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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.


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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) A. People as many as those in a small nation can be seen, at stations, commuting from faraway places every day. B) B. People from faraway places are poured out by the stations of numerical small nations.
C) C. The stations pour out people commuting from faraway places every day, of the numerical magnitude of small nations. D) D. People of a numerical magnitude of small nations commuting from faraway places are poured out by the stations every day.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B. People from faraway places are poured out by the stations of numerical small nations.

Explanation:

Ans. B.
Option B- ‘stations of numerical small nations’ is incorrect.
The other statements make complete sense, hence are correct.

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Reinsurance is the name given to:

A) An individual taking insurance for the second time B) An insurer placing insurance with another insurer
C) When government by insurance policies for government employees D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) An insurer placing insurance with another insurer

Explanation:

Reinsurance is insurance that is purchased by an insurance company from one or more insurance companies (the "reinsurer") directly or through a broker as a means of risk management.

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Who is the current(as of February 2018) President of the Indian Olypic Association?

A) Abhnav Bindra B) Prannoy Roy
C) Narinder Dhruv Batra D) Sharad Pawar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Narinder Dhruv Batra

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Chronic drought and food insecurity plague Sahel, which is already one of the poorest in the world moreover the climate and geography of the region _______ regional communities to relative isolation.

a) Alleviates

b) Relegates

c) Downgrades

d) Transgresses

A) a-b B) b-c
C) b-d D) c-d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) b-c

Explanation:

The sentence talks about “drought and food security” which has pestered the region and in addition to that the climate and geography has worsened the matter and forced them to come to isolation. “Relegate and downgrade” are the two words which means to move down to a lower position arethe most suitable word to be filled in the blank. “alleviates” which means to make less severe, will not complete the sentence sensibly. “Transgress” which means “to misbehave or to break the law” which does not fit in the context whatsoever.

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One Gigabyte = ? (in decimal value)

A) 1000 bytes B) 10002 bytes
C) 10003 bytes D) 10004 bytes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 10003 bytes

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Official Currency of Nepal is called ________

A) Nepalese Taka B) Loti
C) Birr D) Nepalese Rupee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nepalese Rupee

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

The teacher said, “Wow! You have done well.”

 

A) The teacher applauded him, saying that he had done well. B) The teacher appreciated me.
C) The teacher said wow, he had done well. D)  The teacher applauded him by saying wow.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The teacher applauded him, saying that he had done well.

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Bharhut is related to ________________.

A) Jainism B) Buddhism
C) Hinduism D) Islam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Buddhism

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