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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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Q:

Which instrument is used for photographing the Sun?

A) Galvanometer B) Potentiometer
C) Spectrophotometer D) Spectroheliograph
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Spectroheliograph

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Filed Under: General Science
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1980
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The 'Gujral Doctrine' relates to which one of the following issues?

A) Build trust between India and its neighbours B) Initiate dialogue with all insurgent groups in India
C) Undertake development activities in Naxal dominated areas D) Ensure food security
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Build trust between India and its neighbours

Explanation:

Gujral Doctrine is considered as a milestone in India's foreign policy. It was rendered by Mr. Inder Kumar Gujral, the Minister of External Affairs in H. D. Deve Gowda Government in 1996. This theory says that "India" as a bigger country of South Asia should give one-sided concession to her small neighbours and have cordial relations with them.

 

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Filed Under: Honours and Awards
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1980
Q:

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.


Job performance is ______ by a number of factors. Motivation alone

A) affected B) effected
C) influenced D) measured
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) affected

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1980
Q:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.


P: As a result, people end up saving a considerable amount of money while also saving the planet.
Q: Recycling your waste makes you more responsible in the way you use and dispose of it.
R: It is evident from studies that people who do this instinctively cut down on buying unwanted things from the supermarket.
S: They think of how to dispose of the packaging or the product after use before even buying it.

A) RQSP B) SRQP
C) QRSP D) QPRS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QRSP

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Filed Under: English

0 1980
Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement isneeded, select "no improvement".

LPG quickly (gain) popularity as it was easy to use and did not tarnish vessels

A) gaining B) will gain
C) gained D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gained

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Filed Under: English

0 1980
Q:

A business organized as a corporation 

A) Is owned by its stockholders B) Has tax advantages over a proprietorship or partnership
C) Is not a separate legal entity in most states D) Requires that stockholders be personally liable for the debts of the business
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Is owned by its stockholders

Explanation:

A business organized as a corporation is owned by its stockholders.

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Filed Under: Business Awareness
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

4 1980
Q:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The girl in the red dress said to me, "Where is the film studio?"

A) The girl in the red dress inquired me, where the film studio is. B) The girl in the red dress asked me, where is the film studio.
C) The girl in the red dress asked me, where the film studio is. D) The girl in the red dress asked me, where the film studio was.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The girl in the red dress asked me, where the film studio is.

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1979
Q:

Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) genatics B) sterage
C) grossest D) granaite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) grossest

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1979