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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 team won the 1st edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 ?

A) Chennai Super Kings B) Kolkata Knight Riders
C) Rajasthan Royals D) Mumbai Indians
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rajasthan Royals

Explanation:

Rajasthan Royals won the 1st edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008.

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Nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the________.

A) World War I B) Asian War I
C) Gulf War II D) World War II
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) World War II

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The members of phaeophyceae are commonly called _________ algae.

A) Green B) Brown
C) Red D) Yellow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brown

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The study of relation of animals and plants to their surroundings is called__________

A) Ecology B) Ethrology
C) Genealogy D) Iconology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ecology

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Atom bomb discovered by

A) J. Robert Oppenheimer B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Felix Adler D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) J. Robert Oppenheimer

Explanation:

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for their role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. The first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico.

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In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced

A) 1962 B) 1972
C) 1982 D) 1992
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1972

Explanation:

SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) was introduced in May 1972 by the University of Berkeley, California.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Bigot

 

A) Intolerant B) Extremist
C) Racist D) Liberal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Liberal

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in Passive/Active voice.


I saw the master conducting the orchestra.

A) I saw that the orchestra was being conducted by the master. B) I saw the orchestra being conducted by the master.
C) The master was seen conducting the orchestra by me. D) The master was conducting the orchestra and I saw that.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I saw the orchestra being conducted by the master.

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