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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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Which one of the following pairs of water bodies are connected by the Suez Canal?

A) Indian Ocean-Pacific Ocean B) Mediterranean sea-Black Sea
C) Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea D) Atlantic Ocean-Pacific Ocean
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea

Explanation:
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
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Which metal is responsible for Itai-Itai disease?

A) Cadmium B) Nickel
C) Chromium D) Mercury
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cadmium

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

become apparent through the appearance of symptoms.

A) manifest B) distinct
C) visible D) divulged
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) manifest

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In each of the questions given below, a passage has been given which are either situational based or describes a scenario. Below each passage, a question has been given which is framed to make you to infer something out of it. Mark out the correct inference as your answer.
India's leading and most popular food delivery start-up, Swiggy landed in a soup on Wednesday, after four people claiming to be current and former employees allegedly revealed fraudulent
and unethical means practiced at the company, in a blog post.
Which of the following can be said about the allegations?

A) Defragmented B) Ambiguous
C) Definitive D) Anecdotal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Defragmented means to run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file
management.
Ambiguous means to be of uncertain nature or significance.
Definitive means clearly defined or formulated.
Anecdotal means to have the character of an anecdote.
Speculative means not based on fact or investigation.
Hence, the correct answer is 5.

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As per guidelines of the RBI, payments banks can accept demand deposits (savings and current) up to a maximum of _______________ per customer. 

A) Rs 1,00,000  B) Rs 2,00,000 
C) Rs 50,000  D) Rs 5,00,000 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs 1,00,000 

Explanation:

As per guidelines of the RBI, payments banks can accept demand deposits – savings and current – up to a maximum of ?1 lakh per customer. To overcome this restriction of holding a maximum balance of ?1 lakh per customer, payments banks have entered into tie-ups with mainline banks so that balances over ?1 lakh can be converted into fixed deposits with the latter. 

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Felicity

A) Bliss B) Misery
C) Grief D) Trouble
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bliss

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The National song of India, Vande Mataram was composed in ____ language.

A) Pali B) Urdu
C) Bengali D) Sanskrit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sanskrit

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

 

the way in which a substance holds together; thickness or viscosity

A) corpulency B) consistency  
C) exigency D) exultancy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) consistency  

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