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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, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

VIRTUE

A) WILES B) CURSE
C) VICE D) CUNNING
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) VICE

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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.

A drop in a bucket

A) As much as possible B) Nothing at all
C) A handsome amount D) A very insignificant amount
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A very insignificant amount

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Presence of large amounts of nutrients in waters also causes excessive growth of _________ algae.

A) Biomagnification B) Algal bloom
C) planktonic D) Eutrophication
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) planktonic

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Unemployment that arises when there is a general downturn in business activity is known as

A) Structural unemployment B) Frictional unemployment
C) Cyclical unemployment D) Disguised unemployment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cyclical unemployment

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

an event serving as an introduction to something more important

A) perform B) prelude
C) introduce D) preface
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) prelude

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Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

A) Titanium B) Sulphur
C) Argon D) Zinc
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Argon

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The 'Beijing Declaration' is concerned with which one of the following issues?

A) Rights of children B) Rights of women
C) Right to development D) Reduction of tariffs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rights of women

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The Beijing Declaration was a resolution adopted by the UN at the end of the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995. The resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning the equality of men and women.

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A) Goa attained full statehood in 1987 B) Diu is an island in theGulfof Khambhat
C) Daman & Diu were separated from Goa by the 56thAmendment of the Constitution of India D) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.

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Dadra and Nagar Haveli was the conflict in which the territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli passed from Portuguese rule to Indian Union rule in 1954. Dadra and Nagar Haveli were small Portuguese overseas territories, part of Portuguese India from 1779 until 1954.

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