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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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In the context of elections in India, which one of the following is the correct full form of VVPAT?

A) Voter Verifiable Poll Audit Trail B) Voter Verifying Paper Audit Trail
C) Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail D) Voter Verifiable Paper Account Trail
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail

Explanation:

Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines are used during election process to verify that the vote polled by a voter goes to the correct candidate. VVPATs are a second line of verification particularly and are particularly useful in the time when allegations around Electronic Voting Machines' tampering crop up.

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Which one of the following viruses is responsible for the recent death of lions in Gir National Park?

A) Canine Distemper Virus B) Nipah Virus
C) Hendra Virus D) Foot and Mouth Disease Virus  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Canine Distemper Virus

Explanation:

canine distemper may have been responsible for the death of four lions even as two more deaths were reported in Gir, taking the death toll to 23 since September 12.Canine distemper is a viral disease that impacts a large number of wild animals including cats and dogs.

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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.
Sahil said to me, "Where will you go this holiday?"

A) Sahil asked me where I would go that holiday. B) Sahil asked me where I will go that holiday.
C) Sahil asked me where I will be going that holiday. D) Sahil asked me where I would gone that holiday.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sahil asked me where I would go that holiday.

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Albania and Derbia are located on what peninsula?

Answer

Balkan

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When the vibrating object moves forward, it creates a region of high pressure in the medium called ______.

A) dilation B) compression
C) relaxation D) negation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) compression

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Find the resistance (in mega ohm) of a wire of length 8 m, cross sectional area 2 sq.cm and made of a material of resistivity 120 ohm m.

A) 1920 B) 4.8
C) 2.4 D) 960
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4.8

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Be a dab hand at something

A) Always telling nonsense B) Hearing a fake intention
C) Ready to listen to other people's conversation D) Skilled in a particular area
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Skilled in a particular area

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

The practice of magic

A) Palpable B) Witchery
C) Substantial D) Corporal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Witchery

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