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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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Who has recently been appointed as the Chief of New Development Bank of BRICS country, has also served as the chairman of Infosys Ltd, and was non-Executive chairman of ICICI Bank in the past?

A) K.V. Kamath B) Nandan Nilekani
C) Azim Premji D) Chanda Kochhar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) K.V. Kamath

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The consumption schedule is such that

A) the MPC and the APC must be equal at all levels of income. B) the APC is constant and the MPC declines as income rises.
C) both the APC and the MPC increase as income rises. D) the MPC is constant and the APC declines as income rises.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the MPC is constant and the APC declines as income rises.

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Which of the following fuel has maximum calorific value?

A) Petrol B) Coal
C) Wood D) Cow dung  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Petrol

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Control processes depend on which part of the brain

A) hypothalamus B) amygdala
C) cerebellum D) prefrontal cortex
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) prefrontal cortex

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Control processes depend on the prefrontal cortex which shrinks with age. Inadequate control processes may explain why many older adults have extensive vocabs (measured by written tests) but limited fluency (when they write or talk).

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Which is NOT an example of organism that breaks down the food material outside the body and then absorb it?

A) Bread moulds B) Yeast
C) Mushrooms D) Snake
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Snake

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The area of Nepal is approximately _________ square kilometres.

A) 115187 B) 128540
C) 135789 D) 147181
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 147181

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Which of the following is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere?

A) Stratosphere B) Mesosphere
C) Ionosphere D) Exosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Exosphere

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Which of the following Pallava Kings assumed the title of "Vatapikonda" after defeating and slaying the great Chalukyan King Pulekesin II

A) Narsingh Varman I B) Mahendra Varman I
C) Parameshwar Varman I D) Nandi Varman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Narsingh Varman I

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