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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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Which of the following is NOT a constituent of xylem?

A) Tracheids B) Companion cells
C) Vessels D) Xylem parenchyma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Companion cells

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Who was the Finance Minister of India during the New Economic Policy (1991)?

A) Manmohan Singh B) Uma Kapila
C) Pranab Mukherjee D) Jaswant Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Manmohan Singh

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Which of the following is a string based Indian musical instrument?

A) Samvadini B) Jaltarang
C) Surbahar D) Pakhawaj
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Surbahar

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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.

 

Anita said, "I bought a phone yesterday".

 

A) Anita said she had bought a phone the day before. B) Anita said that she had bought a phone the day before.
C) Anita said she has bought a phone the day before. D) Anita said she has bought a phone yesterday.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Anita said that she had bought a phone the day before.

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A body in equilibrium _______.

A) can move with constant acceleration B) is always at rest
C) can move with constant velocity D) can move with variable acceleration
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) can move with constant velocity

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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.

 

You may try but she is too ______________ to fall for your trick.

A) brilliant B) intelligent
C) genius D) witty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) intelligent

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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.

 

"I always keep a tin of biscuits in my room, girls."

A) The matron said that she always keeps a tin of biscuits in her room. B) The matron informed the girls that she always kept a tin of biscuits in her room.
C) The matron told the girls that she would always keep a tin of biscuits in her room. D) The matron told the girls that she had kept a tin of biscuits in her room.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The matron informed the girls that she always kept a tin of biscuits in her room.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Hazardous

A) Perilous B) Precarious
C) Dicey D) Secure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Secure

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