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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
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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Cap in hand

A) Defiant B) Screaming
C) Well behaved D) In a respectful manner
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) In a respectful manner

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


The most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words.___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.

 

mastery of words. ___________ is better suited to lead

A) No B) Not
C) None D) Nothing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nothing

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0 1957
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

Tunnels (is built) to connect houses and places of worship whereas innovative trick doors were attached to the underground cities.

A) was built B) were built
C) were building D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were built

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In    the    elections    to    the    provincial legislatures in 1937 in British India

1.only  about  10  to  12  percent  of  the population had the right to vote

2.the untouchables had no right to vote

3.the Congress won an absolute majority in five out of eleven provinces

4.the  Muslim  League  won  more  than  80 percent   of   the   seats   reserved   for Muslims

Select  the  correct  answer  using  the  code given below.

A) 1, 3 and 4 B) 1 and 4 only
C) 1 and 3 only D) 2, 3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 and 4 only

Explanation:

Provincial  elections  in  British  India (1937)  under  the  Government  of India Act 1935 were held in eleven provinces, including Madras, Bihar, Orissa.  Indian  National  Congress won   in   eight   of   the   provinces except  three  i.e.  Bengal,  Punjab, and  Sindh  and  won  an  absolute majority   in   five   out   of   eleven provinces.   The   All-India   Muslim League  won  106  seats  about  80% of total Muslim seats. Untouchables were allowed to  vote.  Around 30.1 million    people,    including    4.25 million  women,  had  the  right  to vote  which  was  12%of  the  total population

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1 1957
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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.
Chicken-hearted

A) Coward B) Short tempered
C) Composed D) Bold
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Coward

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In the year 2011, the ace badminton player Saina Nehwal was honoured with which sports award?

A) Dronacharya award B) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
C) Arjun award D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

Explanation:

In the year 2011, Saina was selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's sporting honour, for her outstanding achievements in badminton.

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1 1957
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Speaker of the Lok Sabha serves for a maximum term of _______ years.

A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 5

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Filed Under: Indian Politics

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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.

 

Look forward to

 

A) Eschew B) Abstain
C) Obviate D) Anticipate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Anticipate

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