Sawaal
  • Home/
  • General Knowledge

General Knowledge Questions

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
  • All India Services:
  • Group 'A' Services:
  • Group 'B' Services:
Popular Latest Rated
Q:

Who won Nobel prize for Physics in 2015?

A) Hiroshi Amano B) Takaaki Kajita
C) Isamu Akasaki D) Makoto Kobayashi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Takaaki Kajita

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Honours and Awards
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1312
Q:

Name the committee appointed in 1986 by Rajiv Gandhi on "Revitalisation of Panchayti Raj Institution for Democracy & Development".

A) Ashok Mehta Committee B) L M Singhvi Committee
C) G.V.K. Rao Committee D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) L M Singhvi Committee

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian Politics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1311
Q:

Where did the leader of the Individual Satyagraha movement, Acharya Vinoba Bhave started this movement?

 

A) Nashik B) Poona
C) Pavnar D) Nagpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pavnar

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian History
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1311
Q:

The astronomer who discovered planet Pluto was ___.

A) Sylvain Arend B) Joseph Asbrook
C) Edwin Hubble D) Clyde Tombaugh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Clyde Tombaugh

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: General Science
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1311
Q:

Who awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal of the British to Mahatma Gandhi for his contribution to ambulance services in South Africa?

 

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Canning
C) Lord Hardinge D) Lord Curzon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Hardinge

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian History
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

5 1311
Q:

In economic equilibrium _____

A) supply is equal to the demand. B) the surplus is larger than the shortage.
C) elasticity of demand equals elasticity of supply D) price elasticity of demand is unity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) supply is equal to the demand.

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian Economy
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1311
Q:

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'.
If it would (1)/ rain, they will (2)/not come. (3)/ No Error (4)

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

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1311
Q:

"An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny" is a biography on

A) Manmohan Singh B) Sonia Gandhi
C) Shashi Tharoor D) Indira Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sonia Gandhi

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Books and Authors
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT

0 1311