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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
  • All India Services:
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

a symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people

A) obelisk B) minaret
C) mast D) totem
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) totem

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Piano was invented by ________.

A) John Barber B) Sir Henry Cole
C) Josephine Cochrane D) Bartolomeo Cristofori
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bartolomeo Cristofori

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

Insatiable greed for riches

A) Avarice B) Actuary
C) Antiquary D) Apostate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Avarice

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

No one other reason than poverty is hampering India's progress.

A) No other B) None other
C) No another D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) No other

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Which article specifies Imposition of President’s Rule in States?

A) Article 356 B) Article 343
C) Article 51A D) Article 80
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Article 356

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Drag one's feet

A) Make something more complicated B) Expedite
C) Be reluctant to act D) Stop working
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Be reluctant to act

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C Programming language was developed by ___________.

A) Charles Babbage B) Larry Wall
C) James Gosling D) Dennis Ritchie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dennis Ritchie

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

Their innovative zeal has / touched the lives of 125 crore / Indians and make India/proud worldwide./ No error

A) Their innovative zeal has B) touched the lives of 125 crore
C) Indians and make India D) proud worldwide.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indians and make India

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'and made India' should be used to make the sentence grammatically correct. You use 'made' when referring to things already done in the past.'Make' is present and its continuous its still been done unlike 'made' which refers to what has been done

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