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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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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

There is no one/ I have met or heard of/ whom I can consider knowledgeable/ than my English teacher.

A) There is no one B) I have met or heard of
C) Whom I can consider knowledgeable D) Than my English teacher
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Whom I can consider knowledgeable

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The error lies in the third part of the sentence. Use of 'than' suggests that the sentence makes a comparison between two people. In such a case comparative degree is used before the adjective. Therefore, more should be written before knowledgeable

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Where is the Indian National Rail Museum situated?

A) Delhi B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Punjab D) Himachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Delhi

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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.

My friend said to me, "I am willing to help you on a condition."

A) My friend said to me that he is willing to help me on a condition. B) My friend said to me that he has had been willing to help me on a condition.
C) My friend said to me that he has been willing to help me on a condition. D) My friend said to me that he was willing to help me on a condition.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) My friend said to me that he was willing to help me on a condition.

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Who has won the Best Actor award in the 90th Oscar awards 2018?

A) Garry Oldman B) Denzel Washington
C) Daniel Day Lewis D) Daniel Kaluuya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Garry Oldman

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

She said, “I will visit the temple.”

 

A) She said that she will visit the temple B) She said that she would visit the temple
C) She acknowledged that she would visit the temple D) She says she would visit the temple
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) She said that she would visit the temple

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Who was the first chairman of ISRO?

A) Kasturirangan B) Vikram Sarabhai
C) Homi K. Bhabha D) C.V. Raman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Vikram Sarabhai

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Who discovered radioactivity?

A) Max Planck B) James Clerk Maxwell
C) Henri Becquerel D) Heinrich Hertz
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Henri Becquerel

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National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and ______ are planning to launch ‘Android Skill Development Programme’ to impart mobile app
development training.

A) Microsoft B) Google
C) Amazon D) Infosys
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Google

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