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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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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) Of the many problems that confront the leaders of the world B) none are of grave consequence than the problem of saving
C) the normal human race from extinction. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) none are of grave consequence than the problem of saving

Explanation:

Error is in second part. Replace ‘grave’ with ‘graver’. Since problems are being compared in the given sentence we will use the comparative form of ‘grave’ that is ‘graver’.

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IEA (International Energy Agency) secretariat is located in _______

A) Washington B) Geneva
C) London D) Paris
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Paris

Explanation:

IEA (International Energy Agency) secretariat located is in Paris, France. Currently, 29 states are part of it.

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What is Cash Reserve Ratio?

A) Deposits of banks in government securities B) Rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI
C) Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintainwith the RBI D) Rate at which RBI borrows money from the banks
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintainwith the RBI

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Foreign B) Forien
C) Foriegn D) Foreing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Foreign

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______ prevents the Panchayat from doing wrong things like misusing money or favouring certain people.

A) Gram Sabha B) District Collector
C) Sarpanch D) Secretary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gram Sabha

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As per Newton's law of gravitation, the force between two bodies is ________.

A) directly proportional to the product of their masses B) directly proportional to the distance between them
C) directly proportional to the product of their radius D) directly proportional to the product of forces
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) directly proportional to the product of their masses

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The somatosensory receptors in human beings detect ______.

A) taste B) smell
C) touch D) hear
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) touch

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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.

The state or quality of being holy

A) Avarice B) Baseness
C) Sanctity D) Parsimony
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sanctity

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