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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
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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The party faithful, who

P - ­expectations, are now disillusioned
Q­ - had greeted his political arrival in 2004
R­ - with great enthusiasm, and

A) RQP B) QRP
C) PRQ D) PQR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) QRP

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Choose the word that best defines the given phrase

‘A style in which a writer makes a display of hisknowledge’

A) Verbose B) Pedantic
C) Ornate D) Pompous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Verbose

Explanation:

Verbose means using or expressed in more words than are needed.

Pedantic means excessively concerned with minor details or rules.

Ornate means elaborately or highly decorated.

Pompous means self-important

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Who coined the term ‘protoplasm’ for the fluid substance of the cell?

 

A) Robert Hooke B) Robert Brown
C) J.E Purkinje D) M. Schleiden
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) J.E Purkinje

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Q:

Sound waves can not travel through a

 

A) copper wire placed in air B) silver slab placed in air
C) glass prism placed in water D) wooden hollow pipe placed in vacuum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) wooden hollow pipe placed in vacuum

Explanation:

Sound is a kind of energy created when something vibrates. When this vibration reaches an ear, it is translated into what we recognize as a sound. Sound vibration must travel through matter. Therefore, it can travel through air and water but not through vacuum.

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Q:

Select the synonym of

 

swine

 

A) hog B) simple
C) immaculate D) shine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hog

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

We should learn our lesson
P-from this history and stay away
Q-of our neighbours
R-from interfering in the messy domestic politics

A) PRQ B) PQR
C) QPR D) RPQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) PRQ

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Which among the following constituents of xylem is/are tubular structure(s)?

 

I. Tracheids

II. Vessels

III. Xylem fibres

 

A) Only I B) Only II
C) Only I and II D) All I, II and III
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Only I and II

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Q:

India’s first geothermal field development project is to be established in which state/UT?

 

A) Himachal Pradesh B) Ladakh
C) Punjab D) Rajasthan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ladakh

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