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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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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.

 

He said, "I had not received the passport hence I could not attend the conference held last year."

A) He said that he had not received the passport then he could not be attending the conference held last year. B) He said that he has not received the passport then he could not attend the conference held the month before.
C) He said that he had not received the passport, hence he could not attend the conference held last year. D) He said that he has not received the passport so he could not be attending the conference held last year.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He said that he had not received the passport, hence he could not attend the conference held last year.

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___ a professional Tennis player, became the new goodwill ambassador for the UN Fund for children.

A) Sania Mirza B) Serena Williams
C) Roger Federer D) Novak Djokovic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Novak Djokovic

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What is the amount of work done when a body moves under a force of 1 N at a distance of 1 meter in the direction of the force?

A) 1 Joule B) 0.01 Joules
C) 100 Joules D) 10 Joules
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 Joule

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Oparin's theory about 'Origin of life' is related to

A) biological evolution B) chemical evolution
C) artificial evolution D) physical evolution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) chemical evolution

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The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is annually awarded for outstanding achievement in which area?

A) Science and Technology B) Indian Classical Music
C) Tribal Art Forms D) Literature
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Science and Technology

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What is the name of the moon of Pluto?

A) Charon B) Ganymede
C) Luna D) Triton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Charon

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Globalization of the economy has

A) decreased regional specialization of production B) decreased investment in less developed countries
C) heightened economic differences among places D) leveled economic differences between places
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) heightened economic differences among places

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Economic globalization is the increasing economic integration and interdependence of national, regional and local economies across the world through an intensification of cross-border movement of goods, services, technologies and capital.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

 

A) The world is beautiful if one can see it that way B) To see only beautiful things if one wants to make his life beautiful
C) That which one person finds beautiful or admirable may not appeal to another D) For an infatuated person even bad qualities of the beloved appear good
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) That which one person finds beautiful or admirable may not appeal to another

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