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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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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Rituals play into the __________ understandings of a society.

A) tactfully B) tacit
C) taciturn D) tacitly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) tacit

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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

"What is your name?" she asked him.

A) She asked him what his name is. B) She asked him what his name has been.
C) She asked him what is his name. D) She asked him what his name was.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) She asked him what his name was.

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"Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman's need but not everyman's greed". Who said this?

A) Guru Nanak Dev B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Pope Paul VI D) Smt. Indira Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi

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Sextant is an instrument used in which of the following ?

A) Gynaecology B) Navigation
C) Birth control D) Medical treatment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Navigation

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Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian independence ?

A) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad B) J. B. Kriplani
C) Jawahar Lal Nehru D) Rajendra Prasad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) J. B. Kriplani

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Haematite is an ore/mineral of

A) Zinc B) Iron
C) Lead D) Manganese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Iron

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Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?

A) Deccan Plateau B) Ganga­Brahmaputra Valley
C) Plains of northern India D) Western Ghats
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ganga­Brahmaputra Valley

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

The system which is observed to do progress

A) Violation B) Impairing
C) Preservation D) Reformism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Reformism

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