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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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Who among these has not been awarded Bharat Ratna?

A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Lata Mangeshkar
C) Dhyan Chand D) Satyajit Ray
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dhyan Chand

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The Indian Constitution declares India as all of the following, except

A) communist B) democratic republic
C) socialist D) secular
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) communist

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What was true about the progressive movement?

A) Women left traditional roles to become active in reform during the Progressive Movement. B) Members were essentially rural
C) progressives held no issues in common with populist movement D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Women left traditional roles to become active in reform during the Progressive Movement.

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The Progressive Era took place in the US from the 1890s to the1920s. The movement was an effort to reform the government andeliminate the corruption within it. Social activists also wanted toreform the educational system, the insurance industry, thechurches, and many other things they felt were out of control, andnot working in the best interests of the citizens.

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Who invented the pendulum clock?

A) Galileo Galilei B) Christiaan Huygens
C) Frederick Jones D) Davidson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Christiaan Huygens

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Evince

 

A) Manifest B) Comply
C) Declare D) Prove
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Comply

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Quiescent

A) Dull B) Questionable
C) Bright D) Alive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dull

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

 

Bite the dust

A) eat poorly B) suffer a defeat
C) clean something D) attack and defeat somebody
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) suffer a defeat

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

To angle

A) To measure the river breadth B) To fish with a net
C) To fish D) To sit and watch the river
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To fish

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