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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.


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Which statement is true of the Berlin Conference?

A) The conference began with a dispute about the Congo River basin. B) The conference was convened by Portugal
C) Treaty of Berlin to divide up Africa among the 14 countries D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

The Berlin Conference of 1884–85 was a meeting between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization. The conference was convened by Portugal but led by Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of the newly united Germany. 

 

The 14 countries that attended included all the major European powers, as well as Russia, Turkey and the United States. The conference began with a dispute about the Congo River basin.Slavery was forbidden throughout Africa. The attendees agreed upon a principle of effective occupation by which rights over African colonies would be assessed.

 

Before the conference, about 80 percent of African territory was still in local hands. By 1902, European powers controlled 90 percent of Africa.

 

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Q:

Who invented the Band-aid?

A) Earle Dickson B) Alan Gant
C) Louis Pasteur D) Frank Epperson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Earle Dickson

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Filed Under: Inventions
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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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.

 

Life is short but it has a ______ meaning.

 

A) rare B) sharp
C) deep D) blur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) deep

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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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.

‘Do you have anything to say on behalf of the accused?' said the judge finally.

A) The judge finally asked that if he had anything to say on behalf of the accused. B) The judge finally ask that whether he had anything to say on behalf of the accused.
C) The judge finally asked that if he has anything to say on behalf of the accused. D) The judge finally asked that if he has had anything to say on behalf of the accused.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The judge finally ask that whether he had anything to say on behalf of the accused.

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Filed Under: English
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Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer will be “No Error”.

A) Linking traditional American Native stories B) to historic records of a Japanese tsunami
C) was considered an exception, not the start D) of a fruitful geological collaboration.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Linking traditional American Native stories

Explanation:

In 1 part, use of 'Native' after ‘American’ is incorrect. Also ‘traditional’ should come before ‘stories’. Native is an adjective that is used here for American and not stories. So native will come before American. Traditional is used as an adjective for stories. This is a case of misplaced modifiers.Hence 1 is the correct choice.

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Filed Under: English
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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.
Will-o-the wisp

A) Something that is impossible to get or achieve. B) To keep off an unwanted and undesirable person.
C) To spend recklessly. D) Accept or leave the offer.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Something that is impossible to get or achieve.

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Filed Under: English
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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.


P- Bureaucratic cultures can smother those who want to respond to shifting conditions.
Q- Arrogant managers can overevaluate their current performance and competitive position listen poorly and learn slowly.
R- And the lack of leadership leaves no force inside these organizations to break out of the morass.
S- Inwardly focused employees can have difficulty seeing the very forces that present threats and opportunities.

A) PRQS B) SPQR
C) RQPS D) QSPR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QSPR

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Filed Under: English
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With which IIT did the Indian Railways sign a MoU in Dec 2015, for setting up Centers for Railway Research?

A) IIT Madras B) IIT Mandi
C) IIT Delhi D) IIT Indore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) IIT Madras

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Filed Under: General Awareness

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