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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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A] The author of the novel 'The Corrections' is Jonathan Franzen.
B] The author of the novel 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' is Edward P Jones.
C] The author of the novel 'Forty Thieves' is Thomas Perry.

 

Which of the statements given above are correct?

 

A) A and B B) B and C
C) A and C D) A, B and C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A and C

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1882
Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To hit the nail on the head

A) To take out frustration by beating a person B) To make a wrong decision
C) To find exactly the right answer D) To unwittingly fall into a trap
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To find exactly the right answer

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1882
Q:

In roots, the protoxylem lies towards periphery and metaxylem lies towards the centre. Such arrangement of primary xylem is called ____________.

A) Xylem fibres B) Xylem parenchyma
C) Exarch D) Endarch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Exarch

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Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1882
Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
If you talk to her nicely, she will probably (allow you) her notes.

A) allow that you have B) let you have
C) let you to have D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) let you have

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1882
Q:

In each of the following question, find out which part has an error. I may spend

A) / this summer vacations B) / with one of my friends
C) / in the back water of Kerala D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) / this summer vacations

Explanation:

Here ‘vacations’ should be singular as ‘vacation’.

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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Q:

Which occurred during the Bataan Death March in 1942?

A) Thousands of US and Filipino prisoners of war died B) US soldiers attacked Japanese troops to rescue Filipino allies
C) Japanese soldiers helped carry starving US and Filipino prisoners of war D) Thousands of Japanese soldiers died of starvation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Thousands of US and Filipino prisoners of war died

Explanation:

Thousands of US and Filipino prisoners of war died as they are marched to death by Japanese Military in 1942.

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Filed Under: World History
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk

1 1882
Q:

India's livestock disease monitoring and forecasting system is named as

A) Cattle Safety Laboratory B) Animal Safety Laboratory
C) Biosafety Laboratory D) Cattle Monitoring Laboratory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Biosafety Laboratory

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Filed Under: General Science
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

3 1881
Q:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

Next to the Punjabi

 

A-clad in beautiful sarees

B-family was a group from Chennai in

C-which all the women were

 

A) BAC B) ACB
C) BCA D) ABC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) BCA

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , GRE , TOEFL

1 1881