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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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  • Group 'B' Services:
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Deepa Mehta was nominated for Oscars for the movie "Water" in the category of ______ .

A) Best Sound Mixing B) Best Original Score
C) Best Original Song D) Best Foreign Language Film
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Best Foreign Language Film

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Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western _____ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries.

A) Iraq B) Afghanistan
C) Pakistan D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Afghanistan

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The movement inside the Earth's crust is studied by which of the following ?

A) Geology B) Seismology
C) Plate tectonics D) Pantograph
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Seismology

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What was the debt-to-GDP ratio for the Financial Year 2016-17?

A) 60.40% B) 49.40%
C) 50.40% D) 55.40%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 49.40%

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Ashoka converted to which religion after the Kalinga war?

A) Jainism B) Buddhism
C) Christianity D) Judaism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Buddhism

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When warm air rises up and cold air from the surrounding areas rushes in to fill its place then this sets up ________________ in air.

A) conduction B) convection
C) radiation D) agitation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) convection

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

The General presented us a detailed battle plan.

 

A) A detailed battle plan will be presented to us by the General. B) The General presents us a detailed battle plan.
C) A detailed battle plan was presented to us by the General. D) Presenting of a detailed battle plan was being done by the General to us.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A detailed battle plan was presented to us by the General.

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______________ scheme launched by the Central Government to eliminate open defecation by constructing toilets for households, communities.

A) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan B) Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
C) Stand up India scheme D) National RU URBAN Mission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

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