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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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The driest location on Earth is in which country?

A) Kenya B) Chile
C) Congo D) Libya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chile

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The deficiency of Niacin­a vitamin of B complex group causes the disease _____

A) Marasmus B) Pellagra
C) Rickets D) Night­-blindness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pellagra

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Limestone is a raw material used by which industry?

A) Aluminium B) Fertilizers
C) Cement D) Petrochemicals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cement

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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 not have a clue

A) To be extremely poor B) To fail an examination
C) To lose confidence at the last moment D) To not know about something
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To not know about something

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Carcinogenic chemicals cause

A) Heart diseases B) Diabetes
C) Cancer D) Asthma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cancer

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_______ determines colour, texture, chemical properties, mineral content and permeability of soil.

A) Flora & Fauna B) Time
C) Climate D) Parent rock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Parent rock

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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.

From the last five days it has been raining torrentially.

A) Since the last B) for the last 
C) Since last D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Since the last

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From is used to denote a point of time. The preposition ‘since’ should be used here as five days is a period of time and the event started at the beginning of those five days.

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Which eminent Hindi writer was chosen for the Vyas Samman 2017 for her work Dukham Sukham ?

A) Mamta Kalia B) Namita Gokhale
C) Meena Kandasamy D) Jhumpa Lahiri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mamta Kalia

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