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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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A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a:

A) strait B) Sound
C) Bay D) Fjord
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bay

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Which of the following places presents the oldest evidence of Neolithic Era?

A) Chirnd B) Mehrgarh
C) Burghome D) Daimabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mehrgarh

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Who was awarded the 2017 Padma Bhushan Award in the field of Art-Music?

A) Devi Prasad Dwivedi B) Anuradha Paudwal
C) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt D) K. J. Yesudas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

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

A) Chaufer B) Committee
C) Veterinary D) Repentance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chaufer

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Why does water tank appear shallower when viewed from the top?

A) Due to reflection B) Due to refraction
C) Due to diffraction D) Due to total internal reflection
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Due to refraction

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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.
An axe to grind

A) To act bravely B) To act like a fool
C) To have a selfish motive D) To take risk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To have a selfish motive

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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.

A wild goose chase

A) Fruitful search B) Timely search
C) Useless search D) Wrong decision
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Useless search

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Which one of the following statements with regard to the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India is not correct?

 

A) It was inserted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951. B) The Acts and Regulations specified in the Ninth Schedule shall become void on the ground that it violates a fundamental right in Part III of the Constitution.
C) The Supreme Court has the power of judicial review of an Act included in the Ninth Schedule on the doctrine of basic structure. D) The appropriate Legislature can repeal or amend an Act specified in the Ninth Schedule
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Acts and Regulations specified in the Ninth Schedule shall become void on the ground that it violates a fundamental right in Part III of the Constitution.

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Ninth Schedule says that the article mentioned in this are immune from judicial review. It is for the larger good of the society, the government cannot be challenged in the court for his actions. Ninth Schedule was added to the Constitution by First Constitutional Amendment, 1951.In a landmark ruling on 11th January 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that all laws (including those in the Ninth Schedule) would be open to judicial review, if they violated the basic structure of the Constitution.

 

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