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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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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
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International Organization for Migration Headquarters is located in which city?

A) Rome B) London
C) Washington D) Geneva
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Geneva

Explanation:

International Organization for Migration Headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. In September 2016, it became a related organization of the United Nations.
It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) to help resettle people displaced by World War II. As of June 2018, the International Organization for Migration had 172 member states & eight observer states.

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What is the name of the book which was awarded the golden man Booker Prize 2018?  

A)  The English Patient B)  Everything Under
C) The Long Take  D) Washington Black
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  The English Patient

Explanation:

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Bloomsbury) was crowned the best work of fiction from the last five decades of the Man Booker Prize, announced on Sunday 8 July, 2018. The Golden Man Booker winner was revealed at the closing event of the Man Booker 50 Festival in Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.


P: Any leader asked to address the plenary session of the World Economic Forum at Davos has an opportunity to do two things.
Q: The first is to pitch his (or her) country strongly to foreign companies and investors.
R: The second is to build the brand of both the individual and the country by looking at issues and concerns beyond those that just concern his or her country.
S: The world, after all, is sorely lacking in statesmen (and stateswomen) of global stature.

A) QPRS B) RPQS
C) RQPS D) PQRS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) PQRS

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Name the committee appointed in 1986 by Rajiv Gandhi on "Revitalisation of Panchayti Raj Institution for Democracy & Development".

A) Ashok Mehta Committee B) L M Singhvi Committee
C) G.V.K. Rao Committee D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) L M Singhvi Committee

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Which is NOT an example of organism that takes in whole food material and breaks it down inside its body?

 

A) Mushrooms   B) Fish  
C) Snake D) Lizards
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mushrooms  

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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'.

 

I was (1)/ a pilot (2)/ here a month ago. (3)/ No error (4)

 

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

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Find the potential energy gained by a body of mass 50 kg, if it is raised by 10m. (use g = 10 m/s2)

A) 50 B) 5000
C) 2500 D) 25
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 5000

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Who studied the relationship between music intervals?

A) Julius Caesar B) Pythagoras
C) Plato D) hume
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pythagoras

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