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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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The common name of dichlorodifluoromethane is _____.

A) galena B) Freon
C) gypsum D) borax
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Freon

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Alexander Kerensky was

A) the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution B) a  close  confidant  of  Lenin,  with  whose help the Czar was dethroned
C) the head of the Czar’s army D) an advisor of Joseph Stalin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

Explanation:

Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky was a Russian lawyer and revolutionary who was a key political figure in the Russian Revolutionof 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 he joined the newly formed Russian Provisional Government

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In each of the following choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to the word given in capitals.

“WANE”

A) Widen B) Poor
C) Swell D) Tight
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Widen

Explanation:

WANE means (of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent. And widen means broaden, increase. Both are nearly opposite in meaning.

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Acinonyx Jubatus is the scientific name of _______.

A) Bear B) Horse
C) Cheetah D) Zebra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cheetah

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Sahil said to me, "Where will you go this holiday?"

A) Sahil asked me where I would go that holiday. B) Sahil asked me where I will go that holiday.
C) Sahil asked me where I will be going that holiday. D) Sahil asked me where I would gone that holiday.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sahil asked me where I would go that holiday.

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

Her knowledge in English (A) / gives her great advantage (B) / over me. (C) / No Error (D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A

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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.

 

Concern for one's own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity

 

A) Eschew B) Immolation  
C) Cede   D) Provincialism  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Provincialism  

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What is the capital of Norway?

A) Buenos Aires B) Rome
C) Ottawa D) Oslo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Oslo

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