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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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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

The father said to the son,"Why do you not start preparing for the examination this month?

A) The father asked the son that why did he not start preparing for the examination this month? B) The father told the son why he did not prepare for the examination that month.
C) The father enquired of the son why he did not start preparing for the examination this month. D) The father asked the son why he did not start preparing for the examination that month.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The father asked the son why he did not start preparing for the examination that month.

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Misappropriation of money

A) Embezzlement B) Robbery
C) Theft D) Fraud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Embezzlement

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Japanese art ‘Ikebana’ is related to _____.

A) paper folding B) flower arrangement
C) tree cutting D) sand art
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) flower arrangement

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What is the chemical formula of aluminium nitride?

A) AlN B) Al2N
C) AlN2 D) AlN3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) AlN

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
(After he arrived) from office, he goes to gym.

A) After he had being arriving B) After he had arrived
C) After he arrives D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) After he arrives

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said, "I saw a snake here."

A) He said that he had seen a snake there. B) He said that he saw a snake here.
C) He said that he saw a snake there. D) He said that he had seen a snake.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) He said that he had seen a snake there.

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The gentle 'seaward sloping' surface from the coasts is called __________.

A) Continental shelf B) Continental rise
C) Abyssal plains D) Submarine ridges
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Continental shelf

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What is the minimum distance (in metres) required to hear an echo?

A) 10 B) 13
C) 17 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 17

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