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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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Who became the first Indian woman to win the Korea open series in Badminton?

A) Saina Nehwal B) Jwala Gutta
C) Ashwini Ponnappa D) P. V Sindhu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) P. V Sindhu

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The first history book was written by

A) Thucidides B) Aristotle
C) Herodotus D) Euclid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Herodotus

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The first history book was written by Herodotus around 5th century B.C.

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Name the reddish brown gas evolved when Lead Nitrate is heated strongly.

A) Nitric oxide B) Nitrogen di oxide
C) Di Nitrogen Oxide D) Nitrogen pentoxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nitrogen di oxide

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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.

 

By courtesy of

 

A) Be very polite. B) Do a philanthropic act forcefully.
C) Be brave and face risks for the team. D) Given or allowed by.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Given or allowed by.

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

 

My sister will bake a dozen cakes for the fair.

 

A) For the fair, a dozen cakes would be baked by my sister. B) For the fair, a dozen cakes would have been baked by my sister.
C) For the fair, a dozen cakes will be baked by my sister. D) For the fair, a dozen cakes will have been baked by my sister.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) For the fair, a dozen cakes will be baked by my sister.

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Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary is in which state?

A) Orissa B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat D) Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Karnataka

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Sound can not travel in which of the following medium?

A) Solid B) Liquid
C) Gas D) Vacuum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vacuum

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Marathi is the official language of _________.

A) Chandigarh B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
C) Daman and Diu D) Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

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