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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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Whose disciples founded yellow hats?

A) Buddha B) Tsongkhapa
C) Ramakrishna D) Kabir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tsongkhapa

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Yellow Hats, the newest of the schools of Tibetian Buddhism, was founded by Je Tsongkhapa. He was an admirer of the Kadampa teachings.

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Scientific medicine typically develops in

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Scientific medicine typically develops in industruial societies.

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) hibarnate B) hibernat
C) hibernate D) hibarnat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) hibernate

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To make a long story short

A) A very long boring narrative B) One should always communicate with fewer words wherever possible
C) Used to end an account of events quickly D) When you want the complete details and not just the summary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Used to end an account of events quickly

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Very rude or coarse; vulgar.

A) gross B) adipose
C) porcine D) corpulent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) gross

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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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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.
Rohit said, "I take a bath daily with cold water."

A) Rohit says that he were taking a bath daily with cold water. B) Rohit said that he has had been taking a bath daily with cold water.
C) Rohit said that he is taking a bath daily with cold water. D) Rohit said that he took a bath daily with cold water.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rohit said that he took a bath daily with cold water.

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The resistance of a conductor is inversely proportional to its:

A) length B) resistivity
C) temperature D) area of cross section
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) area of cross section

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