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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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19th SAARC Summit was planned to be held in November 2016 but it got postponed. Which country was its host?

A) Nepal B) Bhutan
C) India D) Pakistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pakistan

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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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Saurabh Chaudhary excels in which one of the following sports?

A) Archery B) Shooting
C) Boxing D) Judo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shooting

Explanation:

Saurabh Chaudhary is an Indian sport shooter. He comes from a family of farmers living in Yamuna & Gangetic plains of western Uttar Pradesh. He won the Gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in 10 m Air Pistol.

 

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Which of the following is not true of a corporation?

A) It may sue and be sued B) It may buy, own, and sell property
C) It may enter into binding legal contracts in its own name D) The acts of its owners bind the corporation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The acts of its owners bind the corporation

Explanation:

A corporation is an organization, usually a group of people or a company, authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law.

 

The acts of its owners bind the corporation is not true about corporation.

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One of the earliest explorers who visited India was Megasthenes. Which country did he hail from?

A) Spain B) Italy
C) Greece D) Egypt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Greece

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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.

 

Glib

 

A) Quiet B) Artful
C) Dull D) Hard
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Artful

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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) effuzively B) effusively
C) efusively D) efuzively
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) effusively

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Which caves is a cultural mix of religious arts of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism?

A) Ajanta B) Ellora
C) Elephanta D) Badami
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ellora

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