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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?

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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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The right portion of human heart receives ______ blood.

A) pure B) impure
C) mixed D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) impure

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
I had not completed my project so I thought I was (done with) when the manager asked me to hand it in.

A) done for B) done in
C) done on D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) done for

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Which one of the following is a true fish as per the biological system of classification?

A) Silverfish B) Jellyfish
C) Cuttlefish D) Flying fish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Flying fish

Explanation:

Cuttlefish or cuttles are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish have a unique internal shell, the cuttlebone. Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs.

Jellyfish are soft bodied, free-swimming aquatic animals with a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.

 

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Serendipty B) Serendipity
C) Serndipity D) Sernidipity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Serendipity

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Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word ‘CACOPHONOUS’

A) Tamed B) Harmonious
C) Domestic D) Silent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Harmonious

Explanation:
Cacophonous means loud or noisy
Tamed means make less powerful and easier to control
Harmonious means tuneful, melodious → which is nearly opposite in meaning to Cacophonous
Domestic means relating to the running of a home 
Silent means not making any sound.
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Who raised the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Subhash Chandra Bose
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak D) Lala Lajpat Rai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Who is the Chief Minister of Punjab as of 1st March 2018?

A) Navjot Singh Sidhu B) Captain Amarinder Singh
C) Parkash Singh Badal D) Naveen Mahindra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Captain Amarinder Singh

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Engineer's Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of 

A) Srinivasa Ramanujan B) Aryabhatta
C) M. Visvesvaraya D) C.V Raman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) M. Visvesvaraya

Explanation:

Engineer's Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya in the memory of his contributions in engineering. Every year on his birthday i.e, on September 15 National Engineers Day is celebrated all over the country.

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