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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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Mesothelioma is a type of cancer. The most common area affected in it is the lining of the ________.

A) heart B) brain
C) stomach D) lungs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) lungs

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The teacher said to the students, "Don't make noise."

A) The teacher asked the students not to make noise. B) The teacher scolded the students, they should not make noise.
C) The teacher warned the students not to make noise. D) The teacher told the students that don't make noise.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The teacher warned the students not to make noise.

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

A) Continue B) Playful
C) Conclusive D) Irresolute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Irresolute

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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited handed over the  first  two  indigenously designed  and manufactured  light  combat  aircrafts  to  the Indian Air Force in 2016. What is the name of these new combat aircrafts?

A) Marut B) Garud
C) Tejas D) Pushpak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tejas

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Tejas is an Indiansingle-seat, single-jet engine,multirole light fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency(ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL) for the Indian    Air    Force and Indian Navy.   It   came   from   the   Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, which   began   in   the   1980s   to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters.  In  2003,  the  LCA  was officially named "Tejas.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.   

 

Snaky

 

A) Clever   B) Mild  
C) Sinuous   D) Wild
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sinuous  

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Insulators have resistivity of the order of 

A) 106 Ω m to 108 Ω m B) 10-12 Ω m to 10-17 Ω m
C) 10-8 Ω m to 10-6 Ω m D) 1012 Ω m to 1017 Ω m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1012 Ω m to 1017 Ω m

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Which of the following gases turns lime water milky?

A) O3 B) CO2
C) O2 D) CO
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) CO2

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Comptroller and Auditor General of India is appointed by ______.

A) Prime Minister of India B) Judge of Supreme Court  
C) President of India D) Chief Election Commissioner of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) President of India

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