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

 

To put the cat among the pigeons

 

A) To hunt easy prey B) To be different in a group where everybody is alike
C) To do something that is likely to cause controversy D) When the entire group feels trapped in a bad situation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To do something that is likely to cause controversy

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1893
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Piquancy

A) Bland B) Flavouring
C) Insipid D) Tedious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Flavouring

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1893
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Two vectors are said to be equal if

A) only their magnitudes are same B) only their directions are same
C) both magnitude and direction are same D) magnitudes are same but directions are opposite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) both magnitude and direction are same

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Filed Under: Physics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1893
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The ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, which influenced the Indian National Movement, was taken from _________

A) American Revolution B) Russian Revolution
C) Chinese revolution D) French revolution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) French revolution

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Filed Under: Indian Politics
Exam Prep: AIEEE , GATE

0 1893
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The term entitlement refers to a program

A) of social welfare for which citizenship is the only criterion of eligibility B) where any individual who meets the eligibility criteria is entitled to receive the benefit
C) designed specifically to alleviate the hardships of old age D) which provides indirect payments to individuals, such as funding for public schools
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) where any individual who meets the eligibility criteria is entitled to receive the benefit

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Filed Under: Indian Politics
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

5 1893
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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.

 

apple of my eye

 

A) every thing looks enticing to a hungry person B) a very pleasant thing to watch
C) someone that one cherishes above all others D) the ugliest child is still pretty for a mother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) someone that one cherishes above all others

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT , GRE , TOEFL

0 1892
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Find arc elasticity of demand, if quantity demanded falls from 1000 to 950 when price of the item is increased from Rs. 240 to Rs. 280?

A) 0.33 B) 0.3
C) -0.3 D) -0.33
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -0.33

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Filed Under: Physics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1892
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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

I will take the responsibility of failure.

A) I have been taking the responsibility of failure. B) The responsibility of failure will be taken by me.
C) The responsibility of failing would have been taken by me. D) Taking the responsibility of failure will be done by myself.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The responsibility of failure will be taken by me.

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1892