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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
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Select the synonym of

to subsume

A) to bate B) to obviate
C) to preclude D) to incorporate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to incorporate

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Select the synonym of

improvident

A) provident B) extravagant
C) miserly D) thrifty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) extravagant

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Select the antonym of

 

fuddle

 

A) upset B) explicate
C) nonplus D) rattle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) explicate

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Q:

Holkar Trophy is associated with which sport?

A) Bridge B) Hockey
C) Football D) Badminton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bridge

Explanation:

Holkar Trophy is associated with Bridge sport.

 

Bridge is the ultimate tricky card game that four people can play with a pack of 52 cards. It is the greatest source of enjoyment.

 

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History of the Holkar Trophy ::

It was a treasured dream of Late Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar to have regular National Bridge Tournament at Indore for promotion of the game in the erstwhile Holkar state.

 

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Q:

Which is a green planet in the solar system?

A) Pluto B) Venus
C) Uranus D) Mars
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Uranus

Explanation:

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun which looks green color. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.

 

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Colors of other planets::

 

Mercury - Gray or slightly brownish

 

Venus - Pale yellow

 

Earth - Blue with white clouds

 

Mars - Mostly reddish brown

 

Jupiter - Orange and white bands

 

Saturn - Pale gold

 

Uranus - Green

 

Neptune - Pale blue

 

Pluto - Light brown

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Select the antonym of

sibilate

A) whiz B) boo
C) exalt D) rasp
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) exalt

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Consider the following statements about a scheme launched by the Government of India:

It was launched to provide social security during old age and to protect elderly persons aged 60 years and above against a future fall in their interest income due to uncertain market conditions. The scheme enables old age income security for senior citizens through provision of assured pension / return linked to the subscription amount based on government guarantee to Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI).Identify the scheme.

A) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana B) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
C) Liveability Index Programme D) Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana

Explanation:

Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) is a Pension Scheme announced by the Government of India exclusively for the senior citizens aged 60 years and above which is available from 4th May, 2017 to 31st March, 2020.

This is a simplified version of the VPBY and will be implemented by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

P: But the achievements of science have not come to man as a ripe apple falls in the lap of a man sitting under an apple tree.
Q: Science is not just the result of observation and experience.
R: It is, on the other hand , the result of centuries of hard work done by man, even at the risk of his own life or health.
S: There is no doubt that science has been the greatest boon to man so far.

A) QRPS B) SPQR
C) QPRS D) SQRP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) SPQR

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