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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
  • All India Services:
  • Group 'A' Services:
  • Group 'B' Services:
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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

When in doubt check it up with a good dictionary.

A) check it up in B) check it in
C) check it with D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) check it in

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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.

Zip your lip

A) Keep quiet about something. B) To talk fast.
C) To not think before speaking. D) The silence before a storm.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Keep quiet about something.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
She is (the best and wisest) girl in the class.

A) best and wisest B) a best and a wisest
C) the best and the wisest D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the best and the wisest

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Which movie won the national award for Best Film on social issues at the 64th National Film Awards. 2017?

A) Dangal B) Pink
C) Sultan D) Airlift
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pink

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Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT

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Ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere is absorbed by

A) SO2 B) Ozone
C) Oxygen D) Argon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ozone

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Q:

One who goes on a journey to a holy place -

A) Saint B) Pilgrim
C) Hermit D) Mendicant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pilgrim

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One who goes on a journey to a holy place - Pilgrim.

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UNICEF was created in 1946 to help

A) women in war-devastated countries B) children in war-devastated countries
C) old people in war-devastated countries D) all the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) children in war-devastated countries

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Planning in India derives its objectives and social premises from which of the following?

A) Public Policy B) Directive Principles of State Policy  
C) Fundamental Rights   D) Fundamental Duties
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Directive Principles of State Policy  

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