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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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Scheduled bank is a bank which is ....

A) Nationalised B) Not Nationalised
C) Based in foreign Country D) Included in the second schedule of RBI
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Included in the second schedule of RBI

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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.

Actions speak louder than words

A) Achievers are better than those who talk big B) No action can compensate for saying bad words
C) A pen is mightier than a sword D) What someone does mean more than what they say they will do
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) What someone does mean more than what they say they will do

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Which of the following is NOT a terrestrial planet?

A) Mercury B) Venus
C) Mars D) Saturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Saturn

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Which of the following imaginary lines join places with same level of rainfalls?

A) Contour lines B) Isobaths lines
C) Isohyets lines D) Isobar lines
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Isohyets lines

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What is the role of Pneumatophores?

A) Protect plant from animals B) Get oxygen for respiration
C) Supports plant in standing upright D) Helps plant for pollination
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Get oxygen for respiration

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Which one of the following hypotheses postulates that individual's consumption in any time period depends upon resources available to the individual, rate of return on his capital and age of the individual?

A) Absolute Income Hypothesis B) Relative Income Hypothesis
C) Life Cycle Hypothesis D) Permanent Income Hypothesis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Life Cycle Hypothesis

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The life-cycle theory of consumption, popularly known as life-cycle hypothesis,' was developed by Ando and Modigliani" in the early 1960s.

The life-cycle hypothesis postulates that individual consumption in any time period depends on

(i) resources available to the individual,

(ii) the rate of return on his capital, and

(iii) the age of the individual.

The resources available to an individual consist of his existing net wealth and the present value of all his current and future labour incomes. According to the life-cycle hypothesis, a rational consumer plans consumption on the basis of all his resources and allocates his income to consumption over time so that he maximizes his total utility over his life time.

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The prestigious 'Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding' is instituted by

A) National Centre for Art and Culture B) Department of Youth and Sports
C) Nehru Memorial Museum D) Indian Council for Cultural Relations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Indian Council for Cultural Relations

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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.

 

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale

 

A) Enshrine B) Cenotaph
C) Opulent D) Holocaust
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Holocaust

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