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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
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When is international day for the Elimination of violence against women , recognized by the UN is observed?

A) December 11 B) July 11
C) November 25 D) August 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) November 25

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What element behaves most like magnesium?

A) Sr B) S
C) Si D) Sn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sr

Explanation:

We know that, elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar characteristics. Here magnesium and strontium are the same 2nd group elements and have same behavior. 

Therefore, strontium behaves same as magnesium. 

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A tenant farmer in the south usually needed to

A) land B) tools
C) animals D) Both B & C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both B & C

Explanation:

A tenant farmer is one who resides on land owned by a landlord. These farmers would have to share the yield with the landowner in a process known as sharecropping. In the South, these farmers need to have their own tools and animals.

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Suez Canal was completed in the year

A) 1859 B) 1869
C) 1871 D) 1889
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1869

Explanation:

Of the two international ship canals, the Suez is more important than the Panama. Constructed over a period of 10 years according to a plan of the French Engineer  Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Suez Canal was opened as early as 1869.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

To bid defiance

A) To disregard recklessly B) To apologize
C) To act in a like manner D) To bribe
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To disregard recklessly

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Extensive plantation of trees is called

A) Deforestation B) Eforestation
C) Afforestation D) Agroforestry
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Afforestation

Explanation:

Extensive plantation of trees to increase plants count is called Afforestation.

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Operational excellence refers to companies that

A) are expensive but is expected to pay off in long-term loyalty and enhanced customer lifetime value B) are willing to tailor their products to particular customer needs
C) are good at production, delivery, price, and convenience D) pride themselves on quality and innovation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) are good at production, delivery, price, and convenience

Explanation:

Operational excellence refers to companies that are good at production, delivery, price, and convenience.

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The most common economic system in the world is a

A) Mixed B) Command
C) Planned D) Market
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mixed

Explanation:

Mixed economy is the most common economic system in the world.

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