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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
  • All India Services:
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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
The kids were laughing at the old lady.

A) The old lady is laughing at the kids. B) The old lady was being laughed at by the kids.
C) The old lady was being laughed by the kids. D) The old lady was laughed at by the kids.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The old lady was being laughed at by the kids.

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The judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the Vishakha Case pertains to

A) sexual harassment in the work-place B) Sati
C) dowry death D) rape
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) sexual harassment in the work-place

Explanation:

Vishakha and others v State of Rajasthan was a 1997 Indian Supreme Court case where Vishakhaand other women groups filed Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against State of Rajasthan and Union of India to enforce the fundamental rights of working women under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India.The court decided that the consideration of "International Conventions and norms are significant for the purpose of interpretation of the guarantee of gender equality, right to work with human dignity in Articles 14, 15, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution and the safeguards against sexual harassment implicit therein.

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


Job performance is ______ by a number of factors. Motivation alone does not lead to increased performance. Ability and technology moderates the relationship
between motivation and performance. The higher the levels of ability and motivation the ______ the level of performance will be. However, increasing motivation
beyond an ______ level tends to ______ a dysfunctional result because it is ______ by an increased level of anxiety.


motivation and performance. The higher the levels of ability and motivation the ______ the level of performance will be.

A) higher B) larger
C) lower D) smaller
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) higher

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.


The officer asked the recruit (A)/which district(B)/he came from.(C)/No error(D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A statement which is accepted as true without proof.

A) Elegy B) Axiom
C) Agenda D) Almanac
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Axiom

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Rituals play into the __________ understandings of a society.

 

A) tactfully B) tacit
C) taciturn D) tacitly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) tacit

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Find arc elasticity of demand, if quantity demanded falls from 1000 to 950 when price of the item is increased from Rs. 240 to Rs. 280?

A) 0.33 B) 0.3
C) -0.3 D) -0.33
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -0.33

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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.

to have an axe to grind

A) sharpening your skills in anticipation of future challenges B) to have a private reason for doing something
C) preparing for a fight D) getting ready for work or a new project
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to have a private reason for doing something

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