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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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Mahabharata war lasted for ____ days.

A) 17 B) 18
C) 19 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 18

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Permanent settlement was a feature of___________.

A) Zamindari System B) Mahalwari System
C) Ryotwari System D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Zamindari System

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In 2015, the nominal rate of interest in a country was 8% and the inflation rate then was 2.5%. So real rate of interest in 2015 was

A) 3.2 percent B) 10.5 percent
C) 8 percent D) 5.5 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5.5 percent

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The Equator does NOT pass through which of the following countries?

A) Kenya B) Mexico
C) Indonesia D) Brazil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mexico

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If for the year a country's GDP was $990 million, consumer spending was $630 million, investment by businesses was $110 million, exports were $55 million and imports were $45 million, calculate government spending?

A) $260 million B) $240 million
C) $480 million D) $460 million
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) $240 million

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Q:

The first Indian to win Booker Prize is

A) Jhumpa Lahiri B) Arundhati Roy
C) Siddhartha Mukherjee D) Gobind Beharilal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Arundhati Roy

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The GST (Goods and Services Tax), recently passed by Government will be levied on which of the following products?

A) Petroleum Crude B) Tobacco
C) Natural Gas D) Aviation Turbine Fuel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tobacco

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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.

 

Let bygones be bygones

 

A) Even bad memories become memorable.   B)  The past will return to haunt you unless you completely forget.  
C) Forget past offences or causes of conflict and be reconciled.   D)  Your past deeds will never leave you
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Forget past offences or causes of conflict and be reconciled.  

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