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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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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.

She angrily broke up the letter.

A) tore up B) break in
C) teared up D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) tore up

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Pakistan is located in which direction of India?

A) East B) West
C) East-North D) West-North
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) West-North

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Plastic bottles are made of a polymer called PET. The expanded form of PET is

A) Polyethylene terephthalate B) Polyethyl terelene
C) Polyethylene triphosphate D) Polyethyl tetrachloride
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Polyethylene terephthalate

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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.

Protection of or authority over someone

A) Autonomous B) Tutelage
C) Nonaligned D) Unaided
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tutelage

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
After they (had finished) eating they went for a walk.

A) no improvement B) have finished
C) finish D) will finish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) no improvement

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Depict

A) Conceal B) Distort
C) Characterize D) Suppress
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Characterize

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

A) frothyest B) frothiest
C) frrothiest D) frrothyest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) frothiest

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According to the Election Commission of India, in order to be recognized as a ‘National Party’, a political party must be treated as a recognized political party in how many States?

 

A) At least two States B) At least three States
C) At least four States D) At least five States
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) At least four States

Explanation:

Trinamool Congress became the 7th political party to be recognized as a National Party in September 2016.

Conditions for Recognition as a National Party

1. Secure at least 6% of the valid vote in an Assembly or a Lok Sabha General Election in any four or more states and won at least 4 seats in a Lok Sabha General Election from any State or States.

2. Win at least 2% of the total Lok Sabha seats in a Lok Sabha General Election and these seats have to be won from at least 3 states.

3. The party is recognized as a State Party in at least four states.

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