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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
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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.

Beat around the bush

A) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally. B) Talk bad about a person, often in the absence of that person.
C) Spend a fun jovial time. D) It is wise to ignore hardships and continue with your task.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

A balanced diet is one that provide (1)/ an adequate intake of energy and nutrients (2)/ for maintenance of the body and therefore good health. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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____ is used in periscope.

A) Plane mirror B) Prism
C) Concave lens D) Convex lens
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Plane mirror

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The speed of light in vacuum is estimated as ___ meters/second.

A) 3.00 x 108 B) 3.10 x 108
C) 3.12 x 108 D) 3.15 x 108
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3.00 x 108

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Globalization of the economy has

A) decreased regional specialization of production B) decreased investment in less developed countries
C) heightened economic differences among places D) leveled economic differences between places
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) heightened economic differences among places

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Economic globalization is the increasing economic integration and interdependence of national, regional and local economies across the world through an intensification of cross-border movement of goods, services, technologies and capital.

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Amit said to the gardener, "Did you find the ring anywhere?"

 

A) Amit asked the gardener that whether he had found the ring anywhere. B) Amit asked the gardener that if he did find the ring anywhere.
C) Amit asked the gardener that if he did find the ring somewhere. D) Amit asked the gardener if he had found the ring anywhere.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Amit asked the gardener if he had found the ring anywhere.

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A good cricket fielder while catching a fast moving ball moves his hand along with the ball because ___.

A) He decreases the time of contact therefore increasing the force of contact B) He increases the time of contact thereby reducing the force of contact
C) He is afraid to take the ball and thus takes his hand out. D) He decreases the time of contact therefore reducing the force of contact
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He increases the time of contact thereby reducing the force of contact

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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.

 

Society and individuals will evolve __________ changing times. Technology will continue to play an increasingly ____________ role in our lives in the years to come. Passing the blame on to technology is the easiest thing to do, but how we _____________ to use technology is an individual decision. In an attempt to be connected with the world _______ large, are we getting disconnected with the people who mean the most to us? This is a question worth pondering _________.

 

This is a question worth pondering _________.

 

A) onto   B) above  
C) over D) in
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) over

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