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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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Which of the following technique is used to know the age of a tree in years?

A) Counting the number of branches B) Counting the number of tree rings
C) Measuring the size of the bark D) Counting the seasons of its flowering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Counting the number of tree rings

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Chinese spacecraft Chang’e 5 has returned to the Earth, carrying samples from which astronomical body?

 

A) Moon B) Sun
C) Jupiter D) Saturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Moon

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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.

 

Achilles' heel

 

A) A weakness which turns out to be a strength B) A weakness or vulnerable point
C) A strength which eventually becomes your weakness D) The point where you have converted your weakness into your strength
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A weakness or vulnerable point

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Amphibian plants are placed in which of the following groups?

A) Bryophyta B) Gymnosperms
C) Pteridophyta D) Thallophyta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bryophyta

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As of February 2018, who is the Chief Minister of Kerala?

A) Oomen Chandy B) AK Antony
C) VS Achuthanandan D) Pinarayi Vijayan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pinarayi Vijayan

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The Dr. B. C. Roy awards, instituted in 1962, are given to eminent achievers primarily from which field?

A) Medicine B) Law
C) Sports D) Journalism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Medicine

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What are transition elements?

A) Elements whose two outermost shells are incomplete B) Elements which possess properties of both, metals and non-metals
C) They have eight electrons in the outermost shell D) Elements whose three outermost shells are incomplete
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Elements whose two outermost shells are incomplete

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He said, "Do as you wish, but don't come and ask me for help if you get into difficulties."

 

A) He told me to do as he wished or he wouldn't come and help me if I got into difficulties. B) He told me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties.
C) He ordered me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties. D) He told me that unless I did as I wished he would not come and help me if I got into difficulties.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He told me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties.

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