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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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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) The peon B) has not sweeped
C) the floor today. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No error

Explanation:

The given sentence is grammatically correct and there is no error.

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) When total utility is maximum, marginal utility is zero B) When total utility is decreasing, marginal utility is negative
C) When total utility is increasing, marginal utility is positive D) When total utility is maximum,marginal and average utility are equal to each other.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) When total utility is maximum,marginal and average utility are equal to each other.

Explanation:

Total utility -It is total psychological satisfaction which a consumer derives from the consumption of a commodity is known as total utility

Marginal utility -It is anaddition made in total utility by consuming and additional unit of a commodity is known as marginal utility.

•When marginal utility is positive,total utility increases

•When marginal utility is zero,total utility is at maximum

•When marginal utility is negative,total utility decreases

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Choose the most appropriate answer:Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?

A) Lord Chelmsford B) Lord Reading
C) Lord Irwin D) Lord Wellington
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Irwin

Explanation:

On April 3, 1926 Lord Irwin was appointed 30th Viceroy and Governor-General of India. In 1927, British government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

The visitor enquired, “When is the next train?”

 

 

A) The visitor enquired about the next train.   B) The visitor enquired when the next train was.  
C) The visitor asked when is the next train.   D) The visitor was interested in the next train.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The visitor enquired when the next train was.  

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What is the name of the southernmost tip of the continent of South America? At this place the Pacific and Atlantic oceans converge.

A) Cape Town B) Cape of Good Hope
C) Cape Horn D) Cape Canaveral
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cape Horn

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Which of the following insecticides' harmful effects came under media attention when health issues in Kerala were publicized?

A) Endosulfan B) Lethal
C) Thimet D) Monocil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Endosulfan

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Madhubani painting style is native to which state?

A) Orissa B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Bihar D) Madhya Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bihar

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RBCs are formed in the ____________ in the adults.

A) blue bone marrow B) red bone marrow
C) white bone marrow D) black bone marrow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) red bone marrow

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