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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, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
He _____ his camera on the table.

A) laid B) lain
C) lay D) lie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) laid

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

The teacher said, "The Earth revolves around the sun."

A) The teacher said that the Earth is being revolving around the sun. B) The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the sun.
C) The teacher said that the Earth revolved around the sun. D) The teacher said that the Earth had been revolving around the sun.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the sun.

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General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?

A) Hasrat Mohini B) Vir Savarkar
C) Udham Singh D) Jatin Das
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Udham Singh

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Which of the following commercial software products are examples of operatingsystem software and application software respectively?

A) Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Word B) Microsoft OfficeXPand Microsoft WindowsXP
C) MS DOS and Microsoft Windows XP D) UNIX and LINUX
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Word

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Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Word are examples of operating system software and application software respectively.

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What is the main purpose of white blood corpuscles?

A) to carry nutrients B) to combat infection
C) to carry oxygen D) to give strength
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to combat infection

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The Grande Croix Commandeur in National Merit Order - the highest civilian honor of Ivory Coast, Africa - was recently conferred on which Indian?

A) Pranab Mukherjee B) Narendra Modi
C) Gopalkrishna Gandhi D) Manmohan Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pranab Mukherjee

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Assuming that the charge of an electron is 1.6 x 10-19 C, the number of electrons passing through a section of wire per second when the wire carries a current of 1 A is

 

 

 

A) 6.25 x 1018 C B) 1.6 x 10-19 C
C) 1.6 x 1019 C D) 0.625 x 1017 C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6.25 x 1018 C

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The chemical formula of Sodium Carbonate is

A) Na3CO2 B) Na2CO
C) NaCO3 D) Na2CO3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Na2CO3

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