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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
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Which of the following PSU had received 'Top Challengers' and 'Best Mining Equipment Seller Award', recently?

A) BEML B) IOCL
C) BEL D) BSNL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) BEML

Explanation:

BEML - Bharat Earth Movers Limited is the PSU which had received 'Top Challengers' and 'Best Mining Equipment Seller Award' recently for the year 2017 - 2018. 

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Q:

Ozone is an ______ of oxygen.

A) Allotrope B) Isotope
C) Isobar D) Isotone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Allotrope

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Q:

In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Cat­nap

A)  Rest B) Fitful sleep
C)  Long sleep D)  Short sleep
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Short sleep

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.


A factory, where workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.

A) Impalpable B) Outset
C) Bloomy D) Sweatshop
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sweatshop

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Q:

The federalist papers were written by which future President?

A) John Adams B) Alexander Hamilton
C) James Madison D) John Jay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) James Madison

Explanation:

James Madison was the one who became President in the future after writing The federalist papers. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay were the three who wrote The federalist papers. 

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Q:

Non-Gonococcal Urethritis is most often caused by

A) chlamydia B) gonorrhea
C) progesterone D) herpes genitalis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) chlamydia

Explanation:

Chlamydial infection is very common in both males and females.

 

NGU (Non-Gonococcal Urethritis) is an infection of the urethra caused by pathogens (germs) other than gonorrhea.

 

Several types of germs cause NGU. The most common and serious is chlamydia.

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Q:

Motion of a train is an example of ______.

A) Rotatory motion B) Spin motion
C) Projectile motion D) Translatory motion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Translatory motion

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The quality or tone of a musical sound produced by a stringed instrument depends on

A) frequency of vibration B) length of the strings in the instrument
C) Amplitude of vibration D) waveform of the sound
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) waveform of the sound

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