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

 

The old man said to me, "Life has taught me some hard lessons."

 

A) The old man tells me that life has taught him some hard lessons. B) The old man told me this that life has had taught him some hard lessons.
C) The old man tells me that life is teaching him some hard lessons. D) The old man told me that life had taught him some hard lessons.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The old man told me that life had taught him some hard lessons.

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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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To which ganarajya Gautam Buddha belonged?

A) Shibi B) Shakya
C) Saurasena D) Shabara
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shakya

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Which of the following committees has been constituted by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) to review regulations governing the Insurance Marketing Firms (IMF)?

A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee B) Veerappa Moily Committee
C) Ashok Chavan Committee D) Sachar Committee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sachar Committee

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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has set up a 10-member committee headed by Suresh Mathur (ED-IMF, IRDAI) to review norms related to Insurance
Marketing Firms (IMF) with an aim to increase insurance penetration in the country.

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From May 2017, the Real Estate Act has come into effect. It aims to protect the interests of ______.

A) Bureaucrats B) Home Buyers
C) Lenders D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Home Buyers

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Organisms that use light to prepare food are known as _____.

A) Autotrophs B) Heterotrophs
C) Omnivores D) Decomposers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Autotrophs

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If tea companies start using mechanised tea leave pickers

A) more people would want to work as tea leave pickers B) unemployment of tea leave pickers will decrease
C) more tea will be produced per acre D) then wages for manual tea leave pickers will fall
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) then wages for manual tea leave pickers will fall

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Which of the following was a leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army founded in 1928?

A) Khudiram Bose B) Bhagat Singh
C) Chandra Shekhar Azad D) Subhash Chandra Bose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chandra Shekhar Azad

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