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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 the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word

A) percoletion B) parcolation
C) percolation D) parcoletion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) percolation

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

With bated breath

A) In dispute B) In anxiety
C) In full detail D) In happy mood
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) In anxiety

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What international event led to the red scare?

A) Epidemic in Germany B) Revolution in Russia
C) Murder in Italy D) Election in Britain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Revolution in Russia

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Revolution in Russia is the International event that led to the red scare.

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Use of an attractive masquerade or mask is associated with which of the following dance style?

A) Kathakali B) Kuchipudi
C) Odissi D) Manipuri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kathakali

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In 1852, who published the newspaper 'Satyaprakash' in Gujarati?

A) Gangadhar Rao B) Vishnu Shastri
C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh D) Karsandas Mulji
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Karsandas Mulji

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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.

 

Ease somebody's mind

 

A) Alleviate someone's anxiety. B) Listen to somebody's grievances.
C) Have the capacity to understand the other person's thoughts. D) Keep thinking about some person.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alleviate someone's anxiety.

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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.

 

Necessity is the mother of invention

 

A) solution to a problem is easy if one is sufficiently desperate B) great inventions happen only if you are desperate
C) there is always a mother behind every great scientist who has invented something D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

She laughed at the antics of the jester.

A) Laughing at the antics of the jester was done by her. B) She herself laughs at the antics of the jester.
C) The antics of the jester were laughed at by her. D) Her laughter was to the antics of the jester.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The antics of the jester were laughed at by her.

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