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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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Which among the following country exited from Trans Pacific Partnership (TTP) in Jan 2017 ?

A) Japan B) USA
C) Mexico D) Brunei
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) USA

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Sex­ratio in India is measured as

A) Number of males per thousand females B)  Number of females per thousand males
C)  Number of males per hundred females D)  Number of females per hundred males
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  Number of females per thousand males

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As of August 2018, what is the portfolio held by the current Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad?

A) Human Resource Development B) Petroleum
C) Law and Telecommunications D) Coal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Law and Telecommunications

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
 
 
People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.
 
 
that is wrong _________ the world.
 

A) at   B) to
C) with D) into
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with

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Which of the following is an example of social facilitation?

A) The Olympic bicycle racer who goes faster when he is racing against a person rather than the clock B) The bowler who bowls best when he is practicing on his own
C) The football player who practices hard so he can be on the varsity team D) The tennis player who is frustrated when the crowd yells at her
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Olympic bicycle racer who goes faster when he is racing against a person rather than the clock

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Deepa Mehta was nominated for Oscars for the movie "Water" in the category of ______ .

A) Best Sound Mixing B) Best Original Score
C) Best Original Song D) Best Foreign Language Film
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Best Foreign Language Film

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.

 

Service providers cannot stand in the way of a (1)/ consumer’s access to content, it should have being provided (2)/ without any hindrance. (3)/ No error. (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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Binomial Nomenclature was founded by

A) Charles Darwin B) Robert Nucleus
C) Carl Linnaeus D) Lamarck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Carl Linnaeus

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