Sawaal
  • Home/
  • General Knowledge

General Knowledge Questions

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:
  • Group 'A' Services:
  • Group 'B' Services:
Popular Latest Rated
Q:

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

fuddy-duddy

A) An ill mannered person that one accepts willingly because he/she is a very dear friend B) a person who is very old-fashioned and pompous
C) a shoddy work D) a very confusing situation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a person who is very old-fashioned and pompous

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English

0 879
Q:

The term 'Macro Economics' was used by __________

A) J.M. Keynes B) Ragner Frisch
C) Ragner Nurkse D) Prof. Knight
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ragner Frisch

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian Economy

0 879
Q:

Dominic Ongwen, who was convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes, is from which country?

A) Uganda B) Sudan
C) Iraq D) Nigeria
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Uganda

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 878
Q:

A ball, thrown vertically upward, rises to a height of 80 m and returns to its original position. The magnitude of its displacement after 7 s of motion will be ____. (take g = 10 m/s2)

A) 35 m B) 25 m
C) 45 m D) 125 m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 35 m

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Physics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

5 878
Q:

Fertilisation of sperm with the ovum takes place in

A) Uterus B) Cervix
C) Fallopian Tube D) Ovary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fallopian Tube

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 878
Q:

A form of government that is often totalitarian and authoritarian and can led by the one person or many people -

A) Unitary B) Sovereign
C) Dictatorship D) Confederation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dictatorship

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian Politics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 878
Q:

During the day which process is the major driving force in the movement of water in the xylem?

A) Transpiration pull B) Evaporation
C) Suction D) Translocation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Transpiration pull

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 878
Q:

Which Indian author has chronicled the life in the Kumaon hills in the book 'Things to Leave Behind'?

A) Shashi Tharoor B) Anosh Irani
C) Namita Gokhale D) Vikram Seth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Namita Gokhale

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Books and Authors
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 878