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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
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Which state in India has the largest cover area of forest?

A) Uttarakhand B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Kerala D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh

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In Mendeleev's periodic table, the properties of the elements are considered a periodic function of their:

A) Atomic mass B) Ionization enthalpy
C) Atomic size D) Atomic number
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Atomic mass

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Which among the following is an example of mixture?

A) Milk B) Gasoline
C) Liquefied petroleum gas D) All options are correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All options are correct

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Which event best illustrates the war on terrorism?

A) the attack on the Pentagon B) the attack on the World Trade Center
C) Both A & B D) the bombing of the Marine barracks and the attack on the Achille Lauro
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) illiterrate B) illiterate
C) iliterate D) iliterrate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) illiterate

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Mother said, "Oh! It's a scorpion. Don't go near it, children."

 

A) Mother exclaimed with disgust that, that was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it. B) Mother exclaimed disgustingly that, it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.
C) Mother exclaimed with disgust that it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it. D) Mother exclaimed with disgust that, that was a scorpion and told the children not to go near that.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mother exclaimed disgustingly that, it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.

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The Red fort in Delhi was the residence of emperors of which dynasty in the 16th century?

A) Rajput B) Khalji
C) Tughluq D) Mughal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mughal

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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 have a finger in every pie

A) To Fight with everybody B) To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises
C) To make fun of everybody D) To leave every job unfinished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises

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