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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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The queen with the title Didda ruled over which part of India between 980 - 1003?

A) Avadh B) Kashmir
C) Sindh D) Bengal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kashmir

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Commercial banks lend to which of the following Priority sectors?

A) Heavy Industries B) Agriculture, Small scale industries
C) Foreign Companies D) State government in emergency situation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Agriculture, Small scale industries

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Which of the following is not correctly matched?

A) The Mahakaal temple - Ujjain B) Sringeri Matha - Chikkmanglur district
C) The Sun Temple - Konark D) Jain temples - Khajuraho
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jain temples - Khajuraho

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Q:

Arithmometer was invented by

A) Evangelista Torricelli B) Charles Xavier Thomas
C) Edward Teller D) Gustav Tauschek
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Charles Xavier Thomas

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

 

But for one witness the accused ought to have been sent to jail.

A) would have B) had
C) should have D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) would have

Explanation:

‘ought’ represents advice, ‘would’ represents strong possibility of an event here. ‘would have’ will be the correct grammatical expression here. The sentence expresses that the accused was not sent to jail because of one witness.

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Q:

The final boundary between the Earth and the outer space is called _____.

A) magnetosphere B) ionosphere
C) mesopause D) magnetopause
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) magnetopause

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Indira Sagar dam is located in which Indian State/City?

A) Chhattisgarh B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra D) Madhya Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Madhya Pradesh

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Indira Sagar dam is located in Madhya Pradesh.

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The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in

A) Rajasthan B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Karnataka D) Madhya Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh

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