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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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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Keep at bay

 

A) Keep your loved ones protected even when they are faced with problems B) To control something and prevent it from causing you problems
C) Hide your precious stuff D) Be alert at all times
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To control something and prevent it from causing you problems

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

 

A) Profligate B) Churlish
C) Harpy D) Hoarder
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Profligate

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Indian National Congress is a part of which political group?

A) United Progressive Alliance B) National Democratic Alliance
C) Janata Parivar D) Rashtra Parivar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) United Progressive Alliance

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The scientific name of human being is?

A) Homo Nigrum B) Melongena Sapiens
C) Homo Sapiens D) Tigris Solanum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Homo Sapiens

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The Union Government on 22 May 2016 appointed whom as the new Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory (UT) of Pondicherry

A) Kiran Bedi B) Kalyan Singh
C) Ram Naik D) Mukul Sangma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kiran Bedi

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Who invented Space Pen?

A) Paul C. Fisher B) Rudolf Diesel
C) Wright Brothers D) Alexander Fleming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paul C. Fisher

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Which of the statements given below is/are not correct?
1. 'Open' is an Autobiography of Andre Agassi.
2. The author of 'India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium'A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
3. The author of 'A Foreign Policy For India' is L.K Advani.

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

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'Queensbury rules' is code of rules that directly influences which of the following sport?

A) Tennis B) Boxing
C) Polo D) Billiards
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Boxing

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