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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?

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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, theanswer is (E), ie ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

The reason why he failed/ to attend the meeting/ with a complete presentation/ was because he was unwell./ No error

A) The reason why he failed B) to attend the meeting
C) with a complete presentation D) was because he was unwell.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) was because he was unwell.

Explanation:

The group of words “the reason why" already indicates the reason. There is no need to use the word “because". The word connecting the two clauses should be “that".

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What is the Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar primarily famous for?

A) Proverbial heigh B) Skilful stone cutting
C) Excellent quality steel D) Statue of Buddha on top
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Excellent quality steel

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A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting with it a

A) high resistance in parallel B) low resistance on parallel
C) high resistance on series D) low resistance in series
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) high resistance on series

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Scarety B) Scarcity
C) Scarsity D) Scarecity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Scarcity

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First human who got married in space is

A) Yuri Denver B) Yuri Johnson
C) Yuri Malenchenko D) David Malenchenk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Yuri Malenchenko

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Lipids that are solid at room temperature are known as

A) Oils B) Steroids
C) Fats D) Triglyceroids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fats

Explanation:

Lipids are molecules that contain hydrocarbons and make up the building blocks of the structure and function of living cells.

 

Examples of lipids include fats, oils, waxes,...

 

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Which of the following do economists consider to be capital?

A) a construction crane B) a savings account
C) a share of IBM stock D) a pair of stockings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a construction crane

Explanation:

In economics, there are four factors of production. They are :

1. Land

2. Labour

3. Capital

4. Organization

 

Here in the given options, a construction crane acts like capital.

 

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Faith is the only power that can inspire a human being who is in ______.

 

A) flair B) glair
C) stair D) despair
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) despair

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