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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.


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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

She found a wooden broken table in the room.

A) wooden and broken table B) broken wooden table
C) broken and wooden table D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) broken wooden table

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Where is the headquarters of National Film Archives of India (NFAI) located?

A) Pune B) Chennai
C) Bangalore D) Mumbai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pune

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Haematite is an ore/mineral of

A) Zinc B) Iron
C) Lead D) Manganese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Iron

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Electric chair was invented by

A) Alfred P. Southwick B) Isaac Singer
C) Murasaki Shikibu D) Hanaoka Seish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alfred P. Southwick

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Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

A) Gold and Silver are not ductile. B) Phophorus and Nitrogen are ductile.
C) Copper and Platinum are ductile. D) Sulphur and Phophorus are sonorous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Copper and Platinum are ductile.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Herculean task

A) Important task B) Motivating
C) Optional to do D) Very difficult task
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Very difficult task

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In    the    elections    to    the    provincial legislatures in 1937 in British India

1.only  about  10  to  12  percent  of  the population had the right to vote

2.the untouchables had no right to vote

3.the Congress won an absolute majority in five out of eleven provinces

4.the  Muslim  League  won  more  than  80 percent   of   the   seats   reserved   for Muslims

Select  the  correct  answer  using  the  code given below.

A) 1, 3 and 4 B) 1 and 4 only
C) 1 and 3 only D) 2, 3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 and 4 only

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Provincial  elections  in  British  India (1937)  under  the  Government  of India Act 1935 were held in eleven provinces, including Madras, Bihar, Orissa.  Indian  National  Congress won   in   eight   of   the   provinces except  three  i.e.  Bengal,  Punjab, and  Sindh  and  won  an  absolute majority   in   five   out   of   eleven provinces.   The   All-India   Muslim League  won  106  seats  about  80% of total Muslim seats. Untouchables were allowed to  vote.  Around 30.1 million    people,    including    4.25 million  women,  had  the  right  to vote  which  was  12%of  the  total population

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Nephron is related to which of the following system of human body?

A) Circulatory system B) Excretory system
C) Reproductive system D) Respiratory system
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Excretory system

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