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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
  • All India Services:
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

A sheath for the blade of a sword

A) Scabbard B) Denude
C) Divulge D) Expose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scabbard

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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.
Manoj said, "I must go now."

A) Manoj said that he must go then. B) Manoj said that he must go than.
C) Manoj said he has to go then. D) Manoj said that he should be going than.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Manoj said that he must go then.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
The elephant stampeded and tore _____ the streets.

A) on B) out
C) off D) down
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) down

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First state to implement Saur Sujala Yojana is _____.

A) Chattisgarh B) Uttaranchal
C) Gujarat D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chattisgarh

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Which of the following deserts is rich in gold reserves?

A)  Arabian B)  Thar
C) Mongolian D)  Atacama
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Atacama

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Which of the following is not correctly matched?

A) Indonesia –Jakarta B) Maldives -Male
C) North Korea –Seoul D) Zimbabwe –Harare
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) North Korea –Seoul

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The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. Rest are correctly paired with their capitals.
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Which of the following cannot be used for making lenses?

A) Plastic B) Soil
C) Glass D) Water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Soil

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In each of the questions given below, a passage has been given which are either situational based or describes a scenario. Below each passage, a question has been given which is framed to make you to infer something out of it. Mark out the correct inference as your answer.
India's leading and most popular food delivery start-up, Swiggy landed in a soup on Wednesday, after four people claiming to be current and former employees allegedly revealed fraudulent
and unethical means practiced at the company, in a blog post.
Which of the following can be said about the allegations?

A) Defragmented B) Ambiguous
C) Definitive D) Anecdotal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Defragmented means to run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file
management.
Ambiguous means to be of uncertain nature or significance.
Definitive means clearly defined or formulated.
Anecdotal means to have the character of an anecdote.
Speculative means not based on fact or investigation.
Hence, the correct answer is 5.

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