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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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Who discovered television?

A) Michael Faraday B) Joseph Henry
C) Abbe Caselli D) John Baird
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) John Baird

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The Kovvada Nuclear Park project is proposed to be setup in which State?

A) Rajasthan B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Andhra Pradesh D) Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Andhra Pradesh

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Which of the following is the third member of the Dobereiner triad, that also features Lithium and Sodium?

 

A) Potassium B) Boron
C) Barium D) Hydrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Potassium

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Which is the second highest civillian award given in India?

A) Bharat Ratna B) Padma Vibhushan
C) Padma Bhushan D) Padma Shri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Padma Vibhushan

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Who was conferred with the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature?

A) Bob Dylan B) Kazuo Ishiguro
C) Oliver Hart D) Yoshinori Ohsumi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kazuo Ishiguro

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Which drug is used as an Anti­Biotic?

A) Metformin B) Ranitidine
C) Azithromycin D) Ibuprofen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Azithromycin

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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.

Life is full of ______ types of experiences.Strange, in fact, are the ways of God.If a man is happy today, he may be ______ unhappy the very next day.Some ______ are pleasant and joyful while others are full of ______ and pain.If at one time a person finds himself on top of the world, at the ______ time he is depressed and downcast.


at the ______ time he is depressed and downcast.

A) most B) second
C) last D) other
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) other

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Sodimejo, the world's ‘oldest man' died at the age of 146. Which country was he from?

A) India B) Pakistan
C) Indonesia D) Croatia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Croatia

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