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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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Choose the most appropriate answer:Which of the following Asian countries celebrates its Independence Day on 4th February?

A) Sri Lanka B) Bahrain
C) Cambodia D) Bangladesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sri Lanka

Explanation:

The day commemorates its internal political independence from British rule on that day in 1948. The day is a national holiday in Sri Lanka.

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Who among the following India's Paralympic athletes haswon the title of Gold Javelin F46 in Rio 2016 Paralympic Games?

A) Varun Singh Bhati B) Deepa Malik
C) Amit Kumar Saroha D) Mariyappan Thangavelu
 
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Indus Valley Civilization was a __________ age civilization.

A) Silver B) Tin
C) Gold D) Bronze
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bronze

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The series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are inter-converted in the environment and in living organisms is called _____ .

A) Absorption of Nitrogen B) Ammonification
C) Nitrogen Fixation D) Nitrogen Cycle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nitrogen Cycle

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Who is the present (2017) Secretary General of SAARC?

A) Tajuddin Ahmed B) Mujibur Rehman
C) Muhammad Mansur Ali D) Mr. Amjad Hussain B. Sial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mr. Amjad Hussain B. Sial

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Not having practised his lines he cut an angry figure on the stage

A) cut a confused figure B) cut a sorry face
C) cut a sorry figure D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) cut a sorry figure

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

The Professor asked the intruder who was he and why was he in his lecture.

A) who he was and why he was B) who he was and why was he
C) who he had been and why he had been D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) who he was and why he was

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The sensitive information leaked in August 2016 concerns which one of the following defence platforms of India?

A) Fifty Generation Fighter Aircraft B) Combat Helicopters
C) Submarines D) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Submarines

Explanation:

In August 2016, The Government of India is seized of the reported leak of documents related to the ongoing Indian Scorpene submarine programme as reported in sections of the media. The documents that have been posted on the website by an Australian news agency have been examined and do not pose any security compromise as the vital parameters have been blacked out.

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