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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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Humidity is a measure of the _______________.

A) pressure in the air B) viscosity of the air
C) air resistance D) moisture in air
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) moisture in air

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In nuclear reactor, cadmium rods are used as which of the following?

A) Fuel B) Moderator  
C) Controller   D) Lubricant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Controller  

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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.

to bite your tongue

 

A) to cause self­inflicting harm B) to make a desperate effort to avoid saying something
C) harsh words once spoken can never come back D) to be astonished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to make a desperate effort to avoid saying something

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) essoteric B) manerly
C) sawsages D) dissolve
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) dissolve

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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.

 


The conditions ______ which democracy can _______ are _______ to ________ ; but one thing is _______ that democracy is always a slow growth, whereas dictators may _____ to ______ and _______ a new _______ with dramatic success, under _______ conditions.

 


whereas dictators may _____

 

A) rise B) jump
C) grow D) succeed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) rise

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Who appoints Chief Election Commissioner of India?

A) The President of India B) Prime Minister of India
C) Chief Justice of India D) Home Minister of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The President of India

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Mutiny of 1857 was described as the First Indian War of Independence by

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak B) Subhash Chandra Bose
C) Bhagat Singh D) V. D. Savarkar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) V. D. Savarkar

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Who has the record of highest number of Gold Medals in the history of Olympics?

A) Usain Bolt B) Michael Phelps
C) Larisa Latynina D) Ian Thorpe
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Michael Phelps

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