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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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In the presence of which of the following, does the President takes Oath?

A) Vice-­President B) Lok Sabha Speaker
C) Chief Justice of India D) Attorney General
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chief Justice of India

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Which of the following is done at a Stock Exchange ?

A) Commodities are bought and sold at wholesale price B) Commodities are bought and sold at retail price
C) Securities are bought and sold D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Securities are bought and sold

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Who amongst the following is a renowned vocalist?

A) Kaushalaya Reddy B) Manjit Bawa
C) Raja Ravi Verma D) Pt. Jasraj
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pt. Jasraj

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Which one of the following events is not correctly matched with the year in which it happened?

A) Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic inter bank fund transfers worldwide—1985 B) Conclusion of the Uruguay Round of GATT—1994
C) Inauguration of the World Trade Organization—1995 D) Establishment of the first wholly electronic stock exchange (Nasdaq)—1971
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic inter bank fund transfers worldwide—1985

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•SWIFT was founded in the 1970s, based on the ambitious and innovative vision of creating a global financial messaging service, and a common language for international financial messaging.

•The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), spanning from 1986 to 1994 and embracing 123 countries as "contracting parties".

•The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement.

•Founded by the National Association of Securities Dealers, the NASDAQ began trading on February 8, 1971, as the world's first electronic stock market.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Punctilious

 

A) Careful B) Formal
C) Exact D) Easy-going
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Easy-going

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Who is the Human Resource development Minister in Prime Minister Modi's cabinet as of February 2018?

A) Suresh Prabhu B) Prakash Javadekar
C) Jual Oram D) Maneka Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Prakash Javadekar

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The most active phagocytic cells among the leukocytes are

A) neutrophils and monocytes B) monocytes and lymphocytes
C) basophils and eosinophils D) lymphocytes and neutrophils
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) neutrophils and monocytes

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The most active phagocytic cells among the leukocytes (White Blood Cells) are neutrophils and monocytes.

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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.

 

The old man said to me, "Life has taught me some hard lessons."

 

A) The old man tells me that life has taught him some hard lessons. B) The old man told me this that life has had taught him some hard lessons.
C) The old man tells me that life is teaching him some hard lessons. D) The old man told me that life had taught him some hard lessons.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The old man told me that life had taught him some hard lessons.

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