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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 best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Get on the nerves

A) To be an irritant B) To lose confidence
C) To become very sensitive; cry easily D) To become very strong emotionally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To be an irritant

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Which among the following is called as 'Land of the midnight Sun'?

A) Norway B) Sweden
C) Denmark D) France
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Norway

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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”.

The greater the demand, higher the price.

A) the high B) a higher
C) the higher D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the higher

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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.

Hope against hope

A) Think wishfully from time to time B) Hoped with good reason
C) Nurture an impossible hope D) Pretend to hope
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nurture an impossible hope

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

A) Dull B) Timid
C) Unfriendly D) Lusty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dull

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Who discovered bacteria?

A) Antonie Ven Leeuwenhoek B) Robert Brown
C) Robert Hook D) Robert Koch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Antonie Ven Leeuwenhoek

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Which one of the following pairs of military training institute of India and location is not correctly matched?

 

A) Army War College:Mhow   B) High Altitude Warfare School:Gulmarg
C) Army Air Defence College:Pune D) RashtriyaIndian Military College:Dehradun
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Army Air Defence College:Pune

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The Army Air Defence College, (abbreviated as AADC), is the training academy for the Army Air Defence Corps of Indian Army. The college is located in the Gopalpur Military Station in Gopalpur, Odisha.

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Which of the following constitutional Amendment Act, deals with the Elementary Education as a Fundamental Right?

A) 84th Amendment Act B) 85th Amendment Act
C) 86th Amendment Act D) 87th Amendment Act
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 86th Amendment Act

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