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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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Q:

Which of the following pair/pairs is/are INCORRECT?
I. Golden revolution - Fruits production
II. Blue revolution - Increasing production of fertilizers
III. Yellow revolution - For the production of eggs

A) Only I B) Only II
C) Both I and II D) Both II and III
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both II and III

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Filed Under: General Science
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1899
Q:

Indian  Institute  of  Science,  Bangalore  was founded by---

A) CV Raman B) Jamsetji Tata
C) Vikram Sarabhai D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jamsetji Tata

Explanation:

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was established in the year 1909 with active support from Jamsetji Tata and H.H. Sir Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore.

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1899
Q:

Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as No error. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

The teacher instructed the students (A) to have a thoroughly reading (B) of each chapter (C) mentioned in the syllabus. (D)A.

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

Explanation:

The error lies in the second part of the sentence. Thoroughly should be replaced by thorough. Thoroughly has been derived the term thorough. Thoroughly is used as an adverb and means in a thorough or complete manner. Thorough is used as an adjective and means carefully without missing or omitting any detail. The word reading has been used as a noun and should be qualified by an adjective.

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Filed Under: English

0 1899
Q:

Which among the following is an example of mixture?

A) Milk B) Gasoline
C) Liquefied petroleum gas D) All options are correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All options are correct

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Filed Under: Chemistry

1 1899
Q:

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. 

 

Rivet

 

A) Heavy B) Joyous  
C) Engage D) Revolve
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Engage

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

0 1898
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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.

 

Several countries ___________________ the world are now replacing the __________________ model of criminal justice partly _____________________ wholly with different models of restorative justice, _____________________ promising results in crime control. The process is more collaborative, consensual and inclusive, that is characteristic ____________________ indigenous systems of justice.

 

model of criminal justice partly _____________________

 

A) or B) nor
C) and D) but
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) or

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1898
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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

He told me, "Your train will leave if you do not go at once."

A) He told me that his train will leave if he did not go at once. B) He told me that my train will leave if I do not go at that moment.
C) He told me that his train would leave if he did not go that moment. D) He told me that my train would leave if I did not go that moment.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He told me that my train would leave if I did not go that moment.

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1898
Q:

In IT, the technique of delaying outgoing acknowledgements temporarily is known as

A) AR Acknowledgement B) AR request
C) Piggybacking D) Piggyframing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Piggybacking

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Filed Under: Computer
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1898