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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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Pankaj Advani is associated with which sport?

A) Billiards B) Boxing
C) Cricket D) Badminton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Billiards

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In whose consultation does the President convene and prorogue all sessions of Parliament ?

A) The Speaker B) The Prime Minister
C) The Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha D) The Council of Ministers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Prime Minister

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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.

Invent cock and bull stories

A) Delightful fables B) Eco-friendly accounts
C) Absurd and unlikely stories D) Credible tales
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Absurd and unlikely stories

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

A) Soften B) Order
C) Avoid D) Chaotic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Avoid

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Which scheduling service is used to handle traffic with different priorities?

A) Traffic management B) QoS traffic scheduling
C) QoS Scheduler D) Qos Manager
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) QoS traffic scheduling

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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

The ruling party stood/ for implementation of the bill/ and was ready to/ stake their political existence.

A) The ruling party stood B) For implementation of the bill
C) And was ready to D) Stake their political existence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Stake their political existence

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The error lies in the 4th part of the sentence. The subject is 'the ruling party' which is singular; hence 'their' should be replaced by 'its' as their is a possessive pronoun for plural subjects and its is the possessive for singular subjects.

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The boiling point of an alcohol is 78°C. What is the temperature in Kelvin scale?

A) 78K B) 341 K
C) 373 K D) 351 K
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 351 K

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Calculate the frequency (in Hz) of a sound wave of wavelength 4m travelling with a speed of 200 m/s.

A) 50 B) 800
C) 100 D) 400
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 50

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