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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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Who was the Governor-General of India duringthe‘Sepoy Mutiny’?

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Harding
C) Lord Canning D) Lord Lytton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Canning

Explanation:

Lord Canning (1856-1862) was the Governor-General during the mutiny of 1857 (India’s first war of independence). After war he was made first Viceroy of India.

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In the following questions a part of a sentence is given in bold, it is then followed by four sentences which try to explain the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold. Choose the alternative from the four given below each question which explains the meaning of the phrase correctly without altering the meaning of the sentence
given as question. If none of the sentence explains the meaning of the highlighted phrase, choose option  i.e., “None of these” as your answer choice

We are used to giving benefit of a doubt to people we are closest to, the ones who we know very well. This comes to us naturally as we know for a fact they are good people; and even more - we know they like/ love us so they wouldn't do anything against us.

A) Since we love and trust our close ones, we often tend to believe them, even when we are not sure what they are saying is true. B) Given that we are very attached to our relatives, we often try to hide their crimes and cover up for their lies.
C) Since humans are inherently doubting, there is a tendency to be sceptic about anyone. D) Humans have nepotism ingrained in them, which means that they would favour only their relatives over and above a fool proof evidence against them.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Since we love and trust our close ones, we often tend to believe them, even when we are not sure what they are saying is true.

Explanation:

To give a benefit of doubt means to decide that you will believe someone, even though you are not sure that what the person is saying is true.

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National Income refers to ___________

A) money value of goods and services produced in a country during a year  B) money value of stocks and shares of a country during a year
C) money value of capital goods produced by a country during a year D) money value of consumer goods and services produced in a country during a year 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) money value of goods and services produced in a country during a year 

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Which acid is secreted by certain glandular cells in the stomach lining?

A) Hydrochloric  B) Ethanoic
C) Formic D) Nitric
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Hydrochloric 

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

 

A) revarberate B) reverberate  
C) reverberete D) revarberete
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) reverberate  

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Which country has started constructing world’s biggest floating Solar power plant in December 2017?

 

A) China B) Australia
C) South Africa D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) China

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

He was not (1)/ grateful for (2)/ Rahul for helping his cause. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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June 21 marks the winter solstice in the _________ Hemisphere.

A) Northern B) Eastern
C) Western D) Southern
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Southern

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