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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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  • Railway Examinations
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In August 2017, the Government of India decided to launch a new scheme named “AGEY”. This new scheme is a part of the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojna– National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM). What does ‘E’ stand for in ‘AGEY’?

A) Enterprise B) Energy
C) Express D) Engineering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Express

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


An ideal policeman is a myth. You come __________ him only in crime fiction. ____________ elusive is 'good policing', an idea ___________ even the best of criminal justice thinkers have found it difficult to define. This is why, in what is a chaotic world, we have to reluctantly _____________ for an imperfect policeman and ________ inadequate system.


an idea ___________ even the best of criminal justice thinkers have found

A) that B) which
C) whom D) who
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) that

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Who Invented Ceiling fan?

A) Lloyd Groff Copeman B) Bartolomeo Cristofori
C) Leonardo da Vinci D) Philip Diehl
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Philip Diehl

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Which of the following is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema?

A) Ashok Chakra B) Dada Saheb Phalke Awards
C) Arjuna Award D) Padma Shri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dada Saheb Phalke Awards

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Which colour is formed when Blue and Green are mixed?

A) Cyan B) Brown
C) Black D) Violet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cyan

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Which  one  of  the  following  statements  is not correct regarding the Office of the Vice President of India?

A) The  vice  President  is  elected  by  an electoral   college   consisting   of   the elected members of both the Houses of the Parliament. B) The    vice    President    is    elected    in accordance    with    the    system    of proportional  representation  by  means of single transferab
C) The   Vice   President   shall   not   be   a member    of    either    House    of    the Parliament   or   of   a D) The  Vice  President  of  India  shall  be  ex officio   Chairman   of   the   Council   of States  and  shall  not  hold  any  office 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The  vice  President  is  elected  by  an electoral   college   consisting   of   the elected members of both the Houses of the Parliament.

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The Vice-President is elected by an electoral  college  consisting  of  both elected and nominated members of both   Houses   of   Parliament,   in accordance   with   the   system   of proportional     representation     by means  of  the  single  transferable vote   and   the   voting   in   such election  is  by  secret  ballot.  The Vice-President  is  not  a  member  of either  House  of  Parliament  or  of  a House of a Legislature of any state. 

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

Good role models in classrooms and in communities are the most important (1)/ part of getting educate as the actions and decisions (2)/ of role models impact the behaviour of others. (3)/ No error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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Which was a cause of the French Revolution?

A) Poitical B) Cultural & Social
C) Financial D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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The causes for the French Revolution in the year 1780 includes Social, Cultural, Political, Financial and Economical.

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