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

 

Penchant

 

A) Indifference B) Revulsion
C) Disgust D) Fondness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Fondness

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

The doctor has given me a very painful injection.

 

A) A very painful injection has been given to me by the doctor. B) The doctor gives myself a very painful injection.
C) A very painful injection is being given to me by the doctor. D) Giving of a painful injection to me has been done by the doctor.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A very painful injection has been given to me by the doctor.

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Which cell disorder in our body is responsible for colour blindness?

A) WBC B) Cone cell
C) Rod Cell D) Neuron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cone cell

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The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Shahjahan was______________

A) Thomas Roe B) William Hawkins
C) Ibn Batuta D) Manucci
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Manucci

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Filed Under: Indian History
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Pisces?

A) Exoskeleton of scales B) Breathing through gills
C) Endoskeleton of bone/cartilage D) Presence of pseudocoelom
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Presence of pseudocoelom

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The purpose of war is peace.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

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Subject: World History
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The term 'fourth estate' is used in reference to

A) The Executive B) The Press and news paper
C) Parliament D) The Judiciary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Press and news paper

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Thomas Carlyle attributed the origin of the term to Edmund Burke, who used it in a parliamentary debate in 1787 on the opening up of press reporting of the House of Commons of Great Britain.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

Another major difference

X-seven planets around the star
Y-system is the tight packing of the
Z-in comparison with the solar

 

A) ZYX B) ZXY
C) YZX D) YXZ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) ZYX

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