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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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On April 10 2016, a huge fire broke out during fireworks display at one of the following temples of Kerala

A) Chhotanikkara temple B) Puttingal temple
C) Vishnuvira temple D) Manarasala temple
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Puttingal temple

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Who were the patrons of Sangama Literature?

A) Nayakas B) Chandellas
C) Pandyas D) Solankis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pandyas

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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.

 

Concern for one's own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity

 

A) Eschew B) Immolation  
C) Cede   D) Provincialism  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Provincialism  

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The value of universal gravitation constant (G) was determined by

A) Henry Cavendish B) Antoine L Lavoisier
C) Isaac Newton D) John Dalton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Henry Cavendish

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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 transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self

 

A) Woe B) Nirvana
C) Depression D) Despondency
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nirvana

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

Does he ever drink tea?

A) Is tea ever drunk by him? B) Has drinking of tea ever been done by him?
C) He never does drink tea, does he? D) Tea drinking has never been done by him isn't it?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Is tea ever drunk by him?

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Who won the first medal for India at the Rio Olympics?

A) Babita Kumari B) Narsingh Yadav
C) P. V. Sindhu D) Sakshi Malik
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sakshi Malik

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In April 2017, the G20 Digital Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy was held in which country?

A) Italy B) Germany
C) France D) USA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Germany

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