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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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The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of the development of art under the -

A) Pallavas B) Chalukyas
C) Pandyas D) Rashtrakutas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chalukyas

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Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.

Statement I :The Zamindars were an exploitative class in Mughal India.

Statement II :The Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry in a large number ofagrarian uprisings in North India in the seventeenth century.

A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement Iis true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

Explanation:

During the Mughal Empire, zamindars belonged tothe nobility and formed the ruling class. Emperor Akbar granted them mansabs and their ancestral domains were treated as jagirs.

In some respects of zamindars and the peasants were natural allies in any struggle against the Mughal government.

The Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry in many agrarian uprisings in North India in the seventeenth century.

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

What if the government itself fails (to tackle that divisions) and lets parts of the country drift into anarchy again.

A) to tackled that divisions B) to tackle these divisions
C) to tackle these division D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to tackle these divisions

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

His decision (will be fair) to everyone as he is the most disinterested party in this controversy.

A) fairing B) will fair
C) had fair D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

They will not be able to enjoy these (up and until) they part with their personal biometric information to the government.

A) till and until B) unless and until
C) uptil and until D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) unless and until

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

P: But our behavior, ‘good’ or ‘bad’, certainly shapes our persona and determines our personality.
Q: If one is helpful, polite and considerate in one’s actions towards fellow-beings, one is known as a kind person.
R: The converse is equally true and a mean, rude and selfish person is regarded as bad.
S: Growing urbanisation and lack of roots in any given place have made us increasingly indifferent to the feelings of others and led us to adopt an apathetic attitude to most things.

A) PQRS B) PSQR
C) SPQR D) SQRP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) SPQR

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Which of the following is not allowed to trade in over-night borrowing market?

A. Scheduled commercial banks

B. Regional rural bank

C. Cooperative banks

D. Primary dealers

A) Only A and B B) Only B
C) Only A, B, And D D) Only A And D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only B

Explanation:

The regional rural bank is not allowed to trade in over-night borrowing market.Scheduled commercial banks (excluding RRBs), co-operative banks (other than Land Development Banks) and Primary Dealers (PDs), are permitted to participate in call/notice money market both as borrowers and lenders.Overnight borrowing market, also known as call market, generally involves borrowing and lending of funds for one day and generally takes place against government securities.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The thief escaped (from burning) as the noble King pardoned him.

A) of being burnt B) from being burnt
C) from having being burnt D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) from being burnt

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