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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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Q:

Materials that usually are good conductors of electricity?

A) Aluminium B) Lead
C) Nickel D) Wood
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Aluminium

Explanation:

Materials that usually allow electricity to pass through them are called Good conductors of electricity.


Conductors conduct electrical current very easily because of their free electrons.

Examples are :: Aluminium, Gold, Copper, Silver

 

Materials that do not allow or oppose electrical current & make poor conductors are called Insulators.

Examples are :: Glass, Plastic, Wood, Air,...

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5 1959
Q:

Male is the Capital of ___________.

A) Algeria B) Maldives
C) Kenya D) Mauritius
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Maldives

Explanation:
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5 1958
Q:

Japanese art ‘Ikebana’ is related to _____.

A) paper folding B) flower arrangement
C) tree cutting D) sand art
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) flower arrangement

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

4 1958
Q:

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

A) Loose temper B) To delay a little longer
C) To die D) To meet with an accident
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To die

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0 1958
Q:

Henry T. Colebrooke was a Professor of Sanskrit in which one of the following institutions?

A) Fort William College B) Serampore Mission
C) Kashi Vidyapith D) Asiatic Society
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fort William College

Explanation:

In 1782 Colebrooke was appointed through his father's influence to a writer-ship with the East a India Company in Calcutta.Lord Wellesley appointed him honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskrit at the college of Fort William.

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0 1958
Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.


A factory, where workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.

A) Impalpable B) Outset
C) Bloomy D) Sweatshop
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sweatshop

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1 1957
Q:

Oxygen released during photosynthesis comes from

A) Sugar B) Water
C) Co2 D) Pyruvic acid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Water

Explanation:

Oxygen released during photosynthesis comes from splitting of water.

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2 1957
Q:

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport is located in which place?

A) Chennai B) Mumbai
C) New Delhi D) Nagpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nagpur

Explanation:

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport is located in Nagpur of Maharashtra state in India.

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2 1957