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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.
As the judge enters the courtroom, ______________ calls upon all occupants in the room to stand.

 

A) formality B) pattern
C) culture D) habit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) formality

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According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, with spending of $55.9 Billion in 2016, which country became world’s fifth-largest military spender?

A) China B) USA
C) Russia D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) India

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Who has recently been awarded with Nobel Prize for peace in 2016?

A) Juan Manuel Santos B) Henry Dunant
C) Kailash Satyarthi D) Malala Yousefzai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Juan Manuel Santos

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What is the name of the court poet of King Harshavardhana?

A) Tulsidas B) Banabhatta
C) Surdas D) Raskhan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Banabhatta

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What does the slope of a velocity time graph represent?

A) Acceleration B) Distance
C) Speed D) Momentum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Acceleration

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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.
I said to him, "I am too tired now to go out with you."

A) I said to him that I was too tired then to go out with him. B) I said to him that I am too tired then to go out with him.
C) I said to him that I was too tired then to go out with you. D) I said to him that I am too tired then to go out with you.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) I said to him that I was too tired then to go out with him.

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Who among the following discovered electron?

A) J.J Thomson B) Max Born
C) Antoine Lavoisier D) Mendeleef
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) J.J Thomson

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The number of seats of Lok Sabha was increased from 525 to ___ in 1973.

A) 560 B) 555
C) 550 D) 545
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 545

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