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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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Who discovered Electron?

A) Enrico Fermi B) Robert Noyce
C) J.J.Thomson D) James Dyson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) J.J.Thomson

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Ganga is a result of confluence of rivers Bhagirathi and Alakananda at which place ?

A) Dev Prayag B) Karan Prayag
C) Gangotri D) Rudra Prayag
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dev Prayag

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At the time of emergency in 1975, who was serving as the President of India?

A) Morarji Desai B) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
C) V P Singh D) Indira Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

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Which State in India has introduced FAT Tax on junk food

A) Rajasthan B) Kerala
C) Andhra Pradesh D) Bihar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kerala

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_________ influences the rate of weathering and humus in soil formation.

A) Flora & Fauna B) Time
C) Parent rock D) Climate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Climate

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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.

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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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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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