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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 which city is India's first Post Office ATM opened?

A) Chennai B) New Delhi
C) Hyderabad D) Mumbai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chennai

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Which of the following deserts is rich in gold reserves?

A)  Arabian B)  Thar
C) Mongolian D)  Atacama
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Atacama

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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.

When it rains, it pours

A) one getting much less than what one expected B) calamity always occurs in bad times
C) you always fall into trouble when you are least prepared D) When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once

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When did India celebrated its first Labor Day?

A) 1912 B) 1923
C) 1949 D) 1953
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1923

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May Day or Labor Day is celebrated across the world on 1st May every year to mark the eight-hour day labor movement advocated 8 hrs of work, 8 hrs for recreation and 8 hrs for rest. In India, labor day was celebrated on Chennai's Marina Beach in 1923 by Labour Kisan P:arty of Hindustan.

 

It is a public holiday where no one goes to work.

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By definition, Antarctica is considered what type of landscape?

A) ice shelf B) desert
C) bay D) iceberg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) iceberg

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What is the capital of Australia?

A) Copenhagen B) Canberra
C) Athens D) Helsinki
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Canberra

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The Preventive Detention Act curtailed

A) Right to Freedom B) Right to Equality
C) Right to Property D) Education Right
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Right to Freedom

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Tranquility B) Tranquillity
C) Trankquility D) Trankwility
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tranquillity

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