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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
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

things that have been discarded as worthless.

A) remains B) flotsam
C) shambles D) havoc
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) flotsam

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Which Virus causes Chicken Pox?

A) Rubella Virus B) Herpes Zoster Virus
C) Rabies D) Variola Virus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Herpes Zoster Virus

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What is called the minimum distance from the Sun in a planet in its orbit?

A) perihelion B) aphelion
C) Apogee D) Perigee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) perihelion

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement isneeded, select "no improvement".

As he tried harder, his steps slowed, his senses (was activated).

A) is activated B) were activated
C) were activate D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were activated

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The motion of a freely falling body is an example of ______________ accelerated motion.

A) non-uniformly B) uniformly
C) uniquely D) specially
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) uniformly

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The liberation of oxygen during photosynthesis is due to __________

A) hydrolysis of carbohydrates B) photolysis of water
C) reduction of CO2 D) breakdown of chlorophyll
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) photolysis of water

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If the resistance of a conductor is reduced to half its initial value, then the heating effect in the conductor will become ___.

A) half B) double
C) one-fourth D) four-times
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) half

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Which of the following was the first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928?

A) Penicillin B) Prontosil
C) Streptomycin D) Tetracyline
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Penicillin

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