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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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Q:

Select the synonym of
parlance

A) definitive B) lingo
C) canonical D) classic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) lingo

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Q:

Subordinate courts are supervised by___________

A) Supreme Court B) District Court
C) High Court D) Parliament
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) High Court

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Filed Under: General Awareness
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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.

Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky.

A) By the dark clouds the evening sky was overcast. B) The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.
C) Dark clouds overcastted the evening sky. D) The sky of the evening was overcasted by dark clouds.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.

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Q:

Laterite soils contain high amounts of

A) Calcium carbonate B) Silicates
C) Calcites D) Iron oxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Iron oxide

Explanation:

Laterite soils are a tropical soil and possess a great amount of iron and aluminum. Due to its high iron oxide content they look like rusty-red coloration.

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5 2009
Q:

Short term side effects of alcohol and other drugs include

A) Temporary blindness B) Disrupted sleep
C) Forgetfulness D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Short term side effects of alcohol and other drugs include forgetfulness, temporary blindness and disrupted sleep.

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1 2009
Q:

Through which microscope were cells first observed?

A) Compound B) Simple
C) Electron D) Tunneling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Compound

Explanation:

A microscope is an instrument that magnifies objects. Cells that were first observed by Robert Hooke in the year 1665 in the compound microscope.

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Q:

Which period of the Egyptian ancient History is known as the 'Age of the Pyramids'?

A) New Kingdom B) Old Kingdom
C) Middle Kingdom D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Old Kingdom

Explanation:

Historians divide the ancient history of Egypt into three periods. the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. The Old Kingdom is called the Age of the Pyramids.

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The doctor (has advice) him to take proper diet.

A) has advised B) had been advised
C) was advised D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) has advised

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0 2008