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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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Which pair of the following Indians has been selected for grant of Raman Magasaysay Award 2016

A) Bezwada Wilson and T.M. Krishna B) T.M. Krishna and Arvind Adiga
C) Arvind Adiga and Bezwada Wilson D) T.M. Krishna and Satish Gujral
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bezwada Wilson and T.M. Krishna

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The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has been set up for

A) Funding infrastructure projects in emerging economics for sustainable development B) Funding non-infrastructure projects in emerging economics for sustainable development
C) Funding infrastructural projects in developed countries D) Funding infrastructural projects in BRICS countries only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Funding infrastructure projects in emerging economics for sustainable development

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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. Ifa sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

She has (1)/ reduced her (2)/ consumption to considerably. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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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.


This was enough ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to asses its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters __________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library ___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."


All I ______________ in my life is about books and from books.

A) learning B) learned
C) to learn D) learns
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) learned

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According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions ___________ was known as the land gifted to temples?

A) Vellanvagai B) Brahmadeya
C) Shalabhoga D) Devadana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Devadana

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A writ of _________ means that the court orders that the arrested person should be presented before it.

A) Habeas Corpus B) Mandamus
C) Prohibition D) Quo Warranto
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Habeas Corpus

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) The response of the ear to sound of increasing intensity is approximately logarithmic. B) The sensitivity of the human ear does not vary with the frequency of the sound.
C) When two or more waves traverse the same medium, the displacement of any element of the medium is the algebraic sum of the displacements due to each wave. D) Longitudinal waves can travel in all media-solids, liquids and gases.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The sensitivity of the human ear does not vary with the frequency of the sound.

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The human ear can respond to minute pressure variations inthe air if they are in the audible frequency range, roughly 20 Hz -20 kHz. In fact, tests conducted show an increased sensitivity in the 3000 Hz range which is the optimal amplification frequency in the human ear. So, the sensitivity of the human ear varies with the frequency of the sound.

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The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was hosted in ______________ from 09th to 24th November 2018, during the 2018–19 international cricket season. 

A) Australia B) West Indies
C) South Africa D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) West Indies

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The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was hosted in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018, during the 2018–19 international cricket season. It was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, and the second hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition). The West Indies were the defending champions.

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