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

A) Ebb B) Fade
C) Extend D) Wane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Extend

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

A) Emaciate B) Insane
C) Rejected D) Ridicule
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Emaciate

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.

A) Hygeine B) Fascist
C) Career D) Apparel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Hygeine

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The xylem in plants are responsible for:

A) transport of water B) transport of food
C) transport of amino acids D) transport of oxygen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) transport of water

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

The remains of something that has been badly damaged

A) Pristine B) Immaculate
C) Wreckage D) Sterile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Wreckage

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English is the official language of _________.

A) Chandigarh B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
C) Daman and Diu D) Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chandigarh

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Q:

The fact that the planets move around the Sun, not in circles but in ellipses, was first demonstrated by

A) Galileo B) Martin Luther
C) Johannes Kepler D) Copernicus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Johannes Kepler

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Kepler’s  laws  of  planetary  motion state  that  (a)  All  planets  move  in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one of  the  focal  points  (b)  The  radius vector  drawn  from  the  sun  to  a planet  sweeps  out  equal  areas  in equal  time  intervals.  This  follows from  the  fact  that  the  force  of gravitation on the planet is central and  hence  angular  momentum  is conserved.  (c)  The  square  of  the orbital   period   of   a   planet   is proportional  to  the  cube  of  the semi  major  axis  of  the  elliptical orbit of the plane.

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Itanagar is the Capital City of _________.

A) Uttarakhand B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Tripura D) Arunachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Arunachal Pradesh

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