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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
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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
_____________ around the bush.

A) To hit B) To beat
C) To circle D) To hide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To beat

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If 56M4 is completely divisible by 11, then what is the value of M?

A) 0 B) 1
C) 3 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5

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BRICS Summit, 2016 was held in 

A) Brazil B) China
C) India D) South Africa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) India

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BRICS summit 2016 was held in Goa, India.
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
(Being a pleasant evening), we went out for a long drive on a highway.

A) As a pleasant evening B) It being a pleasant evening
C) With a pleasant evening D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) It being a pleasant evening

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Which one of the following sources tells us about women protesting against the infidelity of their husbands or the neglect of the wife and children by the male head of the household?

A) The Kitab-ul-Hind B) Documents belonging to the Village Panchayats of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
C) Sculptures from Mandor D) The Ain-i-Akbari of Abul Fazl
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Documents belonging to the Village Panchayats of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra

Explanation:

Documents from Western India –Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra –record petitions sent bywomen to the village panchayat, seeking redress and justice. Wives protested against the infidelity of their husbands or the neglect of the wife and children by the male head of the household, the grihasthi. While male infidelity was not always punished, the state and “superior” caste groups did intervene when it came to ensuring that the family was adequately provided for. In most cases when women petitioned to the panchayat, their names were excluded from the record: the petitioner was referred to as themother, sister or wife of the male head of the household.

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On which river is Washington DC situated?

A) Potomac B) Irrawaddy
C) Mississippi D) Hudson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Potomac

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Washington DC is the capital of United States located along Potomac river on the country’s East Coast.

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Who is the newly appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu as of February 2018?

A) K. Rosaiah B) Banwarilal Purohit
C) Satyapal Malik D) Subramanian Swamy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Banwarilal Purohit

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Who is the author of "Swami and Friends"?

A) Sudeep Nagarkar B) Devdutt Pattanaik
C) R. K. Narayan D) Aravind Adiga
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) R. K. Narayan

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