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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 of the following was not mentioned in the Dhamma?

A) Obedience to parents B) Charity
C) Paternalism D) Faith in Sangha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Faith in Sangha

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Which blood group is universal donor?

A) O+ B) O–
C) AB– D) AB+
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) O–

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


Democracy should _____ dignity of the individual. It should also aim at the _____ good of the greatest _____. The opposition party should _____ the wrong plans,
policies and decisions of the government in power. The government should cater to the _____ needs of the people to make its position solid.


of the greatest _____. The opposition party

A) people B) digit
C) number D)  individual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) number

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Which one of the following statements with regard to Antrix Corporation Limited is correct?

A) It is a commercial arm of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. B) It is under the administrative control of the Department of Space. 
C) It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. D) It is a commercial arm of the Department of Science and Technology.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) It is under the administrative control of the Department of Space. 

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Antrix Corporation Limited (ACL), Bengaluru is a wholly owned Government of India Company under the administrative control of the Department of Space. Antrix Corporation Limited was incorporated as a private limited company owned by Government of India in September 1992 as a Marketing arm of ISRO for promotion and commercial exploitation of space products, technical consultancy services and transfer of technologies developed by ISRO. As the commercial and marketing arm of ISRO, Antrixis engaged in providing Space products and services to international customers worldwide.

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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.

At large

A) A very big opportunity. B) A criminal escaped or not yet captured.
C) To have a big heart. D) A big appetite.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A criminal escaped or not yet captured.

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Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatama Gandhi?

A) Sabarmati Ashram B) Sevagram Ashram
C) Vishwa Bharti D) Phoenix Ashram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vishwa Bharti

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Which is the venue of the ‘Exercise Desert Knight 21’?

A) Jodhpur B) Kolkata
C) Goa D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jodhpur

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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.

 

Be in the red

 

A) Be the top performer B) To be in a loss or debt
C) Be in the list of people who are never invited D) Be in the bad books of a person
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be in a loss or debt

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