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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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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

I didn’t go to office because I was ill.

A) felt B) had become
C) had felt D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

Explanation:

No improvement required. Illness is a condition and not a feeling.

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When some goods or productive factors are completely fixed in amount, regardless of price, the supply curve is

A) horizontal B) downward sloping to the right
C) vertical D) upward sloping to the right
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) upward sloping to the right

Explanation:

Although demand curves are typically downward sloping to reflect that consumers’ utility for a good diminishes with increased consumption, firm supply curves are generally upward sloping.The upward sloping character reflects that firms will be willing to increase production in response to a higher market price because the higher price may make additional production profitable.

 

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Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

A) Acharya Narendra Dev B) Dayanand Saraswati
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy D) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dayanand Saraswati

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

 

Flamboyant

 

A) Glamorous   B) Modest  
C) Colorful   D) Sporty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Modest  

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Which Indian nuclear scientist is currently the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India?

A) R. Murugesan B) A.S. Kiran Kumar
C) Madhavan Nair   D) Sekhar Basu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sekhar Basu

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Which country hosted the 'Bodhi Parva : BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist Heritage' from 8-10 December 2017 as part of BIMSTEC's 20th anniversary celebrations?

A) Nepal B) China
C) Bhutan D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) India

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Hirakud reservoir is built across the river

A) Sutlej B) Godavari
C) Mahanadi D) Narmada
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mahanadi

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Kargil War against Pakistan started in the year?

A) 1961 B) 1965
C) 1972 D) 1999
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1999

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