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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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Polycot is a mixture of which among the following?

A) Polyester and cotton B) Polyester and wool
C) Rayon and cotton D) Rayon and wool
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Polyester and cotton

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All the members of a municipality are ______ by the people of municipal area.

A) Elected directly B) Elected indirectly
C) Nominated proportionally D) Nominated indirectly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Elected directly

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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.

The wheels have come off

A) To use something so much that it wears out. B) Things start to fail or go wrong, especially after a period of success.
C) To do a shoddy job which is destined to fail. D) Make an excuse to avoid doing a task.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Things start to fail or go wrong, especially after a period of success.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Refulgent

A) Dark B) Loud
C) Rough D) Sweet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dark

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Who administers the oath of the President of India?

A) Governor General of India B) Chief Justice of India
C) Prime Minister of India D) Vice President of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chief Justice of India

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Who among the following is the first Indian to win Pulitzer Prize?

A) Arundhati Roy B) Gobind Behari Lal
C) Vijay Seshadri D) Jhumpa Lahiri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gobind Behari Lal

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Gobind BehariLal: He came to study at the University of California in Berkeley in 1912 on the Guru Govind Singh Sahib Scholarship. He later became the science editor of the San Francisco Examiner. He won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1937.

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Acid rain is caused due to pollution of atmosphere by

A)  oxides of nitrogen and sulphur B)  oxides of nitrogen and phosphorous
C) oxides of carbon and nitrogen D)  oxides of nitrogen and methane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) oxides of carbon and nitrogen

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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.

Good reading ______ the sense of liberal educated mind.

A) beliefs B) leads
C) reflects D) starts
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) reflects

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