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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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First country to impose carbon tax is ________.

A) Australia B) Iceland
C) USA D) New Zealand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) New Zealand

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Who was the First Governor General of Bengal?

A) Lord William Bentinck B) Sir William Denison
C) The Lord Napier D) Warren Hastings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Warren Hastings

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

Have you created this beautiful artwork?

A) Had you been creating this beautiful artwork? B) Had you created this beautiful artwork?
C) Has this beautiful artwork been created by you? D) Has creating this beautiful artwork been done by you?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Has this beautiful artwork been created by you?

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


We are ____ in a time of great and _____changes. The most obvious _____of the modern world is the _____development of science and technology. This has given man a deeper _____of nature.


time of great and _____changes

A) convenient B) continuing
C) coveted D) consequent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) continuing

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He asks which chair he is to sit on.

A) He said,"Which chair am I to sit on?" B) He asked,"Which chair he is to sit on?"
C) "Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he. D) He said,"Which chair should I sit on?"
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) "Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

The movie will create tension in the Indian society.

A) Tension would be created in the Indian society by the movie. B) The tension shall be created in the Indian society by the movie.
C) Tension will be created in the Indian society by the movie. D) The tension can be created in the Indian society by the movie.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tension will be created in the Indian society by the movie.

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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.

Throw up the sponge

A) To attack B) To laugh at someone
C) To surrender D)  To talk loudly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To surrender

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Subramanya Bharthi was a noted ______.

A) Boxer B) Swimmer
C) Poet D) Painter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Poet

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