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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:
  • Group 'A' Services:
  • Group 'B' Services:
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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.

Harish soon gained _________ in English.

A) provincialism B) proficiency
C) efficiency D) eminency
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) proficiency

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1886
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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 cast iron stomach

A) a very greedy person B) to be able to eat or drink anything without any problems
C) to be indifferent to harsh words D) to face so many difficulties in life that one now becomes immune to even poison
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to be able to eat or drink anything without any problems

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1886
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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.

A) Millionaire B) Omission
C) Foreign D) Proprietry
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Proprietry

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1886
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Which one of the following pairs of lakes is connected by Soo Canal?

A) Superior and Michigan B) Superior and Huron
C) Huron and Ontario D) Huron and Erie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Superior and Huron

Explanation:

They are located on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, between the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1886
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Who among the following has been awarded the ‘"Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award" for the year 2017?

A) Jitu Rai B) Jasvir Singh
C) Sardar Singh D) S.V. Sunil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sardar Singh

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Filed Under: Honours and Awards
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1886
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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

It must be noted that/ decentralization should be applied/ along with caution as it can/ lead to organizational disintegration.

A) It must be noted that B) Decentralization should be applied
C) Along with caution as it can D) Lead to organizational disintegration
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Along with caution as it can

Explanation:

The error lies in the third part of the sentence. The word 'along' is unnecessary and must be omitted. Along denotes accompaniment. The context of the sentence doesn't talk about accompaniment.

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: GRE , TOEFL

0 1886
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Lucknow is the Capital City of _____.

A) Uttarakhand B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Tripura D) Arunachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh

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Filed Under: Indian Geography
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1885
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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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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT

0 1885