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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
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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

The way criminal justice is designed and administered today _______________ serves any of the purposes for which it is set up: towards securing life and property. It does not ________________ criminals because of the delay and uncertainties involved in its processes and ridiculously ineffective punishments it imposes ____________________ those few who get convicted. It provides wide discretion to the police and the prosecution, __________________ the system vulnerable to corruption and manipulation and endangering basic ____________________ of innocent citizens.


it imposes ____________________ those few who get convicted.

 

A) of B) onto
C) over D) on
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) on

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Paul Allen, who died in October 2018, was the co-founder of

A) Oracle B) IBM
C) Microsoft D) SAP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Microsoft

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Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 –October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, investor, software engineer, humanitarian, and philanthropist. Alongside Bill Gates, Allen co-founded Microsoft in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution and later became the world's largest PC software company

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On 5 September 2017, who launched an online quiz competition named ‘Prakriti Khoj’?

A) Health Ministry B) Commerce Ministry
C) Environment Ministry D) Home Ministry
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Environment Ministry

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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.

 

Aryabhatta was the first astronomer to state ______ that the earth is round and it rotates on its axis.

 

A) sympthatically   B) automatically
C) emphatically   D) accidentally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) emphatically  

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The consumption schedule is such that

A) the MPC and the APC must be equal at all levels of income. B) the APC is constant and the MPC declines as income rises.
C) both the APC and the MPC increase as income rises. D) the MPC is constant and the APC declines as income rises.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the MPC is constant and the APC declines as income rises.

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Which of the following fuel has maximum calorific value?

A) Petrol B) Coal
C) Wood D) Cow dung  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Petrol

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

The management committee is required to publish a report every year.

 

A) A report would be published by the management committee every year. B) A report would have been published by the management committee every year.
C) A report requires to be published by the management committee every year. D) Every year the report would be published by the management committee.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A report requires to be published by the management committee every year.

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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'.

 

The more energy we give to a particular thought (1)/, the greater is its power to attract its corresponding circumstance into (2)/ their physical world through the law of attraction. (3)/ No error (4)

 

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

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