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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.
Mother said, "Lie down, Arjun."

A) Mother told lie down Arjun. B) Mother told Arjun for lying down.
C) Mother asked Arjun to lie down. D) Mother asked Arjun to be lied down.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mother asked Arjun to lie down.

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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) Continuous B) Continous
C) Contenuous D) Countionuous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Continuous

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

Your services are dispensed for.

A) from B) with
C) off D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) off

Explanation:

‘dispensed’ should be followed by ‘off’. Dispensed off means given away, therefore the sentence means that his services are no longer needed.

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Wheat is a ______.

A) Creeper B) Herb
C) Shrub D) Tree
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Herb

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By which of the following processes are metals of high reactivity extracted from purified molten ore?

A) Reduction by an appropriate reducing agent B) Roasting
C) Electrolysis D) Calcination
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Electrolysis

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What is the current reverse repo rate of RBI? 

A) 5.75% B) 6.25%
C) 6% D) 5.40%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5.40%

Explanation:

5.40% is the current reverse repo rate of RBI as of 2019. As of 2018 it is 6.5%. 

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) rosetes B) reaffirm
C) estimat D) lunchon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) reaffirm

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If a body slides over a surface, the force resisting the motion between them is called ______.

A) Centripetal force B) Friction
C) Centrifugal force D) Inertia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Friction

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