Sawaal
  • Home/
  • General Knowledge

General Knowledge Questions

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
  • All India Services:
  • Group 'A' Services:
  • Group 'B' Services:
Popular Latest Rated
Q:

Which of the following fuel has maximum calorific value?

A) Petrol B) Coal
C) Wood D) Cow dung  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Petrol

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Chemistry
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1360
Q:

Which of the following is an example of social facilitation?

A) The Olympic bicycle racer who goes faster when he is racing against a person rather than the clock B) The bowler who bowls best when he is practicing on his own
C) The football player who practices hard so he can be on the varsity team D) The tennis player who is frustrated when the crowd yells at her
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Olympic bicycle racer who goes faster when he is racing against a person rather than the clock

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1360
Q:

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

 

The management committee is required to publish a report every year.

 

A) A report would be published by the management committee every year. B) A report would have been published by the management committee every year.
C) A report requires to be published by the management committee every year. D) Every year the report would be published by the management committee.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A report requires to be published by the management committee every year.

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1360
Q:

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.

 

Service providers cannot stand in the way of a (1)/ consumer’s access to content, it should have being provided (2)/ without any hindrance. (3)/ No error. (4)

 

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

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1360
Q:

Who was the first American to win Nobel peace prize?

A) Abraham Lincoln B) George Bush Sr
C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Franklin Roosevelt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Theodore Roosevelt

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Honours and Awards
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1360
Q:

If water smells bad, then that odour can be removed by adding

A) alum B) bleach
C) activated carbon D) deactivated nitrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) activated carbon

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: General Science
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1360
Q:

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

My father is going to build a six bedroom bungalow.

A) A six bedroom bungalow was going to be built by my father. B) My father will have built a bungalow which will have six bedrooms.
C) A bungalow of six bedrooms will have been built by my father. D) A six bedroom bungalow is going to be built by my father.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A six bedroom bungalow is going to be built by my father.

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1360
Q:

Who discovered Uranus?

A) Sir Isaac Newton B) William Henry Fox Talbot
C) William Herschel D) Nicolaus Copernicus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) William Herschel

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Inventions
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1360