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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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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.


Heave a sigh of relief

 

A) To suddenly feel very happy because something unpleasant has not happened or has ended. B)  Be exhausted after a gruelling physical task.
C) Get trapped in a tricky situation which you could have escaped easily. D)  Feel sad that the good times have ended.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To suddenly feel very happy because something unpleasant has not happened or has ended.

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The Mughal empire was founded by

A) Babur B) Humayun
C) Akbar D) Shah Jahan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Babur

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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.

 

Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously

 

 

A) Solemn B) Pious
C) Devout D) Irreverent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Irreverent

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Who first determined the value of G (gravitational constant)?

A) Lord Cavendish B) R.R Heyl
C) Boyle D) Poynting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lord Cavendish

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Non­-Tax revenue can be increased by improving the working of ___________.

A) Commercial Irrigation Projects B) State Road Transport Corporation
C) Electricity Boards D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Commercial Irrigation Projects

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


We are ____ in a time of great and _____changes. The most obvious _____of the modern world is the _____development of science and technology. This has given man a deeper _____of nature.


This has given man a deeper______of nature.

A) understanding B) control
C) management D) questioning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) understanding

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Why is Carbon Monoxide a pollutant ?

A) Reacts with haemoglobin B) Makes nervous system inactive
C) It reacts with Oxygen D) It inhibits glycolysis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Reacts with haemoglobin

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The Samjhauta Express runs between Delhi to which city in Pakistan?

A) Karachi B) Islamabad
C) Quetta D) Lahore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lahore

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