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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
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) Archaeological research in Sarasota documents more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people. B) More than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people have been documented in the archaeological research in Sarasota.
C) Sarasota’s archaeological research has recorded more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people. D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.

Explanation:

‘Documentation of the seasonality in native people’ doesn’t make sense.

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Exam Prep: CAT , GRE , TOEFL

0 1907
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Who was the son of Chandragupta Maurya?

A) Bindusara B) Chandragupta II
C) Ashoka D) Binbsara
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bindusara

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Filed Under: Indian History
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1907
Q:

In each of the questions given below, a passage has been given which are either situational based or describes a scenario. Below each passage, a question has been given which is framed to make you to infer something out of it. Mark out the correct inference as your answer.
India's leading and most popular food delivery start-up, Swiggy landed in a soup on Wednesday, after four people claiming to be current and former employees allegedly revealed fraudulent
and unethical means practiced at the company, in a blog post.
Which of the following can be said about the allegations?

A) Defragmented B) Ambiguous
C) Definitive D) Anecdotal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Defragmented means to run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file
management.
Ambiguous means to be of uncertain nature or significance.
Definitive means clearly defined or formulated.
Anecdotal means to have the character of an anecdote.
Speculative means not based on fact or investigation.
Hence, the correct answer is 5.

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: TOEFL , GRE , CAT

0 1907
Q:

Which is a function of a protein macromolecule?

A) Cushions the internal organs of an animal B) Provides the building instructions for living things
C) Makes up the connective tissue in tendons D) Makes the leaves of plants waterproof
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Makes up the connective tissue in tendons

Explanation:

The function of a protein macromolecule is

- Moving things in and out of cells.

- Transporting other molecules in the body.

- Making up the connective tissue in tendons.

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Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams
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1 1907
Q:

The most productive ecosystem in the biosphere is

A) Desert B) Open Ocean
C) Estuary D) Tundra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Estuary

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Filed Under: General Science
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1906
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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Mankind does not know this

A) do B) had
C) is D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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0 1906
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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

It is __________ university of excellence.

A) a B) an
C) also D) one
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Smell a rat

A) Suspect something wrong B) Smell a burned rat
C) Smell a rotten rat D) Smell something right
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Suspect something wrong

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1906