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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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Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize for?

A) Literature B) Physics
C) Peace D) Economic Sciences
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Economic Sciences

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Ferns belong to which division of plants?

A) Gymnosperms B) Angiosperms
C) Thallophyta D) Pteridophyta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pteridophyta

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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.

 

A diamond in the rough

 

A) Someone or something with potential or talent but lacking training or polish B) A person who dresses shabbily
C) A diamond will shine out even when it is not polished. D) A person of character will shine through even in tough times.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Someone or something with potential or talent but lacking training or polish

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Who developed the theory of Evolution?

A) Charles Darwin B) Isaac Newton
C) Pranav Mistry D) Galileo Galilei
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Charles Darwin

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

The doctor advised the patients to give up smoking.

 

A) The doctor said to the patients, "Why don't you give up smoking?" B) The doctor said to the patients, "You should give up smoking."
C) The doctor said to the patients, "Give up smoking." D) The doctor said to the patient, "I am advising you to give up smoking."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The doctor said to the patients, "Give up smoking."

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Sewing machine was invented by

A) Alfred P. Southwick B) Isaac Singer
C) Murasaki Shikibu D) Hanaoka Seishu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Isaac Singer

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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.

 

The beggar said to me, "Please give me something to eat."

A) The beggar requested me to give him something to eat. B) The beggar requests me to give him something to eat.
C) The beggar requested me to have given him something to eat. D) The beggar requests me to give him something to be eaten.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The beggar requested me to have given him something to eat.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

INFIRM

A) STRONG B) WEAK
C) SUPPORTER D) BELIEVER
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) STRONG

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