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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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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Stagnetion B) Stagnasion
C) Stagnation D) Stegnation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stagnation

Explanation:
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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1998
Q:

Ajanta and Ellora caves are situated in which state of India?

A) Kerala B) Odisha
C) Maharashtra D) Jammu & Kashmir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Maharashtra

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Filed Under: Indian Geography
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1998
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Which of the following statements with regard to the speech of Mahatma Gandhi at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University are correct?

1.he charged the Indian elite with a lack of concern for the laboring poor.

2.He asserted that our salvation can come only through the farmers.

3.He highlighted the plight of the untouchables.

4.He promised to take up the cause of the mill owners of Ahmedabad.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 B) 1 and 2 only
C) 1, 2 and 3 only D) 3 and 4 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

Only   1   and   2   are   correct,   as Mahatma  Gandhi’s  speech  in  BHU on 4 February,1916 did not include plight  of  untouchables  and  there was no issue of the mill owners on Ahmedabad in 1916.

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Filed Under: Indian History
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1998
Q:

The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question,
choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
I have been _____ this problem since noon.

A) working into B) working on
C) working for D) with after
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) working on

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1998
Q:

The monomer/monomers used for the synthesis of Nylon 6 is/are

A) hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid B) caprolactam
C) urea and formaldehydeD. D) phenol and formaldehyde
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid

Explanation:

Nylon is made when the appropriate monomers (the chemical building blocks which make up polymers) are combined to form a long chain via a condensation polymerisation reaction. The monomers for nylon 6-6 are adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine

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Filed Under: Chemistry
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1998
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What is the slowdown in the rate of increase of prices of goods & services in National GDP over time called?

A) Deflation B) Disinflation
C) Inflation D) Reflation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Disinflation

Explanation:

In the rate ofinflation, disinflation is a decrease –in a nation'sgross domestic productover time, a slowdown in the rate of increase of the generalprice levelof goods and services. It is the opposite ofreflation. When the increase in the “consumer price level” it occurs disinflation and slows down from the previous period when the prices were rising.

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Filed Under: Indian Economy

0 1998
Q:

Body cells that respond to insulin include

A) Liver cells B) Endothelial cells
C) Skin cells D) Bone cells
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Liver cells

Explanation:

Body cells that respond to insulin include liver cells and many other cells in the human body.

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Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk

4 1998
Q:

The Rule of Law states that

Answer

The Rule of Law states that a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms and standards.

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Subject: Indian Politics Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

0 1998