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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.


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What situation would result if Government expenditure exceeds the Government revenue on Current Account?

A) Deficit budgeting B) Zero­based budgeting
C) Performance­based budgeting D) Surplus budgeting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Deficit budgeting

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A commodity market has a _________ structure, if there is one seller of the commodity, the commodity has no substitute, and entry into the industry by another firm is prevented.

A) Perfect Competition B) Monopoly
C) Oligopoly D) Monopolistic Competition
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Monopoly

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Which  one  of  the  following  indices  is  now used  by  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India  to measure the rate of inflation in India?

A) NASDAQ Index B) BSE Index
C) Consumer Price Index D) Wholesale Price Index
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Consumer Price Index

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The  Wholesale  Price  Index  (WPI) was  main  index  for  measurement of  inflation  in  India  till  April  2014 when  RBI  adopted  new  Consumer Price   Index   (CPI)   as   the   key measure of inflation.

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Goitre is caused by the deficiency of ___________

A) Zinc B) Calcium
C) Iodine D) Chlorine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Iodine

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The presence of air bubble in blood stream is dangerous to life because

A) Air combines with blood forming a complex B) The flow of blood increases manifold
C) The flow of blood is obstructed D) The pressure of blood increases manifold
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The flow of blood is obstructed

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Mirages are formed primarily due to ___ of light.

A) Reflection B) Diffusion
C) Refraction D) Scattering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Refraction

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Where did the leader of the Individual Satyagraha movement, Acharya Vinoba Bhave started this movement?

 

A) Nashik B) Poona
C) Pavnar D) Nagpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pavnar

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Which enzyme has been used by scientists of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to induce plants to give off dim light?

 

A) Carotenogen B) Luciferase
C) Reductase D) Peroxidase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Luciferase

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