiuen Tsang

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Who was the most searched personality on Google this year, as per Google India?

A) Joe Biden B) Narendra Modi
C) Kangana Ranaut D) Sushant Singh Rajput
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Joe Biden

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 As the year comes to an end, Google released its annual ‘Year in Search’ list which shows the top most searched Personalities on Google in India in 2020.

 

Here is the list of 10 top searched personalities on Google in India :

1) Joe Biden
2) Arnab Goswami
3) Kanika Kapoor
4) Kim Jong-un
5) Amitabh Bachchan
6) Rashid Jhan
7) Rhea Chakraborty
8) Kamala Harris
9) Ankita Lokhande
10) Kangana Ranaut

 

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Which Five Year Plan adopted Indicative Planning in India?

A) 9th B) 4th
C) 3rd D) 8th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 8th

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