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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, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The High Court judge ____________ the orders passed by the district court.

A) quashed B) squashed
C) killed D) rented
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) quashed

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) hypnotyst B) hipnotyst
C) hipnotist D) hypnotist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) hypnotist

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

A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force

A) Junta B) Suffrage
C) Emancipation D) Egalitarianism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Junta

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Which one of the following is not an instrument of credit control in India?

A) Rationing of credit B) Direct Action
C) Open Market operations D) Variable cost reserve ratios
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Variable cost reserve ratios

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Indian  Institute  of  Science,  Bangalore  was founded by---

A) CV Raman B) Jamsetji Tata
C) Vikram Sarabhai D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jamsetji Tata

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Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was established in the year 1909 with active support from Jamsetji Tata and H.H. Sir Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore.

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Which country has topped the list of sending the greatest number of educated migrants to OECD Countries?

A) China B) Russia
C) United States D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) India

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

 

Farmland ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility

 

A) Fallow B) Urbane
C) Sophisticated D) Genteel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fallow

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

 

to treat with cruelty or violence

 

A) wrong B) abuse
C) pervert D) fault
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) abuse

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