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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, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

INVINCIBLE

A) IMPREGNABLE B) OMNIPRESENT
C) POWERLESS D) POTENT
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) POWERLESS

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

Sneha said to Arjun, “Go away.”

A) Sneha ordered Arjun to go away. B) Sneha asked Arjun that he should go away.
C) Sneha say to Arjun to go away. D) Sneha inquired Arjun to go away.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sneha ordered Arjun to go away.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Churlish

A) Belittle B) Courteous
C) Fervent D) Uncouth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Courteous

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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.

to go for broke

A) to risk everything in an all-out effort B) failure in relationship or partnership
C) losing all money in an effort to revive a failing business D) to start again after failing in a business
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to risk everything in an all-out effort

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

The skills of a

A-three categories, namely, technical,

B-teacher can be classified into

C-human and enterprising

 

A) ACB B) BAC
C) ABC D) CBA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) BAC

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

The act of killing a king

A) Regicide B) Regalcide
C) Genocide D) Homicide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Regicide

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Intensity of any wave is proportional to which of the following?

A) amplitude B) Square of amplitude
C) Square root of amplitude D) Cube of amplitude
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Square of amplitude

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Which one of the following hormones is essential for the uptake of glucose by cells in the human body?

A) GH B) TSH
C) Insulin D) Cortisol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Insulin

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Insulin is an anabolic hormone that stimulates glucose and fatty acid uptake into adipose cells, promoting triglyceride synthesis.Glucagon is a peptide hormone, produced by alpha cells of the pancreas. It works to raise the concentration of glucose and fatty acids in the bloodstream, and is considered to be the main catabolic hormone of the body.

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