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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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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".

A black and white goat were grazing.

A) The white and the black goat B) A black and a white goat
C) A black and a white goat D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A black and a white goat

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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".

At the present rate of exchange, fourteen dozen cost Rs.3000.

A) dozen costs B) dozens cost
C) dozens costs D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) dozens costs

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The Regent (released Voltaire) P (having discovered that he had imprisoned) Q (Ran innocent man and gave him a pension) S

The correct sequence should be

A) P Q R S B) P R S Q
C) Q R S P D) Q R P S
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Q R P S

Explanation:

Since, the starting statement carries a subject; the next statement will carry a verb i.e. Q follows as it mentioned the discovery of the Regent. R will bethe continuing statement which states what he actually discovered. P follows next as it talked about the reaction of the Regent after the discovery. And S would be the concluding statement and thus form a coherent paragraph.

The correct formation would be, ‘The Regent having discovered that he had imprisoned an innocent man released Voltaire and gave him a pension.’

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The longest railway line in the world connects _________

A) New York and Seattle B) Leningrad and Vladivostok
C) Trivandrum and Guwahati D) Perth and Sydney
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Leningrad and Vladivostok

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Which one of the following tissues is responsible for increase of girth in the stem of a plant?

A) Tracheid B) Pericycle
C) Intercalary meristem D) Lateral meristem
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lateral meristem

Explanation:

In vascular plants, the lateral meristem is one of two meristems in which growth occurs in order to increase stem girth. A meristem is the region of plant tissue found on the tips of roots and shoots. It is where cell division occurs to produce new growth.

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Which of the following bank will allow its customers to make card-less cash withdrawals at over 100000 ATMs across India? 

A)  Bank of Baroda  B) ICICI Bank 
C) AU Small Finance Bank  D)  State Bank of India 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Airtel Payment Bank, India's first payments bank, has announced that its customers can now make cardless cash withdrawals at over 100,000 ATMs. 

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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 correctalternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

He is a fast bowler of repute, but his yesterday's performance was not up to the mark.

A) performance for yesterday B) yesterday performance
C) performances for yesterday D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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Capitalism falls under _ economic system?

A) Market B) Planned
C) Command D) Mixed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Market

Explanation:

Capitalism is an economic system in which private individuals or businesses own capital goods i.e, economy is characterized by private ownership of the means of production. The production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market known as a market economy and not on central planning known as a planned economy.

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