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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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Which of the following can undergo sublimation?

A) Ammonium chlorate B) Ammonium sulphate
C) Ammonium chloride D) Ammonium sulphide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ammonium chloride

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Where is the headquarters of the World Customs Organization (WCO) located?

A) Brussels B) Paris
C) Berlin D) Rome
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Brussels

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Who was the Guru of the music maestro Tansen?

A) Bisaldev B) Haridas
C) Saint Gyaneshwar D) Ramanuj
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Haridas

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Pressure cooker cooks rice faster because

A) it always lets the steam escape B) high pressure raises the boiling point of water
C) high pressure crushes the hard covering of rice grains D) it does not let the heat energy escape easily
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) high pressure raises the boiling point of water

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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 princess asked, 'What is it that makes you stronger and braver than other men?'

 

A) The princess asked him what was it that made him stronger and braver than other men. B) The princess asked him that, what was it that made him stronger and braver than other men.
C) The princess asked him that, what was making him stronger and braver than other men. D) The princess asked him, what has made him stronger and braver than other men.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The princess asked him what was it that made him stronger and braver than other men.

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Aurangzeb (1658–1707 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

A) Nanda B) Mughal
C) Maurya D) Haryanka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mughal

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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.

 

Despite the bank's security staff ____________ a vigil over the treasury boxes, the cash was stolen.

 

A) putting B) placing
C) keeping D) taking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) keeping

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Who was the first Indian astronaut to travel in space?

A) Rakesh Sharma B) Ravish Malhotra
C) Kalpana Chawla D) Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rakesh Sharma

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