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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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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released two commemorative coins of denominations Rs. 125 & Rs. 10 as a mark of tribute to whom?

A) Abdul Kalam B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad D) B.R. Ambedkar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) B.R. Ambedkar

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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.

 

Off the hook

 

A) Every thing prepared and kept ready for you B) Accept something without checking its veracity
C) No longer in difficulty or trouble D) Put a person who is helping you into a difficult situation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) No longer in difficulty or trouble

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A body of mass 6 kg accelerates from 6 m/s to 18 m/s in 3 seconds due to the application of a force on it. Calculate the magnitude of this force (in N).

 

A) 48 B) 60
C) 24 D) 96
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 24

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Microsoft Corporation was founded in

A) 1979 B) 1981
C) 1975 D) 1965
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1975

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Which is the correct inverted sequence (last to first) of Mughal Emperors who ruled the Indian Subcontinent?

 

A) Akbar, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah II B) Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah II, Shah Jahan, Akbar
C) Bahadur Shah II, Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan, Akbar D) Akbar, Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan, Bahadur Shah II
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bahadur Shah II, Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan, Akbar

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Human Rights Day is observed on

A) December 10 B) December 11
C) December 12 D) December 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) December 10

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If the momentum of a body is tripled, its KE will

A) become three times its original value B) remain the same
C) become six times its original value D) become nine times its original value
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) become nine times its original value

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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.

 

Back to the drawing board

 

A) A creative person will always find a solution to any problem.   B) An artist will express his feelings by drawing.  
C) It is better to work on a fanciful idea bound to fail than have no ideas at all.   D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.

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