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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 following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To heave a sigh of relief

A) To ecome very tired with routine or boring work B) To suddenly feel very happy because something unpleasant has not happened or has ended
C) To Feel extremely sad over someone else's misfortune D) To Feel silent anger over real or perceived injustice
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To suddenly feel very happy because something unpleasant has not happened or has ended

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Who is the author of "India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium"?

A) APJ Abdul Kalam B) Shashi Tharoor
C) Narendra Modi D) Arun Shourie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) APJ Abdul Kalam

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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/Phraseand click the button corresponding to it.

Once in a blue moon

A) Very rarely B) Common
C) Predictable D) Ordinary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Very rarely

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Which among the following statements about the earth , is not true?

A) The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every 365 d, 5h, 48m, and 46 s B) The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
C) The Earth revolves in its orbit round the at a speed 66,000 miles per hour D) The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more than 1000 miles per hour
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours

Explanation:

Earth rotates on its own axis and completes one rotation in 24 hours

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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.

 

Comfort someone at a time of grief or disappointment

 

A) Arouse B) Pique
C) Fluster D) Console
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Console

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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) The Trump administration is intensifying its effort to crack down the so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities. B) Efforts were intensified by the Trump administration to crack down the sanctuary cities that refused to comply with federal immigration authorities.
C) The so-called sanctuary cities that refused to abide by the federal immigration authorities will be cracked down by the intensified efforts of the Trump administration. D) Federal immigration authorities must be complied into by sanctuary cities if the efforts of the Trump Administration must be intensified.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Federal immigration authorities must be complied into by sanctuary cities if the efforts of the Trump Administration must be intensified.

Explanation:

We have to find the incorrect statement. All the sentences except D have been correctly structured. In option D, the phrase ‘complied into by’ is incorrect. You "comply with" a rule or a law and not by cities.

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Q:

Rate at which velocity changes over time?

A) Speed B) Displacement
C) Acceleration D) Jerk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Acceleration

Explanation:

Acceleration is nothing but the rate at which velocity changes over time.

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Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called

A) Perception B) Habituation
C) Adaptation D) Sensation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sensation

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