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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 which of the following countries militants killed more than 230 people attacking at a mosque on 24th November, 2017?

A) Pakistan B) Afghanistan
C) Iran D) Egypt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Egypt

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Who discovered Pluto?

A) Jim Maxwell B) Tim Heynman
C) Myne Ketteborough D) Clyde Tombaugh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Clyde Tombaugh

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Who wrote the book "The Arabian Nights"?

A) Stephen Hawkings B) Vikram Seth
C) Zoya Hasan D) Richard Burton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Richard Burton

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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.

Up a blind alley

A) hiding something intentionally from another person B) not warning a person who is in danger
C) one can enjoy thrills only if one takes risk D) following a course of action that is certain to lead to an undesirable outcome
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) following a course of action that is certain to lead to an undesirable outcome

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This tax is entirely borne by the entity it is levied upon and cannot be passed.

A) Direct tax B) Indirect tax
C) Straight tax D) Advance tax
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Direct tax

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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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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

Bunty says, “I may not come for the practice today.”

 

A) Bunty says that he may not come for the practice today.   B) Bunty says that he might not come for practice today.  
C) Bunty said that he might not come for the practice that day. D) Bunty told me he won’t come to the practice.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bunty says that he may not come for the practice today.  

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The first Partition of Bengalbbtook place in the year ___.

A) 1906 AD B) 1903 AD
C) 1904 AD D) 1905 AD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1905 AD

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