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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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The family is a social institution that is found in

A) every society B) high-income nations but not in most low-income nations
C) most but not all societies D) about half of human societies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) every society

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Where is Zoroastrianism practiced?

A) India B) Iran
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

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Zoroastrianism, the ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran that survives there in isolated areas and, more prosperously, in India, where the descendants of Zoroastrian Iranian (Persian) immigrants are known as Parsis, or Parsees.

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Who are the winners of the WTA Portugal open 2014 women's doubles title?

Answer

Sania Mirza and Cara Black

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"Pandvani" is a major folk dance form of which states?

A) Uttarakhand B) Chhattisgarh
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chhattisgarh

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Bigot

 

A) Intolerant B) Extremist
C) Racist D) Liberal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Liberal

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A cyclone is known by different names in different parts of the world. It is called a ‘________________’ in Japan and Philippines .

A) funnel B) whirlpool
C) twister D) typhoon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) typhoon

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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

“Hurry up, get in the bus” the conductor said to us.

 

A) The conductor told us to hurry up and get in the bus. B) The conductor tells us to hurry up and get in the bus.
C) The conductor told us to hurry up and got in the bus. D) The conductor tells us to hurry up and got in the bus.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The conductor told us to hurry up and get in the bus.

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The terminal part of the carpel in a flower, which may be sticky is ______

A) Ovary B) Style
C) Stigma D) Anther
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stigma

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