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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:
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World Wide Web was invented by ________.

A) John Barber B) Tim Berners­Lee
C) Alan Blumlein D) David Brewster
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tim Berners­Lee

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

to treat with cruelty or violence

 

A) wrong B) abuse
C) pervert D) fault
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) abuse

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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.

Back to the drawing board

A) An idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised B) A person decides his own fate
C) All efforts can be wasted because of one mistake D) One always returns to his roots in times of crisis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) An idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised

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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.

 

My friend said to me, "I think she will not accept your proposal."

A) My friend told me that he thought that she would not accept my proposal. B) My friend says to me that he thinks that she will not accept my proposal.
C) My friend told me that he thinks that she will not be accepting my proposal. D) My friend told me that that he thought she would not be accepting my proposal.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) My friend told me that he thought that she would not accept my proposal.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

DISAVOWAL

A) REBUTTAL B) REPEAL
C) APPROVAL D) APPEAL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) APPROVAL

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Mould

A) Genuine B) Shape
C) Slice D) Sculpt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Genuine

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____________ scheme by the Central Government aims at setting up an organized rural Panchayat in order to make the villages more self-sustained.

A) Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan B) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
C) Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Yojana D) Vidyanjali Yojana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan

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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

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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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