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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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  • Group 'B' Services:
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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.

I am awful ______ picking vegetables.

A) for B) at
C) of D) as
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) at

Explanation:
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In which one of the following types of connective tissues in animals does fat get stored?

A) Adipocyte B) Chondrocyte
C) Osteocyte D) Reticulocyte
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Adipocyte

Explanation:

Adipocytes are the major source of leptin production, and plasma leptin concentrations directly correlate with the amount of total body fat.

Adipocytes are highly specialized cells that play a crucial role in the energy balance of most vertebrates.

Adipocytes convert excess energy to tri-acylglycerol and deposit it during feeding in preparation for periods of food deprivation.

Adipocytes may become enlarged by increased fat storage

 

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Which one of the following pairs of military training institute of India and location is not correctly matched?

 

A) Army War College:Mhow   B) High Altitude Warfare School:Gulmarg
C) Army Air Defence College:Pune D) RashtriyaIndian Military College:Dehradun
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Army Air Defence College:Pune

Explanation:

The Army Air Defence College, (abbreviated as AADC), is the training academy for the Army Air Defence Corps of Indian Army. The college is located in the Gopalpur Military Station in Gopalpur, Odisha.

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A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.
The ability of humans to ___________ the landscape and recognize the consequences of doing so puts us in a peculiar position. There are several animals on earth that show this same kind of intelligence. Some animals have extensions to ___________ their environment and some do not. As a species we are assigned the duty to provide and proliferate. Our goal is to achieve stability for ourselves and our kin. However, we also have an obligation to maintain the environment, as we depend on the resources and services it provides. The question then becomes:
what is our role in nature? Do we have the right to _________ the land, factory farm animals, and pollute waterways? Or do we have an obligation to reduce our numbers and merely subsist? In order to answer these questions, we must rely on our knowledge of Earth, evolution, and our influence on the environment.

A) Aspects B) Pollutants
C) Employ D) Operate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

‘Aspects’ mean a particular part or feature of something. ‘Pollutants’ mean a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere. ‘Employ’ means give work to (someone) and pay them for it. ‘Operate’ means (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system). ‘Manipulate’ means control or influence (a person or situation) cleverly or unscrupulously. The passage hints towards unscrupulous usage of the environment for our own betterment. Thus, option E is the best fit answer for the given blanks.

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Which of the following country has won the ‘2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup’?

A) India B) Germany
C) England D) Spain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) England

Explanation:

England has won the ‘2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup’ by defeating European Champions Spain at Salt Lake stadiumin Kolkata. England’s goal-machine Rhian Brewster won the golden boot.

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Which of the following is the first micro finance companyto start operation as a commercial bank?

A) Oriental Bank of Commerce B) State Bank of India
C) Reserve Bank of India D) Punjab National Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

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BSoDs can be caused by poorly written device drivers ormalfunctioning hardware, such as faulty memory, powersupply issues, overheating of components, or hardwarerunning beyond its specification limits. Which color screenis displayed wh en en coun ter ed a BSOD Er r or ?

A) Red B) Grey
C) Black D) Blue
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Blue

Explanation:

BSODs appear when Microsoft Windows encountersa critical error it cant recover from, requiring a rebootand possibly resulting in lost work. It stands for bluescreen of death. Blue screens are generally caused byproblems with your computers hardware or issues withits hardware driver software. A blue screen occurswhen Windows encounters a "STOP Error." Thiscritical failure causes Windows to crash and stopworking

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In the ancient world all of France and Belgium and parts of Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany made up one political entity. Which one?

Answer

Gaul

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