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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 parliamentary committee in India is normally chaired by a prominent member of the opposition?

A) Committee on Government Assurances B) Estimates Committee
C) Privileges Committee D) Public Accounts Committee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Public Accounts Committee

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The main effect of Direct Taxes is on

A) Food prices B) Consumer goods
C) Capital goods D) Income
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Income

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Salination of soil is caused by

A) Pesticides B) soil erosion
C) excess irrigation D) crop rotation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) excess irrigation

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The short run average cost curve is ____ shaped.

A) U B) V
C) X D) W
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) U

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Who invented the thermos flask?

A) Ray Tomlinson B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) William Cullen D) James Dewar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) James Dewar

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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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 Damdama lake is in which state? 

A) Punjab B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Haryana

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Damdamaa reservoir in Sohna, district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is one of the biggest lakes in Haryana and with an area of 3,000 acres. Damdama Lake was formed when a stone and earthen dam constructed by the British was commissioned for rain water harvesting in 1947. 

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In the '10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards' who won the BestActor Award?

A) Rajni Kant B) Aamir Khan
C) Manoj Bajpayee D) Anupam Kher
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Manoj Bajpayee

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