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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Choose the word that best defines the given phrase‘Prolonged inability to sleep’

A) Amnesia B) Utopia
C) Nausea D) Insomnia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Insomnia

Explanation:
Amnesia means a partial or total loss of memory.
Utopia means an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
Nausea means a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.
Insomnia means habitual sleeplessness; inability to sleep
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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.

When it rains, it pours

A) one getting much less than what one expected B) calamity always occurs in bad times
C) you always fall into trouble when you are least prepared D) When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once

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Chronic drought and food insecurity plague Sahel, which is already one of the poorest in the world moreover the climate and geography of the region _______ regional communities to relative isolation.

a) Alleviates

b) Relegates

c) Downgrades

d) Transgresses

A) a-b B) b-c
C) b-d D) c-d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) b-c

Explanation:

The sentence talks about “drought and food security” which has pestered the region and in addition to that the climate and geography has worsened the matter and forced them to come to isolation. “Relegate and downgrade” are the two words which means to move down to a lower position arethe most suitable word to be filled in the blank. “alleviates” which means to make less severe, will not complete the sentence sensibly. “Transgress” which means “to misbehave or to break the law” which does not fit in the context whatsoever.

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Q:

Which article is related to Special Address by the president?

A) Article 87 B) Article 86
C) Article 85 D) Article 84
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Article 87

Explanation:

Article 87 is related to Special Address by the president.

 

Other Articles Relate to :

Article 84 - Qualification for membership of Parliament.

Article 85 - Sessions of Parliament, prorogation and dissolution.

Article 86 - Right of President to address and send messages to Houses.

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What is the theme of the "Asia LPG 2019 Summit"?

A) LPG – Energy for Life B) LPG – Petroleum for Life
C) LPG for Life D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) LPG – Energy for Life

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Q:

What compound directly provides energy for cellular work?

A) ATP B) ADP
C) NADP D) NADH
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) ATP

Explanation:

ATP - Adinosine Triphosphate is the compound that directly provides energy for cellular work.

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

He says, “I am a little bit afraid.”

 

A) He was a little bit afraid, he said. B) He said he was afraid.
C) He says that he is a little bit afraid. D) He says that he was a little bit afraid.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He says that he is a little bit afraid.

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Choose the correctly spelt word:-

A) Intrensic B) Intrinsic
C) Entrensic D) Entrinsec
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Intrinsic

Explanation:

Intrinsic is spelt correctly which means essential.

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