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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
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  • Railway Examinations
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Energy travels from Sun to Earth through

A) conduction B) convection
C) radiation D) modulation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) radiation

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Which country is the world's largest silver producer?

A) Mexico B) Peru
C) Russia D) China
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mexico

Explanation:

The world's largest silver producer is Mexico.

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Q:

Rust is formed from iron and

A) Carbon B) Oxygen
C) Hydrogen D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Oxygen

Explanation:

Rust is formed from iron and oxygen.

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3 1930
Q:

Where is the Cathedral of Notre Dame located?

A) London B) Rome
C) Genoa D) Paris
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Paris

Explanation:

The Cathedral of Notre Dame is located in paris(France) . It was one of the earliest French Cathedrals to be built in the Gothic style. It was built between A.D 1163 and AD 1270. About the 12th century, a new style- the Gothic -was developed in France.

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

The king said, “Alas! Our enemies are too strong.”

 

A) The king said that their enemies were too strong. B) The king exclaimed sadly that their enemies were too strong.
C) The king was sad because the enemies were too strong. D) The enemies were too strong for the king.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The king exclaimed sadly that their enemies were too strong.

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1 1929
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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.
The teacher said to the student, "Have you brought your lunch?"

A) The student was asked by the teacher about bringing his lunch. B) The teacher asked the student if he would be bringing his lunch.
C) The teacher asked the student if he had brought his lunch. D) The teacher asked the student if he has brought his lunch.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The teacher asked the student if he had brought his lunch.

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What is the maximum  number of states of matter?

A) Three B) Four
C) Five D) Variable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Five

Explanation:

There   are five known   states   of matter:    solids,    liquids,    gases, plasma and Bose-Einstein condensates.  The  main  difference in the structures of each state is in the densities of the particles.

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Meidieval B) Medieval
C) Medeival D) Medievul
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Medieval

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