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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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The 'Kyoto Protocol' is an international treaty that commits State parties to reduction in

A) poverty B) greenhouse gases emission
C) nuclear armaments D) agricultural subsidy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) greenhouse gases emission

Explanation:

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.

Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities."

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Paul Allen, who died in October 2018, was the co-founder of

A) Oracle B) IBM
C) Microsoft D) SAP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Microsoft

Explanation:

Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 –October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, investor, software engineer, humanitarian, and philanthropist. Alongside Bill Gates, Allen co-founded Microsoft in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution and later became the world's largest PC software company

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Anhinav Bharat Society of revolutionaries was organized by -

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Vinayak Savarkar
C) Bhagat Singh D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Vinayak Savarkar

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Article 36 to Article 51 of Indian Constitutional mainly deals with Directive Principles of State Policy, given in ______ of Indian Constitution.

 

A) Part II B) Part III
C) Part IV D) Part V
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Part IV

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India shares water border with ___ countries.

A) Three B) Four
C) Five D) Seven
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Seven

Explanation:

India's maritime boundaries are shared with seven countries — Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

 

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

The doctor said to us, “Where are you going?”

 

A) The doctor enquired where we were going B) The doctor enquired about our destination
C) The doctor said where are we going D) The doctor says where we going
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The doctor enquired where we were going

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Name the professional Indian basketball player who became the first ever player to be drafted from India into the National Basketball Association (NBA).

 

A) SatnamSingh Bhamara B) Akilan Pari
C) Yadwinder Singh D) Ajmer Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) SatnamSingh Bhamara

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Which of the following films won the best film award in the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), organized from November 20 to 28, 2017 in Panji, Goa?

A) 120 Beats Per Minute B) Take Off
C) Angels Wear White D) Dark Skull
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 120 Beats Per Minute

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