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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 discovered Uranus?

A) Sir Isaac Newton B) William Henry Fox Talbot
C) William Herschel D) Nicolaus Copernicus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) William Herschel

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Which of the following is not guaranteed by Indian Constitution?

A) Right to Equality B) Right of religious freedom
C) Right to Constitutional remedies D) Right to free education for all
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Right to free education for all

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Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?

A) Shashi Tharoor B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Nirad C Chaudhuri D) Jawaharlal Nehru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru

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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.

National integration means _____ all the people of the nation into a single whole. It is a _____ that bends together all people in one _____ bond no matter what their religion, caste, language or history may be. It is a _____ cementing force whereby all kinds of people live _____ peacefully and can identify themselves as a part and parcel of a nation.

It is a _____ cementing force whereby all kinds of people

A) weakening B) natural
C) strong D) settled
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) strong

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Addition of suitable impurities into semiconductor, is called

A) Doping B) Mixing
C) Forming D) Diluting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Doping

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Which institution is known as 'Soft Loan Window' of World Bank?

A) IDBI B) IDA
C) IMF D) RBI
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) IDA

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Which of the following is an anthropology museum that presents an integrated story of the evolution of man and culture with special reference to India?

A) The Indira Gandhi Sangrahalaya(IGS) B) The Indira Gandhi Jantu Sangrahalaya(IGJS)
C) The Indira Gandhi Pustak Sangrahalaya(IGPS) D) The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya(IGRMS)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya(IGRMS)

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The chemical weathering of feldspar produces

A) illite B) kaolinite
C) both 1 & 2 D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) both 1 & 2

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