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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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Venus is the _______ planet from the Sun.

A) 2nd B) 4th
C) 6th D) 8th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2nd

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Which is the CORRECT pair of inherited chromosomes for the child to be a girl?

A) X from father and Y from mother B) Y from father and X from mother
C) Y from father and Y from mother D) X from father and X from mother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) X from father and X from mother

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'The World Outside My Window' is written by which author?

A) Emily Bronte B) Ruskin Bond
C) I. Jan Austen D) Henry Fielding
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ruskin Bond

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What is the reason for formation of Mirage in desert?

A) Refraction of light B) Reflection of light
C) Total internal reflection of light D) Both Refraction and Total internal reflection of light
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both Refraction and Total internal reflection of light

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Stan Lee, who passed away recently, was a comic writer with which of the following comic works was he as associated? 

A) Science fiction Comics  B) Action/Adventur Comics 
C) Manga Comics  D) Superhero Comics 
 
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Stan Lee, the legendary writer, editor and publisher of Marvel Comics whose fantabulous but flawed creations made him a real-life superhero to comic book lovers everywhere, has died. 

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

They are giving something back to the planet that (being defiled) every day in a thousand ways.

 

A) is been defiled   B) is being defiled  
C) is been defiling   D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) is being defiled  

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Transperancy International (TI) has put India at rank ___ out of 168 countries in its Competition Perception Index as on January 2016.

A) 68 B) 76
C) 84 D) 101
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 76

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Which of the following forms a base pair with thymine?

A) Adenine B) Guanine 
C) Cytosine D) Thymine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Adenine

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